At long last, it is time I do a full current planner system comparison with all the ones I have currently. Everything here is my own opinion and I purchased all of these for myself to use for different things.
I do hope to try out other planners in the future so please look forward to it in the future!
Starting with Hobonich Techo which is a planner from Japan, they have daily planners, weekly planners, 5-year planner, day free options, and plain notebooks. I use the weeks (weekly planner), daily planner in A6, day free and plain notebooks. The weeks is a great portable size with the left side of the page with the horizontal view of the week and the right side for notes. The daily planner and day free has quotes on the bottom of every two pages but it doesn't feel like its taking up that much space, unless you want to fill the whole page with writing. The plain notebooks are spilt into four different colors for you to organize your notes. Out of all of these I will continue to use the weeks and Hobonichi plain notebooks in both A6 and A5. The paper is fountain pen friendly which is geat for anyone that loves to write with their fountain pens everyday.
Out of the all the planners I own the Hobonichi does not allow you to easily switch paper or page type unless you switch completely from one notebook to another. However, Hobonichi does release amazing covers each year which add a lot of personality to your journal and planner and comes in a large range of material and designs that look stunning! The covers also have pockets and compartments to hold your stickers and washi tape samples. Hobonichi for me works great especially as a daily journal.
Traveler's Notebook is made by Traveler's Company formerly known as Midori. It is a multiple notebook/insert system that is kept thin and portable by holding the inserts in place with bands that are located in the middle of the leather cover. Traveler's Notebook comes in two sizes, regular and passport, both which I use for completely different things.
The Traveler's Notebook gives you a lot of room to be creative because you can control the paper you use, the order you place your inserts and even how the cover is decorated with charms and paint! This system is the most portable along with the Hobonichi weeks, however the regular size is taller. The Traveler's Notebook for me works great as a list holder and a traveling journal.
Roterfaden is a German brand that makes high quality organizers. It comes in A5, A5 slim and A6 sizes and is made to hold full notebooks using sturdy metal clips. I only have the olive 2020 A5 which feels velvety and can hold full A5 notebooks by playing the clips in the middle of the books however having large notebooks in here makes it the heaviest system.
Like the Traveler's Notebook Roterfaden gives you the freedom to make it customized how you like it which your choice of paper, notebook and inserts. Roterfeden however, has pockets in the front unlike the Traveler's Notebook where you would have to get it added by a shop. Roterfaden also is very minimal and there isn't much you can do to the cover itself so for me this is great as a tracker for all my stationery and indoor gardening.
FiloFax is a United Kingdom brand organizer that uses rings and has a large range of sizes such as mini, pocket, personal and A5. I got a personal size however I only use it for sticker sorting. FiloFax does have inserts and yearly diary setups but you can customize it using a hole puncher and whatever paper you want.
With a hole puncher you can control what kind of paper you can use, make your own dividers and so much more. A hole puncher is useful if you want fountain pen friendly paper since many inserts are not great with fountain pen ink. For me the FiloFax is great for holding and organizing stickers and small items to decorate in the future.
Price wise Traveler's Notebook is least expensive followed by FiloFax, Roterfaden and Hobonichi being the most expensive. This can vary if you don't buy a cover for your Hobonichi or buy a limited run version of any system.
Overall I believe that anybody can make a system work for them with the right notebooks, paper and personalized inserts and add-ons.
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