Comparison

Dr. LED vs Plan M8

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

Head to head
About

Dr. LED

This app helps users select and convert marine LED bulbs. It provides guidance for navigation lights (single, bicolor, tricolor) and interior/exterior lighting. Selections can be made based on incandescent bulb images, Ancor numbers, bulb trade numbers, or navigation light types.

Highlights
  • Marine LED bulb selection
  • Conversion guide
  • Navigation light options (single, bicolor, tricolor)
  • Interior and exterior light options
  • Selection by incandescent image
  • Selection by Ancor/Trade numbers
Features
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Marine LED bulb selection / conversion guide for Dr. LED bulbs. LED bulbs for single/bicolor/tricolor navigation lights and for interior and exterior lights. Selections from 1) Incandescent Bulb Images, 2) Ancor #, 3) Bulb Trade #, or 4) Navigation Lights.

About

Plan M8

Features
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Yacht Maintenance Made Easy - Designed for marine engineers, captains and owner or operators. Improves reliability, saves time, and creates transparency. Implementing a structured planned maintenance schedule such as Plan M8 not only ensures your equipment and machinery on board is maintained through continuous monitoring at all times, It assures all your yacht maintenance is planned. Plan M8 provides a comprehensive and structured task-based scheduling of all required, recommended and manufacturer specific planned maintenance tasks of a vessel's components. Plan your maintenance ahead of time, pre-order spares and never miss a component with our pre-generated templates for your vessel. You will see a reduction in downtime and the need for emergency repairs as equipment is maintained before it fails. Operating costs are reduced as optimum service life is given to components. As you continue to use Plan M8, a detailed maintenance log of your vessel is being build. Proper records will be kept that can be easily passed onto new crew, contractors, surveyors, and prospective buyers. Get more transparency about your yacht maintenance status with all involved through our easy-to-use application; your "Plan Mate".

Screenshots

Dr. LED4 screens
Plan M84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Plan M8 at fortnightly against Dr. LED's monthly. Dr. LED's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

Dr. LED ships an update monthly, Plan M8 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Dr. LED versus Plan M8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr. LEDPlan M8
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynamic Engineering Inc.coara OU

In-app purchases

None

Dr. LED

No in-app purchases

None

Plan M8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dr. LED free?
Dr. LED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plan M8 free?
Plan M8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dr. LED or Plan M8 have ads?
Neither Dr. LED nor Plan M8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dr. LED or Plan M8?
Dr. LED ships an update monthly, and Plan M8 fortnightly. Most recently, Dr. LED was updated on September 23, 2026 and Plan M8 on September 27, 2026.

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