November 4, 2025
Plan-demonium in the comments
Show HN: I built a local-first daily planner for iOS
Local-only iPhone planner sparks cloud-sync brawl and subscription gripes
TLDR: An iPhone planner touting local-only privacy and new features like recurring tasks landed, but users demand cross-device sync and desktop support. Comments split between privacy fans, folks who say it duplicates Apple Calendar, and subscription haters who want pay-once pricing.
The dev dropped a “local-first” daily planner for iPhone, promising quick tap-to-schedule, sessions (tasks bundled into one event), highlights, statuses, subtasks with auto progress, recurring tasks, and a clutter-free calendar. It's all on your phone and the dev says they collect no data. Sounds neat, right? The comments went full soap opera.
Camp Cloud said they'd rather have online sync anywhere; qwertytyyuu said they prefer online-first with offline edits. Others slammed it as reinventing the default iOS Calendar: shinycode saw “features the default app already has” and side-eyed the price. Meanwhile, ActionHank loves the concept but torches the in‑app subscription model. Another crowd begged for macOS and iCloud sync so they don't have to squint at their phones — jon-wood would be “all over it” if it lived on Mac.
Cue drama: privacy purists vs convenience seekers, pay-once dreamers vs subscription fatigue. A curveball commenter derailed into time-zone lore — Morocco switching clocks during Ramadan — and an Eruv quip, turning the thread into calendar memes and religion-hack jokes. The vibe? Great idea, missing pieces. People want cross-device sync, desktop, and no subs. The app’s clean UI impressed some, but skeptics asked: why not just use Apple’s built‑in app? Anyway.
Key Points
- •A local-first daily planner app for iOS schedules tasks directly to the calendar.
- •Core features include Sessions, Highlights, Status organization, Task Progress via subtasks, and Calendar Groups filtering.
- •New update adds Recurring tasks, Daily summary reminders and progress updates, and Subtask notes.
- •The release includes UI and performance improvements.
- •The developer states no data is collected and provides contact via email and Reddit; terms use Apple’s standard EULA.