Platinum Planner vs FOAMfrat Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
FOAMfrat Studio
Access EMS and nursing courses on your iPhone and iPad. This learning management system provides a native mobile experience for current subscribers to continue their education on the go.
- Learning management system
- EMS and nursing courses
- Mobile access for subscribers
- Native iPhone and iPad experience
- On-the-go learning
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FOAMfrat Studio is a learning management system designed for EMS & nursing providers. This the official Studio experience on iPhone and iPad, allowing current subscribers to access our courses from their smartphone devices and tablets for a native experience. A current subscription with FOAMfrat Studio is required for use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FOAMfrat Studio at 66% against Platinum Planner's 7%. FOAMfrat Studio also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Platinum Planner's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FOAMfrat Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 72 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Platinum Planner's written reviews are positive against 66% of FOAMfrat Studio's.
Platinum Planner ships an update every 2 months, FOAMfrat Studio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Platinum Planner | FOAMfrat Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (87 ratings) | 4.1 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.8% of reviews | 65.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PLATINUM EDUCATIONAL GROUP, LLC | FOAMfrat |
Customer experience
Platinum Planner
FOAMfrat Studio
User reviews
Platinum Planner
From 87 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works like the website
- 👍 Helpful, especially offline
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Documents everything needed
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Takes too long to load
- 🐛 Unreliable saving of data
- 🐛 Difficult to use on phone
- 🐛 Confusing and inconsistent experience
FOAMfrat Studio
From 72 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great content quality
- 👍 Engaging and informative material
- 👍 Clean UI design
- 🚀 Faster performance in latest version
- 👍 Excellent for EMS education
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent playback issues
- 🐛 Audio cuts out often
- 🐛 Videos freeze on landscape mode
- 🐛 App freezes entirely
- 🐛 Cannot rewind easily
Bugs and requests
Platinum Planner
Reported bugs
16 issues- App won't open
- App stuck on 'Syncing preceptors'
- App won't load past 'Syncing preceptors'
- Half of submissions don't go through
- App crashes
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- App never syncs right
- App needs an update
- App is broken after update
- App says 'syncing' and doesn't work
- App crashes during sync
- App freezes during sync
- App won't sync
- App gets stuck on syncing
- App freezes at 'syncing program type options'
- App won't load anything after update
- App gets stuck at X% syncing
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to upload documents from iCloud
- Ability to select multiple documents for upload
- More filters for scheduling labs on the app
- Ability to make changes on dates/locations when making opportunities
- Dark mode option
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
FOAMfrat Studio
Reported bugs
26 issues- Audio frequently cuts out
- Video freezes in landscape mode
- App freezes when changing to landscape
- Cannot sign in, link does not work
- Unable to enter bio information, will not save
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- Black screen when using app
- Videos glitch out and restart
- Cannot rewind without starting over
- Profile link routes to web version which does not load
- Quiz won't load CEUs
- Only one video thumbnail visible, won't show video
- Self-paced section thumbnail does nothing
- Certification expiration dates not accepted
- Videos don't load
- Test does not pop up after watching video
- Unable to exit back to title menu
- Cannot access any other content
- App skips through entire lesson
- Not letting user move on to next video
- App works terribly
- Cannot move on to next video
- Completely skips through whole program
- Cannot log in for the first time
- Doesn't let you go to the next part of the course
- Cannot complete survey after tests
- Website keeps redirecting to the app
Requested features
6 requests- Upload profile picture
- 15-second rewind option
- Offline content review
- Subtitles for videos
- Learning pathway option on app
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- Ability to rotate screen to landscape for videos
In-app purchases
Platinum Planner
No in-app purchases
FOAMfrat Studio
No in-app purchases
Questions
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