Comparison

Lavapup vs Tertiary Planner

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

Head to head
About

Lavapup

Features
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A calendar you'll actually want to write in. One tap to jot it down. Tap a day, write a line, and it's saved. Need a time? Just type 0930Coffee. Want a reminder? Type @0900. No pop-ups, no checkboxes to wade through β€” the fewer the steps, the more you'll write down. A tap to add color. Pick a color as you type. Sort plans, to-dos, and the things that matter β€” or however you like β€” and tell them apart in an instant. Your whole week, in view. Every day's plans appear right on the month view. What's on this week, what's coming next β€” no need to open each day. It's all there in front of you. Plan ahead, and look back. A calendar isn't only about what's next. Note what you did today, too, and looking back later, you'll see exactly where your time went β€” no week feels wasted. Details, only when you need them. A few words are usually enough: Meeting, Car wash, 0730Flight. The rest waits quietly in the day's details, ready when you are. Heading out? Pin it to a Lock Screen Live Activity or a Home Screen widget β€” gate, seat, boarding time, right there on your screen, without opening the app again and again. Weather, right in your calendar. Each day's weather sits in that day. Need an umbrella tomorrow? You'll know at a glance. Notes, the way they should be. Tap where you want to edit, and the cursor lands right there β€” it won't drop you at the end. Photos are kept at full resolution, never compressed. Everything stays on your device, syncs through your own iCloud, and works offline. Bulk entry, with a little help from AI. A sentence, or a photo of a class schedule or a list β€” pair it with the prompt Lavapup writes for you, hand it to your favorite AI, and import the result in one tap. A month of bills, a whole semester of classes, or one note split into many β€” the complex, repetitive stuff takes minutes. Yours, always. Lavapup works on iPhone and iPad, with a Mac version on the way. Export and import everything as JSON, anytime, and take it anywhere. Built by one person, to be a tool that's handy and quietly elegant. β€”β€”β€” Terms of Use (EULA): https://legal.lavapup.com/app/terms

About

Tertiary Planner

Features
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Tertiary Planner is a fast, private to-do and planner app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Type or speak what you need β€” "Lunch with Sam tomorrow at 1pm" β€” and the on-device assistant words it nicely and saves it as an appointment or a to-do, straight into your list. On supported devices it uses Apple Intelligence, running entirely ON DEVICE, to understand your intent and word your items clearly. On other devices the same on-device parsing (Apple's Natural Language and Speech frameworks) does the job. Either way, nothing you type or say ever leaves your device to any third party. FEATURES β€’ One Planner page with To-Do and Appointment tabs, each filterable by your lists β€’ Capture bar at the bottom β€” type or dictate, and the assistant drafts and saves the entry; Undo reverts it β€’ Apple Intelligence on-device intent understanding (with an on-device fallback) β€’ Voice capture using native iOS speech recognition β€’ Your own lists and sub-lists β€” create, rename, pin, reorder and nest them β€’ Assign items to people; items added in someone's list go to that person β€’ To-Do priorities β€” Critical, High, Medium or Low; Critical and High are pinned automatically β€’ Pin anything to the top; drag to rearrange everything by hand β€’ Smart views: All Tasks, Pinned, Today and Upcoming show your own queue β€’ Upcoming β€” everything with a date, broken down by day, with anything overdue on top β€’ Calendar β€” a month view with each day's appointments written into the day, plus a List view β€’ Meeting links β€” paste a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams link and tap Join on the appointment β€’ Singapore public holidays marked on the calendar β€’ Today's appointments β€” a morning summary and an alert just before each appointment starts β€’ Advance reminders β€” a notification before anything with a date is due (1, 3 or 7 days ahead) β€’ Optional mirror of appointments into your system Calendar (EventKit only) β€’ Search across titles, notes, assignee and list names β€’ Duplicate check β€” spots the same title on the same day and offers to archive the extras β€’ Check off an item and it is automatically archived; restore anytime β€’ iCloud sync β€” your items stay up to date on every device signed in to your iCloud β€’ Light, Dark or System appearance, with a choice of accent colours PRIVACY Your data belongs to you. All intelligence runs on your device. Items are stored on your device and synced only through your personal, private iCloud database, which only you can access β€” we never see your data. No third-party AI services, no accounts, no tracking. Developed by Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.

Screenshots

Lavapup4 screens
Tertiary Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tertiary Planner at none against Lavapup's 1. Tertiary Planner also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Lavapup sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Tertiary Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lavapup ships an update every 6 weeks, Tertiary Planner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Lavapup versus Tertiary Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLavapupTertiary Planner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟 ζ΄ͺAlfred Ang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lavapup

Subscriptions1
  • Lavapup Plus Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
None

Tertiary Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lavapup free?
Lavapup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tertiary Planner free?
Tertiary Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lavapup or Tertiary Planner have ads?
Neither Lavapup nor Tertiary Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lavapup or Tertiary Planner?
Lavapup ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tertiary Planner every 2 days. Most recently, Lavapup was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tertiary Planner on October 31, 2026.

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