Comparison

Rivet vs PlanRight

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

Head to head
About

Rivet

Features
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Rivet puts your calendars, to-dos, notes, and workouts on one timeline. Plan what’s next and see what you’ve done, in one app. Smart Add Type or say what you want to add, like β€œlunch with Sam on Thursday at 1” or β€œmove standup to 4”. Rivet shows the change first. Nothing changes until you tap Add. Plans Your to-dos and threads, one tap from the timeline. Group to-dos, notes, and meetings in a thread. Drag a to-do onto the timeline to give it a time. Calendars See Apple Calendar and Google Calendar events next to your to-dos, and create events from Rivet. Add a Google Meet link to an event and join from the timeline. Your Apple Reminders show too. Later Save links, text, images, and files from Safari or the share sheet. Keep things to watch, read, cook, visit, and buy. Read supported pages in Rivet, highlight passages, and add comments. Drag anything you saved onto the timeline to plan when you’ll do it. Fitness Build a workout, import routines from Hevy or Strong, or paste a workout as plain text. Add it to the timeline, then start it. Rivet takes you through each set and rest. See your rest timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Finished workouts save to Apple Health. Meeting notes Record a meeting and Rivet saves the transcript to Notes. On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, Rivet also lists the key points and decisions. Rivet records only after you start a recording. Capsules Your workouts, the music you played, and what you watched show on the timeline as Capsules. Connect Apple Health, Apple Music, and Trakt to fill them. Memory See each week, month, and year: what you watched, listened to, read, and cooked, where you went, your meetings, and how you moved and slept. Time Machine Scroll back through past days and tap one to open it on the timeline. Sky The sky and the Earth behind the timeline follow the sun. Open Sky to choose a fixed time of day instead. Search Pull down on the timeline to search to-dos, events, notes, meetings, workouts, music, and what you watched. Built into iOS β€’ Siri: on iOS 27, ask Siri to add, move, or finish to-dos, notes, and events, or say β€œmove this to Friday” about what’s on screen. β€’ Shortcuts: add to Rivet, Notes, or Plans, save a link, mark a to-do done, focus on a to-do, start a workout, or mark an episode watched. β€’ Apple Intelligence: Smart Add, meeting notes, and Later use the on-device model on your iPhone. β€’ Live Activities and the Dynamic Island: follow meetings, events, and rest timers. β€’ Widgets: today, what’s next, the week, and the month on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. β€’ Control Center: a Rivet control to search or add. β€’ Spotlight: find your to-dos, notes, and events. β€’ Share sheet and Safari: save links, text, images, and files to Later. β€’ Apple Health, Apple Music, Apple Calendar, and Apple Reminders. β€’ iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac, Sign in with Apple, and Family Sharing. Privacy Smart Add works on your iPhone. You can let it send a hard sentence to Claude or Gemini for a better result. That’s off unless you turn it on. Fitness asks before it sends a question to Claude. Health data stays on your iPhone. Your timeline syncs through your iCloud account. Try it free, then pay for it once Use all of Rivet free for 14 days. Then pay once to keep everything running. No subscription. Family Sharing includes your family. After the trial, you can still read everything you added. Reminders stop, and Health, Music, and Trakt stop updating. Your local price shows before you buy. If you bought a plan before, it keeps working. Terms: https://rivetcal.app/terms Privacy: https://rivetcal.app/privacy Icons by Icons8: https://icons8.com

About

PlanRight

Effortlessly transform text and images into calendar events. Simply paste content, import a screenshot, or share from another app, and AI will extract all necessary details. Review and confirm before saving to your calendar.

Highlights
  • Extract events from text, screenshots, and images
  • Share content directly from other apps
  • Review and edit event details
  • Quick entry via Back Tap and Shortcuts
  • Supports multiple languages, Dark Mode, and Dynamic Type
Features
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PlanRight turns scattered text and images into clear calendar events. Paste a message, import a screenshot or image, or share content from another app. AI extracts the title, date, time, location, notes, and reminder. Review and edit every detail before saving it to Apple Calendar. Great for meetings, appointments, classes, trips, event notices, and last-minute plans. Key features: - Recognize events from text, screenshots, and images - Share content directly from other apps - Review and edit event details before saving - Optional Back Tap and Shortcuts quick entry - Multiple languages, Dark Mode, and Dynamic Type - Calendar events are added only after your confirmation Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rivet4 screens
PlanRight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rivet at every 3 days against PlanRight's every 6 days. PlanRight's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Rivet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PlanRight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rivet ships an update every 3 days, PlanRight every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Rivet versus PlanRight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivetPlanRight
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationβ€”Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size126 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames WhelanChengdu Zhixinji Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rivet

Subscriptions2
  • Rivet Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rivet Pro - Annual$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rivet Pro - Lifetime$149.99
2 purchases

PlanRight

Subscriptions2
  • PlanRight Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PlanRight Pro Annual$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Rivet free?
Rivet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlanRight free?
PlanRight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rivet or PlanRight have ads?
Neither Rivet nor PlanRight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rivet or PlanRight?
Rivet ships an update every 3 days, and PlanRight every 6 days. Most recently, Rivet was updated on October 10, 2026 and PlanRight on October 20, 2026.

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