Comparison

Planit Pro vs Zenso

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

Zenso

Control your Nikon camera remotely from your iPhone or iPad. View a live feed, adjust settings, and instantly transfer photos and GPS data. Ideal for studio, outdoor, and self-portrait photography.

Highlights
  • Remote camera control
  • Live view with setting adjustments
  • Instant photo transfer
  • GPS data embedding
  • USB and Wi-Fi connectivity
  • Camera status monitoring
Features
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Frame from afar. Capture in silence. Zensō is a remote shooting and photo management tool designed for Nikon camera users. It turns your iPhone or iPad into a second screen beside your camera, helping you connect, control shooting, receive photos, and sync location data more smoothly during studio work, self-portraits, product photography, outdoor recording, and remote framing. Each feature maps to a real moment on a shoot: - Plug in over USB for an instant connection, or connect over Wi-Fi. - Live view with exposure, focus, white-balance control and more. - New shots arrive on your device as you take them, ready to review on a larger screen. No card swapping. - Browse the camera album and download only the files you want. - Write your device's GPS into each photo, so outdoor and travel sets keep their location. - Check connection, transfer, battery, and camera status at a glance; including on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Frames you can trust, images that come to you, locations that stay attached — handled quietly in the background. --- Compatible with the full Nikon Z mirrorless lineup: Full-frame (FX): ZR, Z9, Z8, Zf, Z6 III, Z6 II, Z6, Z7 II, Z7, Z5 II, Z5 APS-C (DX): Z50 II, Z50, Zfc, Z30 Nikon is a trademark of its respective owner. This app is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nikon Corporation.

Screenshots

Planit Pro4 screens
Zenso4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Zenso at Free against Planit Pro's $9.99. Zenso also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Planit Pro's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 2) and chart position (#177 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Zenso is free to download; Planit Pro costs $9.99 up front. Planit Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Zenso sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zenso holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planit Pro has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planit Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Zenso every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Planit Pro versus Zenso: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanit ProZenso
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#177 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIDE Software, Inc.俊尧 周

Customer experience

Planit Pro

All ratings1,463 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative23.4%

Zenso

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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)

Zenso

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
2 purchases

Zenso

One-time2
  • 5-Day TrialFree
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Planit Pro free?
Planit Pro costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Zenso free?
Zenso is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planit Pro or Zenso?
Zenso is rated higher. Planit Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Zenso averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Planit Pro or Zenso have ads?
Neither Planit Pro nor Zenso shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planit Pro or Zenso?
Planit Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Zenso every 10 days. Most recently, Planit Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Zenso on October 12, 2026.

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