Comparison

Notebook & Planner vs Visual Timer

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

Head to head
About

Notebook & Planner

This app offers a private, offline space for daily planning and note-taking, mimicking the feel of traditional paper. Organize your schedule with timed events and create custom notebooks with various paper styles.

Highlights
  • Daily planner with timeline events
  • Customizable notebooks by topic
  • Choice of ruled, blank, or grid paper
  • Numbered index for notes
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or tracking
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Notebook & Planner is a quiet, tactile space to write, plan and remember, with the understated elegance of old fashioned paper. DAILY PLANNER • Plan your day with events on a timeline: time, color and a note • All day events, and events that run across several days • Choose which hours to show: only the ones you actually use • Events outside those hours stay visible in the summaries above and below • Four text sizes, so the day reads the way you like • Write down breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks • Keep track of water and coffee • Log when you wake up and when you go to sleep • Swipe to change day YOUR NOTEBOOKS • Create notebooks by topic, with colored covers • Choose the paper of each notebook: ruled, blank or grid • Your writing sits on the lines, the way it does on real paper • Keep your notes in a numbered index • Addresses written in a note become links you can tap LIGHT AND DARK • Light, Dark, or follow the system SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • All your data stays on your device • No account, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline

About

Visual Timer

Features
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See your remaining time at a glance with Visual Timer for iPhone and iPad. Set a visual countdown by dragging the dial, choosing a preset, or entering minutes and seconds. Use Pomodoro work and break phases for study, focused work and everyday tasks. Zen mode hides the controls for a clear view of your countdown. FEATURES • Visual countdown up to 60 minutes • Precise manual time entry and quick presets • Pomodoro work and break phases • Color themes and completion chimes • Synthesized ambient audio • No registration or app account required; the timer works offline FREE AND LIFETIME PRO The free edition includes banner advertisements. An optional, one-time Lifetime Pro purchase removes ads and unlocks premium themes, completion chimes and ambient audio. There are no subscriptions or recurring payments. The localized price is displayed before purchase. Restore Purchases is available on the Pro screen using the same Apple Account. Purchasing, restoring and advertisements require internet access.

Screenshots

Notebook & Planner4 screens
Visual Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notebook & Planner at none against Visual Timer's 1. Notebook & Planner also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Visual Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notebook & Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Notebook & Planner versus Visual Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook & PlannerVisual Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGherardo Cesare SiliprandiErdinc Topal

In-app purchases

None

Notebook & Planner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Timer

One-time1
  • Visual Timer Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Notebook & Planner free?
Notebook & Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Timer free?
Visual Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notebook & Planner or Visual Timer have ads?
Visual Timer shows ads; Notebook & Planner does not.

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