Comparison

Opus One vs Daily Notes Planner 2

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

Head to head
About

Opus One

This app helps you manage tasks and notes with a paperlike interface. Organize your day with daily task lists, schedules, and notes, and use a master task section to capture all your to-dos. Features include drag-and-drop reordering, event integration, and customizable notes.

Highlights
  • Master Task section
  • Daily Task lists with status, priority, and notes
  • Daily Schedule and Event integration
  • Daily Notes with customizable text formatting
  • Drag and drop task reordering
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Sketch drawing canvas
Features
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Opus One is a real day planner, not another to-do app. Each day gets its own page — tasks with A/B/C priorities, your schedule, and notes — on a planner that looks and feels like paper. Plan on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and it all stays in sync. YOUR DAY ON ONE PAGE • Daily Tasks with A/B/C priorities, status, notes, and alarms. • A schedule that shows your Calendar events alongside your tasks. • Drag a task onto the schedule — with task durations, the end time fills in automatically. • Daily Notes with photos, PDFs, checklists, and audio. • Today's weather and a daily quote, right on the page. PLAN BEYOND TODAY • Master Tasks: everything on your mind in one list, no due date required. • Goals with timelines, photos, and progress you can see. • Roles: review the areas of your life each week so nothing important gets crowded out. • Mission, Values, and Vision pages to keep the big picture one tap away. • Meeting Planner for agendas, decisions, and next steps. NOTES AND JOURNALS • Rich notes with fonts, colors, tags, and your own custom sections. • Sketch and handwrite with Apple Pencil. • Journals with 25 covers to choose from, plus a guided Gratitude Journal. IT GOES WHERE YOU GO • Home Screen widgets for today's tasks, your mission, your values, and daily quotes. • Live Activities keep today's tasks on your Lock Screen. • Add a task from Control Center, or ask Siri. • Apple Watch app to see your day and check off tasks from your wrist. • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. MAKE IT YOURS • Planner themes, including seasonal ones. • Task-complete sounds and rewards for finishing what you planned. • Color-coded categories and repeating rules with advanced options. OPUS ONE PRO The core planner is free. Opus One Pro adds cloud sync across all your devices, weather, attachments (images, PDFs, audio), Apple Pencil sketching, categories, repeating rules, Goals, Siri, and themes. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac on the same iCloud account. Available yearly or monthly. Subscription details: Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://piso13.com/privacy-policy-2/ Terms of Service: https://piso13.com/terms-of-service/

About

Daily Notes Planner 2

This app offers a straightforward way to jot down plain-text notes for specific dates, acting as a simple calendar organizer. It allows for easy referencing and searching of notes, with iCloud syncing across devices. Additional note formats like folders and weekly schedules are also available.

Highlights
  • Plain-text notes by date
  • Calendar highlighting for dated notes
  • Chronological note search
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • One Page Note
  • Folder Notes
  • Weekly Schedule Notes
Features
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Download Daily Notes Planner for Mac in the Mac App Store and start syncing your notes between your iPhone and MacBook! As a much simpler calendar app than the built-in iCalendar app, Daily Notes Planner allows you to type in plain-text-notes for every date (no complicated hourly scheduling or reminders here). Because notes are organized by date, you will know exactly where to look for when you reference them later. Tap on the date in the calendar to go into that date and record or reference notes. The dates with notes are highlighted in the calendar. Tapping onto the search bar will immediately list all of your notes chronologically with today's note right in front of you and with older notes above and newer notes below it. Search term will be highlighted as you search. Use iCloud to sync your notes between multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, MacBook ...) and apps (Daily Notes Planner 1 & 2). All you need to do is to SAVE your notes in a device/app and LOAD them in another device/app in the app's iCloud page (under "Extras"). Reference today's notes in the not editable textview below the calendar without worrying that you would accidentally change it from frequent referencing. If you have a lengthy today's notes, you can minimize the calendar to a weekly mode by scrolling on it. Check out another app by the same developer called "Close Ties - Honest Messaging" that allows you to message each other in real time under each date in the calendar (also supports typing indicator and read receipts). IN "EXTRAS" PAGE In addition to organizing your notes by dates, use three additional notes formats to completely satisfy all of your note taking needs: "One Page Note", "Folder Notes", and "Weekly Schedule". Daily Notes Planner app can store all of your life's notes. "One Page Note" has just one page of note. If you need to jot something and don't want to save it permanently, this is a good place to put it. "Folder Notes" organizes your notes with folders and files. Create folders and note files inside them. Search folders and files with search bars. You can change color of texts in your notes dynamically easily: simply tap onto a color on top of the keyboard and type - the blinker color indicates the current color. Also, you can long press any file or folder row to change its name. Also you can press "edit" button in the bottom to delete or rearrange rows. "Weekly Schedule Notes" allows you to draw a nice, colorful chart of your schedule, classes, or weekly appointments. Tap onto an item to type in notes for it. Change color of texts dynamically here too. Today's widgets & iOS 14 home widgets Ask Siri to add notes to a date. "Add note using Daily Notes/Daily Notes 2/Daily Notes Planner app. When Siri asks what to call your note or which one to edit, say a date like "this/last Monday/Tuesday/etc" or "July 1st (year is optional)" or "next week/month". Ask Siri to search notes in any time range. When prompted "what time?", you can specify any date range. A hidden tip: you can do a quick swipe gesture to move left and right of the days anywhere on the detail page from the calendar view (also tap or slide the the dates on the top). Also you can long press "Password & Touch ID On/Off" in the Settings to change your password. App only uses internet connection when you press SAVE or LOAD in the iCloud page to sync data. Other than that it doesn't use the internet at all. All holidays calculations rely on sophisticated astronomical models and other calculations, all done very efficiently within the app. Supports Apple's Handoff feature to help you to sync your notes via iCloud among multiple devices. Whenever you save your notes to iCloud in one device, all other nearby devices would prompt you to load your latest notes from iCloud either in app switcher / multitasking screen (iOS) or in the dock (Mac). If you have any questions, feedbacks, or concerns about the app, send me an Email at inhoDeveloper@gmail.com.

