10 Best Digital Planner Apps of 2026

TickTick ranks first because it covers the three things people expect from a digital planner, a task list, a calendar and a habit tracker, for less than most rivals charge for one. Its pricing page lists a free plan with 9 lists and 99 tasks per list, list and Kanban views, natural-language reminders and cross-platform sync. Premium costs US$49.99 a year, which TickTick states is less than US$4.17 a month, and raises the caps to 299 lists, 999 tasks per list and 299 habits. Premium also adds multiple calendar views, a Timeline view, task duration, email reminders and AI features. The Eisenhower Matrix is available on both plans, with the free version listed as Basic. The trade-offs are the free plan limits: one attachment per day, two task reminders and only five habits. There is no monthly price shown on the upgrade page, so the cheapest route is the annual plan. We compared documented features and published prices.

Todoist is the pick for people who plan by project rather than by hour. Its pricing page shows prices in USD: the free Beginner plan includes 5 personal projects, Smart Quick Add, task reminders, list and board layouts and 3 filter views. Pro costs US $5 a month billed yearly ($60) or US $7 billed monthly, and raises the limits to 300 personal projects and 150 filter views. Pro also adds the calendar and table layouts, task duration, custom reminders, deadlines, auto backups and full reporting history. Every plan connects to 90+ integrations, and Todoist says 50 million+ people use it. For households or teams, Business costs US $8 per user a month billed yearly and adds a shared workspace with up to 500 team projects. The catch for planner shoppers is that the calendar layout, the closest thing to a day planner view, is a Pro feature, and the free plan keeps only one week of activity history. We compared documented features and published prices.

Goodnotes is the choice for people who want a digital version of a paper planner. It is a handwriting app rather than a task manager: you import a planner PDF or use its templates and digital stationery, then write on the pages with a stylus. The pricing page lists a free plan capped at 3 files and 5MB imports with 20 minutes of audio recording. Essential costs $11.99 a year and removes the file cap, adds unlimited audio recording and includes all note-taking tools. Pro at $35.99 a year adds sync across devices, Drive integration, private link sharing and real-time collaboration, and both paid plans start with a 7-day free trial. Handwriting search and conversion of handwriting to text make old pages findable. Goodnotes has apps for iOS, iPadOS, Mac, Windows, Android and web. What you give up is automation: it will not move overdue tasks or send recurring reminders the way TickTick or Todoist do. We compared documented features and published prices.

Structured is the most visual planner on this list. Instead of a list of to-dos it puts every task, event and routine on one timeline, which its App Store page describes as time blocking made simple, and it is aimed at people with ADHD, students and busy professionals. The free plan is generous: a drag-and-drop timeline, an inbox for quick capture, sub-tasks with notes, a Pomodoro focus timer, Live Activities, widgets and sync across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Structured Pro adds calendar and Reminders import, recurring tasks and routines, AI day planning, Replan for tasks you missed and custom notifications. Pro is sold monthly, yearly or as a lifetime purchase, but the US App Store lists several different Pro prices, so we have marked the USD price as pending rather than pick one. Structured's own site reports 15M+ downloads and 500K+ pro users. Recurring tasks being a paid feature is the main limit for routine planners. We compared documented features and published prices.

Things 3 is the planner for people tired of subscriptions. Cultured Code sells it as separate one-time purchases on the US App Store: $9.99 for iPhone and Apple Watch, $19.99 for iPad and $49.99 for Mac. The planning model is simple. Each morning the Today list shows what you scheduled alongside your calendar events, Upcoming shows the days ahead, and a This Evening section holds plans for later in the day. Projects can carry headings, notes and a deadline, and Areas group projects by part of your life such as Work, Family or Finance. Repeaters handle recurring to-dos, and Mail to Things turns a forwarded email into a task. Cultured Code says the app has twice won the Apple Design Award. The limits are clear: it runs only on Apple devices, there is no free plan, and a user who wants it on iPhone, iPad and Mac pays $79.97 in total. There are no shared team projects. We compared documented features and published prices.

