PLANBELLA - Planner App 4+

This app has done a great job keeping me organized so far. It’s so beautiful, but minimalistic so it doesn’t feel cluttered. it also is convenient that everything is kept in your journal then you can easily navigate to your calendar and have the ability to just see your tasks. The only thing I think would be beneficial is having the ability to switch between light and dark mode for the app itself instead of it being determined by your phone settings. I like mine to be dark mode most of the time, but prefer the light mode for the app. I also think it would be amazing if this was Siri comparable. There are so many times I’m busy doing something and need to create a quick task or event but I’m not able to stop and physically type it in. Also, when doing speak to text there seems to be a bit of a bug where it won’t type.

EDIT 4/5: the addition of the widgets is amazing and so fun. I’m a little bummed you have to pay additional money for some of them, but it’s only a $1 each so it’s not bad. In addition to it being better if it was Siri compatible it would be great if you could choose to delete or edit a single event that’s part of a recurring event. Apples calendar allows this which I think is super helpful when there’s a change needed to something without having to change or delete all of them.

This app is so beautiful and perfect for me. It’s exactly how I set up my bullet journal, except it’s on my phone so i always have it with me. I have ADHD so to function I need to have my appointments and tasks laid out in sequential order all together which this app allows me to do, rather than having separate views for calendar and to do’s. A lot of people complain that the calendar sync is only one way but I don’t really mind that since I prefer to manage my events in ical anyways. I would like to be able to reorder tasks by dragging and dropping but in the meantime I workaround by slightly adjusting the times.

The only complaint I have is that it doesn’t sync across devices. When I’m on the go I use my phone but at home I prefer my iPad. Also if there is in fact a desktop app coming soon the sync function would be mandatory for me. Currently I do have a workaround by backing up from my phone to iCloud, then loading the backup onto my iPad but this is really something that should be done automatically.

I’ve been using this app for over a year now. I love the aesthetics; it’s pretty and minimalist enough to not be overwhelming. However, recently I’ve been running into quite a few bugs that have grown more and more frustrating. I travel often, and it seems that if I’m putting events in the planner for, say, 12 PM while I’m in Florida, if I then travel to west Tennessee, the event changes to 11 AM. I may be in a different time zone, but the timing of the event is still the same regardless. I’ve also noticed that happening with dates as well. Specifically, my friend’s birthday was listed as July 8th. I check back a few weeks later, and now it’s moved to July 7th. I almost texted him a Happy Birthday on the wrong day before I caught it! I’ve noticed this on several, several occasions where I put in a date, and it’s moved a day back. Because of this, I no longer feel like the planner is accurate, and I’m anxious that I may have the wrong day or time. It’s been my favorite planning app to use because of the aesthetics and minimalist design, as I’ve mentioned, but it’s proving to be undependable.