Planbition ESS vs BoardWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planbition ESS
Access your work schedule, confirm changes, and submit leave requests. This app also supports duty shifts and time tracking, providing employees with an up-to-date overview of their work arrangements.
- View work schedule
- Confirm schedule changes
- Submit leave requests
- Manage duty shifts
- Track time
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The Planbition Employee Self Service (ESS) App is available to all Planbition customers, giving scheduled employees an up-to-date overview of their roster. The following features are supported: - View your schedule - Confirm schedule changes - Submit (leave) requests - Shift swaps - Time registration Note: some features may not be visible, depending on how Planbition is configured for your organisation.
BoardWatch
Quickly add small, temporary, or permanent notes directly from your wrist. Ideal for reminders like parking spots or flight numbers, this app simplifies note-taking without needing your phone.
- Add fast and small notes
- Permanent and temporary notes
- Temporary notes auto-delete
- Use Apple Watch dictation
- Send notes to complications
- Delete notes with long tap
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A blackboard for your watch. This app allows to add fast and small notes to the watch: the seat on a train wagon, place where the car is parked or the number of your flight. The purpose of the application is simplify to the minimum the task of enter the reminder. You don't need to take the phone, is all over the Apple Watch. The note is entered using Apple Watch dictation feature. You can add permanent notes or temporary notes. A temporary note is deleted automatically after 12 hours. You can view detailed content of a note when you select the note in the table, and you can send the note to the utilitarian (small or large) and modular large complications using the swipe right gesture. To delete a note, long tap over the detailed view of the note. There are other notes app in the store, but any of them are so direct and fast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BoardWatch at 100% against Planbition ESS's 6%. Planbition ESS's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Planbition ESS is free to download; BoardWatch costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Planbition ESS ships an update every 2 months, BoardWatch every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planbition ESS | BoardWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Planbition | TheCoolBytes |
Customer experience
Planbition ESS
BoardWatch
In-app purchases
Planbition ESS
No in-app purchases
BoardWatch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Planbition ESS free?
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Do Planbition ESS or BoardWatch have ads?
Which is updated more often, Planbition ESS or BoardWatch?
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