Comparison

MOVE! vs Plana

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

Head to head
About

MOVE!

Features
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Full-body motion capture with just your smartphone. Detailed posture and movement analysis in the palm of your hand. Estimate joint angles, center of mass, and ground reaction force — all visualized easily with a single device. Ideal for sports movement analysis, form evaluation, and balance assessment. No specialized equipment needed. Understand your motion through science. Key Features ・Motion capture via skeletal tracking ・Calculation of joint angles and angular velocities ・Estimation and visualization of center of mass movement ・Directional estimation of ground reaction force (GRF vector) ※Please Note For complex, high-speed movements, we recommend using an iPhone Pro model. Ensure a simple background and wear tight-fitting clothing that clearly outlines body contours during recording.

About

Plana

Combine the flexibility of a paper planner with the convenience of a digital calendar. Write notes and plans with a stylus, integrate typed events, and access your schedule across multiple Apple devices. Features include handwriting recognition for reminders and powerful search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and plans on Day, Week, Month, Year views
  • Handwriting recognition for reminders and notifications
  • Searchable handwriting across past pages
  • Integration with Apple Calendar and Reminders
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
  • Widgets for Home Screen and Apple Watch complications
Features
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Plana brings the freedom of a paper planner together with the convenience of a calendar app. Write plans and notes on iPad with Apple Pencil, alongside typed events and tasks. Check and edit events on iPhone when you're out, and see what's next on Apple Watch. Start with the free plan. ■ A calendar you can write on Write directly on the Day, Week, and Month pages. In Week and Month, your strokes can cross date boundaries. Year view helps you see the bigger picture. Add pen and highlighter marks, text boxes, photos, and stickers. You can also add your own image stickers. Long-press an event to move it or double-tap to edit it. ■ Turn handwritten times into reminders Write something like “9:00 Meeting” and Plana can recognize the time for a notification. Review the recognized text and time on screen before relying on the alert. Recognized handwritten plans can also be checked on iPhone and Apple Watch. ■ Find what you wrote Search handwriting across past pages to find plans and notes without flipping through your calendar. ■ Events and tasks together Work with Apple Calendar and Reminders. View existing events and tasks, or add and edit them in Plana. Events, tasks, and recognized handwriting alerts appear in chronological order. Save frequently used events as templates. Choose which calendars and reminder lists to show, set the first day of the week, and adjust event text size. ■ A pocket-sized companion on iPhone See a selected day, a week, or a month in an iPhone-friendly layout. Today's overview puts events, tasks, and handwriting alerts in time order. You can also open the familiar iPad page to review it and edit calendar events. ■ Your next plans on Apple Watch Switch between Day, Week, and Month in the Watch app. Complications and Smart Stack widgets show upcoming events and tasks. On a Modular Duo face, use morning and afternoon timelines; complete tasks from your Watch. A complication can show three upcoming events or tasks. ■ Your planner on the Home Screen iPad widgets can show your calendar with events, tasks, handwriting, and placed content. Stack the month widgets split into earlier and later weeks, or the week widgets split by time of day, to keep your writing readable and close at hand. ■ Continue across devices Sync handwriting, text boxes, images, notes, and stickers with iCloud. Check sync status and export a backup of your data. Core features are available for free. Plana Premium adds Week view, the handwriting memo panel on the right of Day, the one-week view on iPhone, and selected Apple Watch features including Week view and the three-item complication. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Watch our tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8aOHwTxJz-0?si=bEv4JeDobocwaCii Plana Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. • Monthly and yearly plans are available. • It renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID will be charged. • Manage or cancel it anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kunyotsu.com/entry/privacypolicy-plana/

Screenshots

MOVE!4 screens
Plana4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Plana at Free against MOVE!'s $19.99. Plana also leads on device support (3 vs 1). MOVE!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Plana is free to download; MOVE! costs $19.99 up front. Plana sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MOVE! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MOVE! ships an update every 2 days, Plana every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MOVE! versus Plana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMOVE!Plana
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTNQ Tech, Co.Yoshinori Suzuki

In-app purchases

None

MOVE!

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Plana

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is MOVE! free?
MOVE! costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plana free?
Plana is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MOVE! or Plana have ads?
Neither MOVE! nor Plana shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MOVE! or Plana?
MOVE! ships an update every 2 days, and Plana every 4 days. Most recently, MOVE! was updated on October 30, 2026 and Plana on October 31, 2026.

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