Planner reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 203 Reddit reviews across 24 subreddits and 69 posts to rank the best Planner brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/planners, r/PlannerAddicts, r/TwoXIndia, r/CasualPH, r/stationery. Top-rated brands include Sterling Ink (4.6/5), Hobonichi (4.4/5), Passion Planner (4.1/5).
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Reviews203
Subreddits24
Posts69
Brands79
Products47
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#1
Sterling Ink
4.6
(14)
"The sterling ink common planner! it has weekly horizontal or vertical layouts."
"I am partial to Sterling Ink."
"My suggestion however is the Sterling Ink planners, great paper."
"Sterling Ink if you're a vertical planner."
"The Common Planner has goal and quarterly pages."
"I have one, it’s beautiful, and I chose the compact."
"Sterling Ink!!"
"Sterling Ink Common Planner Horizontal b5."
"I adore Sterling Ink planners (US based) but they're worth every penny!"
"It's still the end of your budget, but Sterling Ink has daily planners in b6 and a5."
#2
Hobonichi
4.4
(12)
"Otherwise, I love the Hobonichi. Feel free to a"
"I started using a Hobonichi Weeks and it is my best friend!"
"Hobonichi planner maybe? ✅ b6 or smaller (a6 I believe) ✅ daily with hourly breakdown."
"Look at some of the Japanese based daily stuff with hourly blocks. Hobinichi or I think Sterling Ink may have a nice one."
"I am a hobonichi weeks user. This will be my second year and it's perfect for my needs."
"My favourite are the hobonichi day free for my 'big book of everything'."
"Switched to Hobonichi day free because I needed the calendar."
"Depending on how much you write, either the A6 Hobonichi Techo or the A5 Hobonichi Cousin."
"You should try the Hobonichi Avec."
"1 page per day: Hobonichi."
#3
Passion Planner
4.1
(10)
"I love the passion planner and have been using it on and off for the past 12 years."
"Passion Planner has vertical weeklies with 2 pages of monthly habit trackers."
"Passion Planner - for goal tracking not habit tracking... but there are additional print out papers for that."
"Passion planner daily"
"You might check out the Passion Planner."
"Came here to say to look at the passion planner as well."
"You may want to look at Passion Planner 3 different sizes."
"I use a passion planner 'daily'."
"Passion Planner Daily would probably work nicely for you."
"Passion Planner is not as bad as you make it sound."
#4
Happy Planner
4.4
(8)
"I’ve been enjoying my Happy Planner book lately because I can move the pages around so very easily."
"Happy Planner’s most popular layout is exactly what you’re describing."
"I’m a disc bound planner. Happy planner but also loving HB90 right now."
"Currently I'm going to try out a Happy Planner because I've heard others say good things plus it's more in my price range than some others."
"Recently diagnosed and I'm trying out a Happy Planner/bullet journal combo this year."
"Happy planner."
"Might be the closest fit, there are some wire bound options."
"I’ve been using the Happy Planner for three weeks now and I like the cute design."
#5
Plum Paper
4.3
(8)
"Plum Paper — design it yourself!"
"Plum paper."
"Have you looked at plum paper? You can customize your own planner."
"I went with Plum Paper last year and created a layout that worked well for me."
"Plum Paper has a similar option."
"Plum Paper is a great option."
"Not on this subreddit much but I use Plum Paper."
"Plum Paper offers customized planners that suit your family's individual needs."
#6
Hemlock & Oak
4.7
(6)
"Hemlock and Oak are lovely. I’ve bought their planners for the past couple years"
"Highly recommend hemlock & oak weekly planner! I’m a criminal defense attorney and have used a physical planner for nearly 10 years/every day and this is my favorite at the moment."
"Hemlock & Oak has weekly layouts + to do list."
"Hemlock and Oak!"
"They have free pdf pages on their website so that you can try out the layouts"
"They're Canada-based but they ship to the UK at a reasonable price."
#7
Papertess Designs
4.3
(6)
"That's a nifty layout. I think you should have a look at Papertess Designs Yearly Notebook."
"Papertess Designs does this in her yearly planner."
"I'm using the A5 slim Papertess Designs managerial planner next year."
