Comparison

My Message vs Shotplaner

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

Head to head
About

My Message

This app sends messages to yourself as reminders for memos, to-dos, or future notes. Enable notifications to receive these self-messages directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Self-messaging reminders
  • Memos and to-do lists
  • Future messages
  • Notification delivery
Features
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A new reminder app that sends a message to yourself. You will receive a message from yourself. You can use it in various ways, such as memos, TODO, and messages to yourself in the future. If you turn on the notification permission, you can get messages by notification.

About

Shotplaner

Features
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Plan your videos with confidence—from the first idea to the final shot. Shotplaner helps you capture video ideas, prepare productions, and stay organized while filming. Create projects, manage multiple shot lists, and add every important detail to your shots. EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR VIDEO PLANNING • Organize projects and video ideas • Create multiple shot lists for each project • Arrange and reorder shots freely • Track duration, status, and filming progress • Define framing, shot type, and camera movement • Add locations, descriptions, and VoiceOver scripts • Attach reference images from your photo library or camera A SHOOTING MODE BUILT FOR PRODUCTION Start shooting mode and focus on the current shot. Reference images, metadata, and progress remain visible at a glance. Open images in a full-screen viewer, display your VoiceOver script, and mark completed shots with a single tap. TEMPLATES FOR A FASTER START Choose from built-in templates for different video formats or save your own projects as reusable templates. Spend less time rebuilding familiar workflows and more time creating. PROGRESS AND ARCHIVE See immediately which shots are planned, in progress, completed, or skipped. Archive finished projects and restore them whenever you need them again. IMPORT AND EXPORT Export your projects together with their reference images. Use exports as backups or import them on another device. PRIVATE AND LOCAL Your projects, notes, and reference images are stored locally on your device. Shotplaner requires no user account and uses no advertising or tracking. SHOTPLANER PRO Upgrade to Shotplaner Pro to plan unlimited video ideas and shots and use your saved templates. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Whether you are a content creator, filmmaker, social media team, or solo producer, Shotplaner brings structure to your ideas and clarity to every shoot. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://polydarts.com/pages/polyapps

Screenshots

My Message2 screens
Shotplaner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Message at none against Shotplaner's 2. My Message also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Shotplaner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Shotplaner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. My Message asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Message versus Shotplaner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy MessageShotplaner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkazuhiro aonumaMaurice Schwarzenberg

In-app purchases

None

My Message

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Shotplaner

Subscriptions2
  • ShotPlaner Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • ShotPlaner Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is My Message free?
My Message is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shotplaner free?
Shotplaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Message or Shotplaner have ads?
My Message shows ads; Shotplaner does not.

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