Comparison

Open as App | Next Generation vs Planiko

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

Head to head
About

Open as App | Next Generation

Features
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Open as App enables teams to turn spreadsheets into powerful, customizable apps they can Open as App enables teams to turn spreadsheets into powerful, customizable apps they can use on the go. Depending on your business needs, you can now digitize processes, work much faster, avoid human errors, and much more without investing in development. Through our no-code solution, you built your app yourself. It's easy. All you need is Excel, Google Sheets, or other databases that serve as your app's base. Upload your file or use a template. Open as App will recognize the logic and creates your app automatically. Once you are finished, you publish your app, share it, and work with it in real time on any platform. Whether you work in Finance, Manufacturing, Health, Education, Insurance, Management, or other, you can create service quotes through your apps and have them signed on the spot, invoices on-site, pricing plans, product catalogs, dashboards, budget reports, finance reports, company performance, contact lists, inventory lists, project lists, time-tracking, recording of billable hours, customer surveys and more. Start building incredible mobile and web calculators, dashboards, lists, and surveys now!Start building incredible mobile and web calculators, dashboards, lists, and surveys now!

About

Planiko

Features
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Planiko helps you run your day right from your iPhone calendar. It doesn't replace your calendar: it works on top of it, including the Google or Exchange accounts you've added in iOS. No new account, no extra sync, and your data stays on your device. MAIN FEATURES โ€ข Check-in and check-out โ€” One tap when you actually start or finish something, and the event's times on your calendar are updated for real. โ€ข PLAN โ€” One tap reorganizes the rest of your day by priority, preferred time window and deadline, with no overlaps. Events you lock stay where they are. โ€ข NIKO โ€” Create events fast, with title, time and duration, plus priority, time window and deadline for PLAN. โ€ข Gaps and overlaps โ€” See the free time between events and what overlaps. Tap a gap to create an event that fills it exactly. โ€ข Travel time โ€” Planiko tells you when you need to leave, not just when the appointment starts, and opens Apple Maps or Google Maps. โ€ข Postpone fast โ€” +1h, +2h, tomorrow, a custom date and time, or "skip all" when the whole day slips. โ€ข Pause and resume โ€” Check out of what you're doing and instantly create the same event starting now. โ€ข Ask for an event โ€” Send a link ("when are you coming to visit?"). The other person picks the date, even without the app, and the event lands in both calendars. โ€ข Import from clipboard โ€” Copy a list of tasks and Planiko creates one event for each, in sequence. โ€ข Countdown, widget and Apple Watch โ€” Always know how long until the next thing. Works with Capta, the GTD app by the same developer: give a Capta action a date and it appears in your calendar; complete it in Planiko and Capta updates by itself.

Screenshots

Open as App | Next Generation4 screens
Planiko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Planiko at every 3 days against Open as App | Next Generation's fortnightly. Open as App | Next Generation's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open as App | Next Generation ships an update fortnightly, Planiko every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Open as App | Next Generation versus Planiko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen as App | Next GenerationPlaniko
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpen as App GmbHDario Bellia

In-app purchases

None

Open as App | Next Generation

No in-app purchases

None

Planiko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open as App | Next Generation free?
Open as App | Next Generation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planiko free?
Planiko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open as App | Next Generation or Planiko have ads?
Neither Open as App | Next Generation nor Planiko shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open as App | Next Generation or Planiko?
Open as App | Next Generation ships an update fortnightly, and Planiko every 3 days. Most recently, Open as App | Next Generation was updated on September 29, 2026 and Planiko on October 19, 2026.

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