Plannie vs ApoloSign: the full comparison.
ApoloSign sells an Android wall calendar from $349 with chores, rewards and meal plans and no subscription. Plannie does the same jobs on the tablets and phones you already own for $99/year, and adds an assistant that reads school emails, photos and PDFs for you.
Feature by feature
| Plannie | ApoloSign | |
|---|---|---|
| Shared family calendar, colour per member | ✓ | ● One shared view of every family member's schedule. Per-member colour coding is not documented on apolosign.com. |
| Two-way calendar sync | Google & Outlook Edits flow both ways with Google Calendar and Outlook/Microsoft 365. Apple/iCloud and any ICS URL come in as subscribed feeds. | Google only ApoloSign's FAQ: two-way sync is only supported with Google Calendar; Apple and Outlook are one-way. App release notes claim iCloud two-way, so the vendor's pages disagree. ICS is not documented. |
| Chores, routines & rewards | Premium | ✓ |
| Weekly meal planning | Yes Breakfast, lunch and dinner across the week, a recipe library, paste a recipe link and ingredients go to the grocery list in one click. | ✓ Plan meals and organise recipes on the panel. Recipe import and grocery-list generation are not documented. |
| Shared and private lists | Shared household lists plus a private list per member | ● Shopping and grocery lists, to-dos and a Message Board for reminders. Private per-member lists are not documented. |
| AI import of emails, photos & PDFs | Premium Family Inbox turns forwarded emails into events. Magic Import reads photos, PDFs, screenshots and URLs. | ✗ No import of emails, photos or PDFs is documented. The AI on the panel is Google Assistant and Gemini chat; an optional AI subscription is mentioned but not described or priced. |
| Wall display | Kiosk mode on any tablet | Dedicated 15.6″, 21.5″ or 27″ panel |
| Per-member personal mode on own phones | ✓ | ● The ApoloSign app supports groups, member invitations and reminders. Per-member notifications and private views are not documented. |
| Open API & MCP for your own agents | ✓ | ✗ |
| Privacy | EU hosted, no ad tracking Hosted in the EU with Plannie (Sweden) as data controller under the GDPR. No ads, no third-party tracking SDKs, data never sold. | Ad tracking via Shopify partners apolosign.com's privacy policy says data supports personalised advertising with third-party services and is shared with marketing partners. The App Store label says the app itself collects no data. Where device data is hosted is not documented. |
| Hardware to buy | None | $349 to $799 List prices: 15.6″ $349, 21.5″ $449, 27″ $699, 27″ 4K $799 (sold out). Sale prices on 18 September 2026 were $279, $379, $579 and $679. The panel has no battery and must stay plugged in. |
| Subscription | $99/yr whole household | $0 Calendar, chores, rewards, to-dos and the photo screensaver are free. The FAQ mentions an optional AI subscription with no price. |
| 3-year cost, family of four | $297 | $449 21.5″ at list price with no subscription ($379 at the current sale). 15.6″ $349, 27″ $699. Any future AI subscription would add to this. |
ApoloSign prices and platform details from apolosign.com and its App Store listing, checked 18 September 2026. In fairness, the ApoloSign panel has things a tablet on the wall does not: a one-swipe privacy cover, Hey Google and Gemini built in, Google Home camera and doorbell views, and no subscription at all for the core features.
Sources: apolosign.com FAQ, apolosign.com: 21.5" digital calendar, ApoloSign App Store listing
Three things that matter on a Tuesday
The bill. ApoloSign's whole argument is zero subscription: pay $349 to $699 once and the calendar, chores, rewards and screensaver are yours. It is an honest pitch and the panel comes with the full Google stack, Play Store, Gemini and Google Home views included. Plannie asks for $99/year instead and no hardware, so over three years it is $297 against $449 for the 21.5-inch, and the screen is one you already had.
Who does the typing. Nothing on apolosign.com describes importing an email, a photo or a PDF; the optional AI subscription is mentioned in the FAQ and nowhere else. In Plannie the Family Inbox gives your household its own email address. Forward the football club's schedule and the dates appear under the right child, marked so you can see what the assistant did. Snap a flyer on the fridge and Magic Import files it.
Who each person is. ApoloSign's app supports groups and invitations, but per-member colour coding, private lists and per-member notifications are not documented. Plannie gives every member their own login: a colour across every view, a private list, personal mode on their phone with only their own reminders, and kiosk mode on the shared tablet. Plannie's privacy policy is also simpler to read: data is hosted in the EU with no ad tracking, while ApoloSign's store policy describes personalised advertising with third-party services.
Choose ApoloSign if…
You want a purpose-built panel with nothing to pay after the box arrives, and the Google stack on the wall matters: Hey Google, Gemini, Play Store apps and your doorbell camera on the same screen. Google Calendar is your only two-way calendar and you are fine typing events in yourself.
Choose Plannie if…
You would rather use the tablet you own and pay $99/year for the household. You want an assistant that reads school emails, photos and PDFs into the calendar, a login and private lists for each member, two-way Outlook as well as Google, and an open API for your own tools.
Frequently asked
Is ApoloSign worth it?+
For a dedicated panel with no recurring fee, it is the cheapest in its class: $349 list for the 15.6-inch, $449 for the 21.5-inch, $699 for the 27-inch, and calendar, chores, rewards, to-dos and the photo screensaver are all free. What you give up is everything beyond the display. There is no import of emails, photos or PDFs, per-member colour coding is not documented, and two-way sync is Google only according to ApoloSign's own FAQ. Plannie is $99/year with no hardware, and over three years that is $297 against $449 for the 21.5-inch panel.
Does ApoloSign have a subscription?+
Not for the core features. ApoloSign says its calendar has no subscription plans and that calendar, chores, rewards, to-dos and the photo screensaver are free. Its FAQ adds that AI features are offered as an optional subscription, but nothing fetched from apolosign.com says what those features are or what they cost, and the App Store lists no in-app purchases. Plannie's pricing is on one page: Free, Premium at $99/year for the household, or Premium + MCP at $159/year.
Does ApoloSign sync two ways with Outlook or Apple Calendar?+
ApoloSign's FAQ says two-way sync is only supported with Google Calendar; Apple and Outlook are one-way. The app's release notes claim iCloud now syncs two ways, so the vendor's own pages disagree. Plannie syncs two ways with Google Calendar and Outlook/Microsoft 365, and pulls Apple/iCloud and any ICS feed in as subscribed calendars kept current one way.
Can Plannie do what an ApoloSign calendar does without buying the screen?+
Yes. Put any tablet you own on the wall, switch Plannie to kiosk mode, and you have an always-on family display with everyone's days in their own colour, chores with tickets and rewards, and the weekly meal grid. Each family member's phone runs personal mode under the same plan. What ApoloSign has that Plannie does not: Hey Google and Gemini built into the panel, a one-swipe privacy cover and Google Home camera and doorbell views.
Which is cheaper over three years, ApoloSign or Plannie?+
Plannie. The 21.5-inch ApoloSign is $449 at list price with nothing to pay afterwards ($379 at the sale price on 18 September 2026); the 15.6-inch is $349 and the 27-inch $699. Plannie Premium is $99/year, $297 over three years, with no hardware to buy or replace. If ApoloSign ever prices its optional AI subscription, that would sit on top of the panel price.