Comparison

Airtable vs Microsoft Planner

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

Head to head
About

Airtable

Build custom apps and organize your life with a flexible database solution. Create checklists, manage contacts, catalog collections, and track projects with customizable templates or from scratch. Collaborate in real-time with others on your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Create custom apps
  • Flexible checklists
  • Organize collections
  • Manage contacts
  • Project management
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Template library
Features
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Airtable is the easy way to create your own connected apps. From indie filmmakers to cattle farmers, creators and creatives around the world are using Airtable to organize their lives, their way. Use Airtable to create flexible checklists, organize collections or ideas, and manage customers or contacts — all in one place. Get started instantly with a variety of templates ranging from home improvement to store inventory, or easily piece together your own layout from scratch. With Airtable, your iOS device suddenly becomes a database creation powerhouse — designed to let you easily swipe and tap your way to fully custom databases. It’s collaborative in real-time, so you can share with friends and teammates and always see their latest changes. Here are some ways that Airtable is being used today: ▸ Organizing People and Customers * Sales and customers * Recruiting * Public relations and media lists * Business development * Personal CRM * Volunteer management * Sports clubs * Boy or Girl Scouts ▸ Cataloging Collections, Ideas, and Inventory * Store or restaurant inventory * Product catalogs * Personal clothing collections * Pet medical history * Cattle and farm inventory * Frequent flyer accounts * Camping supplies ▸ Managing Projects and Tasks * Team project management * Events and conferences * Blog editorial calendars * Wedding planning * Building inspection checklists * Planning out novels * Study guides * Film production Organize anything you can imagine with Airtable!

About

Microsoft Planner

Organize teamwork visually with a simple, interactive board. Assign tasks, track progress, and collaborate with your team through integrated conversations and file sharing. Stay updated on all your tasks across different plans and devices.

Highlights
  • Visual task boards
  • Task assignment and tracking
  • Team collaboration and chat
  • File sharing
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • My Tasks view
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Microsoft Planner requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription. This app does not support Office 365 personal accounts (for example: name@outlook.com or name@hotmail.com). If you are not sure about your company’s subscription or the services you have access to, please contact your IT department. Planner provides a simple, visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress. -- Organize work visually -- Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets. You can categorize tasks based on their status or on whom they’re assigned to. To update the status or change assignments, just drag and drop tasks between columns. -- Visibility -- The My Tasks view provides a comprehensive list of all your tasks and their status across all your plans. When working together on a plan, team members always know who is working on what. -- Collaborate -- Built for Office 365, Planner lets you work together on the same tasks, attach captured photos directly to them, and even have conversations around tasks without switching between apps. With Planner, all your team’s discussions and deliverables stay with the plan and don’t get locked away across disparate applications. -- Works across devices -- Planner works across all your devices. And with Planner, everyone is always on the same page. Continue conversations and updates tasks while on-the-go or at your desk. Terms of service: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=846830 Privacy policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839 To learn more, please visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=849067 The Microsoft Planner app will request permission to access your photos and your camera: When you try to attach a photo to a Planner task, the app requests permission to access your Photos app in order to select images. If you choose to take a photo to attach to a Planner task, the app will request permission to access your Camera app.

Screenshots

Airtable4 screens
Microsoft Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Airtable at 59% against Microsoft Planner's 29%. Airtable also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Microsoft Planner's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Airtable holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25K and 13K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Airtable's written reviews are positive against 29% of Microsoft Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airtable ships an update fortnightly, Microsoft Planner every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Airtable versus Microsoft Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirtableMicrosoft Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25K ratings) — better4.6 (13K ratings)
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews — better29.1% of reviews
Number of ratings25K — better13K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFormagridMicrosoft Corporation

Customer experience

Airtable

All ratings25,015 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews846 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral10.4%
Negative31.0%

Microsoft Planner

All ratings13,168 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews447 reviews
Positive29.1%
Neutral17.7%
Negative53.2%

User reviews

Airtable

From 25K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Powerful and flexible
  • 💡 Versatile for many use cases
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Great organizational tool

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Limited mobile functionality
  • 🔒 Lack of offline access
  • 🔒 Missing key features on mobile
  • 🔒 Unstable performance on mobile

Microsoft Planner

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for team collaboration
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 🚀 Helpful for personal organization
  • 👍 Good integration with Microsoft 365 suite

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and unstable
  • 🔒 Limited to work/school accounts only
  • 🔒 Lack of customization options
  • 🐛 Slow performance and sync issues
  • 🔒 Missing key features like calendar view

Bugs and requests

Airtable

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when opening templates
  • Issues with uploading and viewing images
  • Unreliable syncing between devices
  • Unexpected data loss or reset when using the app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Offline access and caching
  • Improved mobile views and functionality
  • Ability to edit formulas and create new field types on mobile
  • Keyboard shortcuts and power-user features
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  • Better integration between desktop and mobile apps

Microsoft Planner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Inability to create or edit plans
  • Tasks disappearing or not syncing properly
  • Compatibility issues on older devices
  • Comments not saving or editable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring tasks and calendar integration
  • Ability to copy/move tasks between plans
  • More flexible labeling and filtering options
  • Offline mode and export/import functionality
  • Deeper integration with Outlook and Teams

In-app purchases

None

Airtable

No in-app purchases

None

Microsoft Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airtable free?
Airtable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microsoft Planner free?
Microsoft Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Airtable or Microsoft Planner?
Airtable is rated higher. Airtable averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Microsoft Planner averages 4.6 from 13K ratings.
Do Airtable or Microsoft Planner have ads?
Neither Airtable nor Microsoft Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Airtable or Microsoft Planner?
Airtable ships an update fortnightly, and Microsoft Planner every 6 weeks. Most recently, Airtable was updated on October 14, 2026 and Microsoft Planner on October 14, 2026.

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