Comparison

Platinum Planner vs Avkin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Platinum Planner

This app allows students and preceptors in EMS, Allied Health, and Nursing to manage clinical documentation, scheduling, and skill tracking. It offers offline capabilities for documenting opportunities, labs, and scenarios, with features for preceptor review and digital signatures.

Highlights
  • Offline clinical documentation
  • Skill tracking and reporting
  • Clinical opportunity sign-up and documentation
  • Lab documentation and peer review
  • Preceptor review and digital signatures
  • Calendar sync for opportunities and labs
  • Progress and skill status reports
Features
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Planner is an easy to use companion app for existing users of Platinum Planner. Students and preceptors can complete documentation from anywhere! Even offline without an internet connection! Planner is for EMS, Allied Health and Nursing Professions, it provides online skill tracking, scheduling, reporting and much more! Student Features: Clinical Opportunities - View, sign up for and create clinical opportunities. - Document a clinical opportunity including entering time, notes, preceptor information, and patient information. - Complete any associated forms. - Upload images from your camera and attach them to an opportunity. - Click on the PIN icon to open clinical sites in location aware applications like maps or driving apps. - Ability for a preceptor to give a digital signature right from the app! Labs - View, sign up for and create labs. - View upcoming labs, document current labs, or review documentation from completed labs. - When documenting labs, students will be able to document their skills and complete any forms associated with the lab. - Peer review other classmates labs. - Upload images from your mobile devices camera. Scenarios - Peer review other classmates scenarios. - Review completed scenarios. Preceptor Features: Training - View and complete training in the app. - Upload documents to your training. Student Documentation Review - Review and complete student documentation. - Return student documentation. - Upload additional documents/images to student documentation. - Sign off using your signature on student documentation. - Preview student documentation during the student's shift. - Manage students from multiple schools. Other Features: - Option to work offline then sync data when you have an internet connection available. - Sync upcoming opportunities and labs directly to your calendar. - View current classes along with their details. - Sign up for any additional classes available for your course. - View your progress report and see your overall skill status of your course. - Badge notifications showing the total number of labs, scenarios, opportunities, and items which need to be sync'd.

About

Avkin

This application serves as a control interface for advanced wearable medical simulators designed for nursing students. It enables users to manage various simulated patient conditions and physiological sounds, enhancing hands-on learning experiences.

Highlights
  • Control Bluetooth-enabled Avkin products
  • Simulate lung sounds
  • Simulate heart sounds
  • Manage Avtrach, Avline, Avtone, Avthor, Avwound, Avband, Avbirth
  • Enhance nursing education
Features
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Avkin is a leader in the field of wearable medical simulators for nursing education. Use this app to control Bluetooth-enabled Avkin products: Avtrach, Avline, Avtone, Avthor, Avwound, Avband, and Avbirth. Lung sounds provided by the Rale Repository and Thinklabs. Heart sounds provided by eMurmur. Icons and images from: Pixel perfect at www.flaticon.com Clker-Free-Images at www.pixabay.com OpenClipart-Vectors at www.pixabay.com Freepik at www.flaticon.com IconBaandar at www.flaticon.com CDZ at www.pixabay.com User data (name, address, email, etc.) is only collected when the user explicitly enters the information into a form on the 'Help' page for tech support or product inquiry. The data goes to the Avkin Hubspot database and can be removed by contacting info@avkin.com.

Screenshots

Platinum Planner4 screens
Avkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Avkin at 100% against Platinum Planner's 7%. Avkin also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.5). Platinum Planner's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 13). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Avkin holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Platinum Planner has 73 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Platinum Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Avkin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Platinum Planner ships an update every 2 months, Avkin monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Platinum Planner versus Avkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlatinum PlannerAvkin
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (73 ratings)4.7 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB45 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPLATINUM EDUCATIONAL GROUP, LLCAvkin, Inc

Customer experience

Platinum Planner

All ratings72 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative87.5%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive6.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.2%

Avkin

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Platinum Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Avkin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Platinum Planner free?
Platinum Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Avkin free?
Avkin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Platinum Planner or Avkin?
Avkin is rated higher. Platinum Planner averages 1.5 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Avkin averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do Platinum Planner or Avkin have ads?
Neither Platinum Planner nor Avkin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Platinum Planner or Avkin?
Platinum Planner ships an update every 2 months, and Avkin monthly. Most recently, Platinum Planner was updated on September 22, 2026 and Avkin on August 8, 2026.

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