Comparison

Planar Control vs Code

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

Head to head
About

Planar Control

Features
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Planar Control is a new generation and powerful state-of-the-art intelligent BLE control system created by professional lighting consultant with more than 30 years experience and development team for commercial lighting control purposes. Using BLE 4.0 technology, you can have a direct and synchronous (many-to-many) control up to a few billion nodes with zero threat on privacy and security. With this app, you can have the corresponding on/off switch, dimming, tuneable white, RGB, RGBW, curtain, lock, smart locker, and lighting scene control that can be set up in groups with simple DIY one-man installation, operation and real-time synchronisation without any direct support from professionals. It is very cost effective, saving you from unnecessary wirings, modules, processors, conduits and labor costs. Planar Control offers access to multiple locations which can be controlled from a single platform, and with the amplifier, you can have a long-distance control and multiple interactions with sensors and music at the same time. It also comes with remote gateway, timer and role-based authorisation control framework that provides users with different levels of permission access based on their individual roles to control lights. It gives a concrete and complete secure management access control throughout the whole system.

About

Code

This app allows you to encode and send private messages using custom formats. Choose between coding a message to send or decoding a received message. Select from text, numbers, or symbols for your coded communication.

Highlights
  • Code messages
  • Decode messages
  • Custom message formats
  • Text, numbers, and symbols encoding
  • Send coded messages via phone number
Features
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This App is all about privacy in sending messages by coding it. How to code and send your messages: ================================== In the launch screen you get two choices either the Blue Button "Code a Message" Or the Yellow Button "Decode a Message". If you click on the Blue "Code a Message" you will get a blank text box and you will be asked To "click in the red box to type". After you type your message you need to click on the blue button "Code it" to code your message. That will take you to another screen with 3 different format for your message, you then click on the "send my message" to send it. A sheet will be presented to you asking you to enter a phone number, and you need to Select the format for the message (text, numbers, or symbols). How to Decode the received messages: =================================== On the launching screen if you click on the yellow button "decode a Message" you are going to get a screen with 2 text boxes one to paste your message if it's in Symbols or Numbers format and the other text box is going to display the message in Text format when you click on the Decode the message button.

Screenshots

Planar Control4 screens
Code4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Code at every 5 days against Planar Control's every 4 months. Planar Control's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planar Control ships an update every 4 months, Code every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Planar Control versus Code: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanar ControlCode
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEYARD & PLANAR SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITEDKHALED HABIB

In-app purchases

None

Planar Control

No in-app purchases

None

Code

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planar Control free?
Planar Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Code free?
Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planar Control or Code have ads?
Neither Planar Control nor Code shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planar Control or Code?
Planar Control ships an update every 4 months, and Code every 5 days. Most recently, Planar Control was updated on September 8, 2026 and Code on September 14, 2026.

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