Plan M8 vs Charter Manager App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plan M8
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Yacht Maintenance Made Easy - Designed for marine engineers, captains and owner or operators. Improves reliability, saves time, and creates transparency. Implementing a structured planned maintenance schedule such as Plan M8 not only ensures your equipment and machinery on board is maintained through continuous monitoring at all times, It assures all your yacht maintenance is planned. Plan M8 provides a comprehensive and structured task-based scheduling of all required, recommended and manufacturer specific planned maintenance tasks of a vessel's components. Plan your maintenance ahead of time, pre-order spares and never miss a component with our pre-generated templates for your vessel. You will see a reduction in downtime and the need for emergency repairs as equipment is maintained before it fails. Operating costs are reduced as optimum service life is given to components. As you continue to use Plan M8, a detailed maintenance log of your vessel is being build. Proper records will be kept that can be easily passed onto new crew, contractors, surveyors, and prospective buyers. Get more transparency about your yacht maintenance status with all involved through our easy-to-use application; your "Plan Mate".
Charter Manager App
This app streamlines charter operations for companies and bases. It offers an educational platform for client preparation and a check-in/out system for efficient, recorded procedures. Features include booking data, vessel information, inventory management, and repair tracking.
- Educational platform for client preparation
- Check-in/out platform for faster procedures
- Vessel data and inventory management
- Video briefings and how-to guides
- Damage reporting and repair management
- Base operations checklists
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The Charter Manager App is available to all Charter Companies FREE of charge. There are two main wings of the Charter Manager App: 1. EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM Client’s preparation for Check-in and rental period 2. CHECK-IN/OUT PLATFORM For safer, faster and recorded check-in procedure EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM OFFERS: • BOOKING DATA • VESSEL DATA • VESSEL’S INVENTORY • VIDEO VESSEL BRIEFINGS • VESSEL TECHNICAL DATA • DAMAGE REPORT • HOW-TO – do little things onboard • MAPS, WEATHER, PINS, ETC CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT PLATFORM • THE ULTIMATE CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT PLATFORM • INVENTORY o Photos o Locations o Micro Locations o Notes o Item counts • FASTER AND RECORDED PROCEDURE • REPAIR MANAGEMENT • And much more ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Checklists for Base operations o For wintering o For repairs o For cleaning, etc. • Statistics, history, data • And much more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Charter Manager App at 13.0 against Plan M8's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Plan M8 ships an update fortnightly, Charter Manager App every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plan M8 | Charter Manager App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | coara OU | ManagerApp d.o.o. |
In-app purchases
Plan M8
No in-app purchases
Charter Manager App
No in-app purchases
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