VoiceFirstPlanner · Devices

A planner for iPad, phone and desk — the same day everywhere.

A digital planner for iPad, phone and desktop. One account, any browser, nothing to install — the planner meets the screen it’s on, and it’s the same day everywhere.

The planner on a desktop, an iPad and an iPhone, showing the same day
The pain

Thirty-five years of paper had one flaw. You had to carry it.

The paper planner never crashed, never needed charging, never lost your week. But it lived where you left it — and the day doesn’t stay at the desk.

  • “The planner was always on the desk I wasn’t at.”
  • “I’d write it on the phone and copy it onto paper later. Sometimes.”
  • “Everything was on the laptop, and the laptop was at home.”
  • “I stopped carrying it, and about a week later I stopped using it.”
The answer

Sign in anywhere. Today is already open.

There’s nothing to install — the planner lives on the web, and the screen in your hand is the whole setup. Phone, iPad, desktop: one account, the same tasks, the same notes, exactly where you left them. Nothing to copy across by hand, no backup to remember, no device to pair. No device limit on any plan.

“Any browser › voicefirstdayplanner.com › sign in”

Your planner opens on today — exactly as you left it on the last screen you used.

On a phone

The phone carries the day.

The daily page on a phone, tabs at the foot of the screen

The tabs move to the foot of the screen where your thumb already is, and the day stacks into one column — focus, then tasks, then the schedule. Nothing is hidden and nothing is cut. It is the same day, read top to bottom instead of side by side, and it goes wherever you go.

On an iPad

A digital planner for iPad that earns the spread

Classic view on an iPad
Classic view, landscape.
Planner view on an iPad — the two-page spread
Planner view, landscape.
Planner view in portrait — the left page
Portrait: the left page.
Planner view in portrait — the right page
Portrait: the right page.

The extra width buys back the paper layout: the day on the left, notes and the hour-by-hour schedule on the right, with the gutter down the middle exactly where the binding used to be. This is Planner view, and it is the closest thing to the book you already know.

And on iPad, Apple Pencil writes straight into your notes — handwriting, converted as you go.

On a desktop

The command centre.

The desktop layout, sidebar on the left
Planner view on a desktop — the two-page spread

Every section sits in a permanent sidebar rather than behind a tab — Daily, Week, Projects, Notes, Shopping, and the whole Life Planning set beneath them. Nothing is more than one click from anything else, which is what a big screen is for.

The argument

You don’t have to take the planner with you anymore.

Planner view, the two-page daily spread

The spread can stay open on the desk where it belongs, because the phone carries the day for you. Speak a task in the car; it’s on the spread when you’re back at the desk. That’s the thing no paper planner can offer.

Planner view is iPad and desktop. On a phone you get the same day in one column, built for the smaller screen.

The planner lived on my desk and the work lived everywhere else. Half my day happened further than arm’s reach from the thing that was supposed to be running it.

— Dave Rees, Founder. From boatbuilder, to business owner, to Founder.

What makes a good iPad planner app?

A good iPad planner uses the screen: the two-page spread you know from paper, room to write, and the same day waiting on your phone when you leave the desk. A PDF planner gives you the look of paper; a planner app also carries the day to your phone and fills itself in when you speak.

How it works

How to set up the iPad planner app: setup is a sign-in.

  • Open a browser, sign in.Any device you own, today, already there.
  • Add it to your Home Screen.One tap from the browser menu — no store, no download, about ten seconds.
  • Use the screen you’re standing near.Phone in the aisle, iPad on the couch, desktop at the desk. Same planner.

The full chapter is in the Instruction Manual — free with any account.

iPad planner questions

What makes the best planner app for iPad?

One that uses the width — a two-page spread — and keeps the same day on your phone. VoiceFirstPlanner’s Planner view is built for exactly that, and Apple Pencil writes straight into your notes.

Is there a free digital planner for iPad?

VoiceFirstPlanner is free to start, with no card, and runs in the browser on iPad with nothing to install.

Do I need to download anything?

No. It runs in the browser. Add it to your Home Screen from the browser menu and it opens in one tap.

Does it work on iPhone and Android too?

Yes — one account, the same day on phone, iPad and desktop. No device limit on any plan.

Free with your free account

Three books. All free with your account.

The VoiceFirstPlanner Instruction Manual, The VoiceFirstPlanner Voice Command Guide and The Voice First Life Planning System — Starter Workbook.

$19.98 for the Starter Workbook alone — all three free when you create your free account.

The VoiceFirstPlanner Instruction Manual, the VoiceFirstPlanner Voice Command Guide and The Voice First Life Planning System — Starter Workbook