Comparison

Plana vs Modo

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

Head to head
About

Plana

Combines the tactile feel of a paper planner with digital calendar convenience. Write notes and plans with a stylus, integrate typed events, and access your schedule across multiple Apple devices. Offers handwriting recognition for reminders and powerful search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and plans on digital pages
  • Integrates with Apple Calendar and Reminders
  • Handwriting recognition for reminders
  • Searchable handwriting across past entries
  • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
  • Customizable widgets for Home Screen and Apple Watch
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

Modo

Capture thoughts instantly with this fast, aesthetic note-taking app. It combines a minimalist notepad, calendar planner, and widget for seamless daily organization. Enjoy features like on-device scanning, voice memos, and secure cloud sync without clutter or tracking.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Aesthetic sticky notes
  • On-device camera scanner
  • Crystal-clear voice memos
  • Google Drive cloud sync
  • Hardware AES-256 encryption
  • Markdown support
  • Integrated calendar
Features
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Tired of bloated note apps with complex menus and ads? Modo is a fast, aesthetic notepad, calendar planner, and widget companion built to capture thoughts with zero delay. No sign-ups, no tracking, zero clutter. Pure, intuitive productivity for daily elegance. === WHY YOU'LL LOVE MODO === 1. Instant Quick Capture & Offline Speed Open and write immediately. Powered by an instant offline-first engine with zero lag, Modo ensures you never lose sudden inspiration. 2. Aesthetic Sticky Notes & Memo Studio - Beautiful sticky card views with versatile typography and customizable card frames. - Versatile formats: Post-it notes, square memo cards, structured lists, and aesthetic styles. - Customize background tones, opacity, borders, and font scale (70%-200%) in Memo Studio. 3. Dual Home Views: Feed vs. Quick View Grid - Standard Feed: Clean masonry feed with greeting headers, search, and pin. - Quick View Grid: 2-column card layout with floating Speed Dial and quick filters. - Batch Actions: Long-press to color, pin, lock, share, or delete multiple notes. 4. Smart Camera Scanner for Books & Receipts (On-Device) - Complete Privacy: Runs locally on-device with zero data sent to external servers. - All-in-One Viewfinder: Capture books, documents, receipts, and book ISBN barcodes. - Smart Formatting: Reconnects broken line wraps into smooth paragraphs. - Scan-to-Note: Formats receipts and expenses into clean Markdown tables. 5. Crystal-Clear Voice Memos & Voice Clean - On-Device Voice Clean: Cuts background rumble & boosts vocals for crisp speech. - Live Equalizer Wings: Dynamic audio wave visualization dancing to your voice. - 2-Row Wide Waveform Player: Dedicated scrubbing controls and separate timing. - Multi-Audio Sync: Attach multiple recordings with lossless cloud streaming. 6. Google Drive Cloud Sync & Media Streaming - Zero Lock-in: Sync directly to your private Google Drive app storage. - Lossless Audio & Image Sync: Complete bidirectional sync for notes & media. - Background Session Recovery: Smooth, automatic session reconnects after restarts. - 1-Tap Device Migration: Seamlessly transfer your entire notebook to a new phone. 7. Hardware AES-256 Vault & Biometric Lock - On-device AES-256 encryption backed by hardware KeyStore / Keychain. - Biometric Security: Lock private notes with Fingerprint, Face ID, or PIN. - 100% Offline: Full security with zero internet connection required. 8. Markdown Power, Caret Popover & WikiLinks - Caret Popover (/): Type "/" to insert headings, checklists, quotes, or timestamps. - Bi-directional WikiLinks ([[ ]]): Interlink notes to build your knowledge web. - Smart Paste: Turns copied links into rich cards and table data into Markdown. 9. Integrated Calendar, Checklist & D-Day Milestones - Unified Calendar: Browse notes and tasks organized neatly by date. - Interactive Checklists: Strike through completed to-dos with a tap. - D-Day Countdowns: Track exams, birthdays, and deadlines with widget badges. 10. Daily Inspiration & Mindful Wellness Cards - Daily Inspiring Quote: Fresh curated wisdom delivered midnight with 1-tap save. - Health & Mind Advice: Practical lifestyle tips to bring calm to your day. 11. 8 Curated Background Tones & True Dark Mode - Paper White, Warm Kraft, Calming Sage, Deep Indigo, E-Ink Monochrome, etc. - Eye-friendly True Dark Mode crafted for comfortable night reading. === IDEAL FOR === - Thinkers & writers wanting a clean, distraction-free markdown scratchpad. - Professionals organizing meetings, daily agendas, and receipts. - Students needing voice memos, camera scanning, and exam countdowns. - Aesthetic enthusiasts who appreciate clean, beautifully styled minimalist apps. - Privacy-conscious users valuing 100% offline data ownership. Download Modo today and experience the purest, fastest way to organize your world!

Screenshots

Plana4 screens
Modo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Modo at 100% against Plana's 50%. Modo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Plana's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plana sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Modo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Modo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Plana's written reviews are positive against 100% of Modo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plana ships an update every 3 days, Modo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Plana versus Modo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanaModo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoshinori SuzukiEUNGJIN KIM

Customer experience

Plana

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Modo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Plana

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

Modo

One-time1
  • Modo Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Plana free?
Plana is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Modo free?
Modo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plana or Modo?
Modo is rated higher. Plana averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Modo averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Plana or Modo have ads?
Modo shows ads; Plana does not.
Which is updated more often, Plana or Modo?
Plana ships an update every 3 days, and Modo every 2 days. Most recently, Plana was updated on October 25, 2026 and Modo on October 26, 2026.

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