Comparison

PlanPop vs Poolman Timecard

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

Head to head
About

PlanPop

This app helps you turn social ideas into real plans with friends. Easily share suggestions, coordinate events, and manage RSVPs on a shared calendar. It's designed to simplify social planning and keep everyone updated.

Highlights
  • Share ideas with friends
  • Schedule and coordinate plans
  • Manage RSVPs
  • Create recurring events
  • Shared group calendars
  • Add photos and locations to ideas
Features
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One calendar. Everyone's plans. Nothing forgotten. PlanPop is a shared calendar for you and your people. Your partner, your family, your friends, your dog. Add your plans, see theirs, stop double-booking yourself. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Work shifts, appointments, pickups, lunch dates. If it's happening, it's on the calendar in a tap. SET IT ONCE Weekly Tuesday dinner? Rent due? Set it and (never) forget it. WE'LL REMIND YOU Reminders before plans, for everyone in your calendar. Less texting, more doing. IDEAS FOR LATER Date nights, trips, someday stuff. Jot them down and move them to the calendar when you're ready. CUTE AS A BUTTON Colorful, simple, and not a gray grid of office sadness. You might actually like opening it. Share your calendar in two taps. Get everyone on the same page.

About

Poolman Timecard

This timekeeping application is designed for pool service professionals. It offers a straightforward way to track work hours for residential maintenance tasks. The app aims to simplify payroll and job costing for service businesses.

Highlights
  • Time tracking for pool service
  • Residential maintenance focus
  • Job costing simplification
  • Payroll assistance
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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An easy to use time keeping app for residential maintenance pool service professionals

Screenshots

PlanPop4 screens
Poolman Timecard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PlanPop at 4.8 against Poolman Timecard's 3.0. PlanPop also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (996 vs 2). Poolman Timecard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

PlanPop holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlanPop has 996 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanPop ships an update every 2 days, Poolman Timecard every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PlanPop versus Poolman Timecard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanPopPoolman Timecard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (996 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings996 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB38 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMoments Technologies Inc.American Pool Enterprises, Inc.

Customer experience

PlanPop

All ratings996 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative9.2%

Poolman Timecard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

PlanPop

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not working
  • Time/date auto-changing issues
  • Formatting problems in event chat

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync with other calendar apps
  • Ability to remove users from shared calendars
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Widget support
  • Export events to phone calendar

Poolman Timecard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PlanPop

No in-app purchases

None

Poolman Timecard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlanPop free?
PlanPop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poolman Timecard free?
Poolman Timecard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PlanPop or Poolman Timecard?
PlanPop is rated higher. PlanPop averages 4.8 out of 5 from 996 ratings, while Poolman Timecard averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PlanPop or Poolman Timecard have ads?
Neither PlanPop nor Poolman Timecard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanPop or Poolman Timecard?
PlanPop ships an update every 2 days, and Poolman Timecard every 11 months. Most recently, PlanPop was updated on October 29, 2026 and Poolman Timecard on October 20, 2026.

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