Comparison

Platinum Planner vs ExternUp

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

ExternUp

Features
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ExternUp is the externship and clinical-rotation tracker used by technical colleges and clinical programs. It replaces paper timesheets with a clock that knows where you are. For students • Clock in and out at your assigned site — your location is recorded at those moments so your school can confirm you were there. • Site monitoring during a shift: the app notices if you leave or return to the site boundary and lets you confirm your location with one tap if your phone got it wrong. Nothing is recorded in between, and monitoring stops when you clock out. • Ask your supervising preceptor to verify a shift by email, text, or QR code — they don't need an account. • Complete daily reviews and see your verified hours and progress toward your program's requirement. Who can use it ExternUp is licensed by colleges for their students. Your school enrolls you and sends an invitation; there is no public sign-up. Instructors and administrators use the web portal at app.externup.com, and preceptors verify shifts from a link — they never need the app. For schools ExternUp is a multi-school platform, built at Dixie Technical College and available to other colleges. Learn more at externup.com. Location permission Programs that require site monitoring ask for "Always" location access so the app can notice when you leave the site even when it is closed or not in use. The app explains this before asking, records one location fix per boundary crossing plus clock in and out, and never tracks your route.

Screenshots

Platinum Planner4 screens
ExternUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ExternUp at every 4 days against Platinum Planner's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Platinum Planner ships an update every 2 months, ExternUp every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Platinum Planner versus ExternUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlatinum PlannerExternUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews6.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPLATINUM EDUCATIONAL GROUP, LLCDixie Technical College

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

ExternUp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Platinum Planner

No in-app purchases

None

ExternUp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Platinum Planner free?
Platinum Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ExternUp free?
ExternUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Platinum Planner or ExternUp have ads?
Neither Platinum Planner nor ExternUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Platinum Planner or ExternUp?
Platinum Planner ships an update every 2 months, and ExternUp every 4 days. Most recently, Platinum Planner was updated on November 2, 2026 and ExternUp on October 26, 2026.

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