Comparison

Calendar Notes Pro vs Dayleaf

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

Head to head
About

Calendar Notes Pro

This app integrates your calendar and notes into a single, minimalist interface. View notes directly on your calendar and enjoy instant auto-save for a stress-free organization experience. It prioritizes privacy by storing all data locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Notes displayed on calendar
  • Instant auto-save
  • Minimalist design
  • Tap to write notes
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Local data storage
Features
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Tired of switching between your calendar and notes app? Calendar Notes Pro combines both into one beautifully simple experience. WHY CALENDAR NOTES PRO? - See Your Month at a Glance — Every note appears directly on your calendar. No more hunting through folders or scrolling through lists. - Instant Auto-Save — Start typing and your notes save automatically. No save buttons, no lost work, no stress. - Premium Minimalist Design — A clean, distraction-free interface in elegant black and white. No clutter, just clarity. - Tap Any Day to Write — Simply tap a date to add or edit a note. It's that easy. - Fully Offline — Your notes stay on your device. No account required, no internet needed. PERFECT FOR - Quick daily reminders - Planning your week ahead - Tracking habits and goals - Jotting down appointments - Keeping a simple daily journal PRIVACY FIRST Calendar Notes Pro stores everything locally on your device. We don't collect your data, track your habits, or require sign-ups. Your notes are yours alone. Download Calendar Notes Pro today and experience the simplest way to stay organized.

About

Dayleaf

This app offers a digital journaling experience that mimics a physical paper planner. It features multiple calendar views, customizable planners for different life areas, and quick entry options. Cloud backup and export capabilities ensure your notes are safe and accessible.

Highlights
  • Monthly, Weekly, and Day calendar views
  • Multiple color-coded planners
  • Quick entry and editing
  • Instant search functionality
  • Cloud backup and restore
  • Printable calendar views
  • Email export of entries
Features
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The warmth of a paper planner, the power of your iPhone. Write your days, stick stickers on your dates, and watch your life fill a beautiful calendar: journal, diary, goals, and planner in one quiet, ad-free app. Free to start; Pro is a one-time purchase or a subscription, your choice. Open it to a calendar, not a blank page: your entries, photos, and stickers live right inside the month, week, and day views, so every glance tells the story of your life. **New: Your Second Brain in an Agentic World** Switch on Headless Dayleaf and Meta Muse, Claude, Gemini or your own scripts can write the day's weather, your steps and sleep, or a summary of what you shipped into the right planner, labelled "via muse" so your words and theirs never blur, and read back what you wrote. Your whole journal also exports as Markdown files, one note per day, ready for Obsidian and any AI tool. Off by default; text only, never your photos or audio. **Switching from Day One?** Bring your entire journal home in minutes: every entry, photo, and voice recording. Choose your export in Settings → Import and Dayleaf does the rest, even for journals with a decade of memories. Free, forever. **Photos & Voice Notes** Attach photos to any entry and see them right on your calendar. Tap the mic to capture a voice note on the spot. Some days deserve to be heard, not typed. **Planner Stickers** Birthday, Pay day, Trip, Deadline, Date night… stick them on any date like a real paper planner, or design your own with your choice of icon and color. **Twenty Hand-Crafted Themes** Paper, Forest, Ocean, Lavender, Rosé, Ink & Gold, Sunset, Olive, Retro, Clay, Frost, Linen, Kraft, Pop: each tuned by hand with a light and a dark face, several with their own page construction. Your journal, your mood. **Set Goals. Reflect. Grow.** Daily, weekly, and monthly goals with a Notes & Reflection space to look back and write how it really went, just like the review pages of a great paper planner. **Private Diary with Lock. Your Year in Review.** App Lock (Pro) guards your diary with a 4-digit passcode; forgot it? A code sent to your email resets it. Year in Review (Pro) shows streaks, words written, busiest days and a globe lit by every city you've written from. Tag entries with your location, write your own reminder messages, and switch on a persistent reminder that nudges until you open the app. **Private. Backed Up. Always Yours.** One-tap backups to your own iCloud: entries, photos, voice notes, stickers, everything. No account required, no tracking, and your journal stays in your own Apple account. Restore anywhere, anytime. Key Features: - Day One import: entries, photos & audio, free forever - App Lock passcode, Year in Review, places globe, blog-post entries (Pro) - Headless Dayleaf: local API, `dayleaf` command line and MCP server (Mac); cloud access for Meta Muse and other agents - Markdown export: one note per day, ready for Obsidian and AI tools - Photo attachments with calendar thumbnails - On-the-spot voice notes - 20 planner stickers + design your own - 20 hand-crafted themes, each with light & dark - Per-planner icons, fonts, and text sizes - Daily, weekly, and monthly goals with reflection - Monthly, Weekly, and Day calendar views with zoom - Daily reminder at your chosen time - Instant search and a fast, beautiful Timeline - iCloud backup and restore: no account needed - Print your calendar; export by email (text/CSV) DAYLEAF EVERYWHERE Capture on Apple Watch: dictate an entry, record voice memos with automatic transcripts, tick off goals from your wrist, and add the watch-face complication. And with the Mac app, your whole journal is at home on your desktop too. Perfect for daily journaling, gratitude and mood tracking, habit reflection, work notes, reading lists, travel plans, and memory keeping. Your memories deserve a beautiful home. Start today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Calendar Notes Pro3 screens
Dayleaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calendar Notes Pro at none against Dayleaf's 3. Calendar Notes Pro also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Dayleaf's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, review sentiment and device support 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

Both are free to download. Dayleaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Calendar Notes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calendar Notes Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dayleaf has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar Notes Pro ships an update daily, Dayleaf weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Calendar Notes Pro versus Dayleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar Notes ProDayleaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlok HaldiyaiMobiApp

Customer experience

Calendar Notes Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dayleaf

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Calendar Notes Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dayleaf

Subscriptions2
  • Dayleaf Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Dayleaf Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dayleaf Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Calendar Notes Pro free?
Calendar Notes Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dayleaf free?
Dayleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calendar Notes Pro or Dayleaf?
Calendar Notes Pro is rated higher. Calendar Notes Pro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Dayleaf averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Calendar Notes Pro or Dayleaf have ads?
Calendar Notes Pro shows ads; Dayleaf does not.
Which is updated more often, Calendar Notes Pro or Dayleaf?
Calendar Notes Pro ships an update daily, and Dayleaf weekly. Most recently, Calendar Notes Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dayleaf on October 31, 2026.

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