Comparison

GoBright vs Microsoft Planner

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

Head to head
About

GoBright

Easily find and book available meeting rooms, desks, or lockers within your office. This app streamlines workplace management, allowing for instant reservations and visitor pre-registration. It supports activity-based working and provides insights into office space utilization.

Highlights
  • Personal booking dashboard
  • Instant bookings via interactive map
  • Book lockers near your desk
  • Catering and AV service booking
  • Visitor pre-registration
  • Find colleague and desk
  • Desk check-in/out via NFC
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The GoBright App is part of the cloud-based GoBright platform. GoBright offers smart software solutions for room, desk and visitor management at the office that fit together perfectly and are easy to use. Find an available meeting room, desk or locker via the App. Book it in seconds and be assured of a workplace that fits your needs. Stimulates flexible and activity based working. Highlights of the GoBright App - Personal Dashboard with an overview of your bookings - Make instant bookings via the interactive Map - Add photos of the meeting rooms, departments or desks - Book a locker nearby your desk / room - Book your Catering & Extra AV services together with your room booking - Invite and pre-register visitors while booking a meeting room. - ‘Find my colleague’ and ‘Find my desk’ option. - Check in / out at your desk, by scanning the GoBright Connect or NFC sticker with the GoBright App. - Receive a reminder notification from the GoBright App when the meeting is almost over. If necessary extend the meeting via the App. NOTE: You can only use the GoBright App if you have purchased a GoBright license for Room or Desk Booking. Read more about this on our website. The GoBright platform - The GoBright App is part of the cloud-based GoBright platform: * Mobile App, Online Portal, Outlook Plugin, Wayfinding, Mapping touch displays. - Up-to-date and accurate visibility on all parts of the smart platform. - Smart sensors measure the real-time occupancy of meeting rooms and desks. - Great insights into the use of office spaces, occupancy rates and the flow of people in the building. - Integrates with various systems: Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Office365, Google GSuite and FMIS systems. - ISO 9001 & ISO 27001 certified. Data is secured safely and GDPR proof. Smart Office The office is the place where people want to collaborate on projects, where they want to meet partners and customers and where they want to be inspired. And you need suitable, varied (meeting) spaces to do so. Activity based, open spaced and flexible working are the future. The use of Smart Office technology is unavoidable in agile work environments and helps you gain insight into the use of all areas in the office. By applying technology in the workplace, you help employees work faster, better and smarter. Making them more productive and giving them more time to focus on what really matters. The GoBright platform is a good example of smart technology.

About

Microsoft Planner

Organize teamwork visually with a simple, interactive board. Assign tasks, track progress, and collaborate with your team through integrated conversations and file sharing. Stay updated on all your tasks across different plans and devices.

Highlights
  • Visual task boards
  • Task assignment and tracking
  • Team collaboration and chat
  • File sharing
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • My Tasks view
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Microsoft Planner requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription. This app does not support Office 365 personal accounts (for example: name@outlook.com or name@hotmail.com). If you are not sure about your company’s subscription or the services you have access to, please contact your IT department. Planner provides a simple, visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress. -- Organize work visually -- Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets. You can categorize tasks based on their status or on whom they’re assigned to. To update the status or change assignments, just drag and drop tasks between columns. -- Visibility -- The My Tasks view provides a comprehensive list of all your tasks and their status across all your plans. When working together on a plan, team members always know who is working on what. -- Collaborate -- Built for Office 365, Planner lets you work together on the same tasks, attach captured photos directly to them, and even have conversations around tasks without switching between apps. With Planner, all your team’s discussions and deliverables stay with the plan and don’t get locked away across disparate applications. -- Works across devices -- Planner works across all your devices. And with Planner, everyone is always on the same page. Continue conversations and updates tasks while on-the-go or at your desk. Terms of service: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=846830 Privacy policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839 To learn more, please visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=849067 The Microsoft Planner app will request permission to access your photos and your camera: When you try to attach a photo to a Planner task, the app requests permission to access your Photos app in order to select images. If you choose to take a photo to attach to a Planner task, the app will request permission to access your Camera app.

Screenshots

GoBright4 screens
Microsoft Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GoBright at every 9 days against Microsoft Planner's every 6 weeks. On price, review sentiment, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoBright ships an update every 9 days, Microsoft Planner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GoBright versus Microsoft Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoBrightMicrosoft Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better28.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—13K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoBrightMicrosoft Corporation

Customer experience

GoBright

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Microsoft Planner

All ratings13,168 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews459 reviews
Positive28.3%
Neutral17.4%
Negative54.2%

Bugs and requests

GoBright

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Microsoft Planner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Inability to create or edit plans
  • Tasks disappearing or not syncing properly
  • Compatibility issues on older devices
  • Comments not saving or editable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring tasks and calendar integration
  • Ability to copy/move tasks between plans
  • More flexible labeling and filtering options
  • Offline mode and export/import functionality
  • Deeper integration with Outlook and Teams

In-app purchases

None

GoBright

No in-app purchases

None

Microsoft Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoBright free?
GoBright is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microsoft Planner free?
Microsoft Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GoBright or Microsoft Planner have ads?
Neither GoBright nor Microsoft Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoBright or Microsoft Planner?
GoBright ships an update every 9 days, and Microsoft Planner every 6 weeks. Most recently, GoBright was updated on October 15, 2026 and Microsoft Planner on November 3, 2026.

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