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NotePlan

Daily notes, tasks and your calendar in one place

MaciPhoneiPad4.81.5K ratingsFrom $12

The verdict

Apple Notes and Calendar live in separate apps, while NotePlan gives every day its own Markdown note with your Calendar events and Reminders beside it. Drag a task onto the timeline and it becomes a time block, notes link both ways, and everything stays as plain Markdown files in your own iCloud. At $99 a year it costs less than half of Sunsama, Setapp subscribers already have it, and Logseq does daily notes free.

The Useful TechResearched and written with AI under our rulesUpdated 14 Oct 2026

Get it if

You plan each day in a bullet journal and want that page on your Mac with your calendar beside it.

Skip it if

You just need a to-do list, and Apple Reminders handles that without a $99 yearly bill.

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What it helps you do

  • Plan your day next to your calendar
  • Turn a task into a time block
  • Link meeting notes to the day they happened
  • Keep notes as plain Markdown in iCloud

What it really costs

Pay once or subscribe? Drag to see the total after each year.

  • Yearly plan
  • Monthly plan
  • Setappalso includes 250+ other Mac apps

Pay-once totals leave out paid upgrades to future major versions.

Plans and prices

  • Monthly

    $12

    $12 a month, after a 3-day free trial, on Mac, iPhone, iPad and the web

  • Annual

    $99

    $99 a year, after a 7-day free trial

  • Setapp

    Included

    Included in a Setapp subscription, which has a 7-day free trial

What changed

  1. Version 3.22

    NotePlan 3.22 is ready for iPhone Duo, and Siri can now add to your existing notes. Search gets more powerful, and reminders and sync are more reliable. ■ IPHONE DUO · Unfolded, the editor and calendar sit side by side. Folded, you get the familiar iPhone layout. · The sidebar, calendar and sheets fit both screens, and NotePlan switches smoothly when you fold or unfold. ■ SIRI · Ask Siri to add text to an existing…

  2. Added to The Useful Apps

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The details

Runs on
Mac, iPhone, iPad
Requires
macOS 16.0 or later
Version
3.22
Size
214 MB
Made by
NotePlan LLC
Rating
4.8 from 1.5K ratings on the App Store
iCloud sync
Syncs across your devices
Free trial
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