Comparison

Planit Pro vs CubicScreen

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

Head to head
About

Planit Pro

This app helps photographers pre-visualize scenes by combining map data with simulated viewfinders. It offers tools for location scouting, celestial object tracking, and time-lapse planning, making it ideal for landscape and night photography.

Highlights
  • Map-based scene pre-visualization
  • Simulated viewfinders (VR, AR, Picture, Street View)
  • Celestial object tracking (Sun, Moon, Stars, Milky Way)
  • Time-lapse and star-trail planning
  • Location scouting tools (GPS, elevation, distance)
  • Exposure and filter calculators
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Please email info@planitphoto.com for bug reports or feature requests. Please also remember to visit https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTmlTTxPbBbcn1Fd1NRWTOczTY1RYEug4 for more video tutorials. Each video only lasts a few minutes but you will surely learn a lot from them. You can also reach us through Instagram. Links are under the menu inside the app. This is a special call to landscape photographers, travel photographers, nature photographers, and those who are interested in night photography, city photography, time-lapse, star-trails, milky way or astrophotography: look no more, this is the ultimate app for you - the Planit Pro. It only costs you a cup of Frappuccino but will save you tons of time and effort and a lot of gas money. Most importantly, it will make you enjoy landscape photography even more. Ansel Adams dedicates the beginning of his first book "Taos Pueblo" to visualization. He introduced the idea of "previsualization", which involved the photographer imagining what he wanted his final print to look like before he even took the photo. Of course, there are many great photos that were taken impromptu. However, for landscape photographers, being able to previsualize the scene before going there will greatly reduce the chance of being caught unprepared and will greatly increase the chance of getting better photos. Photographers use various tools to help them pre-visualizing the scene. Nowadays, many of those tools are phone apps. Planit Pro is an all-in-one solution that is designed to leverage the map and simulated viewfinder technologies to provide the necessary tools for photographers to pre-visualize the scene in combination with the ground subjects and the celestial objects such as the Sun, the Moon, Stars, Star-trails and Milky Way. In the Planit Pro app, we packed it with features - from location scouting such as GPS coordinates, elevations, distance, elevation gain, clear view, focal length, depth of field (DoF), hyperfocal distance, panorama, and aerial photography, to the Ephemeris features such as the sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset time and direction, twilight time, special hours of the day, sun/moon finder, major stars, constellations, nebulae azimuth and elevation angle, star trail planning, time-lapse calculation and simulation, sequence calculation and simulation, milky way searching, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse, exposure/ND filter calculator, light meter, rainbow position prediction, tide height, and tide search, etc. All the information is either represented on the map as an overlay or visually presented in simulated viewfinders (VR, AR, picture, or street view), just like you look through your camera's viewfinder. Whatever you want for your landscape photography, it is there in the Planit Pro. Landscape photography is an adventure in the natural world. We understand that sometimes there won't be any network connection when you are out exploring. Planit Pro was designed for having it in mind. If you preload the offline elevation files and the offline mbtiles maps, you can use the app fully offline without the need for network connections. License agreement at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy at https://planitphoto.com/privacy.html

About

CubicScreen

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The CubicScreen app transforms your iPhone into a true spatial display, with no headset or glasses required. Paired with the CubicScreen 3D Filter (screen protector, sold separately), it brings your Apple spatial photos and videos to life in natural, glasses-free 3D. Enjoy vivid depth, comfort, and realism with every moment you relive. Installation is quick, calibration is automatic, and your regular 2D experience stays perfectly clear. Features • Seamless 3D playback in landscape or portrait, with smooth 3D zooming and panning • All your spatial photos and videos, automatically available in CubicScreen – no importing needed. • Adaptive depth and alignment for natural, comfortable viewing • Fast setup and automatic calibration • Preserves full 2D clarity and touch performance

Screenshots

Planit Pro4 screens
CubicScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CubicScreen at Free against Planit Pro's $9.99. CubicScreen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Planit Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#106 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

CubicScreen is free to download; Planit Pro costs $9.99 up front. Planit Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CubicScreen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planit Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, CubicScreen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Planit Pro versus CubicScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanit ProCubicScreen
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#106 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB521 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJIDE Software, Inc.Cubicspace

Bugs and requests

Planit Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crash on iPhone 13 after the update
  • Sync issues with update
  • Crash, can't open after upsate
  • Tides are way off.

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Desktop version
  • User manual
  • Record walking track (GPS positions)

CubicScreen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Planit Pro

Subscriptions4
  • 3D Model (A Month)$0.991 Month
  • Location Explorer (Month)$4.991 Month
  • 3D Model (A Year)$5.991 Year
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  • Location Explorer (A Year)$29.991 Year
None

CubicScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planit Pro free?
Planit Pro costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is CubicScreen free?
CubicScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planit Pro or CubicScreen have ads?
Neither Planit Pro nor CubicScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planit Pro or CubicScreen?
Planit Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and CubicScreen every 2 months. Most recently, Planit Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and CubicScreen on October 24, 2026.

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