Beyond vs Daily Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beyond
This app provides a dedicated space for capturing quotes and personal thoughts, then prompts you to respond and reflect. It visually balances your collected ideas with your own insights, fostering deeper understanding and connection between concepts. Import notes from other services and enjoy a quiet, personal environment for thoughtful writing.
- Capture quotes and excerpts
- Respond to prompts with personal writing
- Visualize thinking balance
- Connect ideas through references
- Import from Kindle, Readwise, WeRead
- Create calm share cards
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Turn the highlights you save into thoughts of your own. Beyond puts excerpts and your responses side by side, helping you capture what moves you, develop your own voice, and return to ideas worth exploring. CAPTURE WHAT MOVES YOU Select text from a photo of a book page, paste an excerpt, or import highlights and notes from Kindle, Readwise, and WeRead. WRITE BEYOND THE EXCERPT Swipe right on an excerpt to start writing with the original already attached. Add references and tags to turn a moment of inspiration into your own understanding. CONNECT YOUR IDEAS Link related entries and follow their backlinks. Explore recurring themes and a monthly timeline to see how your thinking develops. MAKE REFLECTION A HABIT Rediscover saved entries with Review Cards. See your writing and connections in Weekly Review. Home Screen widgets let you reread, start writing, or check this week's expression at a glance. Set optional reminders at a time that suits you. SHARE YOUR WORDS Create simple image cards from an entry or your weekly reflection. Beyond does not write with AI. Every word comes from your reading and thinking. Beyond is free to use. An optional subscription unlocks Pro features, including iCloud sync, Theme Explorer, and Timeline. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel in Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://beyond.noteofnote.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://beyond.noteofnote.com/privacy
Daily Planner
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A daily planner that only ever holds three things. Open it in the morning, name the three tasks that would make today a win, and close the app. That is the entire list — there is no inbox, no backlog, no place to hide a fourth task. Most planners are storage. They happily hold two hundred open items, and the five that actually matter drown in the pile. This one is a filter. The cap is three, enforced by the app itself, so choosing what NOT to do becomes part of planning instead of something you avoid. Tag each task with a time of day and an energy level, pick a theme for the day, tick them off, and finish. A day either closes at 3 of 3 or it doesn't — that honesty is the whole point. WHAT YOU GET - Three tasks a day, hard-capped, so you finish your list instead of grooming it - Morning and evening reminders that ask you to set your three, then close them out - Time and energy tags (Morning, Midday, Evening, Anytime / Light, Steady, Deep) so the plan matches how you actually work - A streak that only grows on days you clear all three, plus longest streak, perfect-day count and 30-day completion rate - A Home Screen widget in small and medium showing today's theme, your three, and your progress - Unfinished tasks carried into tomorrow as drafts with one tap, never into a growing pile PERFECT FOR - People who quit to-do apps because the backlog got depressing - Makers and knowledge workers protecting one or two deep-work blocks a day - Anyone rebuilding a routine after burnout who needs small, finishable days - Streak keepers who want the streak to mean something real WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP OR A BIG TASK MANAGER? A notes app lets the list grow forever, and a full task manager rewards you for capturing more. Neither one ever tells you the day is done. This app caps the day at three, records whether you cleared it, and shows the pattern over weeks — which weekdays you actually finish, which part of the day you follow through in, and how often you close a day clean. One line of evening reflection closes the loop. PRIVACY Everything lives on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking, no analytics profile. Reminders are scheduled locally by iOS and never travel through a server. Nothing you write is uploaded anywhere. FULL ACCESS Full access unlocks your complete history beyond the last 7 days and the deeper insight charts: perfect days by weekday, your follow-through rate by time of day, and which daily themes you use most. It is offered as a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase — pick whichever you prefer on the plan screen. Tomorrow morning, open the app and write down three things. That's the whole habit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beyond at weekly against Daily Planner's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Beyond sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Daily Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beyond ships an update weekly, Daily Planner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beyond | Daily Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俊 张 | Phuc Pham |
In-app purchases
Beyond
- Beyond Pro Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Beyond Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership$59.99
Daily Planner
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$29.99









