Comparison

PlanMode vs Projections

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

Head to head
About

PlanMode

This app helps you plan for your financial future by projecting your wealth over your lifetime. It analyzes potential shortfalls in retirement savings and allows you to test various financial scenarios to ensure you have sufficient resources.

Highlights
  • Lifetime wealth projections
  • Retirement savings gap analysis
  • Scenario testing for financial decisions
  • All-in-one financial dashboard
  • Detailed financial profile integration
  • Comparison of financial alternatives
Features
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COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL & RETIREMENT PLANNING Stop wondering if you will have enough to retire. PlanMode is the comprehensive financial planning app designed to take the guesswork out of your future. By projecting your current financial profile, PlanMode analyzes whether you will have sufficient resources for your entire lifetime. KEY FEATURES • Lifetime Projections: Visualize your wealth trajectory from today until age 95+. • Gap Analysis: Instantly identify potential shortfalls in your retirement savings. • Scenario Testing: What if you retire at 62 vs 67? See the impact in seconds. • All-in-One Dashboard: Integrates your budget, investments, and savings in one display. Don't just save—plan with confidence. Start with PlanMode today. COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM PlanMode is a comprehensive financial & retirement planning system for analysis needed to answer questions like- • How does my projected financial profile look? • Should I start taking Social Security benefits at age 66 or wait for larger payments at age 70? • When will I have enough capital to retire on my terms? • What will be the bottom-line impact of a new investment? • Is buying a house is better for me than continuing to rent? • Is my family protected for their needs if I am disabled or die? PlanMode can help you analyze these and other situations. It is easy to use and its usage is limitless; you could use it to analyze almost any financial scenario which impacts just in the current year or many years to come. KEY FEATURES • Complete financial profiles, including- - Bank accounts - Retirement accounts - Business & Investments - Stocks & Bonds - Insurance policies - Real estate - Mortgages & loans - Cash management simulation - Social security - Income taxes • Compare financial alternatives - Unlimited what-if scenarios • Prepare retirement profile automatically - Determine lifelong capital needs - Analyze liquid capital sufficiency - Alternatives to fill capital shortfall • Prepare disability profiles automatically - Analyze cash flow sufficiency - Alternatives to fill cash shortfall • Prepare death profiles automatically - Determine survivor’s capital needs - Analyze income sufficiency - Alternatives to fill cash shortfall REPORTS & CHARTS PlanMode has a complete set of financial & retirement planning statements. PlanMode provides you with comprehensive analysis of retirement and other financial scenarios for lifetime capital needs and the capital available for its fulfillment. When capital resources are not sufficient PlanMode provides suggestive courses of action that may fill the shortcoming. The following reports are available for each scenario- • Financial Planning illustration • Retirement Planning illustration • Income Statement • Balance Sheet • Cashflow Statement • Supporting Information • Capital Needs Analysis • Pie charts for annual snapshots • Line charts projecting full profile COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING APP Additional financial & retirement planning features include - • Profiles for singles and married spouses • Planning span of up to 100 years • Retirement planning profile and analysis • Disability profile and analysis • Survivor’s profile and analysis • Automatic cash management simulation • Detailed annual cash flow analysis • Personalized data input items • Customizable financial statements • Ample graphs & charts for quick overview • Scenario comparison for what-if analysis • Export data to ExecPlan or Express • Definable national & local income taxes • Built-in USA income taxes • Predefined product structures for- • Individual Retirement Accounts • Company Retirement Plans (401k) • Self-employed Retirement Plans • Mortgages • Life Insurance • Fixed & Variable Annuities • Charitable Annuities • Reverse Mortgages ABOUT US Sawhney has been providing professional financial systems for over four decades. Our application, ExecPlan was the first commercially available such software in USA in 1976.

About

Projections

This app helps you plan for retirement by allowing you to input your assets, income, spending, and contributions. It provides real-time updates on how adjustments affect your savings goals, offering confidence in your financial future.

Highlights
  • Create retirement projections
  • Manual or guided setup
  • Real-time impact analysis
  • Input assets, income, spending
  • Track contributions
  • Confidence in financial future
Features
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Planning for retirement can be overwhelming. "How much do I need to save in order to retire?" Well, that depends... when do you want to retire? How much do you want to spend in retirement? When do you want to spend it? You probably want to spend more early in retirement than later. Do you have a pension? How much debt do you have? So many variables. Projections simplifies the complicated task of retirement planning. Create a new projection with a guide or start with a blank slate and enter your assets, income, spending and contributions manually. You can see the impacts of every slight adjustment to your projection in real time so it's easy to identify how much you need to save in order to support the amount you intend to spend. This will give you confidence that your future is on solid ground and that your family and estate will be cared for by the assets that you leave behind. Projections is supported with Ads. (A Subscription can be purchased to remove ads) To view our terms of use and privacy policy please visit the link below: https://1010consulting.ca/apps/projections/ProjectionsPrivacyPolicy

Screenshots

PlanMode4 screens
Projections4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlanMode at 77% against Projections's 0%. PlanMode also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (105 vs 1). Projections's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. PlanMode sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Projections sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlanMode holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlanMode has 105 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of PlanMode's written reviews are positive against 0% of Projections's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanMode ships an update every 3 months, Projections every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PlanMode versus Projections: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanModeProjections
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (105 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings105 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSawhney Systems7015781 Manitoba Inc

Customer experience

PlanMode

All ratings105 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

Projections

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PlanMode

One-time3
  • 1-Week Premium Activation$0.99
  • 1-Month Premium Activation$5.99
  • 1-Year Premium Activation$19.99
2 purchases

Projections

Subscriptions2
  • Individual Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Annual Description$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PlanMode free?
PlanMode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Projections free?
Projections is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlanMode or Projections?
PlanMode is rated higher. PlanMode averages 4.3 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Projections averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PlanMode or Projections have ads?
Both PlanMode and Projections show ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanMode or Projections?
PlanMode ships an update every 3 months, and Projections every 2 weeks. Most recently, PlanMode was updated on November 1, 2026 and Projections on November 3, 2026.

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