Comparison

Zeeny Assistant vs Genko Planner

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

Head to head
About

Zeeny Assistant

Personalize your timekeeping with character voices. Get hourly updates, alarms, and weather reports delivered by over 50 popular characters. Enhance everyday moments with unique audio notifications.

Highlights
  • Hourly chime notifications
  • Customizable alarms and timers
  • Character voice weather updates
  • Notification reading (supported devices)
  • Over 50 character voices
Features
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Add colors to your everyday life with character voices Zeeny Assistant is an app that notifies you of the time, alarms, and weather with the voices of over 50 popular characters and voice actors. Your favorite voice will accompany you and turn ordinary moments into a special experience. Main Features Hourly Chime: Even when the app is closed, your character notifies you every hour Alarm / Timer: Perfect for waking up or managing your work sessions Weather Updates: Get today’s weather in your favorite voice Notification Reading (supported devices only): Receive emails and social media notifications read out in character voices Supported Devices Zeeny Lights 2 / Zeeny ANC / Zeeny Pro / Zeeny TWS  → Support hourly chime, alarm, weather, and notification reading Other Zeeny series  → Support hourly chime, alarm, and weather only (notification reading not supported) Please check the official website for details. Notes Please set the iPhone side switch to off (sound on) To mute, set the side switch back to on Zeeny Assistant is not just a utility app. “Your favorite voice creates your time.” Experience it yourself.

About

Genko Planner

This app helps creators plan and track their creative projects, from manga and novels to illustrations and merchandise. It automatically generates schedules, analyzes your pace to prevent delays, and logs progress for each step. It also includes features for convention planning and an all-in-one calendar to manage deadlines and work.

Highlights
  • Automatic schedule generation
  • Pace analysis and delay alerts
  • Progress logging for project steps
  • Convention planning tools
  • All-in-one calendar view
  • Reports and social sharing
  • iCloud sync
Features
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"How many pages a day do I need to make the deadline?" "I don't have time to work out my pace." "I might end up paying the late-submission surcharge…" Let Genko Planner take care of those worries. Genko Planner is a production planner for manga, novels, illustrations, merch, and every kind of creative project. It tracks your progress and pace so you can meet your print deadlines and finish your work in good health. ◆ Made for you if you… - Always end up submitting your doujinshi at the last minute - Want to manage several projects at once - Want to see your work pace in numbers - Want a tool to prepare for conventions [Features] ◆ Automatic schedule for every step Enter your page count, available work hours, and deadline, and Genko Planner builds a schedule for each step and for the whole project. Supports three print deadlines (early-bird, regular, and surcharge) and shows the big picture on a Gantt chart. Register as many print shops as you like, and customize your steps freely. Besides public holidays, you can set days off and days when you'll work more or less, for a schedule that fits real life. ◆ Pace analysis that catches delays early Every time you log progress, the app checks whether your current pace will meet the deadline. Along with an 8-level status, it shows the pace you need, your current pace, missing work time, and more. ◆ Progress logs for each step Log the cover and the main pages separately with a few taps. Log from the work timer and your work time is saved automatically. The timer supports custom breaks and reminders at regular intervals. ◆ Convention planning Includes presets for major conventions in Japan and South Korea, and you can add any event yourself. Keep venue info, your circle's space, items to bring, shopping lists, and prep checklists in one place. Link projects to conventions to see which project goes to which event. ◆ All-in-one calendar See deadlines, conventions, planned work, and work logs in month, week, and day views. Add notes to leave to-dos in your schedule. ◆ Reports & sharing See your monthly work time and page count in charts, and share progress cards on social media. It's also fun to look back on how much you worked this year. ◆ Dark mode ◆ iCloud sync Syncs automatically across your devices. Log on your iPhone, check on your iPad, and stay on top of things anywhere. Choose your holiday calendar (United States, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, or Malaysia) in Settings > Language & region, and your schedule follows it. Schedules are calculated in your planning time zone. To protect your data, project names, step names, and notes you've saved are never translated automatically. Get through crunch time with a plan, with Genko Planner!

Screenshots

Zeeny Assistant4 screens
Genko Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Genko Planner at 52% against Zeeny Assistant's 5%. Genko Planner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Zeeny Assistant's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On 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

Zeeny Assistant is free to download; Genko Planner costs $2.99 up front. Zeeny Assistant sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Genko Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zeeny Assistant ships an update every 3 weeks, Genko Planner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Zeeny Assistant versus Genko Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZeeny AssistantGenko Planner
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.5% of reviews51.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNain Inc.TAKASA WORKS

Customer experience

Zeeny Assistant

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive4.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative77.3%

Genko Planner

Written reviews31 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral29.0%
Negative19.4%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Zeeny Assistant

Subscriptions3
  • YORUMACHI REITO(gold plan)$4.991 Month
  • TSURIGANE FUURI(gold plan)$4.991 Month
  • YONAGI SORA(gold plan)$4.991 Month
One-time7
  • 160 Coin$0.99
  • 320 Coin$1.99
  • Nagihara Suzuna's voice$3.99
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  • Nakuru Aitsuki's voice$3.99
  • nayuta's voice$3.99
  • 650 Coin$3.99
  • 1200 Coin$6.99
None

Genko Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zeeny Assistant free?
Zeeny Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Genko Planner free?
Genko Planner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zeeny Assistant or Genko Planner have ads?
Zeeny Assistant shows ads; Genko Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Zeeny Assistant or Genko Planner?
Zeeny Assistant ships an update every 3 weeks, and Genko Planner every 3 days. Most recently, Zeeny Assistant was updated on November 3, 2026 and Genko Planner on November 9, 2026.

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