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Digital Planner

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Digital Planner by TULSTAIL, OOO, is a visually appealing planning app with a strong focus on aesthetics, but its aggressive monetization strategy and limited free features lead to significant user frustration and a poor recent user experience, despite claims of improved stability.

4.3★ lifetime (14,223) Free + in-app purchases since 2022 by TULSTAIL, OOO updated 0.2 mo ago recent negative 63% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Paywall Frustration Usability & Glitches Aesthetic Appeal
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.3★ lifetime average

Digital Planner is a productivity app designed for planning and journaling, praised for its aesthetic appeal and organizational potential. However, a large majority of recent users express frustration over the extensive paywalls, limited free content, and intrusive subscription prompts, making it difficult to use without paying.

What users like

What users complain about

  • Almost all features, templates, and customization options are locked behind a subscription or paywallR1R2R8R11
  • Constant and intrusive subscription prompts make the app unusable without payingR3R5R11R19
  • Limited free content, often only one item per category (e.g., one template, one sticker, one color, one month sticker)R3R6R8R19
  • User interface issues, such as menus blocking content, inability to resize text, and difficulty with alignmentR10R32R33R45
  • App is glitchy, crashes, or does not save work reliablyR15R33R40R48
  • High subscription cost (e.g., $6.99 per week, $24-25 per two months, $70 per year)R8R10R11R45

Latest update · v1.13.3

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Check out what's new in our recent mobile app upgrade: we have improved the stability and performance and fixed commonly reported bugs.

Recurring themes

Paywall Frustration negative
The most prevalent complaint is that nearly all desirable features, templates, stickers, and customization options are locked behind a subscription. Users feel misled by the 'free' designation, as the app is practically unusable without paying. Many reviews mention being unable to proceed without subscribing or being constantly interrupted by payment prompts.R1R2R3R5
Usability & Glitches negative
Users report various issues with the app's functionality, including menus obscuring the workspace, inability to resize text, difficulty with alignment, and general glitchiness. Some reviews mention the app crashing or not saving work, directly contradicting the developer's notes about improved stability and bug fixes.R10R15R31R32
Aesthetic Appeal positive
Despite the functional issues and paywalls, many reviewers are initially drawn to the app because of its cute, aesthetic, and well-designed interface and templates. This positive aspect often makes the paywall frustration even more pronounced, as users like the look but cannot access it.R8R17R34R41

Who it's for

This app is for users who prioritize aesthetic digital planning and are willing to pay a significant subscription fee R8R10R45. It might appeal to teachers or individuals looking for an organized and cute digital journaling experience, provided they are prepared for the cost R52R82. It is NOT for users seeking a free or low-cost planning solution, those who get frustrated by constant payment prompts, or those who need a highly functional and customizable app without UI limitations R1R2R48.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, with a strong consensus around the aggressive monetization and limited free features. While some positive reviews exist, many of them are either very short, vague, or explicitly state a high rating to get attention for a negative comment about the paywall . The developer's claims of improved stability and performance are directly contradicted by recent user reports of glitches and crashes R15R33R40R48.