Notion is not a planner out of the box; it is a set of pages and databases that you shape into one. That flexibility is why it ranks here. The pricing page lists a free plan for individuals that includes databases with subtasks, dependencies and custom properties, basic forms and sites, and Notion Calendar for connecting multiple calendars. Notion Calendar shows project deadlines and timelines alongside events, lets you drag database items to new dates, sends scheduling links and auto-blocks busy slots across connected calendars. It connects to Google Calendar, Zoom and Apple Calendar and has iOS and Android widgets. The cost is setup time: you design the weekly view, the habit tracker or the goal board yourself or start from a template, and AI features are only a trial on Free and Plus. Notion's pricing page showed euro prices from our location in November 2026, so the USD price of Plus is marked pending. We compared documented features and published prices.

Sunsama is built around a daily planning ritual for work: you pull the day's tasks in from the tools you already use, size the day, and then work through it. Its pricing is simple. There is one Pro plan at $17 a month billed yearly ($204 a year) or $22 billed monthly, with unlimited usage, unlimited integrations and AI, MCP and Zapier connections. Enterprise adds SSO and SAML, SCIM and audit logs. The 14-day trial needs no credit card. Sunsama says it is SOC2 compliant and will work through company IT questionnaires, which matters if you plan work tasks from email and project tools at a company that reviews software. It is clear about what it is not: the pricing page says Sunsama does not have a free forever plan and does not plan to add one, and its stated target is about $1 per workday. For personal planning on a budget, TickTick or Todoist cost far less. We compared documented features and published prices.

Amazing Marvin describes itself as a customizable personal productivity app for people who think differently, and its pitch is that you switch on only the features you need. There is a single plan, Marvin Pro, at $8 a month billed as $96 a year, and it includes all 100+ features, unlimited tasks and projects, custom workflows and views, analytics and personal email support. Feature pages cover day planning, time tracking, time estimates, gamification and focus tools, which suit people who struggle with procrastination or analysis paralysis. Apps run on web, Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. The 14-day trial needs no credit card, students get 50% off, and Marvin offers a pay-what-you-can option for people who ask. The downsides: there is no free plan, after the trial you cannot add or complete tasks until you subscribe, and the number of settings means you should budget time to configure it. We compared documented features and published prices.

Planner Pro is the closest thing here to a classic paper diary on a phone. Beesoft Apps' App Store listing describes one app for events, tasks and notes, so you do not need separate calendar and to-do apps. Events sync with iOS calendars and support recurring, all-day and cross-day entries. Tasks and projects take sub-tasks and 25 priority levels, and each day can hold unlimited notes, including sketches and audio files. A focus timer offers activity categories such as study, work and fitness, with white noise. The app is free to download but contains advertising, and the optional full version adds week view organizing, projects, recurring tasks, schedule export and removes ads. The US App Store lists several monthly, quarterly, yearly and lifetime Premium prices, so we have marked the USD price as pending. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch only, and it lacks the habit tracking and integrations of TickTick or Todoist. We compared documented features and published prices.

Akiflow is built for time blocking: tasks land in one place from quick capture and connected tools, and you drag them onto your calendar. Its pricing page lists Pro at $34 a month billed monthly or $19 a month billed yearly, which the FAQ puts at $228 once per year. Pro includes tasks, subtasks, meetings and integrations, the Aki AI assistant, the MCP Connector and all power features. The feature list covers a daily planning ritual, recurring tasks, labels and tags, time blocking, availability sharing, productivity analytics, Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar sync, desktop and mobile apps, Zapier and IFTTT automations and turning emails into tasks. The trial lasts 7 days and requires a card, and the AI Meeting Assistant for recordings and summaries is an extra $19 a month. Akiflow ranks last on value because it costs more than every other app here; it makes sense if your day is mostly meetings and you want every task to sit on the calendar. We compared documented features and published prices.