Comparison

PlanMode vs Holistic Planning

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

Holistic Planning

Features
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CWM Mobile allows you to easily view your portfolio values and allocations, statements, and planning documents, and easily contact your CWM advisor.

Screenshots

PlanMode4 screens
Holistic Planning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Holistic Planning at none against PlanMode's 3. Holistic Planning also leads on ads (none vs shown). PlanMode's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Holistic Planning asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanMode ships an update every 3 months, Holistic Planning every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PlanMode versus Holistic Planning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanModeHolistic Planning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (105 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings105 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSawhney SystemsComprehensive Wealth Management, LLC

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
None

Holistic Planning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlanMode free?
PlanMode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holistic Planning free?
Holistic Planning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PlanMode or Holistic Planning have ads?
PlanMode shows ads; Holistic Planning does not.
Which is updated more often, PlanMode or Holistic Planning?
PlanMode ships an update every 3 months, and Holistic Planning every 6 months. Most recently, PlanMode was updated on October 24, 2026 and Holistic Planning on October 25, 2026.

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