Frequently asked

Is Digital Planner by TULSTAIL free to use?
No, while the app is free to download, almost all features, templates, stickers, and customization options are locked behind a subscription or paywall, making it practically unusable without paying R1R2R8R19.
How much does the Digital Planner subscription cost?
The subscription costs vary, with users reporting prices such as $6.99 per week, $24-25 per two months, or $70 per year R8R10R11R45.
Are there many free features in Digital Planner?
No, free features are extremely limited, often restricted to only one item per category, such as one template, one sticker, one color, or one month sticker R3R6R8R19.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R8] 4/5 · US Ok but like…: I really like the concept and idea and I thinks it’s really cute, but basically EVERYTHING is in the subscription. And I know you need to make money, but like come on, Only ONE template per category. Only THREE plain not books out of all of them. Only ONE sticker per sticker section. AND THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY COLORS. I really like this app and I want to keep it, but could you please
  2. [R17] 3/5 · US It's really good, but it's difficult to understand some of the things. You also need premium (to pay) for almost everything. · translated
  3. [R52] 4/5 · US I love this: Its really organized and cute! Its also very asthetic especially for teacher plans
  4. [R59] 5/5 · US So cute: So cute and so easy to use
  5. [R7] 5/5 · US Top 1000: This app is insane works so well let’s go people this app is so easy and I get everything I need done I’m a new person download now!👌🏻💕
  6. [R9] 5/5 · US Merlina: I love it because you get like keep track of the day❤️
  7. [R28] 5/5 · US Thank you: My life is more easy now and I’m a kid and now I know when I’m free and not thanks to much
  8. [R50] 5/5 · US The best: This is wonderful and I love this it’s so organized and calm I love it so much
  9. [R82] 5/5 · US Purrr fect: This is perfidy for teachers I recommend
  10. [R1] 1/5 · US I hate this app: Within 10 minutes of having this app I deleted it without ANY hesitation. First of all, all the things cost money!! I feel like to actually enjoy this app you have to spend SO much money on it!!
  11. [R2] 1/5 · US No free option: I wasn’t given any option other than to pay. If it’s going to be a paid app just make it one, that sucked and I was really excited
  12. [R11] 3/5 · US Please read this developer😩: Basically, at first when I saw this stuff, I was so excited because I knew it was free but then all the sudden and then I came in the game looked very beautiful and fun but like it said that you have like buy and subscribe but then like it said two months and I’m like per two months only 25 or $24 but whatever but then I wanted to do it for free, but there was no error
  13. [R3] 1/5 · US Bad: It’s been horrible, absolutely horrible three brushes three covers three 3 templates two brushes everything’s limited if anything else you have to pay for VIP and every single time you open the app you have to always ask you to pay the subscription
  14. [R5] 1/5 · US Didnt like: I fidnt realize that you had to have a subscriptionto get in cause my phone didnt sya it and when ever i downloaded the app aftr having so much trouble to download it i read that yoh had to pay and it wouldnt lwg me go on without pying so did not like app other aps are free and plus i just wanted a appl the viuld help me plan thinc sbut mo for this app
  15. [R19] 1/5 · US Over rated…: If you want to pay lots of money then this is perfect for you. I got it and started designing my pages. First there are only 3 different types of covers. If you want different planners then you can only have 3. Second of all there are only a couple of templates and decorations to pick from if you don’t want to pay. Lastly if you don’t want to pay it stops you and you can’t do anything
  16. [R6] 1/5 · US Terrible: Please change this: why do people without premium only get 3 book covers like why? Second question why do you want people to have premium just to get more book covers ? Please remove premium so people will give this five stars and this app is so useless and I can’t use notes instead
  17. [R10] 2/5 · US Unimpressed: Maybe I’m just not familiar with how to use these kind of apps but this particular one was really hard to use. I couldn’t change the size of the font and whenever I wanted to move a text box to the left-hand side, it would be covered by the text box editor. I also expected there to be way more templates to use for $70 a year. My biggest pet peeve though was that there was actually no
  18. [R32] 1/5 · US Need to fix this error: I’m mad at this app can’t even make the text bigger.
  19. [R33] 2/5 · US Not great: You can’t add a customer cover, custom page designs, and the app is glitchy. You can’t move images between layers and even when you scrap it and start over with the first picture as the base layer, if you try to resize everything it switches the layers. When you leave and come back the images aren’t aligned to where they were, even if you “lock” the layer. Very limited functionality.
  20. [R45] 1/5 · US Not worth $13: was pulled in at first because of the cute and cozy designs, but the creator part is pretty mid. lacking user free flow and the side bar to the left cannot be minimized, so 1/7th of the page sadly cannot be edited.. It's good, but def expected better for $13/monthly.
  21. [R15] 3/5 · US Not the best…: It wouldn’t let me write, move the screen, and zoom on the screen and it would randomly won’t write when I need it to, and it WILL write when I don’t need it to.
  22. [R40] 1/5 · US horrible and useless: this app crashes every 2 seconds, does not store any of your work (so you have to start over every time it crashes), is so unbelievably difficult to use, the response time of simple things like typing, selecting colours and italicising text takes 10 minutes. Horrible scammy app. If I could rate it 0 I would.
  23. [R48] 2/5 · US Cool concept but very glitchy: I love the idea of the app and I’ll probably look for an app that just works more. It is difficult to write in the journal pages with your actually handwriting which is what I like. The pencil selection menu takes up a quarter of the screen so you aren’t able to write on the entire left chunk of the screen no way to zoom out or move the menu you just can’t use that
  24. [R31] 1/5 · US Not working or worth it: The app would not let me erase anything and to get anything is way too expensive for such a horrible app. If you are looking for a journal to create with cute templates this is not the one. you only get five templates and then you have to pay for the rest which for how much you have to pay is not worth it so please dont get this app the photos are lying to you
  25. [R34] 1/5 · US OMG DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY FOR THIS TRASH!!!: It is horrible and what you see in the pictures is FAKE you have to pay for almost all of it!! It's really annoying so please do not get it it's really not worth it ❌.
  26. [R41] 3/5 · US Functional: Digital planer is a functional, ascetic, planer. All places do have their down sides thogh, the planer let's you use what ever you want at first but then you are only able to use a few things out of the many things, if you don't have a subscription. For the people how don't want to pay for a subscription we have to suffer and only use 1 or 2 things out of the area we are looking at. No

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store