Comparison

thread HR vs Sms Planner

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

Head to head
About

thread HR

Features
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thread is an employee self service mobile solution that helps you access your e201 information anytime, from anywhere. The application allows access to personal information, timekeeping and attendance, approvals of employee benefits application and leave calendar for tracking. This provides easy, 24/7 on-the-go access from their mobile devices. Key Features include: - View Employee Information (Employee Profile, Leave Credits, IDs and Licenses) - Benefits Application (Leave, Overtime, Undertime, Failure to Time In/Out, Compensated Time-Off) - Location Based Time-In - Approvals of Employee Benefits - Leave Calendar - Viewing of Payslip

About

Sms Planner

Schedule appointments and deadlines for clients, then send personalized SMS, email, or instant messages to remind them. It integrates with iPhone and Google calendars and allows for location-specific details. This app is designed for professionals who manage client appointments.

Highlights
  • Schedule appointments and deadlines
  • Send personalized SMS, email, WhatsApp, Telegram
  • Sync with iPhone and Google calendars
  • Specify appointment addresses
  • Print weekly appointment calendar
  • Send special announcement messages
Features
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SmsPlanner is dedicated to professionals who work with customers by appointment. Are you a doctor, lawyer, or do you offer services of various kinds? Do you want to remember appointments or the various deadlines to your customers? SmsPlanner is for you !!! With SmsPlanner you can schedule appointments and deadlines of your customers and then send your personalized SMS, email, WhatsApp, and Telegram to remind individual appointments. To work properly WhatsApp, you must enter the international prefix of cellular numbers in your contacts (eg "+44" for United Kingdom numbers). You can send a SINGLE message for appointment, or a single message with the SUMMARY of the appointments of a given period. It is also possible to send SPECIAL messages (greetings, announcements, communications, etc ...). SmsPlanner can send the appointments to calendars on your iPhone and can synchronize with calendars configured on your Google account. Those who use Google calendars must first add them on the iPhone, and then select them within SmsPlanner by choosing them from the list of iOS calendars. SmsPlanner allows you to specify days and hours for each appointment, but if you get your customers in multiple locations, you can also specify the single address (street and city). In addition, you can print the weekly calendar of appointments. This new version replaces and unifies the previous Free and Paid APP, including all features with no limits and no advertising. There is a free 60-day user license, after which it is possible to purchase further extensions of 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year. If you need to SHARE and SYNCHRONIZE your appointments with all your devices, you can download the dedicated version SmsPlanner-E. This also allows you to PAIR your devices to those of OTHER PEOPLE (colleagues, friends, etc.) via QR code. For suggestions, requests and comments, please write to: info@smsplanner.it NOTE: sending of SMS is done from your iPhone, then the cost of the messages will be charged according to the tariff plan subscribed by your telephone company.

Screenshots

thread HR2 screens
Sms Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: thread HR at none against Sms Planner's 3. thread HR also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Sms Planner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. thread HR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
thread HR versus Sms Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterthread HRSms Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRenato Vicente MartinezAlessandro de Sanctis

In-app purchases

None

thread HR

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sms Planner

One-time3
  • 1 Month license$2.99
  • 6 Months license$12.99
  • 1 Year license$22.99

Questions

Is thread HR free?
thread HR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sms Planner free?
Sms Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do thread HR or Sms Planner have ads?
Neither thread HR nor Sms Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, thread HR or Sms Planner?
thread HR ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sms Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, thread HR was updated on October 1, 2026 and Sms Planner on October 6, 2026.

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