# Pencil Planner

> Handwritten planner for iPad and iPhone layered over your calendar

Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro is an iPad and iPhone planner made for writing by hand with Apple Pencil. It shows the events from the calendars connected to the device and lets you write over and around them in day, week, month and year layouts, with handwritten or typed notes linked to dates. A limited version is free, and a Pro Access subscription unlocks all features along with cloud backup and sync.

- **Category:** Daily Planner Apps
- **Made by:** Wasdesign, LLC
- **Website:** https://pencilplanner.app
- **Runs on:** iOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Pencil Planner has a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99 per month, or $19.99 per year.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** A limited version of the app is free to use. The vendor's pages do not list the limits; Pro Access is described as unlimited entries, storage and devices with cloud backup and sync.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | A limited version of the planner. The vendor does not publish exactly which features or how many entries it includes. |
| Pro Monthly | $4.99 per month | Pro Access to all planner features, with unlimited entries, storage and devices plus cloud backup and sync. |
| Pro Yearly | $19.99 per year | The same Pro Access billed once a year, as listed among the in-app purchases on the US App Store. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pencil-planner-calendar-pro/id1505638148 on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Pencil Planner before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 67% less on the yearly plan** (Annual discount): The US App Store lists Pro Monthly at $4.99 and Pro Yearly at $19.99. Twelve monthly payments come to $59.88, so the yearly plan costs about 67% less. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pencil-planner-calendar-pro/id1505638148
- **$10 off the first year for buyers of the original app** (Other savings): People who bought the earlier Pencil Planner & Draw Calendar app can email support for a promo code worth $10 off their first year of Pro. Source: https://pencilplanner.app/upgrading-from-v1/

## Key features

- **Handwriting on the calendar:** Plans are written directly over and around calendar events with Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon or a finger, including priorities, time blocks and sketches.
- **Day, week, month and year layouts:** With the Version 2 layouts, schedule handwriting is shared between the Day and Week views, and a day's highlights also appear in the Week and Month views.
- **Calendar events from the device:** Events come from the accounts connected in the iPad or iPhone Calendar settings, so iCloud, Google, Outlook and Yahoo calendars appear once added there.
- **Apple Reminders lists:** The Version 2 Day tab shows lists from Apple Reminders next to the schedule. Lists are still added and edited in the Reminders app.
- **Linked notes:** Handwritten or typed notes can be linked to a date or a calendar event, organized in folders and pinned. Handwritten notes take blank, lined or dot-grid pages.
- **Drawing tools:** Pens, pencils and highlighters have adjustable colors and thickness. Handwriting can be moved, erased by whole stroke or in part, and zoomed for precise writing.

## Good for

- iPad users who want to handwrite a planner with Apple Pencil
- People who want handwriting layered over a digital calendar
- Paper-planner users moving to a tablet

## Worth knowing

- iPhone and iPad only. The vendor's roadmap lists a Mac app as an upcoming feature.
- The free version is limited and the vendor does not say where the limits fall. There is no lifetime purchase, only monthly and yearly plans.
- Planner data is stored on the vendor's own Pencil Planner Cloud. There is no iCloud, Dropbox or Google Drive backup option.
- The vendor's upgrade page quotes $24.99 a year for Pro, while the US App Store lists Pro Yearly at $19.99.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.6 out of 5 from 12,544 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1505638148

## Works with

Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders, Google Calendar, Outlook, Yahoo Calendar

**Tags:** Calendar, Notes, Tasks

## Alternatives

- [Artful Agenda](https://toolgpa.com/tools/artful-agenda): Digital planner styled like a paper agenda, synced to your calendars. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/artful-agenda-vs-pencil-planner)
- [PlanWiz](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planwiz): Template-based digital planner, journal and habit tracker. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pencil-planner-vs-planwiz)
- [Moleskine Planner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/moleskine-planner): Calendar and task planner for Apple devices from Moleskine. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/moleskine-planner-vs-pencil-planner)
- [Goodnotes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/goodnotes): Handwritten notes, PDF markup and whiteboards with an AI assistant. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/goodnotes-vs-pencil-planner)
- [Penbook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/penbook): Handwriting notebooks and live planners for iPad and iPhone. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/penbook-vs-pencil-planner)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://pencilplanner.app
- https://pencilplanner.app/support/faq/
- https://pencilplanner.app/support/pro-vs-original/
- https://pencilplanner.app/support/data-and-sync/
- https://pencilplanner.app/support/calendars/
- https://pencilplanner.app/reminders-how-to/
- https://pencilplanner.app/upgrading-from-v1/
- https://pencilplanner.app/roadmap/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pencil-planner-calendar-pro/id1505638148

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pencil-planner
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