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NotePlan is a unique note-taking app with a focus on calendar and tasks in one.

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This tool performed well in our tests. Our ratings for tools factor in design, features, performance, practicality and value to help determine the tool's overall score.

Things we like

Connect notes up with links

Markdown notes & tasks

Comes with bullet-journal style planning

Easy to use layouts with templates

Comes with tasks, notes & calendar in one

Things we don't like

Not as visually appealing as some of the other apps on the market like Routine that feel more planner like in nature

More traditional in folder organization and connected notes with backlinks for the more modern users

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Is NotePlan worth it in 2025?

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What is NotePlan?

NotePlan is a note-taking application with tasks and a calendar.

Designed to be an all-in-one productivity hub, it connects with Apple Calendar and Reminders to help organize tasks, notes, and calendar events in one space.

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What features does NotePlan have?

Let's look at some of the features that make NotePlan special:

Features

Helpful for

Note-Taking

Notes are the core of the NotePlan experience. They allow you to create them in Markdown, create templates, and connect them using backlinks between notes.

Calendar Management

Connect your Apple Calendar, and you can import events. This allows you to see the week ahead and, most importantly, connect NotePlan notes to those.

Task Management

Create a task inside of NotePlan within notes and start tallying what you need to do. A lot of people like this as they are markdown tasks, too.

Feature Focus

NotePlan: Time Blocking

Time Blocking in NotePlan

How does time blocking work in NotePlan?

NotePlan has a calendar, so users can do things with their tasks like time-blocking. This allows users to drag tasks into specific time slots and set reminders while integrating with Apple Calendar. This helps users refine their focus for the day and manage their schedule.

NotePlan does not integrate with Google Calendar, though it does connect with the native iOS and Mac calendars, enabling users to view upcoming meetings and tasks in one place.

The calendar isn’t the most visually appealing, but it effectively shows what’s planned and completed for the day, including a helpful seven-day view.

Pros

  • Combines tasks, notes & calendars in one
  • Fast and robust app for Apple-focused devices
  • Perfect for those with date-based notes
  • Works well with templates
  • Popular for bullet journal lovers

Cons

  • Pricier yearly option with no free

Pricing:

NotePlan charges $99.99 per year with no free plan.

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How much does NotePlan cost per month?

NotePlan doesn't come with a free plan; here are the premium options:

Plans

Pricing

Included

Monthly

$9.99 per month

All features

Annually

$99.99 per year

All features

Is NotePlan free?

NotePlan does not offer a free pricing tier.

Who is NotePlan best for?

NotePlan reminds us of Evernote, trying to combine everything into one.

Productivity hubs have become much more popular, and NotePlan allows you to bring together all three core experiences to improve your productivity. We believe this will be popular with those who like the concept of Getting Things Done, or GTD for short.

If you're Apple-focused, with Apple Calendar and an iOS and macOS device, then this application is an exciting option to give you a home for all your things. It has been growing in popularity as people look for more offline productivity tools.

You will also like NotePlan for the markdown and networked thought. Although it isn't as powerful as other tools like Obsidian and some second-brain apps, it will serve the job well.

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Nov 24

Xray Tec

Use: 1Y 9.6 / 10

Great Design & it Works

This app is great. The developer really improved this app since it came out. He always reaches out when you have a concern. This app has lots of articles on how to use app & its features as it can be a bit overwhelming for myself. But for me Apple reminders is not my choice to use for tasks. NotePlan has its own notifications which I’m more fond of & wish they would evolve more into & this app would be my go to. My biggest disappointment is not being able to snooze there reminders or when I get a reminder from NotePlan & select the notification it doesn’t take you to the task at hand. But it’s a reliable app w/ good customer service

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Mikhail Mikhail

Jul 24

Distraction Deflector

Use: 3Y 9.6 / 10

Leave the best, cut the rest

I tried org-roam, obsidian, logseq, todoist and Noteplan is miles ahead of them because authors could find a perfect balance of customizability and out-of-the-box experience. With Noteplan I finally stopped tinkering with the system or wishing for more as it has all I need to be productive. I really like the core idea of merging task list, calendar and note taking app in one place. Execution of this is also perfect. Native macos, ipados and ios app helps a lot. Also nice flavour of markdown, powerful search&filtering capabilites. It even has community plugins, but I've never felt the urge to check them, as this app provides everything that I need to get projects in my work and life done. Robust mobile app is a big W for me. When your whole life is in one app you'd like to always keep it in your pocket. Seamless integration with apple calendar, shortcuts and reminders lets me use apple features on my watches and enjoy benefits of the ecosystem.

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Ashley Harris

Mar 24

Procrastination Punisher

Use: 2Y 9.4 / 10

This app needs more attention and praise, one stop shop!

NotePlan is a constant evolving home for all of your needs. The developers are constantly tweaking and listening to the needs of the users. The ability to have iOS reminders, calendar events, tasks and notes all in one spot to view makes project management and daily life much more organized. I always am skeptical as to why this app isn’t up there with the larger task/calendar/note apps, and it definitely should be! Once they can get iOS reminders to fully integrate into notes, and make some of the plug ins more integrated into the settings for non-power users this app is going to reach a lot more people. The ability to use markdown and have files stored locally, use callback URLs for shortcuts makes this truly a productivity focused app. I don’t spend hours trying to customize it. If I realize a template needs to be tweaked, I fix it and continue my tasks. The discord channel is also very helpful. I don’t see another app being able to speed up my workflow like NotePlan has, and I’m excited to see it gain more traction and attention as it deserves.

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David Wertheimer

Mar 24

To-Do List Conqueror

Use: 3Y 9.2 / 10

Worth the price - elegance of a native Apple app

I've used NotePlan for 3 years now. I open it 20+ times a day. Have tried many alternatives in the past, but NotePlan's elegant combination of Tasks, Calendars & Notetaking is unparalleled. I dislike having separate tools which are cloud-based islands that don't talk to each other. NotePlan gives me the comfort of knowing my notes are always on my laptop (and backed up/synced in the cloud). And the notes are not locked in some proprietary database. Also the templating and plugin extensibility is incredibly useful. I highly recommend it.

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