# Aphex Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Aphex the right Project Planning solution for you? Explore 19 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/189912/Planner/reviews --- Aphex 4.5 (19) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/189912/Planner/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated August 24th, 2025 # Reviews of Aphex Ease of use 4.6 Customer Service 4.6 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-19 of 19 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Philip D. Project Planner Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best Project Controls Start-up of the 20-teens, very little not to like" July 31, 2019 5.0 Aphex Planner has been a great tool to work with; it has opened up an industry desperate for improvement and change to the benefits of forward thinking and the power of computing. I have had to write to the support team to thank them for the work of his team. I really believe that the team genuinely care about my outcomes on project and as a user. Aphex got three things right where most start-ups I've met get things wrong. 1. Aphex didn't focus on MVP. They focused on solving the problem at hand, as well as possible 2. Aphex brought in experts to help with design of the UI and the UX. These make the product what it is. Nobody would but it, if it looked like another spreadsheet or worse something messy. 3. Aphex have focused intensely on building client relationships and looking after people like me during our onboarding process. This has made me feel comfortable to trust my project to Aphex, knowing that if I struggle, the team will be there to support. And that is so crucial. Pros The software is clean with a great user interface. Early versions ran a little slowly in their link to the cloud, but I fear it was hosted off a tower server at the office. Now things have moved on, and the experience is crash free and seamlessly fast. I love the way the software caters to visual learners and adapts modern technologies with tried and tested Last Planner technique. Cons There are still a couple of moments where I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do to achieve my aims, but this has always been mitigated by the excellent and available customer service support that I have received. Alternatives considered [SYNCHRO](https://www.capterra.com/p/35289/Synchro/)[Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Reason for choosing Aphex None of the alternatives are true alternatives at all. I never found that Excel or Synchro could match Planner for availability of features, or for user experience in bringing those tools together. The customer service has been an essential win for Aphex and they have guided me through the journey of bringing Aphex Planner onto our project. Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Your notes are tremendous Philip! Hopefully you have seen that we've been working hard to continuously improve the experience for our users - even for sites with a poor internet connection. Our next major update (which we are currently testing internally) reinvents how we handle data (amongst many other things) to make it the fastest version of Planner yet! We are also embedding support in Planner where you need it. Hopefully to reduce the need to turn to us - but ofcourse the highlight of George's day is hearing from our users!! JG John G. Planner Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I use it more than P6!" July 31, 2019 5.0 Programme buy in is solved for construction teams, no offline programmes saying conflicting things now. Constant updated live programme access is a great help - temporary works teams, quality teams and commercial have all benefited with having access into the live short term programme. Pros The fact everyone contributes to the updates is a great benefit for the construction team programme buy in. The regular updates keeps everyone current on the current situation onsite. Plus its much more transparent for tracking reasons for delay. Even yesterday I looked back on numerous different reasons for delay to assist with a legacy PMI that needed clarifying. Cons Educating teams to use it on google chrome, the default position for new users when they get the link for the first time is to open Aphex on explorer, to which their first impression is to complain it doesn't work. Which of course is false but Ive had to have that chrome conversation many times. Reason for choosing Aphex Previous project experience of its benefits. Review Source Response from Aphex August 6, 2019 What a review John! The team want to hire you in our sales department!!!! Ps Chrome limitation will be removed soon. VR Verified Reviewer Directeur de projet informatique Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Planner usage to create IT project plannings very fast" September 27, 2019 3.0 Fast IT project planning generation from scratch Would be more efficient if easier to interface with external tools both on input & output modes (LDAP, Excel etc...) Pros Easy to take in hands Good rendering in plannings produced Wide variety of dependencies taken into account in the tool Part time availability of resources usable Cons Low integration with other tools enabling few rework mechanisms in Excel or other software of same nature Review Source PE Phil E. Agent / Planner Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Aphex review" August 1, 2019 5.0 Overall, Aphex is an industry changing product. They've capitalised on a niche market and i wish them all the best for the future. Pros Easy to use weather and tide function. The interactive dashboard which displays vital project information on the go - no need to update large excel spreadsheets. The drag and slide function, makes setting up a gannt chart / view very quick and the filter by sub contractors is extremely handy. Linking the activity with an area has also proven to be very useful at identifying clashes before the works commence, which will reduce error time on site. Cons Speed and offline usage - Why didn't they create an app !!!!!! Also the interface with other software's is poor - but i know the guys are working on this Reason for choosing Aphex The dashboard function and the dedicated tides and weather function. