Comparison

CanPlan vs Fox Trax

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

Head to head
About

CanPlan

This app helps individuals with cognitive challenges gain independence by breaking down tasks into visual, step-by-step instructions. It includes scheduling and reminders to ensure tasks are completed on time, fostering confidence and self-sufficiency.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step task sequencing with photos
  • Optional text and audio prompts
  • Daily task scheduling
  • Timed reminders for tasks
  • Customizable task categories
  • Active task reminders
Features
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*** WHAT IS IT? *** CanPlan promotes independence and builds confidence by helping people with cognitive challenges complete tasks successfully. Virtually any activity can be broken into a sequence of easy-to-follow steps, illustrated by photos and reinforced with optional text and audio. Scheduling and reminder features ensure each task gets done on time. Support workers and therapists are providing CanPlan to their clients with cognitive, memory and other challenges, while families and caregivers are using the tool with loved ones who desire more independence. For any given task, a user initially goes through the activity with a support person or family member. Together, they take photos of each step in the task, adding text or audio as needed. The task is then filed under a customizable set of categories, which could include areas such as: Food Preparation, Household Chores, Shopping, Transportation, Exercise, Workplace Tasks, and so on. *** WHO IS IT FOR? *** CanPlan is especially beneficial to people who have difficulty performing activities that require following a sequence of steps, including those with: - Brain injury - Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease - Autism Spectrum Disorder - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Dyslexia - Developmental disabilities *** KEY FEATURES *** - Task Sequencing: breaks each task into an easy-to-follow sequence of photos, with optional text or audio - Scheduling: shows a list of tasks to be completed during the day - Prompting: provides the option of audible timed reminders - Active Task Reminder: helps the user stick with a task until it’s complete - Task Categorization: allows tasks to be filed in customizable categories for easy retrieval - CanPlan is a universal app optimized for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad *** SUPPORT *** To report a problem with the app, please email canassist@uvic.ca *** TESTIMONIALS *** “It really helps me to function and complete day-to-day tasks. I use the schedule and alarm to structure my day. It has removed so much stress in my life.” – Client with early onset Alzheimer’s disease “It works great – I can add whatever tasks I need to remember. And I’ll add more and more tasks as I get more to do at work, and when I start taking the bus to work.” – Client with brain injury “I like that each step of a task includes a photo and audio as well. I also like that we are able to add empowering messages.” – Support worker of client with brain injury *** CANASSIST at the UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA *** CanAssist at the University of Victoria is dedicated to developing customized technologies and services for people with disabilities, with a focus on clients in British Columbia, Canada.

About

Fox Trax

Streamline the referral process for healthcare professionals. Easily submit, manage, and track patient referrals, including scanning documents, adding patient details, and communicating with colleagues. Regional Directors and Account Managers can also oversee cases and clinicians.

Highlights
  • Send referral orders on the go
  • Scan and upload referral documents
  • Add patient insurance, diagnosis, and procedures
  • Create and update patient demographics
  • Communicate with colleagues and referral sources
  • Manage region cases and clinicians
  • Approve/deny PTO requests
Features
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Fox Rehab app facilitates Fox users by allowing them to send referral orders straight from mobile app. Users can scan the referral document or fill the required information and upload it, where it will be processed and will be assigned by supervisor to an indexer. Major Features of Fox app are as: - Send referral orders on the go. - Scan and auto detect document and take picture of it. - Multiple Documents can be uploaded for a single referral. - Add patient Insurance and address. - Add patient diagnosis in referral. - Add procedure information in the referral. - Create new patient or update patient demographics. - Manually create the referral, view the final draft and sign it. - Send message to your fellow colleagues or referral source. - Create group chat with other users. Fox Trax for Regional Directors: Regional Directors can manage their region cases and clinicians using Fox Trax app.  Regional Directors can do following using app - View pending assignments of their assigned regions. - Assign a case to a clinician based on smart suggestion by app. - Hold a pending assignment case for later assignment. - View case details and case history for more information. - View and add notes for particular client. - Ability to extend the hold on a case. - Reassign a case to some other clinician. - Add treatment team member to a cases. - View the schedule of an assigned clinician. - View the appointment history of an active client. - View open issues relevant to a case. - View and comment on the tasks assigned to them or their region. - Approve or deny PTO requests. - Reassign the void appointments during clinician PTO to other clinicians. - Approve appointment reassign requests by the clinicians. - View and update their regions clinician information. Fox Trax for Account Managers: Account Managers can do following using app - Account Managers can view pending assignments of their assigned regions. - Account Managers can view and update patient notes. - Account Managers can view case details. - Account Managers can view On Hold cases of their assigned regions. - Account Managers can view active cases of their region. - Account Managers can view appointment history of active cases. - Account Managers can view discharged cases of their region. - Account Managers have the ability to view and update the tasks assigned to them. - Account Managers can view open issues of their assigned regions. - Account Managers can view the Non Admit cases of their region. - Account Managers can view clinicians and their details for their assigned regions.

Screenshots

CanPlan4 screens
Fox Trax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CanPlan at 78% against Fox Trax's 0%. CanPlan also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Fox Trax's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, monetization model and 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

Both are free to download. CanPlan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fox Trax asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CanPlan holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fox Trax has 476 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of CanPlan's written reviews are positive against 0% of Fox Trax's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CanPlan ships an update every 3 months, Fox Trax weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CanPlan versus Fox Trax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanPlanFox Trax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better4.2 (476 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3476 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB154 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperUniversity of VictoriaCareCloud Corp.

Customer experience

CanPlan

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Fox Trax

All ratings476 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral8.2%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative85.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CanPlan

One-time1
  • Unlimited TasksFree
None

Fox Trax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CanPlan free?
CanPlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fox Trax free?
Fox Trax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CanPlan or Fox Trax?
CanPlan is rated higher. CanPlan averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Fox Trax averages 4.2 from 476 ratings.
Do CanPlan or Fox Trax have ads?
Neither CanPlan nor Fox Trax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CanPlan or Fox Trax?
CanPlan ships an update every 3 months, and Fox Trax weekly. Most recently, CanPlan was updated on July 4, 2026 and Fox Trax on September 16, 2026.

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