Rivet vs Snug Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Rivet
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Rivet puts your calendars, to-dos, notes, and workouts on one timeline. Plan whatβs next and see what youβve done, in one app. Smart Add Type or say what you want to add, like βlunch with Sam on Thursday at 1β or βmove standup to 4β. Rivet shows the change first. Nothing changes until you tap Add. Plans Your to-dos and threads, one tap from the timeline. Group to-dos, notes, and meetings in a thread. Drag a to-do onto the timeline to give it a time. Calendars See Apple Calendar and Google Calendar events next to your to-dos, and create events from Rivet. Add a Google Meet link to an event and join from the timeline. Your Apple Reminders show too. Later Save links, text, images, and files from Safari or the share sheet. Keep things to watch, read, cook, visit, and buy. Read supported pages in Rivet, highlight passages, and add comments. Drag anything you saved onto the timeline to plan when youβll do it. Fitness Build a workout, import routines from Hevy or Strong, or paste a workout as plain text. Add it to the timeline, then start it. Rivet takes you through each set and rest. See your rest timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Finished workouts save to Apple Health. Meeting notes Record a meeting and Rivet saves the transcript to Notes. On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, Rivet also lists the key points and decisions. Rivet records only after you start a recording. Capsules Your workouts, the music you played, and what you watched show on the timeline as Capsules. Connect Apple Health, Apple Music, and Trakt to fill them. Memory See each week, month, and year: what you watched, listened to, read, and cooked, where you went, your meetings, and how you moved and slept. Time Machine Scroll back through past days and tap one to open it on the timeline. Sky The sky and the Earth behind the timeline follow the sun. Open Sky to choose a fixed time of day instead. Search Pull down on the timeline to search to-dos, events, notes, meetings, workouts, music, and what you watched. Built into iOS β’ Siri: on iOS 27, ask Siri to add, move, or finish to-dos, notes, and events, or say βmove this to Fridayβ about whatβs on screen. β’ Shortcuts: add to Rivet, Notes, or Plans, save a link, mark a to-do done, focus on a to-do, start a workout, or mark an episode watched. β’ Apple Intelligence: Smart Add, meeting notes, and Later use the on-device model on your iPhone. β’ Live Activities and the Dynamic Island: follow meetings, events, and rest timers. β’ Widgets: today, whatβs next, the week, and the month on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. β’ Control Center: a Rivet control to search or add. β’ Spotlight: find your to-dos, notes, and events. β’ Share sheet and Safari: save links, text, images, and files to Later. β’ Apple Health, Apple Music, Apple Calendar, and Apple Reminders. β’ iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac, Sign in with Apple, and Family Sharing. Privacy Smart Add works on your iPhone. You can let it send a hard sentence to Claude or Gemini for a better result. Thatβs off unless you turn it on. Fitness asks before it sends a question to Claude. Health data stays on your iPhone. Your timeline syncs through your iCloud account. Try it free, then pay for it once Use all of Rivet free for 14 days. Then pay once to keep everything running. No subscription. Family Sharing includes your family. After the trial, you can still read everything you added. Reminders stop, and Health, Music, and Trakt stop updating. Your local price shows before you buy. If you bought a plan before, it keeps working. Terms: https://rivetcal.app/terms Privacy: https://rivetcal.app/privacy Icons by Icons8: https://icons8.com
Snug Planner
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Snug Planner is the cozy way to organize your life. A personal planner first, with optional family sharing when you need it. No more juggling five different apps. Snug brings your calendar, to-dos, projects, recipes, shopping lists, files, and notes together in one warm, easy-to-use place. CALENDAR See everything on one schedule. Create appointments, set reminders, and sync with Google Calendar. Day, week, month, and timeline views. A location picker with address suggestions, map links, and timezone warnings keeps travel days sane. TO-DOS & TASKS Personal to-dos for quick captures. Project tasks on a Kanban board for bigger work. Recurring support, due dates, and assignees keep things moving without the nagging. PROJECTS Organize bigger work into color-coded projects with their own Kanban board, assignees, and timelines. RECIPES Save your favorite recipes with a beautiful A4 page editor. Add ingredients, print or export to PDF, and send items straight to your grocery list. GROCERY & SHOPPING LISTS Build shared shopping lists anyone can add to. Tick items off as you go. Never forget the milk again. FILES A full file manager with folders, drag-and-drop, thumbnails, search, zip downloads, and a 30-day trash. Backed by Cloudflare R2 so your files stay safe. PAGES A free-form rich-text document editor with nested pages, images, and attachments. Great for meal plans, household manuals, travel itineraries, or anything that needs more than a to-do. REMINDERS Push notifications and email reminders on tasks, appointments, and to-dos. Set them 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 1 day ahead. Whatever works for you. AI ASSISTANT Connect Claude or any MCP-compatible AI client to manage your tasks, appointments, recipes, and grocery lists for you. Ask in plain English, get things done. FAMILY SHARING Invite family members with a simple link. Everyone gets their own account, and everything stays in sync in real time. Use Snug solo, or share what matters. WORKS EVERYWHERE Use Snug on your phone, tablet, or computer. Your data syncs instantly across all devices. Try Snug Planner free for 3 months. No credit card required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Snug Planner at 15.0 against Rivet's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Rivet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Snug Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rivet ships an update every 3 days, Snug Planner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rivet | Snug Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days β better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Whelan | Ruben Heeren |
In-app purchases
Rivet
- Rivet Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Rivet Pro - Annual$44.991 Year
- Rivet Pro - Lifetime$149.99
Snug Planner
- Snug Plus$4.991 Month
- Snug Max$12.991 Month
- Snug Plus$44.991 Year
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- Snug Max$119.991 Year









