Comparison

KanKan vs Spread Planner

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

Head to head
About

KanKan

Features
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KanKan has its own week and month calendar. It has its own Home Screen widgets too. And it works with Apple Calendar: events you add in KanKan go into Apple Calendar, and events already in Apple Calendar show up in KanKan. Write your plans for the week in one go, and on-device AI sorts them for you. Events with a time go into Apple Calendar. Things without a time become a checklist under that day. Ideas without a date become sticky notes. Think of it less as an event-entry app and more as a planner that takes dictation. How it works 1. Write your week in one go, one plan per line, like "Dentist Tuesday 2pm", "Thursday 3-5pm study group", "Wednesday groceries" and "look into a new suitcase". 2. Check the confirm card. Anything KanKan had to guess is highlighted, so you only fix what's wrong. Or just rewrite it. 3. Tap Add All. Timed events go on top, untimed to-dos sit under their day, and undated ideas go on the sticky note board. What's different Its own calendar. Switch between week and month and see your Apple Calendar events and your KanKan to-dos on one screen. Saturdays are blue, Sundays and holidays are red. Its own widgets. Today, This Week, Sticky Notes and Calendar, so you can check your plans without opening the app. Works with Apple Calendar. Events go straight into Apple Calendar, so they look the same in the Calendar app. Themes. Choose Default, Forest, Sunset or Night Sea to change the background and accent color together. Dark Mode and widgets follow. Multi-day plans. Trips and workshops stay connected from the first day to the last. One go. Not one line at a time. Your whole week at once. To-dos under the day. KanKan doesn't invent a time for things that don't have one. With a time it's an event, without one it's a to-do. Sticky notes. Keep undated ideas on the board and move them onto a day when you're ready. One date per line. Write "Thursday: laundry, meal prep, call grandma" and all three go on Thursday. Weekdays are counted from today. On-device. What you write is processed on your device by Apple Intelligence. No subscription. Ads. On iPhone and iPad a small banner ad appears at the bottom of the screen. Ads are not personalized. There are no ads on Mac. Also: tap to edit, quick add, app language choice (English, ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž, ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด), iCloud sync, Liquid Glass design, Dark Mode. Requires: iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 and later, Apple silicon Mac, iPad with M1 or later or iPad mini (A17 Pro or later), iOS 26 / iPadOS 26 / macOS 26, and Apple Intelligence turned on.

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Spread Planner

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Spread Planner is a planner that shows your week and your handwritten notes as a two-page spread. With week, month and year spreads, you can see all the way to next year. - Opens like an A6 planner The inner display of iPhone Duo has almost the same proportions as A-series paper. Open it and your week sits on the left page and your notes on the right, just like an open A6 planner. Half-open it and the fold becomes the spine. Close it to see just today's page. - Your week on the left, handwriting on the right Type your plans for each day on the week page. Events from your iOS Calendar appear right on the lines (read only, never changed). Japanese public holidays can be shown on the dates. Write by hand on the note page. - Choose your paper Lined and grid paper are free. Pro adds dot, blank, timeline and two-column paper, and you can pick a different paper for every week. - Monthly and yearly spreads (Pro) See the whole month across two pages. Like a paper planner, the seven days span both pages, with monthly notes at the far right. Tap a day to jump to that week. The yearly spread shows January to June on the left and July to December on the right. Days you wrote on and stamped stand out, and tapping a month opens it. - Planner stamps (Pro) Mark days with 16 stamps such as birthday, deadline, travel and doctor (up to 3 a day). They show on the monthly and yearly pages too. - Cover and paper colors (Pro) Choose from 7 cover colors, including navy, forest, leather and sakura, and 5 paper colors. - Export and print (Pro) Export any week, month or year spread as an A4 landscape image or PDF, then print it or save it to Files. - Home Screen widgets (Pro) Put today's plans and this week's seven lines on your Home Screen. Tap to open that page of your planner. - Works on regular iPhone and iPad On iPhone, flip between Today, Week, Notes, Month and Year with the switcher at the top. Turn iPad sideways for the spread. - Night paper In Dark Mode the page turns to a softer "night paper". - Your writing stays on your device No account needed. Everything you write is stored only on your device and never sent anywhere. No ads. - Pricing Week pages, handwritten notes, lined and grid paper, calendar events, Japanese public holidays and text size settings are free. Spread Planner Pro (one-time purchase) unlocks monthly and yearly spreads, stamps, cover and paper colors, export and print, Home Screen widgets, and every paper type.

Screenshots

KanKan4 screens
Spread Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KanKan at none against Spread Planner's 1. KanKan also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Spread Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Spread Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. KanKan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KanKan ships an update every 4 days, Spread Planner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
KanKan versus Spread Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKanKanSpread Planner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterMonthly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAEHYEON KOOSANWA Inc.

In-app purchases

None

KanKan

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spread Planner

One-time1
  • Spread Planner Pro$6.99

Questions

Is KanKan free?
KanKan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spread Planner free?
Spread Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KanKan or Spread Planner have ads?
KanKan shows ads; Spread Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, KanKan or Spread Planner?
KanKan ships an update every 4 days, and Spread Planner monthly. Most recently, KanKan was updated on October 31, 2026 and Spread Planner on November 10, 2026.

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