Busy B Planner vs Coathook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Busy B Planner
Capture thoughts and tasks in an inbox, then organize them into categories. Plan your day and week with visual tools and gentle reminders. Syncs across devices via iCloud for seamless access.
- Inbox for quick capture
- Categorization and subcategories
- Drag-and-drop reordering
- Due date reminders
- iPad-optimized layout
- iCloud sync
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Busy B Planner is a warm, visual to-do app for people juggling everyday life. Brain-dump anything you need to remember into the Running list the moment it hits you, with no decisions required up front. Then file each task into a category, with optional subcategories, whenever you're ready, so capturing never gets in the way of doing. Add dates and times, flag what matters, repeat what comes back every week, and duplicate a task in one tap. Plan around Today and Tomorrow, and see your whole week at a glance on iPad. Everything syncs across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud. No account to create, no sign-up required. WHY BUSY B • Running list: capture anything, anytime, then sort it when you're ready • Capture your way: type it, say it with voice capture, or ask Siri: "Add pick up dry cleaning tomorrow to Household in Busy B." • Dates, times and reminders: including a heads-up before something is due • Today & Tomorrow views: see exactly what matters right now • Categories and subcategories: organise your way, drag and drop to arrange them, or sort alphabetically or by date added • Flag & file: swipe to flag your most important tasks or file them into a category • Repeating tasks: daily, weekly or monthly • Duplicate: copy a task, with its date, reminder, repeat and category, in one tap • iPad Command Centre: a full three-pane layout built for iPad, not a stretched iPhone app • iCloud sync: your tasks, everywhere, automatically • Nine hand-crafted themes, with dark mode BUSY B INTELLIGENCE • Daily briefing: open the app to a short, on-device read of what matters today, not just a count • One-tap filing: on-device intelligence sorts your Running list into the right categories, and you review before anything moves • Catch-up: a look at tasks you keep skipping, each with a suggested next step • Voice capture: tap the mic and just talk. Busy B adds the task with the date filled in and takes its best guess at the category Busy B Intelligence is built with Apple Intelligence. Every suggestion is generated on your device. Nothing is sent to us, and nothing trains a model. Voice capture needs iOS 26 or later, and its date and category suggestions, like the briefing, filing and catch-up, need an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence turned on. The rest of Busy B works on every supported device. BUSY B PRO Try Busy B Pro free for 7 days with the yearly plan. After that, choose monthly, yearly or lifetime. Pro unlocks unlimited categories and subcategories, every theme, repeating tasks, voice capture and Busy B Intelligence. Your task data stays yours: synced privately through your own iCloud account. Simple enough to open and start typing. Powerful enough to organise a busy life. Subscription details: Busy B Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The 7-day free trial applies to the yearly plan for new subscribers; after the trial it renews at the yearly price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://busybplanner.com/privacy
Coathook
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Coathook is a shared list for a house. Jobs, the shopping, and what's in the cupboards. Everyone sees the same thing. Everything has a name against it, so it's clear whose turn it is. You add things by typing them the way you'd say them. "Bins out Thursday" becomes a job for Thursday. "We're out of rice" goes on the shopping list, under the shop you get rice from. It reads most things correctly, and when it doesn't, it's two taps to fix. WHAT'S IN IT Jobs, with dates and who's doing them One shopping list, split by shop The fridge, freezer and cupboards, including what needs eating this week Widgets for the Home and Lock Screen A Watch app, for when you're pushing a trolley You can scan a barcode to put something in the kitchen, and the list comes up by itself when you walk into the shop. FIVE PEOPLE Grown-ups and children. A child gets their own jobs and isn't chased about anyone else's. ONE PRICE FOR THE HOUSE Two weeks free, then one monthly or yearly subscription covers the whole house, up to five people. It renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the period ends, in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coathook.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Busy B Planner at 18.0 against Coathook's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Busy B Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Coathook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Busy B Planner ships an update every 4 days, Coathook every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Busy B Planner | Coathook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makram Atiyah | Lag |
In-app purchases
Busy B Planner
- Busy B Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Busy B Pro - Annual$19.991 Year
- Busy B Pro - Lifetime$59.99
Coathook
- The house, monthly$0.991 Month
- The house, yearly$24.991 Year









