Comparison

Planning Cards vs ELX TCP Client

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

Head to head
About

Planning Cards

Display custom planning card values on your phone or Apple Watch. Easily share your selected estimate with your team with a simple tap.

Highlights
  • Customizable card values
  • Large, readable display
  • "Ready" screen for quick sharing
  • Team visibility
  • Phone and Apple Watch support
Features
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Use your phone or Apple Watch to display the value you have selected. Card values are big and easy to read. After selecting your card, you are greeted with a "Ready" screen. One tap from there and the estimate you selected will be visible to your team!

About

ELX TCP Client

Connect to TCP servers using IP addresses or domain names. View data in both string and hexadecimal formats. This tool is ideal for testing TCP connections.

Highlights
  • Connect to TCP servers
  • Supports IP addresses
  • Supports domains
  • Display data in string format
  • Display data in HEX format
  • Test TCP connections
Features
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TCP client to connect to a TCP server. Useful tool for testing TCP connection. Supports IP addresses and domains. Display in string and HEX format.

Screenshots

Planning Cards4 screens
ELX TCP Client3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Planning Cards at every 6 months against ELX TCP Client's every 27 months. Planning Cards also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. 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 — 5.0 for Planning Cards against 5.0 for ELX TCP Client. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planning Cards has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planning Cards ships an update every 6 months, ELX TCP Client every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Planning Cards versus ELX TCP Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanning CardsELX TCP Client
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndre YonadamSergey Abaev

Customer experience

Planning Cards

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ELX TCP Client

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Planning Cards

No in-app purchases

None

ELX TCP Client

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planning Cards free?
Planning Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ELX TCP Client free?
ELX TCP Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Planning Cards or ELX TCP Client?
Planning Cards and ELX TCP Client are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Planning Cards or ELX TCP Client have ads?
Neither Planning Cards nor ELX TCP Client shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planning Cards or ELX TCP Client?
Planning Cards ships an update every 6 months, and ELX TCP Client every 27 months. Most recently, Planning Cards was updated on October 25, 2026 and ELX TCP Client on October 27, 2026.

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