Comparison

PlanDay vs Busy B Planner

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

Head to head
About

PlanDay

A straightforward daily planner designed for focused task management. Easily organize your day, week, and month with intuitive swiping and task management. Enjoy a clean interface with customizable themes, all without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Day, week, and month views
  • Add and check off tasks
  • Drag and drop tasks to reschedule
  • iCloud data syncing
  • Four customizable themes
  • Instant opening, no login
Features
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PlanDay is a planner for your day, week, and month. Swipe between views to see what's ahead. Add tasks, check them off, move them to another day if plans change. No accounts. No syncing headaches. No overwhelming feature lists. Just a clean, focused space to plan your day, your week, and your month — all in one place. Swipe between Day, Week, and Month views to see your life at every level. Add tasks in seconds. Check them off as you go. Move them forward when plans change. FOUR HANDCRAFTED THEMES • Classic — Clean and minimal, like a fresh notebook • Journal — Warm leather and ruled paper, for the old soul • Trapper Keeper — Bold, loud, and unapologetically '90s • Nature — A calm sunset backdrop for a calmer mind WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Opens instantly — no loading, no login • Swipe between day, week, and month views • Drag tasks to tomorrow when life gets in the way • Your data stays on your device and syncs via iCloud • No ads. No subscriptions. No tricks. PlanDay was built for people who want to do more and manage less. If you've ever abandoned a productivity app because it felt like a second job, this one's for you.

About

Busy B Planner

Capture thoughts and tasks in an inbox, then organize them into categories. Plan your day and week with visual tools and gentle reminders. Syncs across devices via iCloud for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Inbox for quick capture
  • Categorization and subcategories
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Due date reminders
  • iPad-optimized layout
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Busy B Planner is a warm, visual to-do app for people juggling everyday life. Brain-dump anything you need to remember into the Running list the moment it hits you, with no decisions required up front. Then file each task into a category, with optional subcategories, whenever you're ready, so capturing never gets in the way of doing. Add dates and times, flag what matters, repeat what comes back every week, and duplicate a task in one tap. Plan around Today and Tomorrow, and see your whole week at a glance on iPad. Everything syncs across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud. No account to create, no sign-up required. WHY BUSY B • Running list: capture anything, anytime, then sort it when you're ready • Capture your way: type it, say it with voice capture, or ask Siri: "Add pick up dry cleaning tomorrow to Household in Busy B." • Dates, times and reminders: including a heads-up before something is due • Today & Tomorrow views: see exactly what matters right now • Categories and subcategories: organise your way, drag and drop to arrange them, or sort alphabetically or by date added • Flag & file: swipe to flag your most important tasks or file them into a category • Repeating tasks: daily, weekly or monthly • Duplicate: copy a task, with its date, reminder, repeat and category, in one tap • iPad Command Centre: a full three-pane layout built for iPad, not a stretched iPhone app • iCloud sync: your tasks, everywhere, automatically • Nine hand-crafted themes, with dark mode BUSY B INTELLIGENCE • Daily briefing: open the app to a short, on-device read of what matters today, not just a count • One-tap filing: on-device intelligence sorts your Running list into the right categories, and you review before anything moves • Catch-up: a look at tasks you keep skipping, each with a suggested next step • Voice capture: tap the mic and just talk. Busy B adds the task with the date filled in and takes its best guess at the category Busy B Intelligence is built with Apple Intelligence. Every suggestion is generated on your device. Nothing is sent to us, and nothing trains a model. Voice capture needs iOS 26 or later, and its date and category suggestions, like the briefing, filing and catch-up, need an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence turned on. The rest of Busy B works on every supported device. BUSY B PRO Try Busy B Pro free for 7 days with the yearly plan. After that, choose monthly, yearly or lifetime. Pro unlocks unlimited categories and subcategories, every theme, repeating tasks, voice capture and Busy B Intelligence. Your task data stays yours: synced privately through your own iCloud account. Simple enough to open and start typing. Powerful enough to organise a busy life. Subscription details: Busy B Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The 7-day free trial applies to the yearly plan for new subscribers; after the trial it renews at the yearly price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://busybplanner.com/privacy

Screenshots

PlanDay4 screens
Busy B Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlanDay at none against Busy B Planner's 3. Busy B Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Busy B Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PlanDay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PlanDay against 5.0 for Busy B Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Busy B Planner has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanDay ships an update every 6 weeks, Busy B Planner every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PlanDay versus Busy B Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanDayBusy B Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB21 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSunset Labs, LLCMakram Atiyah

Customer experience

PlanDay

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

Busy B Planner

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PlanDay

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Busy B Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Busy B Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Busy B Pro - Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Busy B Pro - Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is PlanDay free?
PlanDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Busy B Planner free?
Busy B Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlanDay or Busy B Planner?
PlanDay and Busy B Planner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do PlanDay or Busy B Planner have ads?
Neither PlanDay nor Busy B Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanDay or Busy B Planner?
PlanDay ships an update every 6 weeks, and Busy B Planner every 4 days. Most recently, PlanDay was updated on October 7, 2026 and Busy B Planner on October 17, 2026.

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