8 alternativesNotePlan: From $12
The best NotePlan alternatives
For most people the best alternative to NotePlan is Sunsama, and the best free one is Logseq.
SunsamaPick it if your tasks come from Asana, Jira, Slack and email and you want to fit them into real calendar time.From $17Compare at a glance
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| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | Watch | App Store | Developer | Setapp | Rating |
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 NotePlan | From $12 | Subscription | 4.8 | |||||||
| Sunsama | From $17 | Subscription | Too few ratings | |||||||
 Logseq | Free, open source | Free | Too few ratings | |||||||
 Things 3 | From $9.99 | Pay once | 4.8 | |||||||
 Todoist | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.8 | |||||||
 Structured | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.8 | |||||||
 TickTick | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.9 | |||||||
 OmniFocus | $74.99 once | Pay once | 4 | |||||||
 Superlist | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick it if your tasks come from Asana, Jira, Slack and email and you want to fit them into real calendar time.
A daily planner that gathers tasks from Asana, Jira, Slack and email and makes you fit them into real calendar time.
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Pick this if you think in bullet points and want free, open source linked notes with a daily journal.
Free, open source bullet notes where every line links to the rest, with a daily journal page built in.
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Pick it if you live on Apple devices and want a calm to-do list you pay for once.
A calm, pay-once to-do app for every Apple device, with your calendar shown above today's tasks and free sync.
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Pick this if you want to add tasks as plain sentences and have dates and repeats filled in for you.
Type a task as a normal sentence and get a dated, repeating to-do in the right project, free for 5 projects.
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Pick this if you plan best by seeing your day as time blocks on 1 visual timeline.
Your tasks and calendar on 1 visual timeline, so you can see whether today actually fits, with most of it free.
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Pick it if you want tasks, habits and a focus timer for free, including on Android and the web.
Tasks, habits, a calendar and a Pomodoro timer in 1 free app that also syncs to Android and the web.
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Pick this if you run dozens of projects and want a strict system with a weekly review.
The deep, review-driven task manager for people with dozens of projects on the go, on every Apple device.
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Pick this if you share lists with family or a small team and want notes attached to every task.
To-dos from the Wunderlist team where each task carries its own notes and checklists, free for 5 lists.
When NotePlan is still the right pick
You plan each day in a bullet journal and want that page on your Mac with your calendar beside it.
NotePlan prices and verdictFrom $12