If you’re not into bright, cute and colorful planners and want something a little more professional, or are trying to convince the man in your life that they need a planner, here are a few gender neutral options.

All have black covers and black / grey printing on the inside.

1. Panda Planner Weekly

One of the biggest problems I find with neutral planners that could be used by men and women, are that they tend to be too simple. Hence why the Panda Planner makes it to this list. It has both weekly and daily spreads which are very well thought out. The sections are versatile enough to customise to your liking. See how I converted the daily version into a weekly planner in this post.

 

QUICK FACTS

• Size: approx 5.25″ wide x 8.5″ high
• Bookbound / sewn binding
• Faux leather cover (no personalisation option however there are a few different colors to choose from)
• This belongs to page in case your planner is lost
• Neutral inside pages
• Undated (enough to plan 90 days)
• 2 pages to plan each day
• Weekly planner (no days of the week)
• 2 Page monthly calendar (starts on Sunday)
• 3 ribbon page markers

Read more: Panda Planner Review

2. Mi Goals

This planner makes it to my all time favorite planners list!

Very functional weekly spread with good proportion of daily planning to list making space. The planner has tons of goal planning space too including very thorough monthly planning and monthly review pages.

Quick facts:

• A5 size (6.5″ wide x 9.25″ high)
• Softcover
• Sewn bound / bookbinding
• Comes in a box, perfect for gift giving
• Sections for purpose and vision planning
  • Yearly reflection
  • Future goal setting
  • Vision planning space
  • Short term goal worksheets
  • Long term goal worksheets
• 2 page monthly planning page
• 2 Page monthly calendar (with larger boxes for Saturday and Sunday), week starts Monday
• Monthly review page
• 2 Page weekly planner (week starts Monday) – very functional with habit tracker, checklist & lined writing space
• 2018 & 2019 dates at a glance calendar
• Dated January 2018 to December 2018 (12 mths)
• Monthly budget tracking pages
• Blank and lined notes pages
• 2 built in bookmark ribbons

Mi Goals ‘Goal Digger’ Weekly Planner Review

3. Clever Fox Weekly

While I chose pink, this planner also comes in black.

Quick Facts:

• Size: 5.75″ wide x 8.5″ high
• Bookbinding
• Hardcover
• This belongs to page in case your planner is lost
• Dates at a glance
• Neutral color scheme
• 2 page weekly spread (starts on Monday)
• 2 Page monthly calendar (starts on Sunday)
• Undated
• No Tabs

The major pro of this planner is that it’s the only stitched bound planner I’ve found that has bright white paper and also isn’t prone to ghosting and pen ink bleed through.

See more in my review post: Clever Fox Weekly Planner

4. Moleskine

It doesn’t get much more gender neutral / professional looking than the Moleskine notebooks. Available in multiple sizes, weekly spreads and colors.

Just note that the paper quality isn’t that great in Moleskine planners (and also has a yellow tinge).

Quick Facts:

• Size: various sizes available
• Week on 2 pages, week starts Monday (days of the week on the left and lined page on the right)
• Variety of cover colors to choose from
• Hardcover or softcover
• Rounded corners to prevent wear and tear
• Elastic closure
• 70 GSM paper weight
• Ivory-colored paper
• Annual dates at a glance page
• Pocket folder at the back
• 3 mini sheets of icon stickers
• Extras pages
  • Time zones
  • International measurements
  • dialing codes
  • Flight duration

See my full review of the planner (including video) in this post.

A similar planner is the Leuchtturm weekly planner (with slightly better paper quality).

5. Planner Pad

This is one of those planners that has a really unique layout – a cross between vertical, hourly schedule and list making.

• Undated
• 52 weeks of Planning
• Executive size – 8 ½” x 11″
• Daily schedule 7am to 9pm

See my trial of the Planner Pad in this post.

The only con of this planner is that while it fits a lot on the page, it does make the line spacing very small. The schedule is hourly and there isn’t much room to write.

Related: Tying out the Planner Pad Weekly Planner 

6. Nomatic Planner

A vertical hourly layout in a smaller page size than most vertical hourly planners. Plus, rather than the entire height of the page being hourly there’s project / goals space underneath and a big notes section.

Quick facts

• goal mapping
• Checklists
• effectiveness activities
• whiteboard paper
• back pocket
• integrated pen holder
• dual elastics
• fill-in the date calendar
• Undated

7. Passion Planner

This planner breaks scheduling times down into the most detail I’ve seen in a planner – from 6am to 10:30pm

Quick facts:

• 2 sizes
  • Compact  -A5 (5.83”x8.27”)
  • Classic – A4 (8.27”x11.69”)
• Minimalist design – black and white
• 2 Page weekly spread (starting on Monday or Sunday  – you choose)
• 2 Page monthly spread (starting on Monday or Sunday  – you choose)
• Academic and calendar year start versions
• Dates at a glance
• Monthly and yearly reflection questions with lines note space to write your answers
• Ample goal setting pages
• 20 blank pages
• 20 graph paper pages
• Elastic band to keep it all together
• Gender neutral
• Faux leather cover

They also do undated versions and limited edition covers (e.g. blue)

See my review (and video) of the Passion Planner in this post.

Planning tips

• Using my custom Agendio Planner (would I order from this company again?)
• Setting up a new month in my bullet journal (minimalist style)
• Self Journal Review

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