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Head-to-head

Digital Planner vs Structured

Digital Planner 4.3★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Structured
Structured 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75

Structured is the better choice for serious planning due to its robust features and more favorable free tier, despite recent concerns about AI integration and some technical issues.

Full reviews: Digital Planner · Structured

Digital Planner is criticized for its aggressive paywalls and limited free features, making it difficult to use without a subscription. Structured offers more functional free features and is praised for its organizational capabilities, though recent AI integration and some bugs have caused frustration among users.

Head to head

Features edge: StructuredR5R7R13R16
Digital Planner Digital Planner offers a variety of templates, stickers, and customization options, but the vast majority are locked behind a subscription, leaving free users with very limited choices R5R7. Users express frustration over having only one template per category, three plain notebooks, and limited colors and stickers available without payment R5R7R13. Basic functionalities like adjusting text size or moving text boxes are also reported to be problematic or missing R16.
Structured Structured is praised for its ability to plan days, weeks, and months, offering features like an inbox for unscheduled tasks and import capabilities for calendars and reminders . Users appreciate its customization options and the energy tracking feature . However, some users desire more color choices and specific features like location-based reminders or the ability to repeat tasks on specific days .
Ease of Use edge: StructuredR2R9R12R47
Digital Planner Some users find Digital Planner easy to understand and use for notes and journaling R2R47. However, others report difficulty with basic interactions like writing, moving the screen, or zooming R9. The interface is also criticized for menus blocking half the page when using tools like the pen or text editor . Some users also find it hard to understand certain aspects of the app R12.
Structured Structured is generally considered easy to use and helpful for daily planning . Its simple UI is appreciated by some R78. However, some users find the time picker frustrating due to excessive clicking . A significant issue reported is the need to manually save notes, leading to lost work if forgotten . There are also complaints about the keyboard disappearing when typing new tasks .
Reliability edge: Digital PlannerR9R43R49R69
Digital Planner Digital Planner users report issues with the app not allowing them to write, move the screen, or zoom, and randomly writing when not intended R9. There are also complaints about not being able to erase anything R43 and images not aligning or staying in place after locking layers R49.
Structured Structured faces significant reliability issues, particularly with crashing on Mac devices . The app is also reported to run hot and drain battery quickly on phones . Users have experienced glitches with color editing and the app freezing . A major concern is tasks not linking or syncing between different devices . Some users also report the app force-closing immediately upon opening R69R72.
Price/Value edge: StructuredR1R4R5R6
Digital Planner Digital Planner is heavily criticized for its aggressive paywalls, with many users feeling that almost everything requires a subscription R1R4R5R7. The free version is described as extremely limited, offering only a few templates, stickers, and colors R5R7R13. Some users feel misled by the app being advertised as free but then immediately asking for payment R4R6.
Structured Structured offers a free version that some users find sufficient for basic planning . However, many essential features, such as repeating tasks, alarm sounds, and syncing with reminders, are locked behind a premium subscription . The premium version costs $30 per year , and some users feel it's not worth paying for basic utilities that built-in apps offer for free . There are also complaints about continuous upgrade prompts even after declining . Some long-time users feel betrayed by changes to the lifetime purchase model or new paywalls .
Support tieR6R13R20R64
Digital Planner There is no direct feedback on support for Digital Planner, but users express frustration with the app's limitations and call for developers to address issues like the paywall and lack of free features R6R13R20.
Structured Structured users report that previously addressed bugs, like the keyboard disappearing when typing, have not been fixed across multiple updates . There are also reports of subscriptions not registering in the app after purchase . Recent updates introducing AI functionality have caused significant user backlash, with some uninstalling the app due to forced AI permissions R64R70.
Pick Digital Planner if

you are looking for a very basic, aesthetically pleasing digital notebook and are willing to pay for a subscription to unlock most features, or if you only need extremely minimal functionality R2.

Pick Structured if

you need a robust daily planner with good organizational features, calendar integration, and don't mind a subscription for advanced functionalities like repeating tasks, or if you are comfortable with the recent AI integration .

Evidence note: Digital Planner's reviews are overwhelmingly focused on its aggressive paywall and limited free features, with very few positive comments about its actual functionality. Structured has a much larger volume of positive reviews praising its core planning capabilities, but recent negative reviews highlight significant concerns about AI integration and technical bugs.

Frequently asked

Is Digital Planner truly free to use?
No, while Digital Planner is free to download, users report that almost all features, including most templates, stickers, colors, and even basic functionalities, require a paid subscription R1R4R5R7.
What are the main complaints about Structured?
The main complaints about Structured include frequent app crashes on Mac devices, rapid battery drain on phones, a frustrating time picker, the need to manually save notes, and recent controversial updates that force users to accept AI permissions R64R69R70R72.
Does Structured have a free trial for its premium features?
Some users wish for a free trial option for Structured's premium version, specifically to test features like the AI model, but reviews indicate that a trial for premium features beyond the basic free tier is not readily available or is very short R78R105R114.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R5] Digital Planner 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. [R7] Digital Planner 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
  3. [R13] Digital Planner 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
  4. [R16] Digital Planner 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
  5. [R2] Digital Planner 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] Digital Planner 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.
  7. [R12] Digital Planner 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
  8. [R47] Digital Planner 5/5 · US Best app I’ve ever used: This is probably one of the easiest apps to understand how to take notes,journal anything down, etc. I highly recommend if you’re not too sure which app to try first.
  9. [R43] Digital Planner 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
  10. [R49] Digital Planner 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.
  11. [R69] Structured 3/5 · US App Immediately Force Closes: App force closes upon opening
  12. [R1] Digital Planner 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!!
  13. [R4] Digital Planner 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
  14. [R6] Digital Planner 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
  15. [R20] Digital Planner 5/5 · US OWNER PLEASE READ!!!! Good app: So this is honestly a really great and fun app to use… there is a subscription but i think the stuff without a subscription is fine too BUT.. there are some stickers that have months of the year and days of the week and only one month and one day are aloud.. i think that ATLEEAST the days and months should be aloud and not haft to be paid for, because than its reall
  16. [R64] Structured 2/5 · US plsss remove ai: i have been using this app for a long time & have found it really helpful - please heavily consider removing the ai functioning on this app or i may migrate/move on. there’s no need to sacrifice our planet for the sake of an app.
  17. [R70] Structured 1/5 · US Was great till accepting AI required: I was a satisfied user of this app for years. But this morning when I opened it, it wouldn’t let me view my own information unless I gave unlimited permission for OpenAI to access my account. So I have sadly just uninstalled it on all of my devices. Very disappointing.
  18. [R72] Structured 3/5 · US Force Closes After Install: I’ve used this app before and noticed the Apple award, so thought I’d try it again. Unfortunately, it force closes as soon as I open it, even after restarting my phone.
  19. [R78] Structured 3/5 · US Looks promising: This looks promising - simple UI, seems to be focused on doing one major task (time management) well instead of adding a lot of unnecessary fluff, etc. I appreciate that the basic tools are free, but I would like a trial Option for the premium version. I’d like to try out the AI model and see if it works for me.
  20. [R105] Structured 3/5 · GB Changes: I wish u would give a trial of ten days pls
  21. [R114] Structured 3/5 · GB Good layout: I've been searching for a good to-do app for quite some time. I tried Structured and it seemed easy to use and had interesting features, however not sure it was really what I was after and the free trial was only 3-days so didn't have enough time to explore. Deleted after day 2. Also I tried the AI which didn't seem to help with what I wanted .

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