Microsoft Planner vs Hyper Focus Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Hyper Focus Plus
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Hyper Focus Plus helps you stay focused, reduce distractions, and build deep work habits. Designed for students, developers, creators, and professionals, Hyper Focus Plus combines a powerful Pomodoro timer with immersive ambient sounds to help you enter a productive flow state. Whether you're studying, coding, writing, or working remotely, Hyper Focus Plus keeps your sessions organized and synchronized across your devices — even offline. Features • Pomodoro focus timer • Ambient sounds for deep concentration • Offline sync across devices • Clean and distraction-free interface • Custom focus and break durations • Background audio playback • Productivity statistics and session tracking • Designed for work, study, reading, and meditation Built for Deep Work Hyper Focus Plus is optimized to help you: Improve concentration Reduce procrastination Build consistent work routines Stay in flow longer Use calming ambient audio such as rain, café, forest, white noise, and more to create your ideal focus environment. Sync Anywhere Your sessions and settings stay available across devices with seamless offline synchronization. Focus anywhere. Anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Hyper Focus Plus at 4 against Microsoft Planner's 2. Hyper Focus Plus also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Microsoft Planner ships an update every 6 weeks, Hyper Focus Plus every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microsoft Planner | Hyper Focus Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (13K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Nguyen Thanh Sang |
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
Hyper Focus Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Microsoft Planner
No in-app purchases
Hyper Focus Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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