Comparison

Counsel Planner vs Notebook & Planner

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

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About

Counsel Planner

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Counsel Planner helps you manage matters, hearings, meetings, deadlines, and notes in a simple and organized way, all in one app designed for a lawyer's daily work. Available for iPhone and iPad, it syncs your data through Apple iCloud and also works without an Internet connection: an up-to-date copy of your data always remains available on your device. Built on the experience of the first version released in 2012, Counsel Planner brings together the clarity of a traditional legal diary and the advantages of a modern digital archive: easy to use, fast, intuitive, and elegant. With Counsel Planner, you can easily manage: - matters; - hearings linked to each matter; - hearing adjournments; - meetings; - deadlines; - notes related to matters, hearings, meetings, and deadlines; - contacts linked to a matter, including contacts retrieved from your address book; - quick search across matters, hearings, deadlines, and notes; - printing of individual entries, daily commitments, and the full monthly diary; - email sending and sharing of individual entries, daily commitments, and the full monthly diary; - archiving of closed matters, keeping them separate from active ones while always available for consultation; - cash entries linked to each matter; - daily diary view; - monthly diary view; - optimized regional settings and holidays for Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the UK, Ireland, the US, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile. Key strengths of the new version: - automatic synchronization of hearings and meetings with a calendar of your choice; - automatic synchronization of deadlines with a reminder list of your choice; - synchronization of your records across your devices through Apple iCloud (*); - Apple Intelligence to process texts directly on your device, also useful for notes and longer texts (**); - configurable themes and layouts; - a fully customizable header with your own details or those of your law firm; - available in Italian, English, German, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. More languages are on the way. Data privacy is a central concern: your information remains in your personal iCloud space and on your device, so you can work continuously and with the utmost discretion even when you do not have Internet access. If you have particular requirements, you can also disable synchronization and keep your data only on your device. You can try the app for free with an included sample archive: six realistic matters with hearings, deadlines, and notes, useful for exploring the main features before entering your real data. To create new content, such as matters, hearings, and notes, an App Store subscription is required. The first month is free, with no upfront payment, and you can cancel whenever you want. The cost is about the price of a coffee per month. If you decide to cancel your subscription in the future, the app will remain available and you will still be able to view and edit the data already saved. For suggestions, questions, or reports, support is available. If you need help, please contact us: a review alone does not allow us to reply to you directly. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.counselplanner.app/en/privacy/ (*) Requires an active Apple iCloud account properly configured on the devices you want to keep synchronized. (**) Only on devices that support Apple Intelligence

About

Notebook & Planner

This app offers a private, offline space for daily planning and note-taking, mimicking the feel of traditional paper. Organize your schedule with timed events and create custom notebooks with various paper styles.

Highlights
  • Daily planner with timeline events
  • Customizable notebooks by topic
  • Choice of ruled, blank, or grid paper
  • Numbered index for notes
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or tracking
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Notebook & Planner is a quiet, tactile space to write, plan and remember, with the understated elegance of old fashioned paper. DAILY PLANNER • Plan your day with events on a timeline: time, color and a note • All day events, and events that run across several days • Choose which hours to show: only the ones you actually use • Events outside those hours stay visible in the summaries above and below • Four text sizes, so the day reads the way you like • Write down breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks • Keep track of water and coffee • Log when you wake up and when you go to sleep • Swipe to change day YOUR NOTEBOOKS • Create notebooks by topic, with colored covers • Choose the paper of each notebook: ruled, blank or grid • Your writing sits on the lines, the way it does on real paper • Keep your notes in a numbered index • Addresses written in a note become links you can tap LIGHT AND DARK • Light, Dark, or follow the system SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • All your data stays on your device • No account, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline

Screenshots

Counsel Planner4 screens
Notebook & Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notebook & Planner at none against Counsel Planner's 3. Notebook & Planner also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Counsel Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, 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. Counsel Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Notebook & Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counsel Planner ships an update every 5 days, Notebook & Planner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Counsel Planner versus Notebook & Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounsel PlannerNotebook & Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrdpGherardo Cesare Siliprandi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Counsel Planner

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly1 Month trial$3.993 Months
  • Yearly1 Month trial$12.991 Year
None

Notebook & Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Counsel Planner free?
Counsel Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook & Planner free?
Notebook & Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Counsel Planner or Notebook & Planner have ads?
Neither Counsel Planner nor Notebook & Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Counsel Planner or Notebook & Planner?
Counsel Planner ships an update every 5 days, and Notebook & Planner monthly. Most recently, Counsel Planner was updated on October 6, 2026 and Notebook & Planner on October 7, 2026.

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