Ink vs Errands Route Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ink
Transform spoken words into organized notes and lists with AI-powered transcription and editing. Features include collaborative sharing, customizable shelving, and multiple daily planning views. Print beautifully formatted documents and track your productivity habits.
- Voice-to-text transcription
- AI-powered editing
- Collaborative list sharing
- Customizable shelves for organization
- Multiple daily planning views
- Printable notes and lists
- Productivity statistics tracking
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Ink turns your voice into finished notes and lists. No re-typing, no cleanup. Tap the microphone, speak naturally, and watch your words land as a clean list, a note, or a tidy paragraph. Ink shapes the transcript while you watch, so you see the result before it's saved. WHAT'S INCLUDED, WHAT'S PRO Notes, to-dos, reminders, repeats, links, shelves, Markdown export, and iCloud sync are free, no account required. Pro adds dictation with AI formatting, file import, your own templates, version history, a focus timer, ledger mode, the richer copy formats, shared lists, Today layouts you can arrange, font packs, accent colors, and paper tones. Your 14 days of Pro don't begin when you install. They begin the first time you open something Pro, so the two weeks are two weeks you spend. EARLIER VERSIONS OF EVERY PAGE Ink keeps a version of a page as you leave it. Read last week's draft beside today's, lift a paragraph back out, or bring the whole thing back as a new page, which leaves everything you have written since where it is. Stored on your device, the newest 50 per page. THE INDEX AT THE BACK OF THE NOTEBOOK Every unfinished checkbox scattered through your notes, gathered on one page. Every passage you marked, on another. Check something off and it leaves the index on its own. Nothing to file, nothing to keep tidy. TEMPLATES FOR THE THINGS YOU DO AGAIN Turn a list you already keep into one you can run again. Ink clears last time's checkmarks and amounts, then asks for a name and a date, so "book transport seven days before" lands on the right day this time. PULL THE WORDS OUT OF A FILE Send a PDF, a document, or a photo of a page to Ink, or tap + and choose Import, and it reads the words into a note. Ink keeps the words, not the file. Scans and photos are read on your device, so nothing is sent anywhere. ON YOUR WRIST Ink on Apple Watch shows what's due and lets you check it off without reaching for your phone. Put the next thing on your watch face and it's there at a glance. ASK SIRI, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Say "Add an item to Ink" or "Show my Ink today" and it happens. Every action works in Shortcuts and on the Action Button, and your notes turn up in Spotlight. DATES YOU CAN JUST TYPE Write "Dentist Friday 4pm" or "rent next week" and Ink reads the date and leaves the title clean. A chip shows what it heard, so you can wave it off and keep your exact words. DESIGNED LIKE A BOOK, NOT AN APP Ink draws from print: warm cream paper, ink-dark serif type, the editorial details of well-made books. Four Today layouts to open to, from a newsprint spread to a magazine front page. WRITE IT THE WAY YOU MEAN IT Bold, italic, strikethrough, underline. Section headers. Checklists inside a note, tap a line to check it off. REMINDERS, ONLY IF YOU ASK One quiet notification on the day something is due, at the time you choose. Off by default. Set an item to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly and it comes back on its own. A TIMER FOR SITTING DOWN TO WORK Set 15, 25, 45, or 60 minutes and Ink keeps a quiet countdown, then sounds a soft chime you choose. SHARE A LIST, KEEP IT IN SYNC Invite another Ink user by email. Check off, add, reorder, even dictate, and both copies stay in sync. A quiet byline shows who added each item. LISTS THAT KEEP A LEDGER Flip a list into Ledger mode and it keeps score. Type signed amounts (+$25, -$10, +200) and Ink totals each section, then the whole list. BRING IT WITH YOU, OR TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE • Import PDFs, HTML, rich text, Markdown, plain text, and photos of a page • Copy any note or list as Markdown, or as plain text, HTML, or rich text with Pro • One-tap JSON backup and one-tap restore • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac • Universal purchase, buy once, use everywhere Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy
Errands Route Planner
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Stop driving in circles. Errand is the smart errand tracker that groups your personal tasks by location - so you can knock out your entire errand list in one efficient loop instead of making five separate trips. PLAN SMARTER, RUN FASTER Most people run errands the wrong way: one trip for groceries, another for the pharmacy, another for the dry cleaner. Errand shows you what is nearby and groups it automatically - turning a wasted afternoon into one quick loop. YOUR ERRAND LIST, ORGANIZED Add any personal task in seconds - grocery run, prescription pickup, package drop-off, or anything else on your list. Set a due date, pick a priority, attach a location, and Errand tracks it for you. - Track every errand from first thought to done - Set Urgent, This Week, or Whenever priority - Due dates keep time-sensitive tasks front of mind - Your complete errand tracker, always up to date - Syncs across all your devices via iCloud BATCH ROUTE PLANNING - PRO The real time-saver: batch route planning groups your nearby stops into one optimized loop. Instead of leaving home three times, you plan once and run the whole route in one go. - See all your pending stops laid out on one screen - Group nearby errands into a single efficient trip - Export your route to Apple Maps for turn-by-turn navigation - AI Errand Optimizer arranges 10+ stops for maximum efficiency LOCATION REMINDERS - PRO Get a notification the moment you drive past one of your saved stores - no tapping required. Save any address, pick a radius (50 m to 500 m), and the app alerts you when you are close. - Geofence alerts fire automatically when you enter the radius - Custom radius per location: 50, 100, 250, or 500 metres - Works for any address - store, post office, bank, or anywhere - Never again think "I was right there and forgot" MY ERRAND DAY - PRO Pick your regular shopping day and get a reminder the day before - so you always arrive prepared with a complete list. - Choose any day of the week as your Errand Day - Optional day-before reminder at 9 AM - Works together with your errand list and saved locations TIME SAVED TRACKER - PRO See exactly how many hours batching your errands saves you compared to separate trips. The savings add up faster than you think. GET STARTED FREE The full errand tracker is free: create errands, set priorities, track due dates, and check them off as you go. Upgrade to Pro to unlock route planning and location reminders. --- ERRAND PRO Unlock the complete errand runner experience: - Unlimited Recurring Errands - Batch Route Planning - Location Reminders with geofencing - Time Saved Tracker - Route Export to Apple Maps - AI Errand Optimizer - My Errand Day reminders $4.99/month or $39.99/year (save 33%) Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ink at every 5 days against Errands Route Planner's monthly. Ink also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Ink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Errands Route Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ink ships an update every 5 days, Errands Route Planner monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Ink | Errands Route Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Trapani | Karol Jaworski |
In-app purchases
Ink
- Ink Monthly$4.991 Month
- Ink Annual$49.991 Year
Errands Route Planner
- Errand Pro$4.991 Month
- Errand Pro1 Year trial$39.991 Year
- Errand Pro$39.991 Year









