Open Planner vs Playbacks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Planner
This AI-powered app simplifies school scheduling by automatically generating your calendar from uploaded syllabi. Enjoy unlimited uploads, website and mobile access, and real-time notifications. A subscription is required after the initial free uploads.
- AI-powered calendar creation
- Syllabus upload
- Unlimited syllabus uploads
- Real-time notifications
- Full website access
- Full mobile app access
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School scheduling made easy. Open Planner uses AI to create your calendar in minutes - just upload your syllabus! With Open Planner, you’ll enjoy: * Unlimited syllabus uploads * Full website access * Full mobile application access * Real-time notifications Open Planner is free for 3 syllabus uploads, then requires a subscription. We offer flexible auto-renewable subscription plans, including monthly, 6-month, and yearly options. Privacy Policy: https://open-planner.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Playbacks
This AI-powered assistant records audio, transcribes it with high accuracy, and generates summaries. You can also upload existing recordings or YouTube links for transcription and analysis. Ask the AI questions about your content to extract key information and action points.
- Record and transcribe conversations
- Upload audio files and YouTube links
- Generate AI-powered summaries
- Ask AI questions about recordings
- Speaker identification with timestamps
- Export and share notes
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Playbacks is your all-in-one AI powered note taking assistant. NEW: Summarize anything, not just audio. Add PDFs, slides, articles, YouTube videos, and photos on their own or attach them to a recording, and Playbacks folds everything into one summary you can chat with. Then turn any note into quizzes and flashcards, and challenge classmates and friends on the leaderboard. Whether you're in a meeting, class, interview, or watching a video, Playbacks captures every word, transcribes it with stunning accuracy, and delivers clear, organized notes - so you can stay focused instead of scribbling. With one tap, Playbacks records your conversation and automatically generates word-for-word transcripts, clean summaries, and lets you ask the AI questions like: "What were the key action points?" or "Who mentioned the deadline?" No recording? No problem. Upload an MP3, a PDF, a slide deck, or a photo, or paste a YouTube or article link, and Playbacks will instantly generate a summary and insights you can chat with. Talk to your recordings. Tap once and start a live voice conversation with any meeting or lecture - ask questions out loud, get answers out loud, in real time. Debrief a meeting on your walk home, or turn any lecture into a study session. Playbacks is built with privacy in mind - your recordings are stored securely, and your data is never shared. Playbacks transcribes and summarizes in dozens of languages, including English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi and many more. The app is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Dutch, Italian, and Japanese. Playbacks is perfect for: Combining a lecture with its slides and readings into one set of notes Turning your notes into quizzes and flashcards before an exam Talking through a meeting out loud instead of rereading it Auto-generating meeting notes to share with your team Turning lectures into searchable, beautiful transcripts What you can do with Playbacks: Sources & Uploads Add PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, text files, and photos - on their own or attached to any note Add web articles, YouTube videos, MP3s, or a second recording Scan book pages, handouts, and whiteboards with your camera Update your summary to bring every source together Ask the AI about anything in your sources Quizzes & Flashcards Generate quizzes and flashcards from any note or source Share with classmates and friends, and compete on the leaderboard Voice Conversations Talk to any recording in a live voice conversation Ask questions out loud and hear answers back Review a lecture or debrief a meeting hands-free Record & Transcribe Record anything instantly with high quality audio Get instant word level transcripts Speaker identification with timestamps Automatic recovery if a recording is interrupted Smart AI Summaries Pull out action items, decisions, or mentions Edit any summary to add detail or make corrections AI Chat Chat directly with your transcript and sources Ask follow-up questions anytime, with your chat history saved Playback That Keeps Up Transcripts highlight in real time as the audio plays Tap any timestamp to jump straight to that moment Polished Notes Clean formatting with punctuation + line breaks Find any word or phrase in your transcript and summary Adjustable text size for comfortable reading Organize with tags Export and share notes in seconds, or send a web link Who is Playbacks for? Working professionals Students and grad researchers Interviewers and journalists Educators and lecturers Doctors, therapists, and patients Church attendees and spiritual leaders Content creators and podcasters Remote teams, freelancers, consultants, and coaches Test preppers and self-learners Playbacks is the fastest way to go from raw audio and documents to organized notes you can actually talk to - and study from. Terms Of Use: https://www.playbacks.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.playbacks.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Playbacks at 1.2K against Open Planner's 11. Playbacks also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). Open Planner's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Open Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Playbacks sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Open Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playbacks has 1.2K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Open Planner's written reviews are positive against 83% of Playbacks's.
Open Planner ships an update every 10 days, Playbacks weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 31, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Planner | Playbacks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 82.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OPEN PLANNER LLC | Playbacks |
Customer experience
Open Planner
Playbacks
Bugs and requests
Open Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Playbacks
Reported bugs
2 issues- App didn't generate summary or transcript
- Login screen freezes
Requested features
1 request- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Open Planner
- Open Planner Monthly$3.991 Month
- Open Planner 6-Month$14.996 Months
- Open Planner Yearly$23.991 Year
Playbacks
- Playbacks Premium Weekly$8.997 Days
- Playbacks Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
- Playbacks Premium Monthly3 variants$14.991 Month
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- Playbacks Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
- Playbacks Premium Yearly$62.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly$71.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Access1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$99.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly7 Days trial$129.991 Year
- Playbacks Premium Yearly7 Days trial$139.991 Year
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