Comparison

Planio vs HiveMine

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

Head to head
About

Planio

This app provides a unified platform for businesses to manage software projects. It integrates issue tracking, project management, help desk, Git hosting, and team communication tools.

Highlights
  • Agile Kanban boards
  • Bug and feature tracking
  • Integrated help desk
  • Hosted Git and SVN repositories
  • Team chat and documentation
  • Time tracking
Features
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The Planio app lets you access all of Planio right from your iOS device. Thousands of businesses worldwide have been using Planio to ship software projects from one place since 2009. Switching between 7 different tools wastes time and energy. With Planio you can bring together issue tracking, project management, help desk support, Git hosting and time tracking in one place. You’ll also have team chat and documentation in Planio. AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Agile kanban boards make it easy to visualize work. Plan your sprints and report on progress using agile charts, including burn down charts. “I really appreciate the Agile plugins (burnup/burndown, Agile planning and Scrum board).” Kai Olav Frediksen BUG TRACKING Powerful workflows means you can keep track of every bug or feature request. Git & SVN integration means you can host your repos and link commits with issues. “We migrated from JIRA to Planio, and it took less than a day. We didn’t have to prepare anything. All the settings and contents were cleanly transferred without any problems.” Hoven Reimar CUSTOMER SUPPORT & HELPDESK The CRM and Helpdesk will let you respond to customer requests faster. “Project management, issue tracking and helpdesk in one tool. Planio has replaced Zendesk, Redmine and Sourcerepo for us and is much better integrated while saving us a lot of money. I'm very glad I found this.” Gerrit Hunter REPOSITORY HOSTING Planio comes with unlimited hosted Git and SVN repositories. You can browse source code in Planio, control access and reference issues and time tracking in commit messages. “Planio's integration of Git and SVN is superb. It is, besides support, the main reason why I chose Planio.” - Timon Royer DOCUMENTATION & COLLABORATION You’ll be able to share ideas with your team in the wiki. You can discuss ideas in the forum, or you can make announcements on the blog. “The know how you build up while joggling with the tasks is kept secured in the easy editable wiki.” - DigitalMINDS Inc TEAM CHAT You can quickly make a decision on issues with colleagues via team chat. It’s based on IRC protocol, so it’s compatible with many chat clients.

About

HiveMine

This app provides a streamlined mobile interface for Redmine, an open-source project management tool. It allows users to connect to their Redmine servers to manage projects, issues, and time logs on the go. Features include searching, filtering, and editing issues, with secure SSL encryption.

Highlights
  • Connect to Redmine server
  • Manage projects and issues
  • Log and track time
  • Search, filter, and sort issues
  • View, create, and edit issues
  • SSL encryption
Features
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HiveMine is an iOS app that connects you to your Redmine project teams, issues and budgets. Redmine is an open source project management tool that helps development teams stay organized and up to date on task delegation and completion. Features: Connect to your locally hosted Redmine server simplified detail view Search, filter, and sort issues Log and track time by issue View, create, and edit issues Reduced verbosity in issue history logs SSL encryption HiveMine works with Redmine versions 3.1.3 and newer.

Screenshots

Planio4 screens
HiveMine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HiveMine at 3.8 against Planio's 1.5. HiveMine also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Planio's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

HiveMine holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Planio's written reviews are positive against 0% of HiveMine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Planio versus HiveMine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanioHiveMine
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlanioBeezwax

Customer experience

Planio

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

HiveMine

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

Planio

No in-app purchases

None

HiveMine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planio free?
Planio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HiveMine free?
HiveMine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Planio or HiveMine?
HiveMine is rated higher. Planio averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while HiveMine averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Planio or HiveMine have ads?
Neither Planio nor HiveMine shows ads.

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