Comparison

Timely vs Monthly Planner

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

Head to head
About

Timely

Features
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Timely Calendar turns your everyday schedule into a personal journal — and now you can share it with the people you love. Create a beautiful calendar together with your partner, family, or friends, then make every day yours with AI stickers, curated themes, and a mood diary. SHARED CALENDARS — PLAN TOGETHER - Create shared calendars with your partner, family, roommates, or team - Invite members and keep everyone on the same page - Events and to-dos sync in real time for the whole group - Color-code each member to see who is doing what at a glance - View personal and shared calendars side by side - Perfect for couples, family schedules, trips, and group plans SMART CALENDAR — STAY ORGANIZED - Three views: month, weekly timetable, and daily agenda - Custom color labels for easy sorting - Manage multiple calendars - To-do list with drag-and-drop reordering - Flip-clock countdowns keep important days in sight - Public holidays for Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Japan, Korea, and the US - Full Chinese almanac — auspicious days, solar terms, zodiac, and stem-branch - Optimized for iPhone Duo — uses the full outer and inner displays CUSTOM STICKERS - AI background removal — one tap to cut out any subject - Manual crop — draw freely for precise edges - Sticker decoration mode — frames, doodles, text, and custom colors - Build your own sticker library - Place stickers on any date or calendar background - Sticker backgrounds — turn up to 3 stickers into a patterned calendar background in one tap BEAUTIFUL THEMES - Starry Black — minimal dark - Simple White — clean and classic - Cat Theme — 12 months of hand-drawn illustrations - Heritage Cats — 12 months of traditional Chinese-style illustrations - Flowers — 12 months of floral illustrations - Lovely Pink — soft and sweet - Dreamy Macaron — healing pastel tones - Earth Brown — warm and grounded - Pixel — retro Y2K style MOOD DIARY — JOURNAL - Capture each day with photos and stickers - Log how you feel with mood stickers - Mood insights — pie chart, monthly trends, and logging streaks - Export a month of diary pages to PDF in one tap - Share monthly highlights straight to your IG Story HOME SCREEN WIDGETS - Three sizes: small, medium, and large - Four styles: Modern, Minimal, Cute, and Pixel - Transparent background option - Auto-refresh — always up to date - Today's to-dos, upcoming events, and countdowns at a glance Whether you are sharing a calendar with your partner, organizing the whole family, keeping a team in sync, or you simply love journaling and want a calendar with real personality — Timely makes opening your calendar something to look forward to. Download now and start designing beautiful days with the people who matter. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Monthly Planner

This aesthetic monthly planner displays your entire month in a single, clear calendar grid. Easily add and check off daily tasks, plan your month in minutes, and customize with color themes. It offers a simple, visual approach to staying organized without complex features.

Highlights
  • Monthly grid view
  • Checkable daily tasks
  • Fast month planning
  • Customizable color themes
  • Today highlight
  • Month navigation
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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Finally, a monthly planner you'll actually stick with. Month+ is an aesthetic monthly planner that turns your entire month into one beautiful calendar: a clear monthly grid, your tasks on each day, and nothing extra to slow you down. Plan your whole month in minutes - then simply check things off as you go. No complicated setup. No empty pages staring back at you. Just a clear, colorful picture of your month. KEY FEATURES - Monthly board - see the whole month at a glance in one beautiful calendar - Checkable tasks - add to-dos to any day and tick them off with a satisfying tap - Task details - time, reminders, repeat, color and tags (right-click on Mac, long-press on iPhone and iPad) - iPhone, iPad and Mac - one planner everywhere, synced through iCloud (Pro) - Fast planning - map out the month ahead in just a few minutes - Color themes - Pastel, Midnight, Vivid, Sage and Ocean to match your mood - Today highlight - the current day always stands out, so you know where to focus - Month navigation - swipe between past and future months effortlessly - Apple Pencil on iPad - handwrite notes, doodles and reminders right on your calendar WHO IS IT FOR - Students balancing classes, assignments and deadlines - Busy professionals who want a clear overview without heavy project tools - Moms juggling family schedules, errands and personal time - Habit and self-care lovers tracking routines and small daily wins - Anyone who downloaded a complicated planner... and quietly abandoned it HOW IT WORKS 1. Open your month - a clean calendar is waiting for you 2. Add tasks to each day - it takes just a few minutes 3. Check things off as you go and watch your month fill up with little victories Pick a theme you love, plan your month in minutes, and enjoy the calm of knowing exactly what comes next. Your most organized - and prettiest - month starts now with Month+. Support: hello@britetodo.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://britetodo.com/legal/PrivacyPolicyBrite.pdf

Screenshots

Timely4 screens
Monthly Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Monthly Planner at daily against Timely's every 2 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timely sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Monthly Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timely ships an update every 2 weeks, Monthly Planner daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Timely versus Monthly Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelyMonthly Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKui Yan Marc YUBrite Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timely

Subscriptions2
  • Timely Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Timely Premium Yearly1 Month trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Timely Calendar · Premium$8.99
2 purchases

Monthly Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Timely free?
Timely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monthly Planner free?
Monthly Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timely or Monthly Planner have ads?
Neither Timely nor Monthly Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timely or Monthly Planner?
Timely ships an update every 2 weeks, and Monthly Planner daily. Most recently, Timely was updated on October 28, 2026 and Monthly Planner on October 31, 2026.

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