Comparison

Penna vs Tartip Planner

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

Head to head
About

Penna

This offline planner uses on-device AI to break down large tasks into smaller steps and organize your thoughts visually. It prioritizes privacy with no accounts, cloud storage, or data collection, offering encrypted backups and export options.

Highlights
  • On-device AI task breakdown
  • Visual snap-grid board
  • Offline functionality
  • Brain Dump for thoughts
  • Smart text input
  • Encrypted backups
  • Pomodoro focus timer
Features
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Requires a Pro subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. New users can start with a free trial. Penna is the ADHD planner that shows you time: your day as a visual board, a countdown for the task you're on, and AI that runs on your iPhone. 100% offline, no account, no one watching. SEE TIME (new in 1.4) • Estimated duration on every tile — 15, 30, 45, 60 min or your own • A countdown ring on the task you're doing right now • Countdown widget on the Home and Lock Screen: what's now, what's next, how long is left • Morning check-in in 3 taps: your energy today → a day that fits it • Start with a free trial ON-DEVICE AI (Apple Intelligence) • Magic Breakdown — a big scary task becomes 3–7 tiny first steps, each under 15 minutes • Organize — your Brain Dump sorts itself into tiles with dates and tags, you approve every change • Smart input understands "call mom tomorrow evening" — in English and Russian AI runs entirely on your iPhone. No cloud, no account — Data Not Collected stays true. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with Apple Intelligence; everything else works on any iPhone with iOS 18. Most planners want your email and your data. Penna wants neither. Everything lives on your device. Your backups are encrypted and yours to keep. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% offline — no account, no servers, no ads, no trackers • Data Not Collected — nothing leaves your device • Face ID lock on individual notes • AES-256 encrypted backups • Export to Markdown, JSON, PDF or calendar (.ics) PLAN VISUALLY • Snap-grid board — arrange note tiles in any cell, like icons on a home screen • Drag tiles between days on a collapsible week/month calendar • Timeline view for hour-by-hour day blocking CAPTURE THE WAY YOU THINK • Brain Dump — drop a thought in one tap, schedule it later • Smart text input — type “call mom tomorrow 6pm” and Penna sets the day and reminder • Checklists, photos, file attachments, tags, 10 colors STAY ON TRACK • Reminders with repeat (daily/weekly/monthly) and snooze • Habits grid with daily streak · Pomodoro focus timer • Home-screen & Lock Screen widget · Share extension PENNA PRO • Unlimited notes, Brain Dump and attachments • Repeating reminders and calendar events on your board • iCloud Sync — your data stays in YOUR private iCloud; we never see it Penna Pro: a yearly subscription, a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://telegra.ph/Penna--Privacy-Policy-06-07

About

Tartip Planner

Features
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Tartip is a planner for people whose days repeat. Your schedule is set by weekday templates: set up Monday once and it applies to every Monday. Anything you need to do just today goes on top as a one-off task. Time lives with the day. Mark your standup as running long and lunch — and everything after — shifts by itself. Anchored blocks (meetings, classes) stay put, and if the chain stops adding up, Tartip warns you. One-off tasks slot into the schedule by time and take part in the recompute too. Inside a block or task there's a note and subtasks. Keep a checklist right in your day; checked subtasks reset the next day, while the list itself recurs with the template. Flag key things as "Important" — they stay up top and come first in focus. Don't want to start from scratch? Apply a ready-made template — work day, study, deep work, a pomodoro day or a productive morning — to a weekday in one tap, then tweak. Focus mode: a full-screen current block with a countdown and progress ring. Pomodoro lives here too — work/break cycles (25/5 or 50/10) with a ring, a counter and the current block's subtasks at hand. iCloud sync keeps your schedule, check-offs and settings the same on iPhone, iPad and Mac — start on your phone, continue on your Mac. Everything lives in your private iCloud and works offline; changes reconcile across devices as soon as you're back online. Prayer times, your choice. The official DUMK schedule (muftyat.kz) for your city, to the minute like at the mosque — or a fully offline local calculation by DUMK angles. A prayer block is checked against its window, five prayers fill in one tap, and sunrise is shown. The interface is in Russian, Kazakh and English — switch the app's language right in iOS Settings (Settings → Apps → Tartip → Language). Privacy first: your schedule, check-offs and settings live on your device and sync through your own private iCloud — nothing goes to our servers (there are none). Local prayer calculation works offline, even in airplane mode. No analytics, ads or trackers.

Screenshots

Penna4 screens
Tartip Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tartip Planner at none against Penna's 1. Penna's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, 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. Penna sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tartip Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penna ships an update every 4 days, Tartip Planner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Penna versus Tartip Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPennaTartip Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNTSAUTOSIGA LLCBaglan Zhaparov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Penna

One-time1
  • Penna Pro$11.99
None

Tartip Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penna free?
Penna is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tartip Planner free?
Tartip Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Penna or Tartip Planner have ads?
Neither Penna nor Tartip Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Penna or Tartip Planner?
Penna ships an update every 4 days, and Tartip Planner every 9 days. Most recently, Penna was updated on October 8, 2026 and Tartip Planner on October 3, 2026.

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