Comparison

Planory vs Notebook & Planner

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

Head to head
About

Planory

Features
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Planning feels easier when everything has its place. Planory is a simple daily planner for calm, clear planning. See what matters today, organize your week, or open the month when you want the bigger picture. PLAN AT YOUR OWN PACE • Switch between week and month right from the calendar. • Open any day and keep its tasks in view. • Return to the current date with the Today button. • Move through weeks and months with familiar swipe gestures. TASKS THAT STAY EASY TO MANAGE • Create tasks in seconds. • Add a time and an advance reminder. • Edit, move, or delete tasks when plans change. • Mark tasks complete or bring them back when needed. • Hide completed tasks to focus on what is still relevant. KEEP PERSONAL PLANS PRIVATE Protect Planory with a four-digit PIN and use Face ID or Touch ID for convenient unlocking. PLANORY ADAPTS TO YOU Choose your language, appearance, and first day of the week. Built-in onboarding and short tips help you learn the calendar quickly. Support for larger system text and VoiceOver makes essential workflows more accessible. No required account or registration. Planory works offline, and your tasks stay on your device. Planory Your day. Your plan.

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

Planory4 screens
Notebook & Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Planory at fortnightly against Notebook & Planner's monthly. Planory also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planory ships an update fortnightly, Notebook & Planner monthly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Planory versus Notebook & Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanoryNotebook & Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleh SemenetsGherardo Cesare Siliprandi

In-app purchases

None

Planory

No in-app purchases

None

Notebook & Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planory free?
Planory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notebook & Planner free?
Notebook & Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planory or Notebook & Planner have ads?
Neither Planory nor Notebook & Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planory or Notebook & Planner?
Planory ships an update fortnightly, and Notebook & Planner monthly. Most recently, Planory was updated on October 28, 2026 and Notebook & Planner on October 28, 2026.

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