Penna vs Planish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- On-device AI task breakdown
- Visual snap-grid board
- Offline functionality
- Brain Dump for thoughts
- Smart text input
- Encrypted backups
- Pomodoro focus timer
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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
Planish
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Planish is a day planner for ADHD brains, and for anyone whose day rarely goes to plan. See your day as a timeline under a real sky, do one thing at a time, and replan the rest without guilt. ON YOUR WRIST • On Apple Watch, see the one thing you're doing and the time it has left, under the same sky. • Mark it done, finish a step, add 5, 10 or 15 minutes, or start what's next. Your iPhone does the rest. • Put Planish on a watch face or in the Smart Stack. Calendar titles never show on the face. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • Open it sideways: Today stays on the left, your Inbox, Days or Me on the right, split at the fold. • Fold it shut: the tabs and buttons move into the strip at the side, and the sky still fills the screen. • iPad held sideways works the same way. SEE YOUR DAY, NOT A LIST • Your day runs from when you wake up to when you go to sleep, under a sky that follows the real sun. • Each task takes up as much room as the time it needs, so you can see how full the day really is. • Events from your device's calendar show up as fixed blocks. Planish reads them on your device and never changes or uploads them. • Some events leave room, like a train ride or a lecture. Turn on “I can do things then” and tasks fit inside them. SAY IT MESSY. CHECK IT FIRST. • Type or say everything on your mind. Planish turns it into tasks with times and small steps. • AI only reads what you type or say. Nothing is saved until you confirm, and you can change or remove any task first. • Rather do it by hand? Everything works without AI. ONE THING AT A TIME • Now shows the task in front of you, its steps one at a time, and the time it has left. On iPhone you'll also see it on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Need longer? Add 5, 10 or 15 minutes and the rest of the day moves along. DAY WENT SIDEWAYS? REPLAN THE REST. • Replan fits what's left into the time that's left. You see the before and after, and nothing changes until you say so. • Unfinished tasks wait in a gentle card the next morning. No red, no overdue. ROUTINES AND REMINDERS • Save a routine, like your morning, as timed steps. Put it into any day, or let it repeat. • A reminder when each task starts, and an optional "keep reminding me" until you begin. • A Now & Next widget on your Home Screen. NO STREAKS • Every day you used Planish is pressed flat into a band of color. Nothing to break, nothing to lose. YOUR PLAN STAYS YOURS • Without an account, your plan lives only on your device. • Sign in with Apple to use it on more than one device. Sync is free. • Your calendar never leaves your device. THE BASICS ARE FREE. FOREVER. Timeline, Inbox, reminders, repeating tasks, routines, calendar import, Now, Replan and sync are free, and will stay free. AI planning comes with a free allowance; Planish Pro adds more AI planning and step breakdowns. Planish Pro is available monthly, yearly (with a 14-day free trial) or as a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://planish.innofun.digital/terms Privacy Policy: https://planish.innofun.digital/privacy
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Verdict
Penna and Planish are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Penna sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Planish sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Penna ships an update every 4 days, Planish every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penna | Planish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NTSAUTOSIGA LLC | INNOFUN DIGITAL |
In-app purchases
Penna
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly$29.991 Year
- Penna Pro$39.99
Planish
- Planish Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Planish Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Planish Pro Lifetime$79.99









