Comparison

Plan vs CardGate

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

Head to head
About

Plan

Features
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This allows team leaders to easily create a personalized opening schedule and collect employee availability. Each team member can indicate their availability directly in the application, enabling managers to efficiently organize schedules. With Plan-Fast, say goodbye to paperwork, text messages, and scattered communications. Everything is centralized: Employee availability, Time allocation, Hours worked, Absence management, Integrated chat between team members, Automatic notifications when a schedule is published, Managers can create their schedule, assign employees, and save everything in just a few minutes. Once approved, employees receive a notification with their schedule. Plan-Fast offers significant time savings, improved organization, and simplified communication for all managers of shops, restaurants, hotel teams, and small businesses.

About

CardGate

Transform phone distractions into study motivation by blocking distracting apps until you pass a quiz. Import or generate flashcards, track your progress, and regain control of your screen time.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Flashcard import (Anki, CSV)
  • AI flashcard generation
  • Customizable quiz modes
  • Earn Time mode
  • Progress tracking
  • Per-app control
Features
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CardGate turns your phone's distractions into study motivation. Pick the apps that waste your time, bring your flashcards (or let AI generate them), and your phone won't open those apps until you pass a quiz. BUILT FOR • Students grinding Anki for exams (USMLE, MCAT, A-levels, Abitur, bar prep) • Language learners building vocab in Spanish, Japanese, German, and more • Anyone trying to cut screen time — but tired of apps that just nag HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that distract you — Instagram, TikTok, games, anything 2. Add flashcards: import an Anki .apkg, paste a CSV, generate with AI, or use the built-in starter deck 3. Open a blocked app — tap "Take Quiz" on the shield. Pass to unlock the app 4. Track your streak and watch your screen time drop FLASHCARDS YOUR WAY • Import Anki decks (.apkg) with full media — images, audio, cloze deletions, image occlusion, LaTeX/MathJax • Paste CSV or TSV from Quizlet, Excel, or any spreadsheet • Create cards directly in the app • AI flashcard generator — paste your notes (or upload a .txt or .pdf) and get a deck back. Free with your own ChatGPT/Claude account using paste-back, or one-tap Direct AI with affordable credit packs (no subscription required) • Built-in starter deck on first launch QUIZ MODES • Flip — read the answer, self-grade • Multiple Choice — AI-generated distractors or smart on-device fallbacks SMART STUDYING • Card selection prioritizes cards you struggle with and haven't seen recently • Wrong answers re-queue until you get them right EARN TIME MODE Don't want hard blocks? Switch on Earn Time — answer cards to bank screen-time minutes, then spend them on the apps you've blocked. PER-APP CONTROL • Cooldowns so passing a quiz buys you 0–60 minutes of access before the shield returns • Halfway and 1-minute-warning notifications before the shield comes back • Set the card count required per app TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Daily streak • Weekly and monthly study stats • Recent quiz history FREE VS PREMIUM • Free: 1 blocked app + 1 deck (up to 500 cards), Flip and Multiple Choice modes, paste-back AI generation, cooldowns, Earn Time mode, all stats • Premium: unlimited blocked apps, unlimited decks, unlimited cards per deck, recurring AI credits each period • Plus: pay-as-you-go AI credit packs for one-tap Direct AI generation — no subscription required PRIVACY FIRST All your data stays on your device. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. AI generation only sends the text you choose to generate from — never your decks, browsing data, or anything else. ABOUT FAMILY CONTROLS (SCREEN TIME) CardGate uses Apple's official Family Controls / Screen Time APIs to block apps. You'll be asked to grant permission once during setup. Apps you select are tokenized by Apple — CardGate never sees the actual list of apps you've installed and never reads your screen. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Premium is offered as Weekly, Monthly, Yearly auto-renewable subscriptions and a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy policy and terms linked below. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plan4 screens
CardGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

Plan and CardGate are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Plan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per month and CardGate sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan ships an update weekly, CardGate every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Plan versus CardGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanCardGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNolan JanssensAdrian Scheibelhut

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Plan

Subscriptions1
  • Abonnement Premium 1 Mois14 Days trial$17.991 Month
8 purchases

CardGate

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Extra App Slot$0.69
  • Extra Deck Slot$0.69
  • 10 AI Credits$0.99
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  • 100 AI Credits$4.99
  • Lifetime Premium$34.99

Questions

Is Plan free?
Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardGate free?
CardGate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plan or CardGate have ads?
Neither Plan nor CardGate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan or CardGate?
Plan ships an update weekly, and CardGate every 10 days. Most recently, Plan was updated on November 5, 2026 and CardGate on November 5, 2026.

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