QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart vs Site Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart
This app simplifies project planning with intuitive gesture controls on a Gantt chart. It allows for seamless syncing and sharing of projects across devices and teams, with robust export and import capabilities, including Microsoft Project integration.
- Gesture-based Gantt chart management
- Cross-device and team project syncing
- Microsoft Project integration
- Export to image, PDF, Excel, MS Project
- Import from MS Project, WBS, Mind-map
- Task organization and resource management
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QuickPlan makes project planning easier than ever before. Project management with natural gestures on the Gantt chart, sync and share projects across multiple devices and teams, and support integration with Microsoft Project Plan. ## PRIVACY FOCUSED User-created projects are stored on the user's device or in iCloud Drive. ## ACTIVE UPDATING - Continually evolves based on best practices from experts and ideas from users. - App-Liv.jp Top10 Project Management Apps of 2019 - 1st Place. - BestApp Ever Awards 2014 "Best Business App" - 3rd place. * QuickPlan is now available for macOS. * Download the free 15-day trial from https://quickplan.app/trial. With NATURAL GESTUREs on a clean and elegant interface, project management is more accessible, faster and more efficient than ever before. Visualize, manage and simplify projects flexibly and efficiently with Gantt charts, outline list and property editor, create tasks, organize your project calendar and resources, track status. It's easier than you think, with a minimum of effort and learning. QuickPlan App supports exporting projects to image, Excel, PDF, Microsoft Project and WBS files. AND to import projects from Microsoft Project, WBS and Mind-map files. The app supports synchronization of project plans between the same user's macOS and iOS devices and supports team collaboration via iCloud Drive. And it supports syncing and sharing via OneDrive and Dropbox. QuickPlan also supports duplicating projects by members for better teamwork. QuickPlan fine-tunes the best features of Microsoft Project Plan and re-purposes them to work for iPad - without the complexity - providing users of all experience levels with an INTUITIVE and discoverable project management experience. ## EFFICIENT MAINTENANCE - Gestures for tasks: Create, remove, move, indent and outdent, change order. - Gestures to zoom in and out, collapse and expand. - Keyboard shortcuts. - Batch input. - The most fluid Gantt chart app on a clean interface. ## STRONG PLAN - Multiple Projects. - Supports duplication of the entire project and duplication by specific members. - Organize tasks into REAL task groups and sub-projects. - Task color, icon, contact, and required task fields. - Five levels of outline (plus sub-project, for a total of ten levels of outline). - Gesture-based management of task links. - Lock editing, row height. - Integration with the iOS Files app. - Manual and automatic project backup. - Project currency, charge rate, project resources, calendar, task date policy. ## TREE and LIST - Display as tree with support for displaying cirtical path. - Display as list with support for sorting and filtering. ## UI CUSTOMISATION - Customization of the task column title and visibility. - Style of the task bar. ## REPORTING - Export as image, PDF and Microsoft Excel (including three sheets). - With options to customize the output. ## SYNC - Sync projects between iOS and Mac devices via iCloud Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. ## TEAM COLLABORATION - Sync between team members via iCloud Drive. ## INTEGRATION - Export and import Microsoft Project XML files. - Import and export SwiftApp WBS files. - Import from Microsoft Excel files. - Import from iThought Map files. ## SHARE - Supports Airdrop, OneDrive, Dropbox. ## TEAMWORK - Create a new project by exporting tasks for the selected project members. ## NOTIFICATION - Widget to track ongoing tasks. - Today widget and local notification. QuickPlan simplifies the complexity of project planning that puts ease as the ultimate goal in organizing your professional projects, plans, efforts, goals and life. The best project planning app for iPad. - Initialize, discuss, present and share your plan. - Export it to Microsoft Project Plan for further editing on PC. - Strategic Planning. - Import MS Project XML file and reports, tracking. - Schedule actions in meetings, confirm. - Track progress. - Guide employees.
Site Diary
Streamline construction daily reporting with this app. It replaces paper logs with digital entries, integrates task management, and automatically includes weather data and photos. Supports offline use and various export formats for seamless project tracking.
- Digital daily reports
- Integrated task management
- Real-time progress monitoring
- Automatic local weather reports
- Image attachments
- Offline support
- PDF, Excel, CSV export
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Site Diary app replaces the existing paper construction daily reports, site journal or daily logs, where field workers make a report of things that occurred on their projects. With Site Diary app, we make the whole process quick, fun and simple so you both have a detailed daily report and time left to focus on building more. We developed Site Diary to address the needs of site engineers, foremen and site managers working in construction organizations, contractors and installation teams both large and small. "Site Diary allowed me to keep track of construction progress and emerging issues in real time” - Christopher Pletcher, Municipal Engineering Manager, Ayres Associates Task management/allocations feature The first product to integrate daily reports and task management. Users can create a task, add information about the task (manpower, equipment & materials to be used) and the persons it assigned to. Report progress on a task by creating a work log. The diary form will be automatically filled with all the task info which will make it a lot quicker for users to fill their daily reports. Site Diary Features include - Real-time site progress and monitoring, whereby users have visibility of work being done by site staff. Submitted reports are immediately available for review and approval by off-site personnel. - Share information. The app will allow field workers to send an email after they create an event. (This is optional) - Local weather report automatically included - every report entry is automatically linked with the prevailing weather conditions for that site at the time, which is important information to include in a daily construction report app. - Added images - photos and other images can be attached to reports. - Offline support - Sites with limited connectivity are not a problem as the app continues to perform seamlessly off-line. Data captured is saved on the device and synchronized to the cloud as soon as a connection becomes available. - User management - Add and remove users in your team - Set up site resources (labour, equipment, materials, contractors, tags) that you will use on your construction site. Tags are used to determine the type of event that is recorded, example: Safety. - Export Reports - This can be used as shift updates or project summaries and shared with staff, contractors and clients. These are done in either PDF, Excel or CSV format.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Site Diary at Free against QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart's $19.99. Site Diary also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (917 vs 45). On review sentiment, 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
Site Diary is free to download; QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart has 917 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart's written reviews are positive against 88% of Site Diary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart ships an update every 3 months, Site Diary weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart | Site Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (917 ratings) — better | 4.4 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 917 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 皓 李 | Script&Go |
Customer experience
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart
Site Diary
Bugs and requests
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart
Reported bugs
4 issues- Dates randomly changing on their own
- Crashes when adding contacts to tasks
- Exporting issues with multiple formats
- Syncing problems between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Improved cloud sync and cross-device integration
- More customization options for Gantt charts and exports
- Task dependencies and critical path analysis
- Resource allocation and overallocation detection
- Finer control over task durations (hours, minutes)
Site Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart
No in-app purchases
Site Diary
No in-app purchases
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