The Vault is a cozy space with my collection of premium digital planners (37+ so far). Customers buy the 1-year access pass every year, in September. Access to the Vault is limited. The Vault opens between Sep. 7th to Oct. 7th every year. No exceptions. In the first 48 hours EVERYONE can enter the vault for the crazy price of $47 (instead of $97). However, existing customers can claim the discount anytime in the first 7 days after launch. Read more about <a href="https://outlinevault.com/faq/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vault related questions here.</a>

You'll get OBSESSED with the Outline Digital Planner in 2023

Q: What is a digital notebook?

Digital notebooks are ready to use PDF files (with/without hyperlinks) or JPEG images (use them to build a digital planner yourself) imported into a note-taking app like Noteshelf, GoodNotes, or Notability. You can use it on any tablet that you can write on, but the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil combo is the most loved by far.

Q: What is the best digital planner?

The winning digital planners are PDF templates designed to plug in and play inside PDF annotation apps such as Noteshelf, GoodNotes, and Notability (available for iOS devices) and XODO PDF (for Android devices). They also include convenient indexes with super-smart hyperlinks to navigate to any date, week, or month, and other sections in your planner. The best digital planners must be small-sized PDF files (less than 8 MB), high-quality layout, and intuitive navigation.

Q: Do digital notebooks only work for iPad?

This type of digital templates work with any app that supports PDF annotations. Noteshelf, Goodnotes, and Notability offer the best handwriting experience for digital planning, but these are for iOS only. For Android, you can try XODO PDF, yet the experience is not the best.

Q: How do I download a single purchase PDF?

If you are NOT a Vault member, and buy a single version of a planner you will get the download links in the THANK YOU page and in the order confirmation email. However, during the checkout you have the option to create an account (or login to your account if you already have one) so all your download links will be stored in the Downloads area on <a href="/my-account/">My Account page</a>.

Q: How to import a digital template in Goodnotes 5, Noteshelf, or Notability?

After you have downloaded the digital template in the On My iPad / Downloads folder, go and open the app and import the planner from the Downloads folder using the add new functions: - in Goodnotes tap: New+ > Import - in Noteshelf tap: + > Import Document - in Notability tap: Import > Files

UPDATED: Discover the NEW 2023 digital planner or, try my BEST Goodnotes Planners for iPad. You will love them!!

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Whether you’re an entrepreneur, SEO, school principal, doctor, cake artist, working mom, health blogger, and trendy grandparent, use this customizable digital planner to stay sane every day.

New Year is here, and we all started with high hopes and huge plans. So let’s talk about one productivity tool that keeps you on track for the days to come: best digital planner for Goodnotes.

If you had no idea you can take notes on the iPad with Pencil, then keep reading.

This product is an investment to your yearly productivity and happiness, as Jeff recently mentioned on Trustpilot:

What is a WINNING Digital Planner?

You may be familiar with the bulky paper notebooks, the never-ending phone to-do lists, and the fancy reMarkable tablet. But did you know you can take beautiful, searchable handwritten notes directly on your iPad? All you need is an iPad (your go-to digital planner device), the Apple Pencil, and a PDF annotations app such as:

Noteshelf, GoodNotes, and Notability on iOS devices

Noteshelf and XODO PDF on Android devices

Eager to discover which app is best for you? Grab a coffee and read:

— best practices to create, manage and navigate digital notebooks: Goodnotes vs Notability vs Noteshelf side-by-side part 1
— how to take notes, use images and shapes: GoodNotes vs. Notability vs. Noteshelf part 2

The digital planners are PDF templates designed to Plug-in & Play inside these PDF annotation apps. They also include convenient hyperlinks to navigate to any date, week, or month, and other sections in your planner.

With a digital planner, you’ll never run out of space (unless your iPad hard drive memory is full) or out of ideas. Best digital planners include dedicated templates that can be easily inserted anyway inside the planner. These lag-free templates could be for note-taking, blank pages for doodling, meal planning, meeting planner and notes.

To help you get started, I’ve created this video about the 2023 Digital Life-Work Planner, the SECRET weapon to ORGANIZED Notes for entrepreneurs, bloggers, work from home moms, and more. Check it below.

2023 Digital Planner for iPad: Goodbye Paper Planners, Hello iPad!

What CAN you do with the 2023 Digital Planner?

