Comparison

Calendar Planner vs Itsypad

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

Head to head
About

Calendar Planner

Effortlessly convert handwritten notes and planner entries into digital calendar events. Simply snap a photo, review the AI-detected details, and sync them to your preferred calendar app. Enjoy a beautiful daily timeline and manage tasks directly from your Lock Screen.

Highlights
  • AI Planner Recognition
  • Review and Edit Events
  • Calendar Integration (Apple, Google, Outlook)
  • Daily Timeline View
  • To-Dos & Live Activities
  • Quick Capture Widget
  • iCloud Sync & Dark Mode
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Your calendar for handwritten plans and everyday life. SnapJournal brings your events and to-dos together in a visual calendar. Add plans yourself, or photograph your paper planner and let AI turn your handwriting into editable events. Keep planning on paper. Get reminded on your phone. Manage the details in SnapJournal. FROM PAPER TO YOUR CALENDAR 1. Take a photo of your planner or choose one from your photo library. 2. Review the events and to-dos AI finds, with your photo close at hand. 3. Edit the details and save your plans in SnapJournal. You can also add your events to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook Calendar. PLAN YOUR DAY, WEEK, AND MONTH Switch between Day, 2-Day, Week, and Month views. See your schedule in a color-coded timeline or get an overview of the month. Pinch to expand the month and reveal more events and to-dos. EVENTS AND TO-DOS, TOGETHER Create events manually, manage daily to-dos, and set reminders. Drag events to adjust your schedule, or move a to-do into the timeline to turn it into an event. Collapse your to-do list when you want more room for your calendar. CALENDAR CONNECTIONS AND EXPORT Keep events in SnapJournal and optionally send them to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook Calendar. Export reviewed events as an .ics calendar file to share or open in a compatible calendar app. WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES Open the camera from a Home Screen widget, check today's plans, and follow your to-do progress on the Lock Screen with Live Activities. DARK MODE AND ICLOUD Use light or dark mode and keep your SnapJournal events and to-dos synced across your devices with iCloud. FREE AND PRO Calendar views, local event storage, to-dos, photo-based event extraction, and Apple Calendar connections are available for free. SnapJournal Pro unlocks Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar connections, .ics export, widgets, and Live Activities. Terms of Use https://snap-journal.app/terms

About

Itsypad

A fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for iPhone and iPad. It offers iCloud sync, auto-save, multi-tab functionality, and syntax highlighting for numerous languages. Manage your clipboard history, search entries, and sync notes seamlessly with its Mac counterpart.

Highlights
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Auto-save for continuous work
  • Multi-tab note-taking
  • Syntax highlighting for 185+ languages
  • Markdown-compatible lists and checklists
  • Clipboard history management
  • Searchable clipboard history
Currently charting
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Itsypad is a tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for iPhone and iPad. SCRATCHPAD, ALWAYS IN YOUR POCKET - iCloud sync - scratch tabs sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Auto-save - content is continuously saved, never lose your work - Multi-tab - work on multiple notes and files at once - Syntax highlighting for 185+ languages with automatic language detection - Lists and checklists - markdown-compatible bullets, numbered lists, and checkboxes with toggle and strikethrough - Themes - multiple syntax highlighting themes included - Localized in 12 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and more CLIPBOARD MANAGER - Your full clipboard history from Mac, synced to your pocket via iCloud - Browse, search, and copy any entry right from your iPhone or iPad - Copy and paste inside the app to add new entries to your history - Searchable - filter history with highlighted matches WORKS WITH ITSYPAD FOR MAC Itsypad syncs your scratch tabs via iCloud. Start a note on your Mac, pick it up on your iPhone. Everything stays in sync automatically. --- The app is open source: https://github.com/nickustinov/itsypad-ios

Screenshots

Calendar Planner4 screens
Itsypad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Calendar Planner at Free against Itsypad's $5.99. Calendar Planner also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Itsypad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#77 vs unranked). On ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Calendar Planner is free to download; Itsypad costs $5.99 up front. Calendar Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Itsypad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar Planner ships an update weekly, Itsypad monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Calendar Planner versus Itsypad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar PlannerItsypad
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#77 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTenere LLCNikolajs Ustinovs

Customer experience

Calendar Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Itsypad

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Calendar Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Itsypad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calendar Planner free?
Calendar Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Itsypad free?
Itsypad costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calendar Planner or Itsypad have ads?
Neither Calendar Planner nor Itsypad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendar Planner or Itsypad?
Calendar Planner ships an update weekly, and Itsypad monthly. Most recently, Calendar Planner was updated on October 30, 2026 and Itsypad on October 31, 2026.

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