Comparison

SmallButBig vs Project Planner, Notes & Wiki

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

Head to head
About

SmallButBig

This app transforms your to-do lists into a visual timeline, helping you focus on one task at a time. It allows for detailed planning, light tracking of actual time spent, and provides honest records of your efforts, even when plans change.

Highlights
  • One task at a time scheduling
  • Three-stage planning (Someday, Date, Date & Time)
  • Lightweight time tracking
  • Honest record of actual time spent
  • Flexible task splitting and merging
  • Project management with Gantt charts
  • Habit tracking and pooled tasks
Features
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A big goal never arrives overnight. Getting one small day right — that's all this app does. SmallButBig turns a list into a timeline — decide when, track how long it took, and see the gap. ■ Requires a purchase There is no free version. Every feature below unlocks with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. ■ One thing at a time · Tasks can't overlap. Drop one on a busy hour and it snaps to the nearest free slot. · Only one timer runs at a time. Start something else and the running one is settled first. ■ Planning in three stages · Someday → a date → a date and time. You never have to invent an hour you don't have. · Undated work waits in the inbox; day-only work waits in that day's drawer. ■ Tracking has to be light to last · No need to keep the app open — only a start and an end time are stored, and the Lock Screen counts. · Most things take about as long as planned — "Same as planned" is one tap. · If the timer already filled it in, finishing doesn't ask again. ■ An honest record · Even off plan, your best effort still leaves a number. · Actual time is asked when you finish a task, not when you create it. · Unfinished work rolls down to today, but the original plan stays frozen in its week. Last week's slip doesn't become this week's score. ■ When the plan breaks · Finish early and the card shrinks, freeing the rest of the block; run over and the overflow shows below it. · Split a card and each checklist item becomes a real task. Finished ones keep their slot; unfinished ones drop their time to the inbox. · Scattered pieces merge back into one, with a preview of what you'd lose. · Repeating events edit as "this one" or "this and all following". ■ What a day is made of · Alerts — at the start, 5/10/30/60 minutes before, or a time you pick. · Transit blocks — a mode and duration attach travel time ahead of the event. Split into legs (walk → bus → subway), each with notes. · Subtasks — attach steps or things to bring, and tick them off on the card. · Deadlines — when you'll do it and when it's due are separate axes. Move the date; the deadline stays. · Uses left — stock "Workout ×10" and each drag onto the timeline spends one. ■ Several projects at once · The whole folder tree lies open — drag straight into any depth, never across two screens. · Big work nests as tasks under tasks — split as fine as you like, nothing leaves the project. · Projects with start and end dates line up as a Gantt chart, today marked and days left per bar. · You see "3 of 7" and hours spent without opening a folder. When a stretch is over, file the lot into a month folder. ■ Looking back · Five categories: Focus, Admin, Growth, People and Rest. One axis — what that time was to you — so the weekly report becomes next week's decision. · When a week ends, planned and actual hours stand side by side, by category and by project. · Where the time leaked: open a project parent to child and follow the hours down. ■ Out of your way · Year → month → week → day. Two fingers move between the overview and the hour. · iPhone and iPad share the same data over iCloud. · 15 languages, switched instantly inside the app — no reinstall. · The Mac app is sold separately on the Mac App Store. ■ Purchases Using the app requires a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled before the period ends; manage them in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://lim394.github.io/smallbutbig-legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Project Planner, Notes & Wiki

Features
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Your whole life, structured — in one calm, private workspace. ProjectOrganizer gives you a flexible, block-based workspace in a fast, native iOS app: Spaces to separate work, life and side projects, pages inside them, and blocks inside those. Notes, projects, tasks, databases and a linked wiki, all in one place. Your workspace, your data — and yours alone. Private by design No account, no login, no sign-up — just open the app and start Everything is stored locally on your device by default Works completely offline — no connection, no problem No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no third-party data collection Optional iCloud sync runs through your own private iCloud — never our servers Structure that grows with you Spaces group work, life and side projects, so nothing bleeds into the wrong context Pages nest as deeply as you need — a wiki is a tree, not a folder Link any page to any other and see the backlinks on both sides Quick Switcher and full-text search find anything in a second A block editor for real notes Headings, to-dos, bullets, numbered lists, quotes, callouts, toggles, code, images and bookmarks Type "/" for the block menu, "[[" to link another page Move, convert and restructure blocks right from the keyboard bar Import and export Markdown — your notes stay portable Export any page as a PDF to hand it to someone Lists that work like databases Add your own properties: text, select, multi-select, number, date, checkbox, URL See the same list as a table, a kanban board, a calendar or a gallery Filter by tag, sort the way you think Projects and tasks Priorities, due dates and reminders A "Due" view that gathers what's on your plate today, across every project Progress at a glance on every project On-device intelligence Turn a goal into a plan, continue writing, or ask a question about the page you're on Powered by Apple's on-device Foundation Models — your text never leaves the iPhone On your Apple Watch Today's tasks at a glance — tap to check them off Capture a task by dictation, due today with one toggle Pinned checklists, like a shopping list, right on your wrist Complications show what's due, even in Always-On Everywhere you work Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Siri and Shortcuts for capture and navigation Share Extension to send links and text straight into your workspace Spotlight finds your pages from the Home Screen Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac Premium includes Unlimited Spaces (free up to 2) Unlimited pages (free up to 50) Unlimited wikis (free up to 1) Board, table, calendar and gallery views More on-device AI every day (free up to 5 actions per day) iCloud sync across all your devices Every accent color ProjectOrganizer stays out of your way when you just want to write something down, and holds the whole structure when you need it. Subscriptions Auto-renewable Premium plans (1 month, 1 year) A one-time Lifetime unlock is also available Payment is charged to your Apple ID account Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple account settings Restore Purchases is available in-app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://darianhanci-legal.web.app/datenschutz

Screenshots

SmallButBig4 screens
Project Planner, Notes & Wiki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmallButBig at none against Project Planner, Notes & Wiki's 3. SmallButBig also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). Project Planner, Notes & Wiki's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). On price, ads and device support 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. Project Planner, Notes & Wiki sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. SmallButBig asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmallButBig ships an update every 2 days, Project Planner, Notes & Wiki daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
SmallButBig versus Project Planner, Notes & Wiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmallButBigProject Planner, Notes & Wiki
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunbeom LimCengiz Darian Hanci

In-app purchases

None

SmallButBig

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Project Planner, Notes & Wiki

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$37.99

Questions

Is SmallButBig free?
SmallButBig is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Project Planner, Notes & Wiki free?
Project Planner, Notes & Wiki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SmallButBig or Project Planner, Notes & Wiki have ads?
Neither SmallButBig nor Project Planner, Notes & Wiki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmallButBig or Project Planner, Notes & Wiki?
SmallButBig ships an update every 2 days, and Project Planner, Notes & Wiki daily. Most recently, SmallButBig was updated on October 9, 2026 and Project Planner, Notes & Wiki on October 6, 2026.

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