Project Planner vs Mote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Planner
This app helps you build habits and complete projects with a calm, intentional approach. Track your progress, set reminders, and organize your goals without rigid systems or guilt for missed days.
- Plan projects and break them into tasks
- Build daily and weekly habits
- Track daily check-in streaks
- Personalized ideas based on goals
- Save new ideas for later
- Daily reminder for goals
- Full calendar view
- Completions chart and project overview
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Some habits stick. Some projects never finish. Morning Press is a quiet, intentional planner that helps you do both, without another rigid system. Meet Bean, your coffee-cup companion. Bean keeps an eye on everything you're working toward, calm when things are quiet, happy when you check things off. WHAT YOU CAN DO Plan projects and break them into tasks Build daily and weekly habits tied to your projects or on their own Track your daily check-in streak and see your progress over time Start with personalized ideas based on your goals from onboarding Save new ideas for later, when you're ready to tackle them Set a daily reminder to check in on your goals Full calendar view for every habit Completions chart and project overview in Stats Light and dark themes DESIGNED TO FEEL CALM No guilt for missed days. No noisy notifications. Just a clean, focused interface that keeps you organized without overwhelming you. FREE 3 DAY TRIAL Morning Press is requires a subscription to use. There's a 3-day free trial, with recurring monthly/yearly charge after that. PRIVACY Your projects, tasks, habits, and streaks never leave your device. We don't show ads, sell your data, or operate an account system. The only information we store externally is your onboarding responses and anonymous usage analytics, used solely to improve the app. See our privacy policy for the full breakdown. Built with care. For feedback or bugs, tap Support inside the app.
Mote
Quickly capture and access essential notes directly from your device's lock screen. Organize thoughts, set reminders, and keep your mind clear with automatic saving and optional private mode.
- Lock screen notes
- Automatic saving
- Scheduled reminders
- Private mode
- Note history
- Note sharing
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Mote keeps the note you need right now close at hand. Capture a thought in seconds, edit it anytime, and move finished notes to History. Notes save automatically on your device. Mote Plus adds more contexts for different parts of life, Scheduled Notes, and Private Mode. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or unlock Plus with a one-time Lifetime purchase. Schedule a note for later with an optional reminder. On supported iPhones, you can choose to show it on the Lock Screen. Private Mode requires Face ID or your device passcode to open Mote. Mote needs no account and has no note sync. Device backups may include your notes. Share a note whenever you choose. Terms of Use (Mote): https://wenka93.github.io/mote-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wenka93.github.io/mote-legal/privacy.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mote at every 3 days against Project Planner's every 2 months. Project Planner's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Project Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Mote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Project Planner against 5.0 for Mote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Project Planner ships an update every 2 months, Mote every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Planner | Mote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHAHEER GHAZENFER | Ivan Borisov |
Customer experience
Project Planner
Mote
In-app purchases
Project Planner
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Mote
- Mote Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
- Mote Plus Yearly$6.991 Year
- Mote Plus Lifetime$9.99









