Informant
What Informant is
Informant is a personal organizer combining calendars, tasks, projects, contacts, and notes across Android, iOS, macOS, web, and an extension. Tasks can be arranged into projects with subtasks or checklists, while web settings support GTD, Franklin-Style, and Simple methods. The iOS app includes a scrolling month view, multi-day events across months, location-based arrival or departure alerts, and TravelAssist time-zone handling for configured trips. Calendar sync is two-way, but shared calendars are not available. Informant Sync can synchronize iOS and Android data such as tags, smart groups, notes, voice notes, locations, settings, and templates. A private account email can turn incoming messages into tasks. The free plan excludes tasks or projects, contacts, and the Connect Bundle. Premium Monthly costs $3.99 a month, Premium Yearly $29.99 a year with a 7-day trial, and macOS costs $49.99, paid once. Separate Sync subscriptions are available.
Who it suits
Informant suits people wanting calendars, tasks, projects, contacts, and notes in one organizer. It also fits users needing cross-platform synchronization across iOS and Android.
What it does well
- Combines calendars, tasks, projects, contacts, and notes
- Two-way calendar sync
- Supports subtasks and checklists
- Location alerts on iOS
- Available on five listed platform types
What to know first
- Shared calendars are not available
- Free plan excludes tasks and projects
- Premium starts at $3.99 a month
- Sync requires a separate subscription
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | No tasks or projects · No contacts · No Connect Bundle | Free |
| Premium Monthly | Billed through iTunes every 30 days; reverts to the free version after subscription ends · Full calendaring · Tasks and projects · Contacts · Connect Bundle | $3.99 a month |
| Premium Quarterly | Full calendaring · Tasks and projects · Contacts · Connect Bundle | On request |
| Premium Yearly | Billed through iTunes every 365 days; includes a 7-day trial · Full calendaring · Tasks and projects · Contacts · Connect Bundle | $29.99 a year |
| Informant Sync Monthly | $3.99/Monthly · Available in-app · Auto-renewing subscription | $3.99 a month |
| Informant Sync Yearly | $29.99/Year · Available for iOS in-app purchase or via website · Requires Pocket Informant 5+ for iOS and 5.0+ for Android | $29.99 a year |
| Informant for macOS | One-time purchase · Requires macOS 10.14 or higher · Includes all 1.x releases · Informant Sync requires a separate subscription | $49.99, paid once |
As pocketinformant.com lists them, read 22 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Informant offers broad personal-planning features with cross-platform access and detailed iOS tools. Buyers should note the free-plan limits, separate Sync billing, and lack of shared calendars.
Facts from Informant's own pages
- Calendar features
- The iOS app offers a scrolling month view that shows event names and times and supports multi-day events across months. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- two_way · pocketinformant.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Company history
- The company says Pocket Informant began as WebIS and later Fanatic Software, was founded by Alex Kac, and has focused on mobile PDA and smartphone software since August 2001. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Email tasks
- Users can generate a private account email address that converts incoming messages into tasks, using the subject as the title and body as the note. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · pocketinformant.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Informant for iOS can access native calendar data with permission and integrates with Apple Reminders. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Location alerts
- The iOS app supports geofenced locations, filtering by location, and alerts on arrival or departure. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- ios and android · pocketinformant.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Outlook sync
- Informant Sync for Outlook supports more fields than basic iOS or Android Exchange/Outlook sync, including categories or tags. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Planning methods
- Web task settings support GTD, Franklin-Style, and Simple tasks. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Informant combines calendars, tasks, projects, contacts, and notes in a personal organizer. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says Sync communication uses SSL, passwords are encrypted, and data is encrypted on the server and in transmission; its hosting platform has SSAE-16 certification and yearly audits. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Shared calendars
- No · pocketinformant.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Paid from
- 3.99 · pocketinformant.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Support
- The company says it answers email and technical support forum inquiries on standard business days, with possible delays around trade shows, holidays, or product launches. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Sync
- Informant Sync supports cross-platform syncing between iOS and Android and can sync additional data such as tags, smart groups, notes, voice notes, locations, settings, and templates. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Task management
- Tasks can be organized into projects and include subtasks or checklists. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Travel time zones
- TravelAssist automatically handles event time zones during configured trips, with exceptions for calendars that have specific time zones. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Web availability
- Informant for Web runs in a browser without installation and provides access to calendars, tasks, and projects from a computer. · pocketinformant.com, 9 Oct 2026
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