"[PaperTess B6] has grouped monthly, weekly and daily pages, but the daily pages are undated."
"Papertess Designs, Wonderland222, Sterling Ink, Take a Note."
"Papertess Designs is based in Germany."
#8
Plotter
4.8
(5)
"1. Plotter 2. Filofax 3. Bound book such as Leuchtturm1917"
"Check out Plotter"
"Plotter."
"Big fan so far."
"Plotter all day..... also Ashford."
#9
Filofax
4.6
(5)
"Finally I found Filofax personal rings. It’s totally customizable for what you are looking for."
"I've been using a Filofax knock–off (A5 6–ring binder) with a custom printed vertical weekly layout for years."
"I use an a5 filofax and bought next years from Etsy"
"I like the Filofax A5 size."
"There are so many inserts available from filofax."
#10
Personal Planner
4.2
(5)
"You can pick whatever pages you want in the back, as many as you like of each."
"I like using/designing with Personal Planner."
"I have been addicted to personal planner from Sweden."
"I found personalplanner.com last year and I have been loving it!"
"I recently ordered my 2025 planner from personalplanner.com."
#11
Laurel Denise
5.0
(4)
"Current ADHD coaching on Instagram likes Laurel Denise."
"Laurel Denise has a big following for those of us who like to see the month with the week."
"Laurel Denise is a fan favorite."
"I like Laurel Denise"
#12
Agendio
5.0
(4)
"Agendio 🥰"
"I like agendio because I can order 6 months at a time and then change it up when I get bored."
"Agendio allows you to customize the layout of your planner pages."
"You can build this very easily at Agendio planners."
#13
Wonderland 222
4.8
(4)
"Wonderland 222. Wonderful vertical layout helps me visualize where im losing time."
"**Wonderland 222**"
"You might want to look at the Wonderland222."
"I honestly can't decide!"
#14
Hemlock and Oak
4.5
(4)
"Check out options from Hemlock and Oak."
"If you don’t want Tomoe River paper."
"Hemlock and Oak, I prefer daily but they have tons of options!"
"I honestly can't decide!"
#15
Full Focus Planner
4.5
(4)
"I really like the Full Focus Planner -- I skip a lot of the extraneous pages, but I think it has everything you are looking for."
"I admit it’s pricey, but not compared to its main competitors. But having really functional yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily spreads laid out takes away tons of stress for me."
"I'm currently using a Full Focus Planner because I like that it has all of the features I like in other planners in one place."
"The only planner that has worked for me is the Full Focus Planner from Michael Hyatt."
#16
Midori
4.0
(4)
"The Midori Hibino is 2 pages to a day but it’s A6 so the pages aren’t too large."
"Midori Hibino might work for you"
"I bought a Midori +Stand Diary."
"Midori hobino, midori 1 page per day."
#17
Hobonichi Cousin
5.0
(3)
"💯 the Hobonichi Cousin. I left the blank dotted journal world for the Cousin because I wanted the structure. The Cousin is great!"
"Hobonichi Cousin- I also have adhd and it's the only planner i've stuck with."
"Hobonichi Cousin. It has yearly, monthly, weekly, daily views all in one."
#18
Planner Pad
5.0
(3)
"An ADHD specialist recommended Planner Pad and it changed my life!"
"Planners and planner pad is always the one I go back to."
"I love the Planner Pad for planning my week."
#19
Wonderland222
4.7
(3)
"I am partial to Wonderland222."
"Highly recommend them!"
"For 2024 I'm using an A5 Wonderland222 and I love it."
#20
Limelight
4.7
(3)
"Mas mataas yung gsm (thicker sheet) compared sa undated planner so it's less likely to bleed and it's smooth."
"It's dotted, and the design is so good, plus may sticker packs na rin."
"If gusto mo ng design, maybe check limelight journal."
#21
Legend Planner
4.3
(3)
"Legend planner or Happy Life planner both have 'life planners'."
"Legend planner weekly/monthly has all of that."
"I think it meets everything that you’re looking for."
#22
Etsy
4.3
(3)
"I *really* like this one"
"For planning, I purchased a digital planner on Etsy and uploaded it to Noteshelf 3."
