Comparison

Prazo vs PrivacyNotes

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

Head to head
About

Prazo

This app consolidates your calendar, to-dos, appointments, and lists into a single, organized workspace. It offers flexible views, detailed entry options, and smart features for planning and managing daily tasks. Seamlessly integrate with other apps and devices for a unified planning experience.

Highlights
  • Unified calendar and to-do management
  • Interactive timeline scheduling
  • Detailed entry customization
  • Smart shopping list features
  • Route planning for multi-step activities
  • Cross-app content capture via Share Extension
  • Device synchronization via iCloud
Features
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Your calendar shows when you're busy. Your to-do list shows what still needs doing. Prazo puts both in the same view, so you can plan your day without jumping between apps. From the appointment itself to the things you need to prepare, keep your schedule, tasks and everyday lists together. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Switch between month, week and day views, and adjust the space given to your calendar and ToDos. Connect Apple calendars and import items from Apple Reminders as ToDos. Organize tasks with categories, priorities, hashtags and notes, and set your own repeat intervals. Use Work and Personal Focus filters to choose which categories and linked calendars appear in your planner. PLAN THE WHOLE APPOINTMENT Add a starting address and destination, calculate travel time and see your estimated departure time. Try schedule changes in Plan Preview before saving: compare the timeline before and after, check overlaps and find unscheduled time slots. Link preparation and follow-up ToDos to an appointment, and keep reusable step-by-step plans for things you do regularly. Compare your local time with another time zone and see existing appointments when choosing start and end times. CAPTURE IT WHILE IT'S ON YOUR MIND Share content to Prazo or drag in text, links, photos and files from other apps. Scan documents, attach them as PDFs and add recognized text to a title or note. Text recognition runs on your device. Create shopping lists with quantities, sections and a shopping mode. Enable optional habit tracking for daily goals, progress and history. Find entries, hashtags and attached files with global search. PART OF YOUR APPLE SETUP Capture ToDos with Siri. Use Shortcuts to find, edit, complete or reopen existing entries. Keep plans within reach on Apple Watch and with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Follow appointment and departure countdowns with Live Activities. Use the Next Appointment widget and supported Live Activities in CarPlay. Choose time- or location-based reminders, or use an alarm for a timed ToDo reminder. Make Prazo yours with light or dark mode, category and hashtag colors, and a choice of app icons. Enable iCloud to sync your planning across devices, share selected entries with other people and use the privacy lock to protect access to the app. Start with today's plans. Add the rest when you need it. Alarms, interactive Siri and Shortcuts results, and CarPlay widgets and Live Activities require iOS 26 or later. Availability also depends on your device, vehicle and system settings.

About

PrivacyNotes

Securely manage your notes, tasks, and journal with end-to-end encryption. This app ensures your data is private by design, with no trackers or ads. It works offline and syncs encrypted across your devices without requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Zero-knowledge encryption
  • Markdown-native notes
  • Task management
  • Private journaling
  • Offline functionality
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Your notes app knows everything about you. PrivacyNotes does not. Notes, tasks, calendar, journal and passwords, encrypted on your device. Not mined, not sold, not shown to anyone. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH - Always encrypted, on your phone and on the way to our servers in Switzerland - No ads, no trackers, no analytics. You are not the product - Open source: anyone can check what the app does - Sign up with a 12-word phrase instead of an email - Lock the app with Face ID or a PIN - Works offline, syncs across your devices EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE - Notes: a rich editor, tags, links between notes, instant search - Tasks: every checkbox from every note, in one list - Calendar: events, repeats and birthdays, with reminders on Pro - Journal: track your mood, sleep and medication - Vault: passwords, cards and SSH keys - Files: photos, documents, audio and video - Bookmarks: your saved links, with their icons - Contacts: an address book that stays private BRING YOUR NOTES ALONG Import from Apple Notes, Evernote, Google Keep, Obsidian, Standard Notes, Joplin, Notesnook, UpNote, Samsung Notes and plain Markdown files. Export everything, any time. FREE FOREVER Free on 2 devices, with no time limit and no credit card. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: unlimited devices, 500 MB of encrypted storage, reminders, note history and more. ABOUT THE APP PRIVACY LABEL Apple asks us to list everything that can reach our server, even when it arrives encrypted. User Content is your notes, encrypted on your device. Identifiers are a key made from your recovery phrase and a device hash, not your name. Contact Info is an email, only if you sign in with Apple, Google or GitHub. Purchases is your Pro status. Nothing is shared, sold or used for ads. Privacy Policy: https://lifetimelabs.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Prazo4 screens
PrivacyNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prazo at none against PrivacyNotes's 4. PrivacyNotes's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. PrivacyNotes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Prazo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Prazo against 5.0 for PrivacyNotes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PrivacyNotes has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prazo ships an update every 4 days, PrivacyNotes every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Prazo versus PrivacyNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrazoPrivacyNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus EliasLifetime Labs LLC

Customer experience

Prazo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PrivacyNotes

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Prazo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PrivacyNotes

Subscriptions3
  • 1 GB Encrypted Storage$4.991 Year
  • 2 GB Encrypted Storage$8.991 Year
  • 5 GB Encrypted Storage$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • PrivacyNotes Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Prazo free?
Prazo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrivacyNotes free?
PrivacyNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prazo or PrivacyNotes?
Prazo and PrivacyNotes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Prazo or PrivacyNotes have ads?
Neither Prazo nor PrivacyNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prazo or PrivacyNotes?
Prazo ships an update every 4 days, and PrivacyNotes every 3 days. Most recently, Prazo was updated on October 28, 2026 and PrivacyNotes on October 28, 2026.

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