The 2023 Digital Planner is not for everyone. But it’s an excellent option if you’re often taking personal notes, family notes, work notes or, lecture notes … and you want to:

stop carrying around so many heavy paper notebooks
have all your notes and documents neatly organized and always with you
take notes by hand (so you can remember them better), yet easily erase mistakes without leaving marks
search and find through handwritten or typed notes
make notes pretty with custom fonts – if you’re in love with fancy fonts, learn how to install custom fonts on the iPad before using them inside your digital planner.
share your notes with family and colleagues
use it as a digital bullet journal to track and organize thoughts

You can use the 2022 digital planner on a daily basis to:

outline your 2022 Master Plan and TO DO list
write your monthly focus and capture weekly intentions
braindump your mind and capture daily thoughts
take meeting notes using the built-in meeting note template (and share the notes with the team)
create your daily to-do list
keep track of monthly money spending
outline the workout planner to track your fitness progress
keep an eye on your meals by using a meal planner or meal diary
capture your health condition, track appointments and save health related notes
…and more

What you CAN’T do with the 2023 Digital Planner

Using this digital notebook is like having your paper notebook inside your tablet. So there are some limitations like:

✘ it does NOT sync with Google Calendar
✘ it does NOT sync with Outlook Appointments
✘ it does NOT send reminders

Here’s what other people say about the Outline Digital Planner on Trustpilot:

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See more real pictures of the 2023 digital planner. Get ready to embrace your reality. Strip away the junk in your life, and focus more on self-care, positive actions, emotions, people, and new experiences.

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Where to buy your digital planner?

Single version for $27 – click to see the life-work planner (one-time purchase)
Get all digital planners in the shop for $97

Hope you’ll love this new digital planner (the result of years of work – see my story). Feel free to add digital stickers to it to make your own! Happy digital planning!

FAQ about 2023 digital planners

What is a digital notebook?

Digital notebooks are ready to use PDF files (with/without hyperlinks) or JPEG images (use them to build a digital planner yourself) imported into a note-taking app like Noteshelf, GoodNotes, or Notability. You can use it on any tablet that you can write on, but the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil combo is the most loved by far.

What is the best digital planner?

The winning digital planners are PDF templates designed to plug in and play inside PDF annotation apps such as Noteshelf, GoodNotes, and Notability (available for iOS devices) and XODO PDF (for Android devices). They also include convenient indexes with super-smart hyperlinks to navigate to any date, week, or month, and other sections in your planner.
The best digital planners must be small-sized PDF files (less than 8 MB), high-quality layout, and intuitive navigation.

Do digital notebooks only work for iPad?

This type of digital templates work with any app that supports PDF annotations. Noteshelf, Goodnotes, and Notability offer the best handwriting experience for digital planning, but these are for iOS only. For Android, you can try XODO PDF, yet the experience is not the best.

Can I use a digital planner on iPhone?

You can: if you are using Goodnotes or Noteshelf, you can sync the digital planner across devices using iCloud. But an iPad digital planner it’s not 100% iPhone friendly. Writing on the phone can be a bit painful since the design is not adaptable, and your handwriting will not be super visible. However if you have a bigger iPhone (I use an iPhone 11) you can still comfortable check your plans on it.

What are the best apps to take notes on iPad?

You can use Noteshelf, Goodnotes 5 and Notability for iOS. I have chosen Noteshelf, just like many of my clients.
Here’s what one of my clients said:
“I started off using Noteshelf initially before ever using Goodnotes. Neither app is perfect but there are three things I like better about Noteshelf: 1) the ability to lock down an image layer for inserted planner widgets. I can erase writing and move stickers around without moving the base image. 2) I can copy the setup (highlighter, text, stickers) that I want on each page and paste to another and it will place it in the EXACT same location without realignment which is time consuming in Goodnotes and 3) squared off highlighter. I dislike Goodnotes’ rounded highlighter.
AND….I almost forgot to mention one of my favorite features! You can save numerous fonts and text styles as favorites so that you can easily change between them. I have thirteen favorites. Goodnotes does not handle text well.”

Does it Sync with Google Calendar and Outlook

No. This type of PDF planner template does not come with such a feature. This feature needs to be implemented by the annotations apps (Goodnotes, Noteshelf) in order to work. So, at the moment, the digital planners do NOT sync with Google Calendar, any other calendar, or the Outlook.

Does it send reminders or notifications?

