Project Planner vs Microsoft Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Planner
Manage multiple projects and tasks with a visual Gantt chart. Organize tasks into phases, set milestones, and track progress. Supports task dependencies, resource allocation, and various export/import options.
- Manage multiple projects
- View tasks as list or Gantt chart
- Create task dependencies
- Add resources and costs
- Export/import projects (.ppf, .gan)
- Export reports (PDF, PNG)
- Print reports and charts
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Project Planner 2 is a project and task planning application that makes it easy to keep track of multiple projects and tasks. Project Planner 2 allows you manage multiple projects. In every project you can add many tasks grouped in phases and finished by milestone. You can view your project on Gantt chart in portrait and landscape view in days, weeks or months scale. Major features: - managing multiple projects - viewing your tasks as a list or Gantt Chart - viewing multiple projects on Gantt Chart - editing task directly from Gantt Chart - creating dependencies between tasks - updating progress of task to keep track - adding resources and costs to tasks - exporting and importing projects in .ppf format (supported by Project Planner 2, Project Planner 2 HD and Project Planner for OSX - available in Mac App Store) - exporting and importing project in .gan format (supported by Gantt Project available on OSX, Windows and Linux) (importing with some limitations: Project Planner imports all dependencies as 'hard' and 'end-to-start') - exporting reports in PDF format (readable in Adobe Reader, OSX Preview and all full pdf compatible readers) - exporting chart as image in PNG format - exporting are available by mail, to iTunes and to Dropbox - importing are available from iTunes), from mail and from Dropbox - printing reports ans charts directly from app using AirPrint User manual is available on the product webpage.
Microsoft Planner
Organize teamwork visually with a simple, interactive board. Assign tasks, track progress, and collaborate with your team through integrated conversations and file sharing. Stay updated on all your tasks across different plans and devices.
- Visual task boards
- Task assignment and tracking
- Team collaboration and chat
- File sharing
- Cross-device synchronization
- My Tasks view
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Microsoft Planner requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription. This app does not support Office 365 personal accounts (for example: name@outlook.com or name@hotmail.com). If you are not sure about your company’s subscription or the services you have access to, please contact your IT department. Planner provides a simple, visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress. -- Organize work visually -- Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets. You can categorize tasks based on their status or on whom they’re assigned to. To update the status or change assignments, just drag and drop tasks between columns. -- Visibility -- The My Tasks view provides a comprehensive list of all your tasks and their status across all your plans. When working together on a plan, team members always know who is working on what. -- Collaborate -- Built for Office 365, Planner lets you work together on the same tasks, attach captured photos directly to them, and even have conversations around tasks without switching between apps. With Planner, all your team’s discussions and deliverables stay with the plan and don’t get locked away across disparate applications. -- Works across devices -- Planner works across all your devices. And with Planner, everyone is always on the same page. Continue conversations and updates tasks while on-the-go or at your desk. Terms of service: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=846830 Privacy policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839 To learn more, please visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=849067 The Microsoft Planner app will request permission to access your photos and your camera: When you try to attach a photo to a Planner task, the app requests permission to access your Photos app in order to select images. If you choose to take a photo to attach to a Planner task, the app will request permission to access your Camera app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Microsoft Planner at Free against Project Planner's $2.99. Microsoft Planner also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (13K vs 18). Project Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, 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
Microsoft Planner is free to download; Project Planner costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Microsoft Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Planner has 13K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Project Planner's written reviews are positive against 29% of Microsoft Planner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Project Planner ships an update every 2 months, Microsoft Planner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Planner | Microsoft Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (18 ratings) | 4.6 (13K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.6% of reviews — better | 29.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peritum.Net | Microsoft Corporation |
Customer experience
Project Planner
Microsoft Planner
User reviews
Project Planner
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Good project planning tool
- 💡 Useful Gantt chart feature
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🔍 Limited functionality
- 🔍 Lack of advanced features
- 🔍 Inability to import/export files
- 🔍 Lack of dark mode support
Microsoft Planner
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great for team collaboration
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
- 🚀 Helpful for personal organization
- 👍 Good integration with Microsoft 365 suite
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🔒 Limited to work/school accounts only
- 🔒 Lack of customization options
- 🐛 Slow performance and sync issues
- 🔒 Missing key features like calendar view
Bugs and requests
Project Planner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when editing tasks or dependencies
- Gantt chart not updating correctly after changes
- PDF export not rendering properly
- Inability to reorder tasks in the list view
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to import/export project files
- Implement dark mode support
- Enhance Gantt chart with more customization options
- Add support for tasks less than 1 day
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
Microsoft Planner
Reported bugs
5 issues- Freezing on login screen
- Inability to create or edit plans
- Tasks disappearing or not syncing properly
- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Comments not saving or editable
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring tasks and calendar integration
- Ability to copy/move tasks between plans
- More flexible labeling and filtering options
- Offline mode and export/import functionality
- Deeper integration with Outlook and Teams
In-app purchases
Project Planner
No in-app purchases
Microsoft Planner
No in-app purchases
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