Jiffy vs Notebook & Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jiffy
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Jiffy is a fast, lightweight app for notes, tasks and reminders. Capture a thought in seconds by typing or speaking naturally. Jiffy helps turn quick input into clear notes, todos and reminders without the clutter of a bloated productivity system. Use Jiffy to: • capture notes fast • create tasks and todos • set reminders from natural language • save ideas before you forget them • see time-based items in your calendar • keep everything simple and easy to review Jiffy is built for quick personal planning: • errands • appointments • things to remember later • lightweight day-to-day organisation • voice or text capture on the go If your current notes app feels slow or overcomplicated, Jiffy gives you a calmer way to capture now and remember later.
Notebook & Planner
This app offers a private, offline space for daily planning and note-taking, mimicking the feel of traditional paper. Organize your schedule with timed events and create custom notebooks with various paper styles.
- Daily planner with timeline events
- Customizable notebooks by topic
- Choice of ruled, blank, or grid paper
- Numbered index for notes
- Offline functionality
- No ads or tracking
- Light and dark mode support
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Notebook & Planner is a quiet, tactile space to write, plan and remember, with the understated elegance of old fashioned paper. DAILY PLANNER • Plan your day with events on a timeline: time, color and a note • All day events, and events that run across several days • Choose which hours to show: only the ones you actually use • Events outside those hours stay visible in the summaries above and below • Four text sizes, so the day reads the way you like • Write down breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks • Keep track of water and coffee • Log when you wake up and when you go to sleep • Swipe to change day YOUR NOTEBOOKS • Create notebooks by topic, with colored covers • Choose the paper of each notebook: ruled, blank or grid • Your writing sits on the lines, the way it does on real paper • Keep your notes in a numbered index • Addresses written in a note become links you can tap LIGHT AND DARK • Light, Dark, or follow the system SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • All your data stays on your device • No account, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline
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Verdict
Jiffy and Notebook & Planner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jiffy ships an update every 3 weeks, Notebook & Planner monthly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Jiffy | Notebook & Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gerard McBrien | Gherardo Cesare Siliprandi |
In-app purchases
Jiffy
No in-app purchases
Notebook & Planner
No in-app purchases









