Comparison

Polite Fish Planner vs TypeNote

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

Head to head
About

Polite Fish Planner

Design and write in your own custom digital planners and travel journals on your iPad. Tailor pages, layouts, and integrate important dates. Use Apple Pencil for writing and add stickers or photos.

Highlights
  • Custom planner and journal design studio
  • Tailored page selection and layout
  • Apple Pencil writing support
  • Sticker and photo import/layering
  • Customizable travel journal modules
  • Integrated map design studio
Features
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Design your planner and write in it — all in one iPad app. Instead of buying a static, bloated PDF template and importing into another app you have to also pay for, customize and create your planner or travel journal on your iPad, then start writing in it using the same app. TRULY YOUR PLANNERS AND TRAVEL JOURNALS Include only the pages you want across categories like ADHD, finance, faith, content creation, sobriety & recovery, wellness, solopreneurship, travel and more. Add your name and word of the year to the cover, specify your favorite color, specify labels for habit tracker and other pages, choose your layout, the start and end time for your daily schedule and more. Integrate important dates right into the planner. Your planner will be generated and available on your iPad in seconds. After that, open it in the app and start writing. Instead of committing to a single planner for an entire year consider creating a new planner every month. Change the color with the seasons. Adjust the pages according to the changes in your life throughout the year. Each document a chapter in your year. Pages are thoughtfully designed with lots of open space for writing and decorating with stickers. Create planners and travel journals in landscape or portrait orientation. WRITE WITH APPLE PENCIL Write in your planner or travel journal using the Apple pencil. Both pen and pencil line styles are included, as well as three line weights, highlighter, color picker, eraser and lasso tool. STICKERS AND PHOTOS Import sticker packs or photos from your library. Place, resize, rotate, and layer them on any page. Stickers stay with your planner, exactly where you left them. CUSTOM TRAVEL JOURNALS WITH YOUR DESTINATIONS AND BEAUTIFUL MAPS Create travel journals that are not only in your favorite color they have your planned destinations built in. Using the design studio customize your destinations and the number of days you'll be in each destination. Page counts are adjusted for each destination and the name of the destination is printed on each page. There are three separate travel modules, pre-trip planner, daily travel journal and post trip memoir. You can create three separate documents for each stage of your trip or combine them into a single document. You choose which pages you want. You can also use the map design studio to create stunning maps to add to your travel journal pages along with your photos and stickers. With the Pro plan you can create as many travel journal documents as you like. Create a travel journal that compliments your memories. KEY FEATURES • Customize and use your planners and travel journals in one app with the built in design studio — no import needed • Custom-generated PDF tailored to your personal preferences • Apple Pencil writing with full color palette and highlighters • Built in map design studio for adding beautiful maps to your travel journals • Sticker support — import from Photos, Files, or ZIP packs • iCloud sync across all your iPads • Tap-to-navigate links built into every planner and travel journal • Create links from your writing to the calendar, other pages, locations and more • Export individual pages as PDF documents • Undo/redo, archiving, and iCloud sticker library FREE TO START — PLANNER PRO Try it free: create a single 1-week planner and a single travel journal, no subscription needed. Upgrade to Planner Pro ($19.99/year) for unlimited 1-12 month planners , unlimited journals with up to 20 destinations.

About

TypeNote

This app provides pre-designed templates for various needs, from daily planning and to-do lists to finance tracking and wellness logs. It allows users to start writing immediately without needing to create an account and works offline.

Highlights
  • Pre-designed note templates
  • Offline functionality
  • No account required
  • Secure on-device storage
  • Progress bars and summaries
  • Variety of template categories
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No blank pages. Just choose a note template and start writing. TypeNote is a notes app built around ready-to-use templates. Whether you need a day planner, to do list, daily schedule, weekly planner, or shopping list, simply choose a template and start writing. Every note is designed to help you stay organized without starting from scratch. WHY YOU'LL LOVE TYPENOTE • Organized notes that are easy to browse • Notes are securely stored on your device • Progress bars and summaries at a glance • Simple, clean, and easy to use • Works completely offline • No account required TEMPLATES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Planner • To-do list • Header/Bullets • Time blocks • Shopping list • Weekly planner Finance • Expense tracker • Bill tracker • Saving goals • Monthly budget • Subscription tracker Food • Recipe notes • Grocery list • Meal planner • Starbucks notes Wellness • Anxiety log • Blood pressure log • Glucose log • Calorie tracker • Daily move log • Gratitude journal • Medication log • Self-Care Tracker • Sleep log • Mood tracker • Running log • Period tracker • Water log • Workout log • Weight Tracker Entertainment • Book tracker • Daily reading tracker • Movie tracker • TV show tracker • Podcast tracker • Video game tracker Travel • Packing checklist • Travel itinerary schedule • Places to visit list • Travel journal Home • Cleaning checklist • Home maintenance log Goals • Goals planner • 30 day challenge tracker • Bucket list Try TypeNote for free. Save up to 3 notes, explore every template, and get started with no account required. Delete saved notes anytime to create new ones, or upgrade to TypeNote Pro for unlimited notes with a one-time purchase.

Screenshots

Polite Fish Planner1 screens
TypeNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Polite Fish Planner at none against TypeNote's 1. Polite Fish Planner also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). TypeNote's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TypeNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Polite Fish Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Polite Fish Planner against 5.0 for TypeNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polite Fish Planner ships an update weekly, TypeNote every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Polite Fish Planner versus TypeNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolite Fish PlannerTypeNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeth BourgetSuzette Gomez

In-app purchases

None

Polite Fish Planner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TypeNote

One-time1
  • TypeNote Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Polite Fish Planner free?
Polite Fish Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TypeNote free?
TypeNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Polite Fish Planner or TypeNote?
Polite Fish Planner and TypeNote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Polite Fish Planner or TypeNote have ads?
Neither Polite Fish Planner nor TypeNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polite Fish Planner or TypeNote?
Polite Fish Planner ships an update weekly, and TypeNote every 3 days. Most recently, Polite Fish Planner was updated on October 25, 2026 and TypeNote on October 14, 2026.

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