Planafy vs EF Ultimate Break
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planafy
This app helps tour leaders organize trips by creating itineraries, sending automated reconfirmation emails, and managing daily schedules and optional activities. Travelers can access daily events, receive city suggestions, and sign up for activities.
- Create tour itineraries
- Automated reconfirmation emails
- Daily schedule management
- Organize optional activities
- Traveler access to events
- City free time suggestions
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Every Tour Leader should use Planafy to organize their tours: create itinerary, automatically write reconfirmation emails, create daily schedule, organize optional activities, etc. Travelers will use this app to access daily events, access city free time suggestions and sign up for optional activities. That means, more free time for yourself!
EF Ultimate Break
This app helps young adults aged 18-35 prepare for and manage their global adventures. Connect with fellow travelers, access your itinerary offline, and stay organized with trip details and payment management.
- Connect with fellow travelers
- Offline itinerary access
- Trip management tools
- Payment and excursion options
- Shared photo albums
- Currency converter
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EF Ultimate Break makes it super easy for anyone 18–35 to explore the world. Speaking of easy, we made this app to help travelers like you prepare for your adventure, connect with other travelers, and manage your trip—all in one (you guessed it) easy place. Meet, greet, chat, repeat. • Create your profile to start connecting with your travel friends • Meet the Tour Director, your fearless leader on-tour • Chat with your group—ask Q’s and give A’s • Get notifications from your Trip Consultant Stay on top of the details • View your flights, accommodations, and itinerary—even without Wi-Fi • Customize your trip with optional excursions • Make payments and feel responsible about it • Prepare for your trip with your Know Before You Go guide • Use the global-currency converter bc math is hard • Access your tour evaluation and submit reviews Keep daydreaming, keep traveling. • Post your best pics to a shared album with your group • Keep up with your new friends and plan your next adventure together
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Verdict
Planafy and EF Ultimate Break both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Planafy's written reviews are positive against 49% of EF Ultimate Break's. Planafy also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). EF Ultimate Break's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 171). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Planafy against 4.9 for EF Ultimate Break. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EF Ultimate Break has 2.2K ratings behind it against 171, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Planafy's written reviews are positive against 49% of EF Ultimate Break's.
Planafy ships an update fortnightly, EF Ultimate Break weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planafy | EF Ultimate Break |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (171 ratings) — better | 4.9 (2.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 48.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 171 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Santa-Cruz | Signum International AG |
Customer experience
Planafy
EF Ultimate Break
Bugs and requests
Planafy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EF Ultimate Break
Reported bugs
4 issues- Chat room not loading properly
- Profile information unable to be updated
- Constant 'loading' screen with no resolution
- Inability to create a new account
Requested features
4 requests- Add private messaging between travelers
- Improve push notifications for chat updates
- Allow browsing and booking of new trips within the app
- Provide a note-taking feature for free time planning
In-app purchases
Planafy
No in-app purchases
EF Ultimate Break
No in-app purchases
