Notebook & Planner vs Visual Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Visual Timer
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Visual Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notebook & Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Notebook & Planner | Visual Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gherardo Cesare Siliprandi | Erdinc Topal |
In-app purchases
Notebook & Planner
No in-app purchases
Visual Timer
- Visual Timer Pro Lifetime$4.99
Questions
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