Moleskine Planner

This app would be amazing, if I could use it in conjunction with Moleskine Journey… like being able to sync between apps, integrating the habits and daily/weekly/monthly lists that I create in Journey… I stopped using this app and went back to Journey because I just find it easier to use for all aspects of my life, but I would use Balance if they worked together.

Don’t ask for all my information , then ask for money 🤬

Unfortunately this is a flop so far for me - I am a huge fan and daily user of the Moleskine Studio apps. Using with Timepage and Actions has really changed my life - my increased productivity and punctuality has been noticed by my colleagues and loved ones! But I was disappointed to see that this app does not integrate with the Studio… I was hoping to go one step further in organizing my life by building an actual routine with Balance, in the hopes it would transfer over on my Timepage, incorporated with my actual appointments/meetings. For now it’s a no-go, but so close to being just perfect!

When I tried to edit the daily/weekly/monthly times for goals, it never changed to the right number I entered

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I love the simplicity of the app interface, but I do wish that it would allow us to "start" multiple things simultaneously on the app, I'm a huge multitasker myself. Other than that, it's a nice app that has helped me in tracking my habits on the daily.

Après de petits problèmes de synchronisation réglés, l'application fonctionne à merveille et se synchronise parfaitement avec le iPhone! Bravo.

I have downloaded probably every possible planner/time management app out there in the hopes they will fix me, and this is The One for me. The perfect Balance (get it?) of structure and flexibility. Let’s start with the stunning UI. I love the little images you can add to activities. The view now has so many customization options and filters. The little clicks and dings as you complete tasks or adjust times are so satisfying. Tasks have the ability to add subtasks, which is great for time blocking. I also love that while you can plan your day out with start times and durations for activities, it’s extremely easy to adjust as the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Even better, you can track actual times with the simple press of the start button. It gives me a structure for my days but also the flexibility so I don’t feel imprisoned by my own tools. Next, the integrations. It can sync activities from reminders, calendar, and Apple health. I have not found an app that syncs with all of those! The stats. I don’t use the ratings much because that’s not really my thing, but the pie charts of how you spend your time completely changed my life. It’s really helped me Balance (I’m so sorry for the puns) my time. I am a chronic overcommitter, and often fall into bouts of anxiety and overwhelm from not having enough time to just exist. With Balance I can take control of my time confetti and aim for 20% of my time to be unplanned. Which leads me to the next feature I love: the Inbox. Part of adhd is sort of a lack of object permanence. When I do have free time, I suddenly forget everything I wanted to do with it. I use the inbox to keeps tabs on what projects, books, etc. I’m engaging with so when I have that unplanned time I have a menu to choose from (The Dopamenu). I appreciate that the inbox is not confined to a date, and can also be hidden if I don’t want to see all the extra things. Lastly, the support. They recently added one click feedback to the main screen and I’ve used it any time I find a bug or even to recommend features. I usually get a response within an hour, and I even received a personal email notifying me that a feature I suggested was being rolled out. The time between my suggestion and the feature addition was barely a month. So basically I’m deleting all my planner apps and exclusively using Balance now.

Finally took my life under control! I am not over exaggerating. The balanced app has calendar events, health activities, habits, regular, scheduled and “inbox” tasks, sub tasks, goals, time and mood tracking all in one place. They managed to make all of this variety easy to manage with very cute and appealing interface. I LOVE that I can create an activity with the goal to do it certain number of minutes (hours) per week, start tracking it when I focus on it and then see how much is left. Also they have widgets. I can just turn on the phone and see my whole day in the widget without opening the app. Now this is my only app that replaced 9 other apps, that were good on their own, but each has only one piece of the whole picture and without integration you don’t have sense of control of your time.

The design is bulky and makes it hard for those with unusual schedules. Also, I don’t want to be asked how I feel about anything I have to do on my calendar. It’s weird and time consuming, which when you’re busy really defeats the purpose. I will be cancelling my trial.