Comparison

PenDate Notes vs NeuraTiM Checklist

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

Head to head
About

PenDate Notes

Features
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A digital planner, calendar notes and journal in one app. Plan by date, write by hand, and keep every note with the day it matters. PenDate Notes brings your calendar, notes, to-do lists and handwritten pages together. Keep a meeting note with the day it happened, a packing list with your trip, or a sketch beside the date you want to come back to. PLAN BY DATE Move between year, month, week and day views. Add events with times, repeats and reminders, and see your PenDate events in your phone's calendar app if you choose. WRITE, CHECK OFF OR SKETCH Choose a text note, a checklist or a handwriting canvas. Take study notes, plan meals, sketch ideas or keep a shopping list with quantities and totals. Write with a stylus or your finger, with pens, highlighters and a smooth eraser. FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS Sort notes and tasks into Do now, Plan, Handle and Later. Drag them between categories, switch between Cards and Compact views, and use filters to see one folder, tag or kind of note at a time. DIGITAL PLANNERS AND JOURNALS Write in beautiful planner and journal pages for every part of life: everyday planning, daily life, work sprints, study, wellness and habits, budget and savings, fitness, travel, gratitude, creative work, home and meals. Tappable links jump straight to the page you need. FIND IT AGAIN Search your notes, checklists and canvas text. Organise with folders, tags, covers and Archive, and restore deleted notes from the Recycle Bin. SYNC AND BACK UP Turn on optional Google Drive sync to keep your library on your other devices. Prefer to stay offline? PenDate works fully without an account. SHARE AND EXPORT Export notes and planner pages as PDF or images to print or share. FREE EVERYDAY NOTES, OPTIONAL PRO Everyday notes, checklists, the calendar and handwriting are free. PenDate Pro, a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase, adds every planner and journal family, Signature stickers and covers, saved Focus views, Split Workspace for two notes side by side on tablets and wide screens, and selected-page PDF export. Individual planners and Signature packs are also available as one-time purchases. Subscription prices and billing periods are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Canceling renewal keeps access until the end of the paid period. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pendatenotes.com/privacy-policy.html

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NeuraTiM Checklist

Features
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Make a checklist for packing, chores, or the trip ahead, then reuse it whenever you need it. Free to use, with offline checklists and no account to create. Start with a ready-made template, paste a list, or create a quick checklist. Choose the approach that suits youβ€”there's no need to build everything item by item. Reusable templates Add photos, notes, tags, and required, optional, or conditional items. Create a template once, then start a fresh checklist whenever you need it. In progress and history Leave a checklist unfinished and pick it up later. It stays in progress until you finish or delete it. Finished checklists move to history. Flexible reminders Get a reminder to start a checklist or finish one in progress. Repeat daily, weekly, monthly, on weekdays, on selected days, or at intervals of days or weeksβ€”or set a one-off reminder. Search and tags Filter templates by tag and find checklists by name. Less scrolling, even as your collection grows. Conditional items Make an item required only when it matters: the charger, for example, when you're taking the laptop. Combine rules with AND and OR; they update as you check things off. Either/or choices Need a tent or a hammock? Set alternatives so checking one meets the requirement. Keep essentials covered without ticking every option. Core checklists work offline with no account or analytics. Optional feedback needs internet; dictation may use online speech processing. Every feature is free. You can support the NeuraTiM project once or monthly; support unlocks nothing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Β· Privacy: https://checklist.neuratim.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

PenDate Notes4 screens
NeuraTiM Checklist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NeuraTiM Checklist at every 5 days against PenDate Notes's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. PenDate Notes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NeuraTiM Checklist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PenDate Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, NeuraTiM Checklist every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
PenDate Notes versus NeuraTiM Checklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenDate NotesNeuraTiM Checklist
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size158 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSAMUEL NANA ESHUNMartin Tichovsky

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PenDate Notes

Subscriptions2
  • PenDate Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • PenDate Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Signature Stickers$2.99
  • Signature Covers$2.99
  • Gratitude Journal$5.99
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  • Student Planner$6.99
  • Travel Memory Journal$6.99
  • Home & Meal Planner$6.99
  • Budget & Wealth Journal$7.99
  • Creative Studio Journal$7.99
7 purchases

NeuraTiM Checklist

Subscriptions4
  • NeuraTiM monthly support 1$1.001 Month
  • NeuraTiM monthly support 2$3.001 Month
  • NeuraTiM monthly support 3$5.001 Month
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  • NeuraTiM monthly support 4$10.001 Month
One-time3
  • Small tip$1.00
  • Medium tip$3.00
  • Large tip$5.00

Questions

Is PenDate Notes free?
PenDate Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NeuraTiM Checklist free?
NeuraTiM Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PenDate Notes or NeuraTiM Checklist have ads?
Neither PenDate Notes nor NeuraTiM Checklist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PenDate Notes or NeuraTiM Checklist?
PenDate Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, and NeuraTiM Checklist every 5 days. Most recently, PenDate Notes was updated on November 13, 2026 and NeuraTiM Checklist on November 13, 2026.

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