Daily Notes Planner vs Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Notes Planner
This app offers a straightforward way to jot down plain-text notes for each calendar date, with dates containing notes visually highlighted. It features robust search functionality, iCloud backup for seamless data transfer across devices, and customization options for text and appearance.
- Calendar date notes
- Plain-text note entry
- Searchable notes
- iCloud backup and transfer
- Customizable appearance
- Folder and weekly schedule notes
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Simple and powerful, Daily Notes Planner is a revolutionary notes app that will upgrade your life. This app simplifies the iCalendar app by allowing you to type only plain-text-notes for every date. Tap on the date in the calendar to go into that date and type in notes. The dates with notes will be highlighted in the calendar. Notes are so easily and so effectively searchable with the search bar in the Calendar Page. Carefully formatted chronologically, the list of your notes can be seen immediately (today's note in the middle of the list will be seen first) after tapping once onto the search bar. With iCloud support, you can backup your all of yours notes in iCloud very fast. You can load the notes from iCloud from any devices (inside this app). App does not sync between devices automatically, but it gives you a manual option to sync if you so desire. The primary purpose of this feature is that the user can transfer the data to new iPhone from the old iPhone seamlessly. Undo and Redo are supported. Every character you type, that note is immediately saved. You can organize your notes by calendar dates, and in addition you can use Extras page to add notes in different formats. This single app will completely satisfy all of your iPhone-note-taking needs. IN "EXTRAS" (previously "Settings") PAGE You can customize the font and size of texts. Also, many different colors can be set to make the app look different---such as today's color, texts color, calendar highlight color, etc. . Password or touchID can be set to privatize your notes. You can turn on and off auto correction. You can input additional notes in three additional formats: "One Page Note", "Folder Notes", and "Weekly Schedule" (There are three large buttons in the top of the "EXTRAS" Page. ). "One Page Note" has one page of note. This is useful if you are recording temporary information that needs to be erased soon. You get one page of notes. This note can be added to Folder Notes, into a folder there if you want it to by pressing "Save To Folder" Button in the bottom. "Folder Notes" allows you to save your notes with folder and file name. Searching is easy and effective. You can change the color of texts in your notes dynamically; this helps you organize content of your notes when you write them down. "Weekly Schedule Notes" allows you to draw a nice, colorful chart of your schedule, classes, or weekly appointments. (You can change the color of texts in your notes dynamically; this helps you organize content of your notes when you write them down.)
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
This app combines a notepad, planner, reminder, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list into a single, user-friendly interface. It offers a digital replica of a paper organizer, allowing users to easily manage personal and work plans, set goals, and track habits. The app features a classic paper notebook design with a week view for smart planning and simple text or voice input.
- Digital paper notebook interface
- Week and day view planning
- To-do and shopping lists
- Habit tracking
- Voice note input
- iCloud sync
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Keep Your Tasks and Schedule Organized — Easy and Quick! This is a full digital equivalent of a classic pocket paper planner with a weekly view and traditional page-flipping, turning any number of tasks into a clear plan for your day, week, month, or year. It lets you plan all your personal and work-related tasks with maximum ease, simplicity, and speed, giving you an instant overview of how busy your time is. The planner combines a notebook, scheduler, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list—all in one app. It replaces your familiar paper organizer with a perfectly identical, high-tech version so you can effortlessly create plans, track their progress, and achieve your goals. Remember: a dream written down alongside a date becomes a goal! Millions of people worldwide already use our planner. It helps create schedules, take notes, manage client lists, keep track of tasks and shopping lists, build habits, stay productive, and never forget anything. The interface mimics the classic paper notebook with page-flipping that people have used for centuries. It’s the simplest and most intuitive way to plan—like a school diary or a minimalist paper planner. On the main screen, you see all your plans for the week—the most manageable timeframe for convenient planning. You can easily flip forward or backward through as many weeks, months, or years as you want. Any tasks, plans, habits, or lists are easy to add, edit, or delete. No complicated data entry systems, no filling out forms—just type or speak your notes as you would in any regular memo. Key planner features: • Smooth page-flipping just like a paper calendar (planner, organizer). No need to carry a paper notebook anymore. • Full-week view plus an expanded single-day view for more notes. All your plans at your fingertips. • A variety of background designs to suit even the most discerning taste. Change them as many times as you want. • Calendar for easy navigation to any date, past or future. • Highlight notes with color, underline, strikethrough, bold, or italic font—all to prioritize tasks and mark completed ones. • A separate notes page (to-do list) not tied to any date. Use it for shopping lists or jotting down valuable thoughts. • Week numbers displayed and one-tap return to the current date anytime. • Customizable color and font size for entries and events. • Language selection. • Choice of the first day of the week. • Voice input for adding entries, plus Apple Pencil support on iPads. • iCloud backup and restore—your data is always safe. By popular demand, we also added: • Recurring events (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, yearly, etc.) Perfect for birthdays, workouts, schedules. • Automatic reminders (notifications you requested). • Checkboxes to mark completed tasks. • Hourly breakdown for days, making it easier to plan consistent schedules. • Ability to share your schedule with colleagues, friends, and family. • Word search function. • Integration with calendars like Google Calendar and iPhone Calendar. • And much, much more. The basic planner features are always FREE. You can also upgrade to Premium with a one-time purchase or subscription. E-mail: appweeklyplanner@gmail.com This app is subject to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Enjoy using it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note at 4.7 against Daily Notes Planner's 3.0. Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 9) and review sentiment (64% vs 50%). Daily Notes Planner's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Daily Notes Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note has 1.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Daily Notes Planner's written reviews are positive against 64% of Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note's.
Daily Notes Planner ships an update weekly, Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Notes Planner | Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 63.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1.6 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Truth Honest Messaging, Inc. | Digital Legal Tech |
Customer experience
Daily Notes Planner
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Bugs and requests
Daily Notes Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Data loss or sync problems
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring events and tasks
- Checklists and task management
- Monthly/yearly view options
- Sync with external calendars
- Reminder/notification system
In-app purchases
Daily Notes Planner
- Full Version$4.99
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
- PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
- Textures (lifetime)$1.99
- 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
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- Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
- Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
- Pocket Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
- PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
- PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99
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