Screenshots

Opus One4 screens
Daily Notes Planner 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Daily Notes Planner 2 at free with in-app purchases against Opus One's subscription. Daily Notes Planner 2 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Opus One's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 54%) and ratings volume (973 vs 322). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Opus One sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Daily Notes Planner 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Opus One against 4.6 for Daily Notes Planner 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 973 and 322 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Opus One's written reviews are positive against 54% of Daily Notes Planner 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Opus One ships an update every 3 weeks, Daily Notes Planner 2 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Opus One versus Daily Notes Planner 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpus OneDaily Notes Planner 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (973 ratings) — better4.6 (322 ratings)
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews — better53.8% of reviews
Number of ratings973 — better322
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPISO 13, Inc.Truth Honest Messaging, Inc.

Customer experience

Opus One

All ratings973 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews318 reviews
Positive65.7%
Neutral10.1%
Negative24.2%

Daily Notes Planner 2

All ratings322 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative33.3%

User reviews

Opus One

From 973 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Life changing
  • 👍 Great app and support
  • 👍 Integrates well with iPhone
  • 👍 Keeps me organized and efficient
  • 👍 Seamless sync across devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues and reliability problems
  • 🐛 Lost data and app crashes
  • 🔒 Concerns about free trial sign-ups
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 👎 Lacks weekly/monthly views

Daily Notes Planner 2

From 322 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and simple
  • 🚀 Amazing search functionality
  • 👍 Great for note-taking and organization
  • 👍 Minimal and no-nonsense design
  • 👍 Well-made and reliable

Room to improve

  • 💸 Limited free version (10 days/notes)
  • 🐛 Crashing issues reported
  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🐛 Data not loading to MacBook
  • 🐛 Glitchy sync

Bugs and requests

Opus One

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sync issues between devices
  • App crashes and data loss
  • Keyboard not working on iPad
  • Distorted font in calendar view

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add weekly and monthly views
  • Improve Apple Pencil support
  • Add project management features
  • Integrate with more calendar/task apps
  • Provide better training and tutorials
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  • Allow customization of UI and themes

Daily Notes Planner 2

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashing when inserting text
  • Sync between devices is inconsistent
  • Data won't load to MacBook
  • Crashes when trying to load from iCloud
  • Weekly schedule cannot update and sync properly
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  • Keyboard covers typing area, cannot scroll

Requested features

10 requests
  • Import/export functionality for V2
  • Text highlighting/bold/underline
  • Upload photos to notes
  • Change calendar settings (weekends on right)
  • Document scanning in notes
Show 5 more
  • Add bulleted lists
  • Warning message before saving to cloud
  • Colored text option
  • Print notes
  • Landscape view on iPhone

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Opus One

Subscriptions2
  • Opus One Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Opus One Professional7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Daily Notes Planner 2

One-time1
  • Premium Version$4.99

Questions

Is Opus One free?
Opus One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Notes Planner 2 free?
Daily Notes Planner 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Opus One or Daily Notes Planner 2?
Opus One is rated higher. Opus One averages 4.7 out of 5 from 973 ratings, while Daily Notes Planner 2 averages 4.6 from 322 ratings.
Do Opus One or Daily Notes Planner 2 have ads?
Neither Opus One nor Daily Notes Planner 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Opus One or Daily Notes Planner 2?
Opus One ships an update every 3 weeks, and Daily Notes Planner 2 fortnightly. Most recently, Opus One was updated on October 18, 2026 and Daily Notes Planner 2 on October 15, 2026.

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