Jorte vs TimeBlocks

Jorte

• People moving from a paper planner who want a similar layout
• Keeping a schedule, to-do lists and a photo diary in one app
• Users who like to restyle their calendar with themes and icons

TimeBlocks

• People who like to decorate a calendar the way they would a paper diary
• Keeping events, to-dos, habits and memos in one phone app
• Friends, couples and families sharing a group schedule

Jorte

• The free app shows ads; turning them off requires Jorte Plus or Jorte Premium.
• Outlook sync is a paid feature and covers Office 365 Outlook calendars only. Office 365 Solo, Outlook.com calendars and Exchange servers are not supported.
• Icon and theme packs are separate in-app purchases unless you have Premium, which includes unlimited content.
• There is no desktop app: on a computer, Jorte is used through the Jorte PF web service.

TimeBlocks

• The free version carries ads. Removing them is a Premium function, as are auto sync, search across all periods and file attachments.
• The US App Store also lists coin packs from $1.99 for 10 coins to $13.99 for 200 coins, separate from the Premium subscription.
• The vendor's site has no price list, so the prices here come from the US App Store listing and the web calendar may be priced differently.
• The vendor lists phone, tablet and web versions but no separate Mac or Windows app. Its landing page defaults to Korean, with English, Chinese and Japanese in a language menu.

Jorte

Planner-style calendar views

Monthly, weekly, daily and vertical views modeled on paper organizers. The week can start on any day, and lunar dates and public holidays can be shown.

To-do lists and diary

To-do lists sit beside the calendar and can sync with Google Tasks. The diary records text and photos for each day and organizes entries with tags.

Themes and customization

Background images, icons, fonts and colors can all be changed, and purchased theme sets restyle the whole app at once while keeping your schedule.

Event calendars

Follow ready-made calendars such as weekly weather forecasts, national holidays, NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games and religious calendars, and their events are added automatically.

Jorte PF cloud service

A free service that stores calendars and to-dos in the cloud so they can be viewed and edited from a computer, shared within a group or published.

Widgets and schedule sharing

Home screen widgets come in 25 sizes with adjustable content. An appointment can be turned into a URL and sent by email or messaging apps for others to add.

TimeBlocks

Drag-and-drop monthly calendar

Events are entered from a quick input window on the calendar screen and moved by dragging. The month view expands as the number of events grows.

To-do, habit and memo lists

Unfinished to-dos roll over to the next day, habits are logged on a mini calendar, and memos hold plans that have no time yet, organized by month.

Connections to other calendars

Links to Google, Apple and Naver calendars, Google Keep and Apple Reminders. Support for all connections is listed among the Premium functions.

Group schedules

A schedule can be shared with friends or family, with a different access level for each participant and real-time alerts when something changes.

Themes, stickers and fonts

An in-app store offers themes, stickers, date backgrounds and fonts for decorating the calendar. The vendor's site counts more than 1,000 items.

Widgets

Home screen widgets include a monthly calendar, a weekly calendar, today's list, a habit list and a to-do list. The vendor's site counts 7 kinds.

Jorte

• Free$0

  The calendar, to-do lists, diary, event calendars and widgets, with ads and without the extra calendars or passcode lock.

• Jorte Plus$3.99

  per year

  Turns ads off and adds up to 100 extra calendars, passcode lock and secret calendars, Outlook calendar sync, push settings and use on multiple devices.

• Jorte Premium$2.99

  per month, or $29.99 per year (Android price)

  Everything in Plus, plus up to 10 extra to-do lists, advanced customization, toolbar settings, unlimited icons and themes and Evernote notes on events.

TimeBlocks

• Free$0

  The calendar, to-do, habit and memo features with ads, without the functions on the Premium list.

• Premium Account (Monthly)$2.99

  per month

  Removes ads and adds auto sync, to-dos and habits on the calendar, search across all periods, file attachments, color labels and all connections.

• Premium Account (Annual)$29.99

  per year

  The same Premium functions billed once a year.

Jorte

• Annual discount

  About 16% off Premium with annual billing

  Jorte Premium costs $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year on Android. Twelve monthly payments come to $35.88, so paying annually saves $5.89.

TimeBlocks

• Annual discount

  About 16% less on the annual Premium plan

  The US App Store lists Premium Account at $2.99 monthly and $29.99 annually. Twelve monthly payments would come to $35.88.