Comparison

SimplePlan vs Thoughts!

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

Head to head
About

SimplePlan

Features
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SimplePlan keeps planning simple and helps you focus on what matters today. There are no overloaded dashboards, complicated systems, or endless settings. Just daily routines, today’s tasks, and visible progress. When you need a wider view, group related work into projects, plan the next seven days, and manage dates in the calendar. Features: β€’ A calm, focused plan for today β€’ Projects for related tasks and routines β€’ Progress, upcoming plans, and Later items inside each project β€’ Seven consecutive days starting today β€’ A Later list for ideas and future tasks β€’ Daily items for reading, exercise, nutrition, and other routines β€’ A calendar with month navigation, date selection, and quick task creation β€’ Rescheduling that preserves task history β€’ Monthly insights for tasks, fully completed days, and daily routines β€’ Consistency for each daily item: completed, skipped, and success rate β€’ Morning reminders and timed task notifications β€’ Calm design, smooth animations, and accessibility support Your data stays locally on your iPhone. SimplePlan requires no account, contains no ads, and does not track you.

About

Thoughts!

Features
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Capture ideas as they come, and find them again when you need them. With Thoughts!, quick notes, links, photos, events, and ideas all live in one place. Based on what you save, Thoughts! suggests a title, summary, tags, and a PARA folder. Key features - Quick notes Save thoughts, to-dos, and ideas right away. - Threaded notes Keep adding to an existing Thought and bring related ideas together. - Save links Keep articles, videos, and webpages along with their key points. - Photo notes Save screenshots and reference images together with your notes. - Events and reminders Type appointments or tasks naturally and manage them as calendar events and reminders. - PARA folders Organize notes and references into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archive. - Tags and search Find what you need using titles, summaries, tags, and folders. You do not need to organize everything before you start. Capture it first, then come back when you need it.

Screenshots

SimplePlan4 screens
Thoughts!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimplePlan at none against Thoughts!'s 2. Thoughts!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Thoughts! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SimplePlan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimplePlan ships an update every 2 months, Thoughts! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
SimplePlan versus Thoughts!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplePlanThoughts!
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIldar KhasanovSeongjae Kim

In-app purchases

None

SimplePlan

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Thoughts!

Subscriptions2
  • Thoughts! Pro$1.991 Month
  • Thoughts! Pro$12.991 Year

Questions

Is SimplePlan free?
SimplePlan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thoughts! free?
Thoughts! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimplePlan or Thoughts! have ads?
Neither SimplePlan nor Thoughts! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimplePlan or Thoughts!?
SimplePlan ships an update every 2 months, and Thoughts! every 3 days. Most recently, SimplePlan was updated on October 1, 2026 and Thoughts! on October 9, 2026.

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