Comparison

Aptly Appointment Manager vs Tertiary Planner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Aptly Appointment Manager

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Aptly: Your Intelligent Appointment Companion Take control of your busy schedule with Aptly, the smart appointment manager designed to keep you organized and on track. Whether it's medical appointments, household tasks, social events, or business meetings, Aptly helps you manage everything in one beautiful, intuitive app. KEY FEATURES Smart Organization • Categorize appointments by type: Medical, Household, Friends & Family, Travel, Utilities, Personal, and Business • Create custom subtypes for precise organization • View appointments in multiple ways: chronological list, monthly calendar, or grouped by category Powerful Filtering • Mark appointments as Important or Follow-up • Filter by type, subtype, or priority flags • Calendar date filtering - tap any date to see that day's appointments • Hide past due items to keep your view clean Beautiful Calendar View • Monthly calendar with color-coded appointment indicators • See all appointments for the month at a glance • Tap dates to filter, tap again to show all • Visual indicators for today and selected dates Personalize Your Experience • Choose from 5 beautiful themes: Light, Dark, Blue, Pink, and Purple • Adjust text size for comfortable reading (Tiny, Medium, Large) • Customize appointment types and subtypes to match your needs Intuitive Interface • Clean, modern design with smooth animations • Quick appointment creation with the floating + button • Duplicate appointments with one tap • Swipe to delete subtypes Smart Type Management • Pre-loaded with common appointment types and subtypes • Add unlimited custom types and subtypes • Refresh from defaults to get new types while keeping your custom ones • Easy subtype management for each category PERFECT FOR: • Healthcare professionals tracking patient appointments • Busy parents managing family schedules • Freelancers organizing client meetings • Anyone juggling multiple appointment types WHY APTLY? Aptly isn't just another calendar app - it's a comprehensive appointment management system designed for people with diverse scheduling needs. The intelligent type-based organization helps you quickly find what you're looking for, while powerful filtering options ensure you never miss important appointments or follow-ups. The app's beautiful interface makes scheduling a pleasure, not a chore. With multiple viewing options and customizable themes, Aptly adapts to your preferences and workflow. PRIVACY FIRST Your appointments stay on your device. Aptly respects your privacy and doesn't require an account or internet connection to function. GET STARTED TODAY Download Aptly and experience the easiest way to manage your appointments. Stay organized, stay on track, stay Aptly. Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tertiary Planner

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Tertiary Planner is a fast, private to-do and planner app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Type or speak what you need — "Lunch with Sam tomorrow at 1pm" — and the on-device assistant words it nicely and saves it as an appointment or a to-do, straight into your list. On supported devices it uses Apple Intelligence, running entirely ON DEVICE, to understand your intent and word your items clearly. On other devices the same on-device parsing (Apple's Natural Language and Speech frameworks) does the job. Either way, nothing you type or say ever leaves your device to any third party. FEATURES • One Planner page with To-Do and Appointment tabs, each filterable by your lists • Capture bar at the bottom — type or dictate, and the assistant drafts and saves the entry; Undo reverts it • Apple Intelligence on-device intent understanding (with an on-device fallback) • Voice capture using native iOS speech recognition • Your own lists and sub-lists — create, rename, pin, reorder and nest them • Assign items to people; items added in someone's list go to that person • To-Do priorities — Critical, High, Medium or Low; Critical and High are pinned automatically • Pin anything to the top; drag to rearrange everything by hand • Smart views: All Tasks, Pinned, Today and Upcoming show your own queue • Upcoming — everything with a date, broken down by day, with anything overdue on top • Calendar — a month view with each day's appointments written into the day, plus a List view • Meeting links — paste a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams link and tap Join on the appointment • Singapore public holidays marked on the calendar • Today's appointments — a morning summary and an alert just before each appointment starts • Advance reminders — a notification before anything with a date is due (1, 3 or 7 days ahead) • Optional mirror of appointments into your system Calendar (EventKit only) • Search across titles, notes, assignee and list names • Duplicate check — spots the same title on the same day and offers to archive the extras • Check off an item and it is automatically archived; restore anytime • iCloud sync — your items stay up to date on every device signed in to your iCloud • Light, Dark or System appearance, with a choice of accent colours PRIVACY Your data belongs to you. All intelligence runs on your device. Items are stored on your device and synced only through your personal, private iCloud database, which only you can access — we never see your data. No third-party AI services, no accounts, no tracking. Developed by Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.

Screenshots

Aptly Appointment Manager4 screens
Tertiary Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tertiary Planner at none against Aptly Appointment Manager's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aptly Appointment Manager ships an update every 4 days, Tertiary Planner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Aptly Appointment Manager versus Tertiary Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAptly Appointment ManagerTertiary Planner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWing Tung KwokAlfred Ang

In-app purchases

None

Aptly Appointment Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Tertiary Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aptly Appointment Manager free?
Aptly Appointment Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tertiary Planner free?
Tertiary Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aptly Appointment Manager or Tertiary Planner have ads?
Aptly Appointment Manager shows ads; Tertiary Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Aptly Appointment Manager or Tertiary Planner?
Aptly Appointment Manager ships an update every 4 days, and Tertiary Planner every 2 days. Most recently, Aptly Appointment Manager was updated on October 18, 2026 and Tertiary Planner on October 17, 2026.

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