Comparison

Planit Pro vs FrameWink

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

FrameWink

Transform your device into a private photo frame with smart curation and automatic layouts. Enjoy a watermark-free, ad-free experience with options for local recommendations and advanced features via a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Private photo frame functionality
  • Smart Reel with local recommendations
  • Automatic photo curation and layout
  • No watermarks, ads, or accounts
  • One-time purchase for advanced features
  • Supports Family Sharing
Features
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Turn an iPhone or iPad into a calm, private photo frame in a few taps. On iPhone Duo, use the outer or fully open inner display. Book and Tabletop layouts place photos and controls around the fold, while opening, closing, rotating, and resizing keep your current photo and playback state. FrameWink starts with clearly labelled sample photos, so you can see the experience before granting access to anything. When you are ready, choose your own photos with Apple's system photo picker. FrameWink prepares a Smart Reel entirely on your device and keeps display-sized copies inside the app. FREE SMART REEL • Import up to 500 photo candidates across sessions • Get up to 100 locally curated recommendations • Review the reel before it plays • Remove an unwanted photo with Never Show Again and undo mistakes • Let automatic layouts protect faces, pair compatible portraits, and fit each screen • Swipe, pause, share, and choose 10-second, 30-second, 1-minute, or 5-minute timing • Replay without a watermark, ads, an account, or a trial countdown FRAMEWINK LIFETIME A single $4.99 purchase unlocks automatic refresh from one Photos album you explicitly choose, an unlimited supported-album candidate pool, fresher recommendations with longer-term repeat avoidance, additional automatic multi-photo layouts, optional night schedules, foreground Auto-Lock prevention while the frame plays, and practical mounted-display guidance. Family Sharing is supported where available from Apple. PRIVATE BY DESIGN FrameWink has no developer server, account, advertising, analytics SDK, or tracking. Photos and analysis stay on your device. FrameWink never edits, hides, favorites, or deletes originals in your Photos library. You can free unused downloads or delete all FrameWink photo data from the app at any time. Automatic album updates request full Photos access only after you choose that paid feature. FrameWink excludes hidden photos and screenshots from automatic selection. Guided Access setup remains a manual Apple system feature, and scheduled display behavior works only while FrameWink remains open. Requires iOS or iPadOS 15 or later.

Screenshots

Planit Pro4 screens
FrameWink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FrameWink at Free against Planit Pro's $9.99. FrameWink also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Planit Pro's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

FrameWink 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 FrameWink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FrameWink 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. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Planit Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of FrameWink's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planit Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, FrameWink weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Planit Pro versus FrameWink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanit ProFrameWink
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIDE Software, Inc.Jenny Media LLC

Customer experience

Planit Pro

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

FrameWink

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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)

FrameWink

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
1 purchases

FrameWink

One-time1
  • FrameWink Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Planit Pro free?
Planit Pro costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is FrameWink free?
FrameWink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planit Pro or FrameWink?
FrameWink is rated higher. Planit Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while FrameWink averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Planit Pro or FrameWink have ads?
Neither Planit Pro nor FrameWink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planit Pro or FrameWink?
Planit Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and FrameWink weekly. Most recently, Planit Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and FrameWink on October 31, 2026.

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