Comparison

Plana vs Mind2Plan

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

Head to head
About

Plana

Features
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Plana brings the freedom of a paper planner together with the convenience of a calendar app. Write plans and notes on iPad with Apple Pencil, alongside typed events and tasks. Check and edit events on iPhone when you're out, and see what's next on Apple Watch. Start with the free plan. ■ A calendar you can write on Write directly on the Day, Week, and Month pages. In Week and Month, your strokes can cross date boundaries. Year view helps you see the bigger picture. Add pen and highlighter marks, text boxes, photos, and stickers. You can also add your own image stickers. Long-press an event to move it or double-tap to edit it. ■ Turn handwritten times into reminders Write something like “9:00 Meeting” and Plana can recognize the time for a notification. Review the recognized text and time on screen before relying on the alert. Recognized handwritten plans can also be checked on iPhone and Apple Watch. ■ Find what you wrote Search handwriting across past pages to find plans and notes without flipping through your calendar. ■ Events and tasks together Work with Apple Calendar and Reminders. View existing events and tasks, or add and edit them in Plana. Events, tasks, and recognized handwriting alerts appear in chronological order. Save frequently used events as templates. Choose which calendars and reminder lists to show, set the first day of the week, and adjust event text size. ■ A pocket-sized companion on iPhone See a selected day, a week, or a month in an iPhone-friendly layout. Today's overview puts events, tasks, and handwriting alerts in time order. You can also open the familiar iPad page to review it and edit calendar events. ■ Your next plans on Apple Watch Switch between Day, Week, and Month in the Watch app. Complications and Smart Stack widgets show upcoming events and tasks. On a Modular Duo face, use morning and afternoon timelines; complete tasks from your Watch. A complication can show three upcoming events or tasks. ■ Your planner on the Home Screen iPad widgets can show your calendar with events, tasks, handwriting, and placed content. Stack the month widgets split into earlier and later weeks, or the week widgets split by time of day, to keep your writing readable and close at hand. ■ Continue across devices Sync handwriting, text boxes, images, notes, and stickers with iCloud. Check sync status and export a backup of your data. Core features are available for free. Plana Premium adds Week view, the handwriting memo panel on the right of Day, the one-week view on iPhone, and selected Apple Watch features including Week view and the three-item complication. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Watch our tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8aOHwTxJz-0?si=bEv4JeDobocwaCii Plana Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. • Monthly and yearly plans are available. • It renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID will be charged. • Manage or cancel it anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kunyotsu.com/entry/privacypolicy-plana/

About

Mind2Plan

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◉ Mind2Plan: Practical Mind Mapping is a powerful app that automatically transforms your mind-mapped ideas into a WBS or Gantt chart, helping you turn plans into action. Break down and organize even your biggest goals into concrete ideas and tasks. Mind2Plan supports you throughout the journey toward achieving what matters to you.   ◉ Seamlessly switch between Mind Maps, WBS, and Gantt Charts Bring “ideation” and “planning”—traditionally handled with separate tools—together in one place. Switch your mind map to a planning view, such as a WBS or Gantt chart, with just one tap. Go beyond simply listing ideas and tasks by turning them directly into an **actionable plan. ◉ Simple, intuitive controls We have eliminated as much of the complexity commonly found in multifunctional planning tools as possible. From adding and editing nodes to switching between planning views, you can **bring your ideas to life with intuitive controls.** Terms of Use: [https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

Plana4 screens
Mind2Plan3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Plana at none against Mind2Plan's shown. Mind2Plan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Plana sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mind2Plan sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plana ships an update every 5 days, Mind2Plan every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Plana versus Mind2Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanaMind2Plan
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoshinori SuzukiTOMOYA NAKAMURA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Plana

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Year
6 purchases

Mind2Plan

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time5
  • Support the Developer$0.99
  • Support the Developer$2.99
  • Premium Lifetime$4.99
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  • Support the Developer$5.99
  • Support the Developer$19.99

Questions

Is Plana free?
Plana is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mind2Plan free?
Mind2Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plana or Mind2Plan have ads?
Mind2Plan shows ads; Plana does not.
Which is updated more often, Plana or Mind2Plan?
Plana ships an update every 5 days, and Mind2Plan every 4 days. Most recently, Plana was updated on October 17, 2026 and Mind2Plan on October 9, 2026.

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