Comparison

Grau vs Planaken

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

Head to head
About

Grau

Features
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The Grau app is the easiest and most intuitive way to control your Grau luminaires. At the tap of a finger, you can create and program ideal light settings for every mood, space, time and situation. Program and group your lamps in one view: The Grau app lets you see all your Grau lamps in one view, build lamp groups, and program both individual and group settings. With a tap or slide of your finger, you can switch lamps on and off, adjust brightness, and tune color temperature. Create and name groups according to room or situation, and coordinate dimming, color, and temperature settings. Program your lamps via gallery view: For visual control of your lighting, take a picture of your lamp(s) and room(s), save in the Gallery, and integrate luminaire control in the photo(s). Create and time-set light settings and scenes: Use the Grau app to program and save light scenarios for every mood and situation. Set the light right for working, meeting, dining or downtime and save the settings as a scene. Then simply select the scene you need with one tap. Grau timer function lets you configure lamps and lighting scenes according to time, date, or sunrise / sunset. Share your light network and lighting control: Grau has four different levels of sharing and access control. You can decide if your network is open to everyone, or if others need a password to access. If you have several users and devices using the same network, all changes made with one device will be automatically updated to the other devices via the Grau cloud service.

About

Planaken

Features
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With Planaken, you select the day, the place and the number of attendees. We show you what are the most exlusive places based on your search criteria and we manage to get you in

Screenshots

Grau4 screens
Planaken3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Planaken at every 6 days against Grau's every 3 months. Grau's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grau ships an update every 3 months, Planaken every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Grau versus Planaken: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrauPlanaken
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better14.0.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size33 MB89 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGrau GmbHPLANAKEN ENTERTAINMENT S.L.

In-app purchases

None

Grau

No in-app purchases

None

Planaken

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grau free?
Grau is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planaken free?
Planaken is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grau or Planaken have ads?
Neither Grau nor Planaken shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grau or Planaken?
Grau ships an update every 3 months, and Planaken every 6 days. Most recently, Grau was updated on October 14, 2026 and Planaken on October 10, 2026.

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