The planner look, with your calendar built in.
Goodnotes is a lovely notes app, and the PDF planners made for it are beautiful. The hard part is keeping them in step with your real week.
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THE SHORT VERSION
Each is better at something.
Where Goodnotes is better
- HandwritingWrite and draw with a stylus. Anser is typed.
- Stationery choiceEndless PDF planners to download or buy.
- PriceGoodnotes has a free plan, and Essential is $11.99 a year.
Where Anser is better
- Both ways with Google CalendarEvents show up on their own, and what you add or move in Anser saves to Google. PDF planners don’t sync. Goodnotes’ own planner can show your main Google calendar, read-only, on Pro on Apple devices, and it’s still rolling out.
- Your evenings are protectedWhen something lands in protected time, Anser tells you and helps you decline.
- Routines with streaksTick off a morning walk or ten pages of reading, and keep a streak.
- Start from a week that worksPreview a schedule template on your own week, and undo it in one tap.
SIDE BY SIDE
The details.
| Goodnotes | Anser | |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | Handwriting and typing | Typed |
| Google Calendar | Goodnotes Planner: main calendar only, read-only, Pro plan, Apple devices, rolling out | Both ways; pick which calendars |
| Where it runs | Apple, Android and Windows apps | Your browser, on any computer, phone or tablet |
| Price | Free; Essential $11.99 a year; Pro $35.99 a year | $10 a month or $95 a year, 7 days free |
Checked 27 September 2026 on their own pages. Prices and features change. Sources:
Goodnotes is a trademark of its owner. Anser isn’t affiliated with Goodnotes.
EVERYTHING ELSE IN ANSER
And the rest of your planner.
Make it yours
- StickersOn your days and events, and your own stickers made from a photo.
- Vision boardA year of photos and words beside your goals, with steps you can put on your calendar.
- Your look4 styles, 19 palettes, 6 fonts, light or dark, cozy backgrounds and a monogram.
- A companionA goose, hedgehog, puppy or kitty, or none at all.
Protect your time
- Protected timeEvenings, sleep, lunch or any time you want to keep, with alerts when something lands in it.
- Declines in your wordsWarm, Friendly, Direct or your own words.
Plan
- Today’s Top 3Three things that would make today feel done.
- RoutinesOn your calendar, grouped by time of day, with streaks and optional reminders.
- Schedule templates11 ready-made weeks and routines, previewed on your own week first.
- CountdownsA day count to the things you’re looking forward to.
- WeatherBeside the date, if you turn it on.
Reflect
- Today’s pageA private page for each day, with photos.
- Evening reviewYour mood, one thing you’re grateful for, and a few words.
- NotesYour day pages and notes of your own, searchable, and where your planned time went.
Plan with people
- Shared LifeSee when you and someone are both free, and suggest plans. Friends join free.
Your data
- No ads, never soldNo ads in Anser, and your information is never sold. Cookies on our site only if you say yes.
- Take it with youDownload everything as one ZIP, in files that open without Anser.