Comparison

Microsoft Planner vs Mago

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

Head to head
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.

About

Mago

Control a Mago Room remotely by scanning a QR code. Join meetings via invitation or pin code, and collaborate in real-time by drawing and adding notes. Meeting recaps are automatically saved and shareable.

Highlights
  • Remote Mago Room control
  • Join meetings via QR code or pin
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Draw and add notes
  • Live syncing with participants
  • Automatic meeting recap saving
Features
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CONTROL MAGO ROOM REMOTELY Scan the QR Code to connect to a Mago Room and control it remotely. JOIN A MEETING Join a meeting remotely via invitation or pin code, or by scanning the QR Code. COLLABORATE IN REAL TIME You and your teammates can collaborate in real time on the same work area. Draw and work with multiple objects: images, text notes or sticky notes. Everything is synced live with all participants. SAVE A MEETING RECAP Never lose your work! When the meeting ends, a recap is automatically ready to be saved and shared with all of your teammates.

Screenshots

Microsoft Planner4 screens
Mago3 screens

Verdict

The call

Microsoft Planner and Mago both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Mago's written reviews are positive against 29% of Microsoft Planner's. Mago also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Microsoft Planner's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 3). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Microsoft Planner against 4.7 for Mago. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Planner has 13K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Microsoft Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mago's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Microsoft Planner ships an update every 6 weeks, Mago every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Microsoft Planner versus Mago: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicrosoft PlannerMago
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (13K ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB147 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMicrosoft CorporationRe Mago Ltd

Customer experience

Microsoft Planner

All ratings13,168 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews447 reviews
Positive29.1%
Neutral17.7%
Negative53.2%

Mago

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Mago

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Microsoft Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Mago

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Microsoft Planner free?
Microsoft Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mago free?
Mago is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Microsoft Planner or Mago?
Mago is rated higher. Microsoft Planner averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Mago averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Microsoft Planner or Mago have ads?
Neither Microsoft Planner nor Mago shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Microsoft Planner or Mago?
Microsoft Planner ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mago every 2 weeks. Most recently, Microsoft Planner was updated on September 30, 2026 and Mago on June 21, 2026.

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