Artful Agenda vs Moleskine Planner

Artful Agenda

• Paper-planner fans who want covers, stickers and fonts on a digital calendar
• Seeing Google, iCloud and Outlook calendars in one decorated planner
• Planning meals, lists and tasks next to the week's events

Moleskine Planner

• People who want a paper-planner look on iPhone, iPad and Mac
• Seeing calendar events and timed tasks on one daily timeline
• Sorting tasks into themed lists with icons and colors

Artful Agenda

• There is no free plan. After the trial it costs $39.99 a year, and only annual subscriptions are offered.
• The habit tracker, drawing mode, sticker uploads and custom color palette require Artful Plus at $49.99 a year.
• Microsoft Exchange calendars cannot be synced, and calendar sharing is set up in Google, iCloud or Outlook, not in the app.
• The US App Store listing shows the standard plan at both $39.99 and $44.99, so in-app pricing may differ from the website.

Moleskine Planner

• Apple platforms only: the App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro, and the vendor links no Android or web version.
• Neither the App Store listing nor the vendor's site says which features are free and which need a paid membership.
• The vendor's site publishes no prices; the figures here are in-app purchase amounts from the US App Store.
• The app requires iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 or later.

Artful Agenda

Calendar sync

Shows Google Calendar, Apple iCloud and Outlook calendars together in monthly, weekly and daily views, with repeating events and push reminders.

Paper-planner styling

Pick a cover design and a handwriting-style font, color code calendars and decorate pages with sticker packs. Some premium covers are sold in the app for $1.99.

Tasks and priorities

Monthly, weekly and daily task lists can be reordered by drag and drop and crossed off, with repeat, rollover and snooze options and task alarms.

Daily page extras

The day view includes meal planning, a water intake tracker and custom categories for tasks, notes or journaling, and it stays in step with the weekly and monthly views.

Custom lists

A lists section holds things like groceries, packing and gift ideas, with headings, check-off items and drag-and-drop ordering.

Artful Plus tools

The higher tier adds a habit tracker with streaks, uploads of your own sticker images, a saved color palette and stylus drawing on iPad and Android tablets.

Moleskine Planner

Day view timeline

Each day's schedule and tasks are laid out visually, with a choice of Block View or Timeline View. A time slider moves a task or changes its duration.

Weekly overview

A week view shows all appointments and tasks for the week, and a long press on a day opens the task editor with that date already set.

Calendar integration

Calendars are chosen with checkboxes in the settings menu, and their events are displayed in the planner beside your tasks.

Customizable tasks

Tasks take icons, colors, subtasks and notes and can be marked complete. Subtasks can be shown and ticked off without opening the task.

Lists

Related tasks are grouped by topic into lists, which show how many days remain until future tasks are due and a completed count.

Rescheduling and duplicating

A long press moves a task to another date, and an activity can be copied and duplicated onto a different date and time.

Artful Agenda

• Artful Agenda$39.99

  per year, annual subscription only

  The standard plan: calendar sync, monthly, weekly and daily views, tasks, lists, meal planning, covers and stickers.

• Artful Plus$49.99

  per year, annual subscription only

  Everything in the standard plan, plus a habit tracker, your own uploaded stickers, a custom color palette and drawing mode on tablets.

Moleskine Planner

• Free$0

  Free download from the App Store. The vendor does not publish which features the free version includes.

• Planner Premium Monthly$3.99

  per month

  Monthly premium membership for the Planner app, as listed among the in-app purchases on the US App Store.

• Bundle - Monthly Plan$4.99

  per month

  A monthly bundle subscription. The listing does not say which Moleskine apps the bundle covers.

• Planner Premium Annual Add-On$19.99

  labelled Annual; what it is added to is not shown

  An annual add-on listed among the in-app purchases, with no description of what it requires or unlocks.

• Planner Annual Membership$29.99

  per year

  Annual membership for the Planner app alone, as listed on the US App Store.

• Bundle - Annual Plan$39.99

  per year

  The bundle billed yearly. A Bundle - Annual Welcome Plan is also listed at $29.99, without stated terms.

Artful Agenda

• Other savings

  Referral credit of 10%

  Sharing your referral code earns you 10% of each referred friend's first payment as credit toward future subscription fees paid through the website.

Moleskine Planner

• Annual discount

  About 37% less on the annual membership

  The US App Store lists Planner Premium Monthly at $3.99 and Planner Annual Membership at $29.99. Twelve monthly payments come to $47.88, so the annual membership costs about 37% less.

• Other savings

  Bundle annual welcome price of $29.99

  The US App Store lists a Bundle - Annual Welcome Plan at $29.99 beside the $39.99 Bundle - Annual Plan. The listing does not say who qualifies or for how long.