Artful Agenda vs Opus One

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

Opus One

• People who like the layout of a paper day planner
• Linking daily tasks to goals, values and a personal mission
• Users who work only on iPhone, iPad and Mac

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.

Opus One

• Apple devices only: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The vendor lists no Android, Windows or web version.
• Cloud sync, goals, attachments, categories, repeating rules, weather and Siri all need the Opus One Pro subscription.
• The App Store lists two Pro prices, $4.99 and $39.99, and says the subscription is monthly or yearly without labelling which price is which.
• The Apple Reminders import is one-way: imported tasks are removed from the Reminders list.

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.

Opus One

A page for each day

Each day has its own page holding tasks ranked by A/B/C priority, a schedule that shows calendar events next to the tasks, daily notes, the weather and a quote.

Master Tasks

A separate list for tasks that have no due date yet, kept apart from the daily pages until a place is found for them in the planner.

Planner views

Five planner views cover a day, a week or a month with the task list at the side. Tasks, events and goals are rescheduled by dragging and dropping them.

Goals, roles and mission

Goals have timelines and visible progress and can be linked to daily tasks. Separate pages hold life roles, a mission statement, values and vision.

Notes and journals

Notes take text, photos, PDFs, checklists, audio and drawings. Journals come with 25 covers and include a guided Gratitude Journal.

Eisenhower matrix and categories

Tasks can be shown in an Eisenhower matrix, sorted by priority or by color-coded category, and repeated with custom rules.

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.

Opus One

• Free$0

  The core planner with limited Daily Tasks, Master Tasks and Daily Notes. Cloud sync across devices is a Pro feature.

• Opus One Pro$4.99 or $39.99

  monthly or yearly; the listing does not label which price is which

  Adds iCloud sync, goals, attachments, Apple Pencil sketching, categories, repeating rules, weather, Siri and themes. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

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.

Opus One

No public discounts listed.