Buying guide
A printable planner gives you the layout of a paper planner without the shipping, the wait or the waste: print the whole year, or just this week. This guide explains how printable planners work, which one fits which person, and the five we make.
By the Buy Activity Books team · Updated · 3 min read
A printable planner is a PDF you download once and print as often as you like. Choose undated if you want to start any time, dated 2026 for a calendar year, academic for a July to June school year, a teacher planner for lesson plans, or a digital planner to write on an iPad. Ours come in US Letter, A4 and A5.
A complete planner with no dates, so you can start on any day: year overview, goals, 12 monthly calendars, 52 weekly spreads, daily pages, a habit tracker and notes. Print the whole year or just the pages you use.
A dated planner for the whole of 2026: year at a glance, goals, a monthly calendar and habit tracker for every month, and a dated weekly page for all 53 weeks, in order. Every date is generated, so every weekday is right.
A school-year planner from July 2026 to June 2027 for high school and college students: class schedules for both semesters, semester goals, assignment and test trackers, a monthly calendar for every month and a dated weekly page with an Assignments due list.
Everything for the 2026-27 school year: 47 dated weekly lesson-plan grids (Monday to Friday, six periods), monthly calendars, two teaching timetables, class rosters, gradebook pages, seating charts, a parent contact log and substitute notes.
An undated planner built around the tools people with busy or scattered minds say help most: a brain dump to empty your head, a Top 3 limit, time blocks that make the day visible, a page for breaking big tasks into tiny steps, an energy check, a done list and a weekly reset.
A landscape 2026 planner made for writing on an iPad or tablet: month tabs down the side on every page, tap a month to open its calendar, tap a week row to open that week, and tap back again. Works in GoodNotes, Notability and other PDF apps.
| Undated Planner | 2026 Planner | Academic Planner | Teacher Planner | Executive Function Planner | Digital Planner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covers | Start any day | Jan to Dec 2026 | Students, Jul 2026 to Jun 2027 | Teachers, Aug 2026 to Jul 2027 | Teens and adults, undated | iPad and tablets |
| Pages | 75 | 84 | 78 | 83 | 55 | 73 |
| Sizes | US Letter, A4, A5 | US Letter, A4, A5 | US Letter, A4, A5 | US Letter, A4, A5 | US Letter, A4, A5 | Landscape, 4:3 |
| Includes | Monthly, weekly, daily, habits, goals | Year, monthly, weekly, habits, goals | Classes, assignments, tests, monthly, weekly | Lesson plans, rosters, gradebook, seating | Brain dump, time blocks, task breakdown, weekly reset | Tabs: year, months, weeks, notes |
| Week start | Sunday or Monday | Sunday or Monday | Sunday or Monday | Sunday or Monday | Sunday or Monday | Sunday or Monday |
| Price | $6.99 | $7.99 | $7.99 | $8.99 | $6.99 | $8.99 |
| If you... | Choose | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Want to start any day, or skip weeks | Undated planner | No dates to go to waste |
| Plan by the calendar year | 2026 planner | Every date filled in for you |
| Study July to June | Academic planner | Class schedules, assignment and test trackers |
| Teach | Teacher planner | 47 dated lesson-plan weeks, rosters, gradebook |
| Write on an iPad | Digital planner | Tabs and links to jump around |
| Size | Measures | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| US Letter | 8.5 by 11 inches | Printers in the US and Canada, full-size binders |
| A4 | 210 by 297 mm | Printers almost everywhere else |
| A5 | 148 by 210 mm | A5 six-ring binders and half-size planners |
Every planner comes in both. Sunday start is common in the US; Monday start keeps the weekend together on the page. Pick whichever matches the way you think about your week, or print one of each.
Searching for planners near you is often about getting one today. A printable planner is faster than any shop: it opens the moment you pay, and you can print it at home, at work or at a print shop the same day.
Every planner is generated by computer from the calendar itself, so nothing is typed by hand and nothing can be misprinted.
Dates generated, not typed
Every calendar is built from the year itself, so every date falls on the right weekday.
Every week, in order
Weekly pages are checked to run one after another with no gaps or repeats.
Every edition included
Paper planners in US Letter, A4 and A5, the iPad planner in landscape, each with Sunday and Monday start, all in one download.
Clean calendars
No holidays printed, so you add the days that matter to you.
A planner sold as a PDF. You download it once, print the pages you need, and keep the file to print more whenever you like.
No. Our calendars are clean, so you can write in the days that matter to you.
Yes. Each paper planner includes US Letter, A4 and A5, each with Sunday and Monday start. The digital planner includes Sunday and Monday start.
Straight away. The download page opens as soon as payment goes through, and a link is emailed to you as well, so there is no shipping and no wait.
After checkout you download a PDF in both A4 and US Letter. Print it on any home, office or school printer, single or double sided. Ordinary printer paper works well for pencil.
Yes. For personal and classroom use: print as many copies as your household or class needs. You may not resell the files or the printed pages.
