Comparison

Plan vs Retro

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

Head to head
About

Plan

Organize your personal and professional tasks with a straightforward to-do list. This app allows you to add, edit, and sort tasks with due dates and reminders, syncing them across all your devices for easy access anywhere.

Highlights
  • Add and edit to-dos
  • Set due dates and reminders
  • Sort to-dos with tags
  • Sync across devices
  • Access to-dos anywhere
Features
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Plan your personal and professional life easily. Plan is a to-do list app that helps you to plan your life. Plan, instantly syncs your to-dos with your phone, tablet and computer, so you can access your to-dos from anywhere. Basic Features: - Add or edit your to-dos with your phone, tablet or computer. - Set due dates and reminders. - Use tags to help you to sort your to-dos. - Access your to-dos from anywhere. Plan is completely free to download and use with basic features.

About

Retro

This app displays your current mood or work status on your desktop, mobile, and web. It helps communicate your presence clearly without notifications, messages, or interruptions. Define custom modes to reflect your availability.

Highlights
  • Desktop mood and status display
  • Automatic sync across devices
  • Focus-friendly background operation
  • Customizable status modes
  • Subscription tiers for enhanced features
Features
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Retro is a lightweight companion that displays your current mood or work status. The app is designed to keep your state visible on your desktop, mobile and web at all times whether you are focused, meeting, available, or in a custom mode you define. Retro helps communicate your presence clearly without notifications, messages, or interruptions. Key Features • Desktop Mood & Status Display Show your current mood or work status directly on your Retro. • Automatic Sync Your displayed state reflects updates created via Retro’s connected experience. • Focus-Friendly Design Retro runs quietly in the background and stays visible without distracting you from your work. Subscription Information Retro offers auto-renewable subscriptions: Basic – $0,69 week/ $1.99/month or $19.99/year Plus – $0,99 week/ $2.99/month or $29.99/year Pro – $1,99 week/ $4.99/month or $49.99/year One-Time Purchases Add One Retro Slot – $9.99 (consumable) Expand your Retro library by one additional slot. This is a one-time, consumable purchase that can be bought multiple times to increase your saved Retro capacity. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://digitalcharm.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://digitalcharm.io/privacy

Screenshots

Plan4 screens
Retro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plan at none against Retro's 16. Retro's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Retro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per 7 days. Plan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plan against 5.0 for Retro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan ships an update every 3 weeks, Retro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Plan versus Retro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanRetro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBERKHAN AGAR SITOPLAZMA BILIM VE TEKNOLOJI ARASTIRMA MERKEZIKoksal Mertcan Aktas

Customer experience

Plan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative27.5%

Retro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plan

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Retro

Subscriptions8
  • Basic Weekly$0.697 Days
  • Plus Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Retro Basic – Monthly$1.991 Month
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  • Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Retro Plus – Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Retro Pro – Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Retro Plus – Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Retro Pro – Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • One Fortune Cookie$0.99
  • One Additional Streak Freeze$0.99
  • Two Additional Streak Freeze$1.29
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  • Three Additional Streak Freeze$1.49
  • Four Additional Streak Freeze$1.69
  • Get Your Streak Back$1.99
  • Restore Your Longest Streak$2.99
  • Additional Retro Slot$9.99

Questions

Is Plan free?
Plan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro free?
Retro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plan or Retro?
Plan and Retro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Plan or Retro have ads?
Neither Plan nor Retro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan or Retro?
Plan ships an update every 3 weeks, and Retro every 10 days. Most recently, Plan was updated on October 20, 2026 and Retro on October 28, 2026.

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