Comparison

Chrono Planner vs plainday

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

Head to head
About

Chrono Planner

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Chrono is built on a simple idea: planning your life should lower your stress, not add to it. No red badges shouting at you. No guilt over yesterday's unfinished list. Just a calm, focused space where your tasks, calendar, and goals live together — with an AI planner that doesn't just talk about your day. It acts on it. Plan. Focus. Achieve. AN AI PLANNER THAT ACTUALLY DOES THINGS (PRO) Tell Chrono what's on your mind in plain language and watch the plan take shape. In one chat, the AI Planner can: • Create new tasks, move them to better times, and mark them complete • Delete what no longer matters • Create and update goals as your priorities shift No copying suggestions back and forth. You ask, Chrono does — like a thoughtful assistant tidying your week while you talk. A CALENDAR YOU'LL ACTUALLY ENJOY • Day, multi-day, month, and year views — zoom from this afternoon to the whole year • Drag to move or resize anything, so replanning takes seconds • Overlay your Apple Calendar and see everything in one place Planning your week becomes a quiet two-minute ritual instead of a chore. TASKS THAT DON'T NAG • Capture everything in seconds, then let it go • Recurring tasks for the things that come back every day, week, or month • Priorities and categories that keep your list tidy In Chrono, an unfinished task is a plan to adjust — never a failure. GOALS THAT MOVE FORWARD Big ambitions become doable when they're connected to daily action. Link tasks to your goals and watch progress build steadily — small steps, clearly visible. FOCUS WITHOUT FRICTION Start a Pomodoro focus session and follow it right from your Lock Screen with Live Activities. Put your phone face down and stay in flow. A CALM WEEKLY RESET (PRO) Close each week with gentle insights into what you accomplished and what to carry forward. Reflection, not judgment — so every week starts with a clear head. EVERYWHERE YOU NEED IT • Home screen widget for a glanceable view of your day • Siri shortcuts to add tasks hands-free • Face ID app lock to keep your plans private • Works fully offline — your plans are always with you CHRONO PRO The AI Planner and Weekly Review are part of Chrono Pro, available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Everything else — tasks, calendar, goals, focus timer, widget, and Siri shortcuts — is included from the start. Payment is charged to your App Store account, and subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Productivity tools often borrow their energy from anxiety — streaks to protect, alarms to silence, red numbers to clear. Chrono takes the opposite path. Calm is the whole point: when your plan feels lighter, you actually follow it. Learn more at getchrono.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://getchrono.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getchrono.app/privacy.html

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plainday

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plainday is a calm planner that keeps your day clear. Your day is one list in time order: tasks, classes and calendar events together. The biggest number tells you how long until what's next. JUST TYPE IT • Write a plain sentence in the bar below: “Friday 2:30pm anatomy lab exam”. It finds the day, the time, the repeat and which list it belongs to. • It understands repeats like “every morning at 8”, “weekdays” or “every Monday”. • After you add something it shows where it went, and you can undo with one tap. WEEKLY TIMETABLE • Enter things that happen at the same time every week, such as classes, shifts or workouts, on one screen: name, days, time, place. • It shows up in each day's plan on its own, with the free time in between. • A holiday or a cancelled class? Mark it “not on this day only”; the weekly timetable stays the same. ANYTIME • A plain checklist for things with no day that you don't want to forget. Write it, do it, tick it; move any of them to today with one tap. YOUR DAY, WEEK AND MONTH • Today: a countdown to what's next, the day's plan and anything overdue. • Week: seven short day plans, one under the other. Month: how many tasks each day holds. • In the evening, move what's left to tomorrow with one tap. STEPS AND REPEATS • Break a big task into small steps; it moves along as you tick them off. • A repeating task is completed day by day, and you can skip a single day. ALARMS • Set an important task to ring as an alarm: it sounds even in silent mode and can be snoozed. Just say “alarm” as you type: “tomorrow 7am alarm”. (iOS 26) NOTIFICATIONS • A morning summary and an optional evening summary that shows tomorrow a day ahead. Empty days send nothing. • Reminders for tasks with a time; complete or snooze right from the notification. ALONGSIDE YOUR CALENDAR • If you like, events from your iPhone calendar appear in your day, read-only. plainday never writes to your calendar. WIDGETS AND SIRI • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: what's next and today's tasks. • Add tasks without opening the app, with Siri, Shortcuts or the Action button. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • No account needed. No ads, no tracking. • Your data lives only in your own iCloud account and syncs between your iPhone and iPad (it runs as an iPhone app on iPad). • Dark mode and larger text sizes are supported. Available in English and Turkish. Privacy Policy: https://plainday-app.github.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

Chrono Planner4 screens
plainday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: plainday at none against Chrono Planner's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chrono Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. plainday asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Chrono Planner versus plainday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChrono Plannerplainday
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuc BoreasRıza Kerem SAHIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chrono Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Chrono Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Chrono Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

plainday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chrono Planner free?
Chrono Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is plainday free?
plainday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chrono Planner or plainday have ads?
Neither Chrono Planner nor plainday shows ads.

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