PinMy vs PlanRadar
PlanRadar is a capable, established construction platform, and the honest framing is not that one tool is better. It is that PlanRadar is built for organisations that want formal, configurable workflows across many projects, and PinMy is built for the two or three people who need the issue captured before they walk off site.
At a glance
| PinMy | PlanRadar | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Mobile field capture for AECO teams | Established construction documentation platform |
| Where an issue lives | A pin on an exact point of a PDF plan, photo, video frame, map or 3D IFC model | A ticket in a configurable project workflow, placed on a plan |
| Capture on site | Voice, photo, video or text, transcribed automatically; works with gloves on | Structured forms and templates, per-project configuration |
| Reporting | Item Report (PDF) from any single file — every pin and comment, no assignment needed (beta) | Extensive, configurable report templates |
| Pricing | Free forever plan; Premium €8.99/month + VAT; Teams custom | Per-user pricing published on their site |
We state our own price exactly and do not state theirs. Check their site for current figures. PlanRadar ↗
What they are good at
- Deep, configurable reporting and formal document templates
- Mature multi-project and multi-company administration
- A long track record with large contractors and enterprise procurement
When to choose them instead
- You need elaborate, formal report templates that must match a client's or an authority's layout.
- You are administering many projects and companies at once and need that structure enforced.
- Your procurement process requires a vendor with enterprise references and a long compliance history.
Where PinMy is different
- PinMy starts on the phone. There is no project configuration to complete before the first pin is useful.
- Voice is a first-class capture method, not a note field — you speak, and the transcript is searchable.
- A report comes off one file with no board and no assignment step first, and there is a free forever plan rather than a trial.
Questions people ask
Is PinMy a replacement for PlanRadar?
For a small team that mainly needs to capture and share issues from site, usually yes. For an organisation that depends on PlanRadar's configurable report templates and multi-project administration, no — those are the things PlanRadar does that PinMy deliberately does not.
Can I move issues between them?
For IFC models, both sides speak BCF. PinMy imports and exports BCF 2.1 files (beta) with camera viewpoints and snapshots. It is file-based exchange — there is no live or API sync between the two products.
Try it on one file
The fastest way to settle a comparison is to upload one plan you are already arguing about and pin three issues on it. The free plan needs no card.