Planner Pro for Writers

Planner Pro is a good choice for all your planning needs. With a calendar, task list, notes, and events, a writer can easily manage their entire schedule from one app.

My first happy surprise with the app was the sync with Google calendar. As a working mom with two kids and a husband who works a rotating shift, Google calendar is our God. Everything goes on there, but not my notes (unless I give them a due date). I haven’t tried syncing Keep with Planner Pro yet. If it works, I’m sold on the app. Having all the dates, notes, and to-do lists in one place is very helpful.

The task feature will probably be the best feature for writers. You can add all your book tasks, color code them, and share them with your writing partners. Since tasks are assigned due dates with levels (A-C and 1-99), writers can put EVERYTHING on there and prioritize their to-do list within an inch of its life. Publishing schedules can get hectic with due dates for covers, editor appointments, and posting dates for bloggers and social media. With Planner Pro, you can organize all the information and have it at your fingertips anytime.

Rearranging and scheduling on Planner Pro is easy. You can rearrange tasks and events with a few clicks. You can change the due date on the calendar or task list. When events like planning meetings, campaigns, or reminders to post your newsletter, you can tell the app to make them daily, weekly, or monthly events. Can’t finish something today? Schedule it for tomorrow. Also, Planner Pro lets you see your finished tasks. They don’t disappear as on some other apps.

Repeatability is only free for events, not tasks. My writer friend, S. Harder, uses the app for yearly repeatable tasks. She signs up for the premium plan to make tasks repeatable every year, month, or whatever she needs. The feature can be used to re-post an event that went well the year before. This option makes the $40 price for a lifetime subscription more cost-effective.

Planner Pro allows users to share data, which can only help with group projects. I recently worked on a series project with six other writers. This app would’ve been perfect to sync all our tasks and due dates. With a shared calendar and tasks, events, meetings, and classes could’ve been coordinated on one app and shared by all. An app like Planner Pro might have made the process simpler. Everyone would see the info at the same time, plus anyone could add or edit data as needed. These tasks, events, and notes can be shared with an editor, co-writer, or critique partners.

 One of my favorite features of Keep includes the hands-free option. You can also take notes the same way on Planner Pro. Click on your notes, then the plus sign, and finally, the mic icon on your keyboard. The app will allow you to dictate as you drive, sit at basketball practice, or in a boring zoom meeting. We never know when inspiration will strike. Writers need to be ready to jot down those ideas before they vanish. Planner Pro lets you whisper those notes into your purse on the bus, and no one is the wiser.

It’s a new year, and we all have goals for our personal and professional life. Planner Pro can help you get organized toward meeting those goals.