Comparison

iPlan Today vs Cycle Reminder

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

Head to head
About

iPlan Today

This digital planner allows you to write, draw, and organize your life with a paper-like interface. Track habits, set goals, and manage schedules with customizable notebooks and templates. Syncs across devices and integrates with your existing calendars and reminders.

Highlights
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly planning views
  • Handwriting and drawing with Apple Pencil support
  • Customizable habit tracking with visual streaks
  • Goal setting with flowchart-style breakdown
  • Unlimited notebooks with custom templates
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Apple Calendar and Reminders integration
Features
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iPlan Today turns your iPad and iPhone into the ultimate digital planner. Write freely with Apple Pencil, organize your schedule, track habits, and plan your goals — all in one beautiful app that syncs seamlessly across your devices. Plan Every Day, Week, Month & Year See your schedule at a glance with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views. Navigate between time periods with a swipe. Import events from Apple Calendar so everything lives in one place. Draw Freely with Apple Pencil Write, sketch, and annotate directly on your schedule. Every view is a canvas — draw on your daily planner, weekly spread, monthly calendar, or yearly overview. Your handwriting is your planning. Customize with Stickers & Text Boxes Drop planner stickers, washi tape, emoji, labels, and banners onto any page. Add formatted text boxes anywhere. Make your planner truly yours. Track Habits That Stick Build daily, weekly, or custom habits. See your streaks, completion rates, and trends at a glance. Beautiful stats show your progress over time. Set Goals & Map Your Steps Create yearly goals with visual flowcharts. Break each goal into steps, track your progress, and draw on every step along the way. Notebooks for Everything Else Create unlimited notebooks with lined, grid, dotted, or blank pages. Use content templates for meeting notes, journals, to-do lists, Cornell notes, and more. Export pages as PDF or images. Manage Tasks & Reminders Create and complete reminders with full Apple Reminders integration. Drag and drop tasks between lists. Write reminders by hand with built-in handwriting recognition. Two Beautiful Themes Choose Modern Light, Modern Dark, or the handcrafted Scrapbook theme with a warm paper aesthetic, dot grid backgrounds, and decorative flourishes. Sync Across All Devices iCloud sync keeps your drawings, notes, stickers, goals, and habits up to date on every device. Intelligent conflict resolution protects your work when editing on multiple devices at the same time. Home Screen Widgets See today's schedule and habit progress right from your home screen with beautiful widgets in small, medium, and large sizes. Also includes: • Backup and restore your entire planner • Adjustable schedule hours (start and end time) • Share any page as an image • Privacy-first: all data stays on your device and in your private iCloud

About

Cycle Reminder

This app visually tracks recurring tasks with a progress ring that shifts color as time passes through 'rest,' 'can-do,' and 'must-do' stages. It provides local notifications and alarms, allowing tasks to be paused and resumed. All data is stored locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Visual progress rings for tasks
  • Three-stage timed durations (Rest, Can-Do, Must-Do)
  • Local notifications and alarms
  • Pause and resume tasks
  • Swipe to delete, drag to reorder
  • Local data storage, no account needed
Features
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Cycle Reminder turns every recurring task into a visual cycle you can read at a glance. Whether it's watering the plants, taking medication, doing the laundry, stretching at your desk, or reapplying sunscreen — most routines aren't a single beep on a schedule. They have a window: a stretch of time where you don't need to act yet, a stretch where you should, and a stretch where you really must. Cycle Reminder is built around that idea. HOW IT WORKS For each task you set three durations: - Rest — you don't need to think about it yet - Can-Do — a good time to take care of it - Must-Do — it's overdue, handle it now The task appears on your home screen as a smooth progress ring that fills as time passes, color-shifting from rest, to can-do, to must-do. One tap on the reset button and the cycle starts over. WHAT YOU GET - Three-stage progress gauges that make priority obvious without reading text - Local notifications and alarms when a stage ends — even when the app is closed - Pause a task when you're traveling or on a break, resume without losing position - Swipe to delete, long-press to drag and reorder - Pull down on the list to search across all your tasks - Edit any task's title and durations at any time - Everything stored locally on your device — no account, no cloud, no sync setup GREAT FOR - Household routines: watering plants, changing filters, cleaning the litter box, taking out compost - Personal care: medication, supplements, contact lenses, sunscreen, hydration - Wellness: posture breaks, eye breaks, stretching, walking the dog - Work: standups, focus blocks, recurring follow-ups - Hobbies and pets: feeding schedules, fermenting, sourdough starter, aquarium maintenance FREE WITH OPTIONAL UPGRADE Cycle Reminder is free to download and use. A small banner ad appears at the bottom to support development. If you'd rather not see ads, a one-time in-app purchase removes them permanently — no subscription, no recurring charges. PRIVACY Your tasks live only on your iPhone. We don't collect, sync, or upload them. There is no sign-in. Aside from the standard requirements of the ad SDK, no analytics or personal data leave your device. Download Cycle Reminder and replace the mental load of "when did I last do that?" with a quiet, visual answer.

Screenshots

iPlan Today4 screens
Cycle Reminder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iPlan Today at none against Cycle Reminder's shown. iPlan Today also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). Cycle Reminder's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. iPlan Today sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Cycle Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cycle Reminder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPlan Today has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPlan Today ships an update every 2 days, Cycle Reminder every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iPlan Today versus Cycle Reminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPlan TodayCycle Reminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEEP P PATELYin Ni

Customer experience

iPlan Today

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cycle Reminder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iPlan Today

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
  • 6 Month Premium$17.996 Months
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Cycle Reminder

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is iPlan Today free?
iPlan Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cycle Reminder free?
Cycle Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iPlan Today or Cycle Reminder?
Cycle Reminder is rated higher. iPlan Today averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Cycle Reminder averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iPlan Today or Cycle Reminder have ads?
Cycle Reminder shows ads; iPlan Today does not.
Which is updated more often, iPlan Today or Cycle Reminder?
iPlan Today ships an update every 2 days, and Cycle Reminder every 3 weeks. Most recently, iPlan Today was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cycle Reminder on October 31, 2026.

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