A digital planner is a simple tool to take back control of your time and organize your daily life with more clarity. This page brings together everything you need to know to discover digital stationery and get started with your first digital planner.
What is a digital planner?
A digital planner is designed to resemble a traditional paper planner: it's a PDF file that you import into a note-taking application on your tablet or iPad. Unlike an electronic calendar like Google Calendar or Notion, it's used intuitively, exactly like a paper notebook: you write, annotate, and personalize it to your style.
Thanks to embedded hyperlinks, you can navigate with a simple click between your pages and tabs. And unlike a paper planner, you can take it everywhere with you, on a single device.
Why switch to paperless planning?
- A digital planner helps you structure your schedule and projects in all areas of your life.
- Lightweight and always at hand, a digital planner fits on your tablet, no need to carry it in your bag anymore.
- Digital planning combines the feel of paper with the practicality of digital: you find your own handwriting, not just typed text.
- Thanks to cloud storage, your planner syncs and is easily found on all your devices.
- Our digital planners, journals, and stickers are fully customizable: add pages, stickers, or colors according to your needs.
- No more irreversible crossed-out words: a simple gesture is enough to undo or erase.
- Copy-pasting, quick search within your pages: a digital planner saves you valuable time.
- Going paperless is also a way to declutter your space: fewer stacks of papers, more room to breathe.
How to use a digital planner?
Here are the 4 elements you will need to get started:
- A tablet or iPad
- A stylus for your tablet/iPad
- A note-taking app (available on the iOS or Android store)
- PDF templates with hyperlinks, like those you'll find in our shop
Our products are digital planners, journals, and stickers, delivered in PDF or PNG formats. We do not offer an app: you can use any PDF-compatible note-taking app on any device that supports it.
Once your app is installed and you're familiar with it, simply import your PDF or PNG files to customize them, exactly as you would with a paper planner.
Choosing a note-taking app
Before purchasing, familiarize yourself with the note-taking app you plan to use and ensure it's compatible with your devices.
Each app has its own features for annotating your planner: writing by hand with a stylus via the "pen" option, or typing with the "text box" option.
Our digital planners are designed with integrated hyperlinks to easily navigate between your pages and tabs with one click. Most apps support them, provided you use "read-only" mode, for example with Goodnotes, our preferred app.
The choice of app remains personal and depends on your devices: feel free to try several before settling on the one that suits you.
To learn more, read the article Understanding digital planners: your introduction to digital planning.
Note-taking apps for iPad or tablet
Which apps to use with a digital planner?
Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of apps compatible with digital planners:
Apps for iOS (Apple):
- Goodnotes (app used by InMotion Planner)
- Notability
- CollaNote
- ZoomNotes
Apps for iOS, Android, and Windows:
Apps for Android only:
Although Goodnotes 6 is now available on Android and Windows, this version is not ideal for digital planning due to the lack of hyperlink support.
To go further, discover how to choose the right digital planner for your way of working. Or try our free Digital Planner now to discover digital planning at your own pace.
