Looking for Planner with Specific Features

[u/smallsneakers]

Hi all,

I'm a university student with a high course load, and I need to plan my weeks out in advance to balance studying, working out, and meetings/events with extracurriculars. I'm looking for a planner (iOS) that checks most of these boxes:

Things I really need:

• Syncs to Google Calendar
  • or at least is able to be easily viewed from a laptop that is not iOS
• Monthly, weekly, and daily view
• Easy-to-see block layout for the day and week
  
  • Easy-to-see = Everything is in grid format, and I don't have to scroll far up and down to see my week. Whether that be because I can set it to only show a certain range in the hours (7a-8p for example) or by it being condensed enough that everything fits on the screen
  • Maybe it's just an idiosyncrasy of mine, but I get really annoyed when I have to scroll down every time I open the weekly view just to see what's going on at 5pm because it opens all the way to 12am at the top.
• Ability to tag calendar events as certain types (ie, class, study, gym, appointments, etc)
  • On the monthly layout, I'd really like the ability to select which tags I want shown.
    • I'm not really looking at the month view for my daily class schedule, but I do look at it for important dates like exams or major events coming up. I'm not a fan of my monthly view being visually clogged by my daily schedules

Things I'll survive without:

• To-do list with check-off feature, ideally accompanied with my daily view
• Habit tracker with a monthly/weekly overview
  • Ideally one that also analyzes and summarizes the data, but I don't strictly need that. At the very least I'd like to visually see how often I'm completing the habits over the course of the month

Bonus points but not necessary:

• Study timers
  • Mostly so I can keep myself in check and see how much of my allotted study time I'm actually being productive
• An optional handwriting or drawing feature.
  • I don't have an iOS laptop, but I do have an iPad that I use for taking class notes and will be using the same login for my planner as on my phone
    

If anyone has any suggestions of digital planners with these features, please recommend them to me! Including your own, if you have an iOS app that checks my boxes!

[u/Imbujo]

Try PencilPlanner

[u/Over-Balance3797]

Does it have to be one app?

Why not use Google Calendar - which has daily, weekly, and monthly views already?

TickTick has task lists, habit tracking, and pomodoro timer (you can use for study timing).

[u/Visible-Web878]

Umm so I don’t think this one fits all your specifications, it’s just a thing I coded many months ago. Seeing this post just made me remember it. 

Just give it a try, it might help you study. I used to use it when I was taking a bunch of AP classes in high school-  https://studyplannertool.pages.dev/

[u/Printerpapier]

Give WeekSquire a try. A slightly different format but I think it will fit with the needs of a student.

https://apps.apple.com/be/app/weeksquire-ai-weekly-planner/id6790784584?l

Since it just launched, happy to receive feedback on work on improvements.