How do I download a single purchase PDF?

If you are NOT a Vault member, and buy a single version of a planner you will get the download links in the THANK YOU page and in the order confirmation email.
However, during the checkout you have the option to create an account (or login to your account if you already have one) so all your download links will be stored in the Downloads area on My Account page.

How to import a digital template in Goodnotes 5, Noteshelf, or Notability?

After you have downloaded the digital template in the On My iPad / Downloads folder, go and open the app and import the planner from the Downloads folder using the add new functions:
– in Goodnotes tap: New+ > Import
– in Noteshelf tap: + > Import Document
– in Notability tap: Import > Files

Do I need the internet to access the planner when I’m not connected to Wi-Fi?

Once you have downloaded the planner on your iPad, you won’t need Wi-Fi to use it.
However, if you are using the iCloud to sync across devices, the planner will only sync when you have a Wi-Fi connection.

How to get the standard times instead of army time for my DATED digital notebook?

When you get the OUTLINE PLANNER, you can choose between:
– Sunday Start calendar planners that use a standard time
– Monday Start calendar planners that use a military clock
So just make sure that you choose the best option for you.

I’m having some trouble using the hyperlinks in Goodnotes 5. What am I doing wrong?

You must be in the viewing mode to use the hyperlinks and switch to editing mode when you want to write. There is a pen icon inside a circle in the top right corner of the navigation that you need to tap to switch between the two modes.

Does the 2023 digital planner come with instructions on how to use it?

Yes, all 2023 digital planners have tutorial pages included. You will learn how to navigate the planner with hyperlinks, how to fill in the pages, and how to contact me. Just open your 2023 digital planner, go to EXTRA section and look for the “Tutorial” section on the bottom left of the page.

How can I navigate the 2023 digital planner?

All 2023 digital planners use a smart system of hyperlinks:
– the main VERTICAL navigation – placed on the right side of the screen ON ALL PAGES, allows you to access the Calendar, 2023 Master plan, Master to do, all twelve Monthly pages, and seven special sections.
– the secondary HORIZONTAL navigation – placed on the top right of the screen ON DATED PAGES ONLY, allows you navigate between inter-connected dated pages (eg: connects the same day’s: daily planning page, daily journaling page, and daily meeting notes page)
– the yearly calendar page – also has links to any weekly or daily planning page inside the planner
– the monthly planning pages – have links to weekly or daily planning page from that month
– the weekly planning pages – have links to all seven daily planning and daily notes pages from that week
– the monthly habits and workout trackers – have links to planning weeks and days from that month
– the weekly meal plan pages – have links to all seven daily planning pages from that week

Can I have several monthly calendars devoted to different areas?

Inside a digital planner, you can always duplicate the monthly planning pages to track different subjects. The vertical navigation’s monthly tabs will still get you to the 1st planning page of that month. Then you can flip the page to see the extra monthly page too.
Another thought will be to fit all activities inside one monthly calendar page and use color codes to differentiate them.

Can I delete the pages I will never use?

You can, but be careful what you delete since it will also delete the hyperlinks to those pages. You can’t undo it once deleted.
I suggest to duplicate the planner and try to delete these pages from the clone version first. If you like the result, you can then implement this action inside the original digital planner too.

Can I duplicate pages, move them or insert them in any part of the planner?

In Goodnotes 5, Notability or Noteshelf you can move pages by drag and dropping their thumbnails. However, the planner has too many pages, so I recommend to copy a page (or template) and place it in a new location inside the planner.

What can I do if I have more notes in a day?

Go to that day’s notes page and duplicate that exact page.
Plus, if you need more space for your notes or daily plans, go to the EXTRA templates section, copy a Notes page and paste it after the planning page.

How to paste a “meeting” on the same day of the week and at the same hour?

There is no fast way to add that meeting other than to copy & paste the text to the next week’s slot using the dotted rectangle or lasso tool. In Noteshelf, if you tap on the dotted rectangle and hit Paste, the text will be pasted in the same location on the page.

How to lock an image sticker and write on top of it?

Locking an image is only possible in Noteshelf (at the moment). To do so, tap & hold the image until an editing menu bar will appear. Tap Lock, and you’ve done it.

Can I use the 2023 digital planner to type vs. write?

Sure. Any PDF annotations app has a “Type tool” that you could use. Just import the planner inside your PDF annotations app and start typing.

