Comparison

Sagely vs Planzer

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

Head to head
About

Sagely

Features
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Sagely is a calm to-do app for people who find that conventional productivity tools — with their streaks, scoreboards, and "you missed your goal" notifications — actively make their anxiety and procrastination worse. Sagely make you hard moments more productive, in a gentle way. There are no streaks. No quotas. No "X days in a row." If today was hard, today was hard. Sagely doesn't grade you on it. THE BASICS, DONE GENTLY • To-dos with priority, due dates, recurrence, categories, and steps (subtasks) • Recurring tasks: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom (specific weekdays, "second Thursday," with optional end date) • Categories with custom colors and an 80+ icon library — configurable and drag to reorder • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email • Cross-device sync via secure cloud storage WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Past-due is "Carried over," not "Late." A soft re-entry, not a failure. Done items get tucked away into a 30-day bin — reversible for a month. Change your mind? They're still there. Progress shows up as ambient stones in a cairn, not a counter that resets when life happens. Mochi, your steady mascot, shows up with a soft daily line. Never pushy. Never hyped. Just there. HOME, FOR TODAY ONLY Open Sagely and you land on Home — a quiet view of just today and whatever carried over from yesterday. The whole backlog isn't shouting at you the moment you open the app. Stats and your lifetime cairn sit gently below — ambient context, not a scoreboard. Tap a done row to un-check it; the "I changed my mind" gesture lives on the same target as the check-off. GROCERIES, BY AISLE A second tab for the list you keep on the way to the store. Items group themselves by department — Produce, Dairy & Eggs, Bread & Bakery, Frozen, Pantry, and more — so the list reads in the order you actually walk the store. Items don't disappear when you check them off; uncheck to bring them back next time. Rename or hide built-in departments, add your own. The filter and "All" pill behave exactly like Todos, so you don't relearn the UI between trips. DESIGNED FOR THE HARD MOMENTS • Notes per to-do — write what's blocking you, the smallest first step, why it matters. Your thinking stays with the task, not in your head. • Snooze (Tomorrow / Next week / Pick a date) for the days you can't face an item yet. • "Defer all to next week" for when Carried over feels heavy. One tap. Undoable. • Steps for breaking the scary into the doable. Each step has its own priority and date. • 30-day bin — every "delete" is reversible. GENTLE ON YOUR SENSES • Calm color palette. No anxiety-triggering bright reds — only truly irreversible actions are red. • Reduce Motion respected throughout: splash animation, completion bounces, row flashes — all skipped when iOS Reduce Motion is on. • Optional completion sound and animation, both togglable. • Quiet typography. No exclamation marks anywhere. • Optional daily check-in at a time you choose — not a streak, just a soft reminder if you want one. PRIVACY-RESPECTING BY DEFAULT • Your data is yours. Export everything as JSON, anytime. • Delete your account and everything goes — cloud data wiped, local cache cleared. • No third-party analytics tracking behavior across apps. No ads. AVAILABLE IN English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese.

About

Planzer

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Planzer is the planner for people who actually want to get things done. Tasks, calendar, time tracking, and the tools you already use — together in one focused workspace. Built for makers, founders, and anyone who'd rather plan their day in one place than juggle five tabs. PLAN YOUR DAY IN MINUTES • Plan my day walks you through today: what's due, what's on your calendar, and what fits • AI turns a quick note into a task with the right date, and breaks big tasks into steps • Drag tasks straight onto your calendar to timebox your day • Wrap up with a daily shutdown and a weekly review, and track progress towards your goals TASKS THAT WORK THE WAY YOU THINK • Projects, tags, priorities and deadlines, without ceremony • Routines and repeating tasks show up automatically • Reminders with Done and Snooze right on the notification A CALENDAR THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING • Two-way sync with Google Calendar, Outlook and iCloud Calendar • See your meetings and your plan side by side • Block focus time without switching apps THE INTEGRATIONS YOU ACTUALLY WANT • Todoist, Asana, ClickUp, Trello, monday.com and Notion • Linear, Jira and GitHub • Google Tasks, Microsoft To Do and Slack • Everything in one place, so you stop checking five apps FOCUS AND TIME TRACKING • Start a timer on any task with one tap, and see when you'll be done today • Focus sessions with calming background sounds • See where your week actually went MADE FOR YOUR IPHONE • Widgets and a Live Activity for your running timer on the Lock Screen • Siri and Shortcuts: "Add a task in Planzer" • Share links and text to your inbox from any app • Speak your tasks instead of typing • Themes: pick a colour that's yours, in light or dark mode BUILT TO BE EVERYWHERE • iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux and the web • Changes show up on all your devices within seconds, and Planzer keeps working offline FREE, WITH NO ANNOYING LIMITS TO START Planzer is free to use. Pro unlocks unlimited tasks, AI assistance, file attachments, and advanced integrations. — Privacy Policy: https://planzer.io/privacy-policy Support: support@planzer.io

Screenshots

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Planzer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sagely and Planzer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sagely ships an update every 5 days, Planzer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sagely versus Planzer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSagelyPlanzer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYING QINPhillip Stemann

In-app purchases

None

Sagely

No in-app purchases

None

Planzer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sagely free?
Sagely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planzer free?
Planzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sagely or Planzer have ads?
Neither Sagely nor Planzer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sagely or Planzer?
Sagely ships an update every 5 days, and Planzer every 3 days. Most recently, Sagely was updated on October 25, 2026 and Planzer on October 24, 2026.

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