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We are excited to show everyone the brand new feature we have added to our iPhone Calendar app, Ulti-Planner. WALLPAPER! We believe we are the first full featured calendar planner on iPhone to offer this great customization with unlimited potential. We already have the most customizable calendar with colored themes and multiple variations on how…
2026 has started out with a bang with the new 3.0 version of Ulti-Planner hitting the iPhone and iPad AppStore. The new version has been heavily redesigned to flow with the new iOS26 design language, and has great new features like Infinite Scrolling or a Day Grid view being shown as the selected view in…
In the new version of Ulti-Planner, version 2.1, we have introduced a couple new features. The main one is an all new day screen called Split Day. This screen is based on the idea of a lot of the Family Planners out there, in that it allows you to have multiple columns, all showing what…
I have been involved with and studied the poker scene since the beginning of the AppStore. With Apple immediately sherlocking the whole market with their own hold ’em game and the popularity of some of the big budget online sites it has been a hard market to crack. But I have had a very good…
When you make productivity apps for a living, you should be testing those apps in every day use, and what better way than to plan the building of a new app with itself. I love the idea of that. I did it once before with Extreme Agenda, by setting up a Getting Things Done like…
So what is your idea of the ultimate calendar app? Obviously there is some personal preference and liking the way some features are handled in different ways, but we wanted to show you just what you are getting from each of the apps. Obviously they are both great, but maybe this will help you decide…
Mac Version Ulti-Planner 2.0 features the all new Mac version of the app. Designed around the “Mac Hub” sidebar to resemble the common design paradigm of Mac desktop, it allows the quick view of today’s weather, day bar, and current month, and has quick access to all of the screens available in UP. The quick…
Well we made it to one full year of Ulti-Planner. And we couldn’t be more proud with just how much it has advanced in just one year. Contacts, Projects, Notifications, Widgets, the new Modern UI… We really feel like as far as iOS goes, we are hovering at the top of the “Best iPhone Calendar…
In the months leading up to the release of Ulti-Planner, I’ve been studying other apps and the value proposition of subscriptions and upselling in apps in general. I have always been quite conservative in this area, but realize the market has gotten to a point where you need to get back to charging what’s “fair”…
So you are looking for a replacement to Apple’s own calendar app on your iPhone. Want to see and update your schedule quickly with more information available in more straightforward ways. Or are you looking for more powerful features that may help you keep organized in all new ways? Here’s a biased look at our…