Are the Daily Pages already created, or should I add them as needed? Do they have pre-written dates and day names (eg: Monday)?

Yes, in the 2023 digital planner, ALL DAILY PAGES are DATED and inter-connected. So from a weekly page, you can go to the DAILY planning page, or DAILY meeting page, or DAILY Journaling page for the same day (eg: Monday, June 23). Plus, using the “heart” or “meeting” icons you can switch between these inter-linked pages easily.
And YES I have already added day names (eg: Monday) to each dated daily page.

Is there a way to create a link from one page in the planner to another page?

Unfortunately, Notability, Goodnotes, and Noteshelf do not have this feature (so far), but I hope they will soon add this to their apps.
Playing with bookmarks/tags can help you reach another location in your planner. Or, add a note (like “client name”) on the new page and use the search function to find it.

Do I need to buy a digital planner every year?

All dated digital planners need to be purchased every year.
The undated planners are the ones that can be bought once and used many times. But you will need to add the dates to the pages.

Are there any free apps similar to Goodnotes?

While Goodnotes, Noteshelf or Notability are paid apps, there are some free alternatives as well. The two alternatives I recommend are: XODO PDF and CollaNote.

Where to find a downloadable goodnotes planner templates free?

If you’re starting with digital planners, try the FREEBIES Vault and download 17+ full digital planners, stickers and digital covers, You’ll also get samples for the Outline Planner, the Meeting Book, the People Book, the Project Book and a few more bestsellers.

How to convert my goodnotes planner from .goodnotes to pdf?

When you’ll want to share a PDF copy of your planner you can use the SHARE option (the rectangle with an arrow pointing up) and export your planner as PDF format. If your planner uses hyperlinks and you want to keep them working, just make sure your PDF file is Editable, before exporting it.

When do you launch the dated planners?

Starting in 2023, all dated planners will be available in the Vault once the Vault doors open on September 7th.
Planners will also be added to my public shop as individual purchases 5-6 weeks later, and to Etsy 8-9 weeks later.

How do I buy your planners?

You have two options: get a single digital planner (buy any version all year round) or, join the Vault to get them ALL (the BUY BUTTON will be active every year between Sep 7th-Oct 7th.)

What is the Vault?

The Vault is a cozy space with my collection of premium digital planners (37+ so far). Customers buy the 1-year access pass every year, in September. Access to the Vault is limited.
The Vault opens between Sep. 7th to Oct. 7th every year. No exceptions.
In the first 48 hours EVERYONE can enter the vault for the crazy price of $47 (instead of $97). However, existing customers can claim the discount anytime in the first 7 days after launch.
Read more about Vault related questions here.

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You’ll get OBSESSED with the Outline Digital Planner (updated in 2023)

UPDATED: Discover the NEW 2023 digital planner or, try my BEST Goodnotes Planners for iPad. You will love them!!

What is a WINNING Digital Planner?

Eager to discover which app is best for you? Grab a coffee and read:

— best practices to create, manage and navigate digital notebooks: Goodnotes vs Notability vs Noteshelf side-by-side part 1
— how to take notes, use images and shapes: GoodNotes vs. Notability vs. Noteshelf part 2

What CAN you do with the 2023 Digital Planner?

What you CAN’T do with the 2023 Digital Planner

Here’s what other people say about the Outline Digital Planner on Trustpilot:

Where to buy your digital planner?

FAQ about 2023 digital planners

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Ralu Petrea

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UPDATED: Discover the NEW 2023 digital planner or, try my BEST Goodnotes Planners for iPad. You will love them!!

What is a WINNING Digital Planner?

Eager to discover which app is best for you? Grab a coffee and read:

— best practices to create, manage and navigate digital notebooks: Goodnotes vs Notability vs Noteshelf side-by-side part 1— how to take notes, use images and shapes: GoodNotes vs. Notability vs. Noteshelf part 2

What CAN you do with the 2023 Digital Planner?

What you CAN’T do with the 2023 Digital Planner

Here’s what other people say about the Outline Digital Planner on Trustpilot:

Where to buy your digital planner?

FAQ about 2023 digital planners

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About The Author

Ralu Petrea

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— best practices to create, manage and navigate digital notebooks: Goodnotes vs Notability vs Noteshelf side-by-side part 1
— how to take notes, use images and shapes: GoodNotes vs. Notability vs. Noteshelf part 2