Comparison

My Buttons vs Plan Poke

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

Head to head
About

My Buttons

Create custom buttons for your home screen with unique icons and actions like making calls, sending texts, or opening apps. Store and share your button creations easily.

Highlights
  • Create custom buttons
  • Assign icons and actions
  • Offline icon creation
  • Edit actions without recreating
  • Store and manage button collections
  • Share buttons via email
  • Launch custom schemes/apps
Features
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“My Buttons” will let you create your own buttons with an icon for the home screen and an action to perform. The action can be to make a call or any of the other types listed below. There are other apps that do similar things but here are a some unique features only found in “My Buttons”: -Internet connection is only needed on the first launch of “My Buttons”. Nothing will be sent on the internet. All other icon creation apps send the icon-image to a server. -The action can be changed without recreating the icon. -You can have a collection of buttons stored in the app and create them on the home screen at any time. -You can share your buttons via email. Your friends can use them after installing “My Buttons”. -You can configure custom schemes that will let you launch other apps like skype for example. List of Action types: Call FaceTime Email Text message (sms) Show contact (you choose an action every time) Safari (open web page) YouTube (open a video) Copy to clipboard (any text that you can later paste) Custom

About

Plan Poke

This utility app brings a classic networking feature to modern devices, allowing users to manage and search accounts. It offers iCloud syncing, customizable widgets, and secure access with Face-ID. Data can be imported/exported as JSON and shared easily.

Highlights
  • Account management (add, edit, search)
  • iCloud data syncing
  • Configurable widgets
  • Face-ID security
  • JSON import/export
  • Data sharing via share sheet
  • Swipe gestures and keyboard shortcuts
Features
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Plan Poke is a portable finger client bringing this classic networking feature to modern devices. The feature set includes: - Add, Edit and Search accounts - iCloud data syncing - Shortcuts integration - Configurable Widgets in both the Large and Extra Large sizes - Face-ID to lock access to the app - Import / Export your data as JSON - Share data from people you follow via the share sheet or drag their entry into any app that can take text - An expanded view that's best for viewing ASCII art entries - Swipe gestures for common actions - Keyboard Shortcuts - Style the output of the response by choosing the background / foreground color Shortcuts include: 1. A 'Search Accounts' shortcut for retrieving account data from your device. 2. A 'Finger Request' shortcut for updating an account.

Screenshots

My Buttons4 screens
Plan Poke3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plan Poke at 100% against My Buttons's 30%. Plan Poke also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). My Buttons's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plan Poke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of My Buttons's written reviews are positive against 100% of Plan Poke's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Buttons ships an update every 6 months, Plan Poke every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Buttons versus Plan Poke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy ButtonsPlan Poke
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS6.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThrow LabWilliam Baer

Customer experience

My Buttons

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.3%

Plan Poke

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Buttons

No in-app purchases

None

Plan Poke

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Buttons free?
My Buttons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plan Poke free?
Plan Poke is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Buttons or Plan Poke?
Plan Poke is rated higher. My Buttons averages 1.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Plan Poke averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do My Buttons or Plan Poke have ads?
Neither My Buttons nor Plan Poke shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Buttons or Plan Poke?
My Buttons ships an update every 6 months, and Plan Poke every 2 months. Most recently, My Buttons was updated on October 15, 2026 and Plan Poke on October 14, 2026.

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