Every Type of Planner, Explained

I watched hundreds of hours of planner explanation videos. Here are the best ones that show you details of page layouts and cover all the basics.

Hobonichi

Rachelle gives an overview of Hobonichi planners across the various formats

Travelers Notebook

Yoseka Stationery’s Daisy and Soraya give an overview of the whole Traveler’s Notebook system, including the planner inserts

Take a Note

Yoseka’s Ashley walks through the pages of an A5 version of this award-winning Taiwanese planner

Jibun Techo

JetPens does the most concise overviews of the Jibun Techo system and what makes it different

Sterling Ink Common Planner

Planner first launched in 2023 that got a lot of attention from Hobonichi users wanting some slight tweaks and a B6 size. Now available in many sizes.

Kokuyo Bushimen PAL Planner

Yoseka’s Ashley explains this interesting weekly planner designed by a popular planner influencer from China

Midori Hibino

Sarah Martinez shares an overview of this coveted 2 page per day planner by Midori

Bullet Journal

Bullet Journaling is a system of creating a fully customized planner for yourself in a blank notebook (dotted is most popular)

Roterfaden

This explains how the system works: Roterfaden sells its own inserts but the great thing about this system is you can fit any notebook in the corresponding size into the cover. They have A5, B6, and A6.

Midori Double Schedule

The Double Schedule planners are a collection of B6 planners that each feature a monthly layout and one alternative layout, so you have two views for each month. There isn’t a ton of content in English that I could find about these planners, but I purchased the Progression version from Yoseka on recommendation from Amy. It features a 30-day Gantt chart layout, which is nice for project and team capacity planning.

Wonderland 222

Plotter & Filofax

Plotter makes quality leather ring binders with very small rings in sizes that can take inserts from other companies, including Filofax

ScientistPlans goes through everything that comes with an original Filofax

Happy Planner

Happy Planner is a disc bound system that enables a high level of customization. I will confess I don’t watch many videos about this so I don’t know what the best explanation for the system is yet, will hunt for one (and welcome suggestions! Find me on IG at @gemcha0s). But the community is large and there is tons of content out there.

Erin Condren

Erin Condren planners are spiral bound and chunky like Happy Planners, I also have limited knowledge about these.