"I'm obsessed with this one lately (I have an addiction of buying planners and this is my fav) just wish it was dated 😭"
#23
Jibun Techo
4.3
(3)
"For time blocking, definitely a jibun techo."
"Jibun Techo"
"You might want to try Jibun Techo for its time logging based features 🙂"
#24
Penly
4.3
(3)
"In my opinion, Penly is the best choice. Its simple, fast and work stable."
"Penly app is what I use and then I bought a digital planner off Etsy website."
"Penly is a good one. I use it for my digital planning."
#25
Stalogy
4.0
(3)
"Stalogy notebooks have a sort of timeline on each page that can be turned into a daily planner set up."
"If you want undated, stalogy—it has 268 pages."
"If you just want a notebook, Stalogy."
#26
Erin Condren
4.0
(3)
"This or maybe an Erin Condren LifePlanner"
"I use the erin condren daily duo."
"Erin Condren daily duo, which is split into two."
#27
Zenith Financial Planning
5.0
(2)
"Zenith Financial Planning is great! Offer a lot of good tax insights."
"Zenith Financial Planning is great! Offer a lot of good tax insights."
#28
Plum Planner
5.0
(2)
"Plum Planner has all these things! Customizable as well!"
"I love my Plum Planner with the vertical layout."
#29
Papertess
5.0
(2)
"Designs kind of has that layout with her yearly notebooks."
"Papertess."
#30
Just Scribble
5.0
(2)
"Just Scribble is launching a planner with TMR that is arranged by month/week/day."
"Just Scribble."
#31
Pink Iceland
5.0
(2)
"Pink Iceland is a verrrry good vendor to plan the bigger picture!"
"My wife and I got married in Iceland back in 2015 and used Pink Iceland as our planners and they were amazing!"
#32
Moterm
5.0
(2)
"I love my 6 ring personal size planner from Moterm, which I got on Amazon."
"I’ve heard people love Moterm veg tan covers!"
#33
CNS
5.0
(2)
"Sobra useful sakin ng mga features nya, may water tracker, hobby trackers, finance pages, etc. tapos sobrang aesthetic pa"
"I love it really as in, and I recommend!"
#34
Plans by Just Scribble
4.5
(2)
"Plans by Just Scribble has a horizontal and vertical option."
"Check out the horizontal layout of Plans by Just Scribble."
#35
Dailee
4.5
(2)
"I am trying out the dailee planner for the first time and I can’t wait."
"I ordered that one bc I think she will fulfill my needs."
#36
Appointed
4.5
(2)
"I have been using an Appointed Weekly Task Planner for about five years now."
"Appointed’s planners are mostly wire bound, but their task planner is wirebound at the top."
#37
Day Designer
4.0
(2)
"The Day Designer planner is my favorite."
"I love the day designer for work, I've used it for 10 years."
#38
Clever Fox
4.0
(2)
"Clever Fox has nice ones!"
"I think it meets everything that you’re looking for."
#39
Mossery
4.0
(2)
"I used one as a habit tracker/journal this year. And they’re so pretty!"
"I found the notebooks at Mossery."
#40
Doodle
4.0
(2)
"Doodle (300-500 INR range) from Amazon for more colorful stuff"
"It's nice and comes with stickers"
#41
Alicia Souza
4.0
(2)
"Alicia Souza is good too"
"Ohh! I just mine from Alicia Souza!"
#42
Moleskine
4.0
(2)
"Try Moleskine Daily. Others to look at are Aura Estelle classic daily horizontal, midori MD, and sterling ink daily."
"I really enjoyed using a hardcover moleskine daily planner as a work planner."
#43
Kinbor
4.0
(2)
"I've been happy with Kinbor, though the paper is different."
"You can also try kinbor. They sell it on AliExpress and it has the same layout as the weeks."
#44
Bullet Journal
5.0
(1)
"The best thing for me ever was getting into bullet journaling."
#45
Freedom Planner
5.0
(1)
"I freaking LOVE IT: Freedom Planner."
#46
Hobonichi Weeks Mega
5.0
(1)
"The Hobonichi Weeks Mega and the Jibun Techo Days are my two list keepers."
