Comparison

FirstSeed Planner vs TypeDraw

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

Head to head
About

FirstSeed Planner

This app combines your calendar, notes, and to-do lists onto a single daily page for a clear overview of your schedule and tasks. Seamlessly integrate with existing calendars and manage unfinished items by rescheduling them. Customize your view and export content in various formats.

Highlights
  • Unified daily view of calendar, notes, and tasks
  • Syncs with iCloud, Google, and Exchange calendars
  • Create notes with rich text formatting and checkboxes
  • Reschedule unfinished to-dos
  • Export pages as PDF or Markdown
  • Widgets for at-a-glance information
  • Customizable appearance and settings
Features
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Your events, to-dos, and notes for each day, together on one page. Each page shows your calendar, events, and notes together, so you can see your schedule while you write. Events and reminders come straight from the Calendar and Reminders apps on your device. Add photos, create to-dos with checkboxes, and move unfinished items to another day. One day, one page See your schedule and notes together. Adjust the space for each, search across events, reminders, and notes, and swipe between days. Works with your calendars Use your existing iCloud, Google, and Exchange calendars with no importing required. Create, reorder, and share calendars right in the app. Notes and to-dos Add photos, checkboxes, lists, highlights, and text formatting. Use each page as a planner, journal, meeting notes, health log, or anything else you need. Stay on top of unfinished tasks See overdue reminders and unfinished to-dos in one place and move them to today or tomorrow with a single action. Made for larger screens Use a two-column layout or open a two-day spread. Eight widgets let you see events, notes, to-dos, and your month at a glance. Export and customize Export pages as PDF or Markdown, with support for A4, A5, B5, and US Letter. Customize colors, text size, weekends, holidays, and more. FirstSeed Planner Pro - Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Automatic iCloud backup - Weather on your pages - Quick Access menu - App icon badge About Subscription: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://firstseed.io/terms.html

About

TypeDraw

This app offers a digital notebook experience where you can type, draw, and write using your own handwriting. It provides a customizable canvas with features like smart marks, handwriting conversion to fonts, and organized note-taking with a searchable table of contents. Your notes remain private on your device or can sync via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Type, draw, and write with custom handwriting
  • Handwriting to font conversion
  • Smart Marks for text and drawing integration
  • Customizable page and ink colors
  • Searchable table of contents
  • Home Screen widgets for quick access
Features
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Imagine a notebook so entirely your own that you can even type in your own handwriting. All the simplicity of paper, unique ways to capture your ideas and clever new ways to find them exactly when you need them. Here is that Notebook. No account required. No subscription. Your notes stay local and private on your device, or sync through your own iCloud account if you choose. Your data stays yours, and you can even lock your book. Export a single page or your whole book as a PDF and send it to your files, your agents or your mother. - Open to what matters in the moment: a fresh page, your most recent note, or a note from that restaurant you’re finally visiting again after years. Or jump straight into what you need with a beautiful Home Screen widget. - Type, draw and write anywhere, just as you would in a real notebook. Turn the pages with a curl or a tap, sketch with your fingers, or use Apple Pencil on iPad and iPhone Duo. Turn on “Ready to Draw” to keep drawing mode active, so you can start sketching as soon as you open your book. - Enjoy a free canvas where text and drawings belong together. Highlight or underline text, and your strokes automatically convert to responsive “Smart Marks” that adapt when you edit words, change line breaks or adjust the layout. - Make it yours! Turn your handwriting into a font you can type with in just minutes. Choose your page colour, ink colour, font size and text colour. Pick lined, grid or dotted paper, and explore 12 handwritten typefaces from Shaped Fonts or choose from all preinstalled iOS system fonts. - Add up to four additional notebooks to your setup. Each requires a small one-time in-app purchase so we can keep the app subscription-free. Switch between books by long-pressing the cover, selecting one in Settings or, on iPhone Duo and iPad, swiping in the desk view. - Keep an overview with a table of contents you can sort by page number, time or location...so the notes nearest to you are always easy to find. All Notes are searchable, too. - Have fun and don't take life too seriously!

Screenshots

FirstSeed Planner4 screens
TypeDraw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FirstSeed Planner at Free against TypeDraw's $4.99. FirstSeed Planner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). TypeDraw's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

FirstSeed Planner is free to download; TypeDraw costs $4.99 up front. FirstSeed Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and TypeDraw sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FirstSeed Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeDraw has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of FirstSeed Planner's written reviews are positive against 86% of TypeDraw's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FirstSeed Planner ships an update every 5 days, TypeDraw every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
FirstSeed Planner versus TypeDraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirstSeed PlannerTypeDraw
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews86.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings265 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#1 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirstSeed IncTrautmann & Dorre GbR Shaped Agency

Customer experience

FirstSeed Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative7.7%

TypeDraw

All ratings65 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive86.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative2.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FirstSeed Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$89.99
4 purchases

TypeDraw

One-time4
  • Atlantic Notebook$1.99
  • Bordeaux Notebook$1.99
  • Highlands Notebook$1.99
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  • Sahara Notebook$1.99

Questions

Is FirstSeed Planner free?
FirstSeed Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TypeDraw free?
TypeDraw costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FirstSeed Planner or TypeDraw?
FirstSeed Planner is rated higher. FirstSeed Planner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while TypeDraw averages 4.4 from 65 ratings.
Do FirstSeed Planner or TypeDraw have ads?
Neither FirstSeed Planner nor TypeDraw shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FirstSeed Planner or TypeDraw?
FirstSeed Planner ships an update every 5 days, and TypeDraw every 2 days. Most recently, FirstSeed Planner was updated on November 6, 2026 and TypeDraw on November 6, 2026.

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