Penciled In. vs Scribble Calendar & Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penciled In.
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Penciled In is a planner you can write in. Type "dinner with Anna Friday 7pm" and it lands on Friday at 7. Type "mum's birthday on the 14th" and it lands on the 14th, all day. No date pickers, no five-field form, no waiting on a spinner — it reads the sentence as you type and shows you what it understood before anything is saved. And when it guesses wrong, every part of that guess is one tap from right. Quick Add works on every iPhone and iPad, instantly, and it's free. It doesn't need Apple Intelligence and never has. A PLANNER, NOT A TO-DO LIST Month, week, day and agenda views. Events, tasks, reminders, grocery lists and trips, colour-coded and filterable. Repeating entries show on every day they repeat, and you can tick things done right from the calendar. A Notes tab with checklists, #tags and search for the things that don't have a date yet. A Reflect tab for the end of the day. Everything syncs privately through your own iCloud account. No sign-up, no account to create, and no server of ours in the middle. MADE FOR IPAD A sidebar, notes side by side with their list, keyboard shortcuts, and drag an entry to another day to move it. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN An Up Next widget shows your next few entries without opening anything, and a Quick Add widget puts a sentence straight into your planner from the Home Screen. Ask Siri to add an event, a reminder or a note and it goes to the same place. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, WHERE IT ACTUALLY HELPS On supported iPhones, Penciled In can read your week back to you in plain language — which days are heavy, what's clustered too tightly. It runs entirely on your device. FREE, AND WHAT ISN'T Free covers the actual planner: unlimited events, tasks, notes, lists and reflections, Quick Add, the widgets, Siri, and five AI week summaries a month. We don't cap what you write. Premium adds the full meal planner (lunch, dinner and snacks, recipe photos and generated shopping lists), themes and appearance customisation, note locking, and unlimited AI summaries. Premium is $6.99/month or $34.99/year with the first week free, or $69.99 once for Lifetime. Subscriptions can be cancelled any time in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://my7h4zntv5-alt.github.io/penciled-in-legal/
Scribble Calendar & Planner
This app offers a digital canvas for planning and journaling, allowing users to write, sketch, and annotate their days. It provides versatile calendar views, unlimited notes, and habit tracking, all with a privacy-first approach. Organize your life with a personal touch.
- Handwritten notes and sketches
- Versatile calendar views (Yearly, Monthly, Weekly, Daily)
- Unlimited note space
- Time-boxed daily planner
- Mood and health tracker
- Habit tracking
- Calendar integration (Google, Outlook)
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Scribble Calendar & Planner feels like a canvas for your life - a place where you don’t just schedule dates, but draw your days and design your future. Write, sketch, annotate, and plan with Apple Pencil or any compatible stylus. Turn scattered thoughts into something you can see, shape, and make your own. PLAN. FOCUS. REFLECT. Plan your days with clarity. Focus your time on what matters. Reflect on your habits, health, and how your days really feel. In a world where calendars are often rigid and impersonal, ScribblCal offers softness, freedom, and a bit of soul... a quiet invitation to plan with intention, reflect with clarity, and live with purpose. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE • Versatile Views - Seamlessly switch between Yearly, Monthly, Weekly, and Daily planning pages. • Infinity Notes - Endless space for sketches, mind maps, brain dumps, and whatever is on your mind. • Time-Boxed Daily Planner - Give your day a shape, see where your time goes, and stay focused without the stress. • Mood & Health Tracker - Keep track of your mood, sleep, water, food with your own handwriting. • Habit Tracking - Build awareness around the habits and routines that shape your days. • Calendar Integration - Connect your Google or Outlook Calendar too and keep your appointments alongside your handwritten plans. PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN Your life, your timeline, your design. Your handwritten plans, notes, sketches, and journal entries belong to your personal planner. No ScribblCal account is required, and ScribblCal does not require you to upload your planner to a ScribblCal-owned cloud service. Keep your data on your device, or sync it to your own cloud storage using the supported sync options. You choose where your planner lives, and your entries stay with your planner. A DIFFERENT KIND OF DIGITAL PLANNER Whether you use it as a productivity tool, a digital bullet journal, a handwritten calendar, or a life organizer, ScribblCal helps you get thoughts out of your head, focus on what matters today, and design where you want to go next. Your life is your canvas. Optimized for iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone, and Apple Pencil.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scribble Calendar & Planner at none against Penciled In.'s 3. Scribble Calendar & Planner also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Penciled In. sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Scribble Calendar & Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Penciled In. ships an update every 4 weeks, Scribble Calendar & Planner every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Penciled In. | Scribble Calendar & Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dylan Dalmeida | Gabor Auth |
In-app purchases
Penciled In.
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$69.99
Scribble Calendar & Planner
No in-app purchases
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