#47
Appointed Blank Notebooks
5.0
(1)
"I love Appointed blank notebooks."
#48
Remarkably Organized
5.0
(1)
"I created one via https://remarkably-organized.pages.dev/."
#49
Minimal Minds Design
5.0
(1)
"I’m using one by minimal minds design, you can find it on Etsy and I’m really happy with it."
#50
Boxclever Press
5.0
(1)
"I use the Lightweight Budget Book from boxcleverpress.com for years now."
#51
My Deep Guide
5.0
(1)
"I really like one called My Daily Organizer by My Deep Guide/Vojislav Dimitrijevic."
#52
Ink&Volt
5.0
(1)
"Been using Ink&Volt for the last year and it's been perfect for me."
#53
Life Planner
5.0
(1)
"I loveee the life planner you can find on Amazon!"
#54
The PlannerPad
5.0
(1)
"The PlannerPad is brilliant for this."
#55
Franklin Covey
5.0
(1)
"Best planner on the planet!"
#56
Astrogator
5.0
(1)
"Astrogator - can't get better than that."
#57
Golden Coil
5.0
(1)
"They do customized planners, and I think they have options for all of the things on your list!"
#58
Artloom
4.0
(1)
"If you have good budget, you can try artloom ones."
#59
Busy Bee
4.0
(1)
"I've had good luck with Busy Bee."
#60
TFI
4.0
(1)
"I like TFI planners."
#61
HON
4.0
(1)
"I went ahead and ordered the HON as I found one on sale--I'm looking forward to experimenting with it :)"
#62
Dayminder
4.0
(1)
"I’ve been using these for almost 10 years: https://www.ataglance.com/en-ca/p/planners-calendars/planners-appointment-books/monthly-planners/dayminder-2026-monthly-planner-hardcover-black-large-g470h0026/ Things I like: It has a whole-month view, so things at the beginning of a week don’t sneak up on me (things at the beginning of the month still do though…) It has decently large day blocks"
#63
Bullet Journal Method
4.0
(1)
"The Bullet Journal Method is also worth looking into - paper, digital, or hybrid."
#64
Take-a-note
4.0
(1)
"Take-a-note A5 planner"
#65
Planner Envy
4.0
(1)
"I’m trying Planner Envy signature layout this year and I really like it."
#66
Cleverfox
4.0
(1)
"I’m on my third Cleverfox weekly planner. I really like the layout of it."
#67
Kokuyo
4.0
(1)
"Kokuyo Jibun Techo - they have a page per day or weekly spread."
#68
ONPLANNERS
4.0
(1)
"I use this planner for years."
#69
Wonderland
4.0
(1)
"Wonderland 222 is an option if price for a work planner isn't a factor."
#70
Witty Will Save the World Co.
4.0
(1)
"Very fun yung planner and I don't mind the pink aesthetic even though I'm a guy. May daily and monthly rin sya kaya oks sakin!"
#71
Many Moons
4.0
(1)
"I really, really love the Many Moons planner."
#72
Madebyendless
4.0
(1)
"The closest options I found, with daily pages were 1. Regalia 2025 planner by Madebyendless"
#73
Hobonichi Techo
4.0
(1)
"I use a Hobonichi Techo Weeks ans it has all the moon pases in it."
#74
Neorah
4.0
(1)
"2. Daily planner 2025 by Neorah (has a habit tracker, expenses tracker, ap)"
#75
Sophia Lee
4.0
(1)
"I love the Dailee Planner by Sophia Lee."
#76
Odd Giraffe
4.0
(1)
"I've heard good things about Odd Giraffe"
#77
Happy Wagon
4.0
(1)
"Check out happy wagon. They have a range of planners (1200-1500 ish) and they have budget trackers, meal trackers and reflection questions woven into the planner."
#78
Inkbucket
4.0
(1)
"I personally love inkbucket planners"
#79
Blue Sky
4.0
(1)
"Blue Sky makes some similar weekly/monthly planners which are 5x8 Here's one: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sky-Monthly-Planner-Calendar/dp/B0D47WM9MT/"
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