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) The time to complete programmes was taking too longer when using Excel. Aphex offered a solution not only to reduce time but creating a more intelligent programme. Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Thanks for the great review Phil. The team love the feedback both here and in your case study on the website (nice photo!). We are polishing up a major update and then rolling up our sleeves to add some major integration capacity as well as the in-demand mobile application! Exciting times ahead!! JC Joshua C. Section Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Aphex - A step up" August 2, 2019 4.0 Now that things are up and running, the software is working really well. Having such an attentive support team has made it much more manageable. It is definitely a step up from old excel programmes. Pros Aphex makes it much easier to track progress and stops people fudging how things went. It allows you to quickly record delays and see trends that have caused them - the ability to tie images to these incidents is really useful. Also, being able to outline works areas on drawings allows you to see works clashes. Cons It can be a bit buggy as it is so new. The support team are usually quick to help out though. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Reason for choosing Aphex It was innovative and recommended by another site. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) It clearly wasn't the best software for short term planning, requiring a lot of editing each week. Also it was easy to fudge it and mess around with it. Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Thanks for an awesome review and feedback Josh! Since releasing Planner we've been doing our best to constantly improve our bug-squashing capacity. We're getting closer and closer to our goal of being a bug-free zone! LC Luke C. Agent Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Review of Planner on HS2 Enabling works" July 29, 2019 4.0 This product has enabled me and my team to fully switch from manually editing Powerpoint presentations & excel lookahead programmes, which absorbed many hours of administration each month. Now the site engineers do a quick 10-15 minute update each day, and the software does all the administration work automatically. And the automatic clash detection eliminates the need for the more experienced engineers to review every minute detail looking for clashes. Pros The product is web based, which allows anyone the ability to access anywhere on any laptop at any time. The user interface is intuitive and easy to learn. The product provides statistics about the root causes of issues. My most favourite element is the ability to programme activities on drawings allowing us to "space plan" activities in specific locations, and the software automatically detects where there might be an issue in the future. Until we started using planner, this was done manually with excel spreadsheets & powerpoint presentations. Cons Integration with other software/products. It would be good if this product had an integration capacity to import into P6 or Excel, as this is a very useful detailed planning tool, but for high level reporting on large scale projects we cant solely rely on on it, and still use Primavera P6. Review Source Response from Aphex August 6, 2019 Awesome feedback Luke. Can't wait to get our latest update in front of you shortly. Once that is released we are on an integration mission as we agree strongly with your comments. VR Verified Reviewer CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Vital to our day-to-day workflow" July 12, 2021 4.0 We have benefited greatly from Planner overall. Despite it's flaws it is a good tool. Pros Easy to use and free with the MS 365 Suite of products. This makes it worth it right out of the box. Cons I would like to see the dates for start and end be able to be relabeled and have the ability to decide what is seen without opening the task. It is very frustrating to have all or none on the email settings. Review Source FÇ Ferhat Ç. Project Manager Machinery Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Planning and scheduling in professional level" November 5, 2022 5.0 Pros Aphex made it so much efficient for us to make plans as team thanks to its comprehensive features. Cons My and my team's experience with Aphex is extremely satisfying so far. That's why I do not have any objections to mention here. Review Source RM Ross M. Sub Agent Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "TWBN Aphex Review" August 2, 2019 4.0 Found it very usefull to do short term planning and feed directly back to our PM and planning manager.P6 can become cumbersome on a large scale,this solves that problem. Easy to use and good for lesser experienced employees to get experience in programming. Output is very clear .This is now being used across many of BAM Nuttals sites-previously excel was always used,which we believe is now outdated. Pros Online database Customer support and suggestion based optimisation Ease of implementation Subcontractor performance can be tracked Cons Some bugs due to it being a new software Reason for choosing Aphex We believe excel is now outdated Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Your feedback hits on what we are passionate about, Ross. Making planning simple and fast for everyone to cut out wasted time and duplication. We hope to get our next major update to you shortly which is our fastest and easiest yet. Thanks for the review. We are always available on Live Chat if you ever have any ideas on what you would like to see in the product going forward. JW Josh W. Assistant Project Manager Civil Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The engineers planner 5\*" July 29, 2019 5.0 From an engineers perspective, it's functional, easy to use and really simple to plan the daily, weekly, monthly activities. The interface feels familiar and you feel comfortable using the system after 1 session. Unlike more notabe software which take time to get understand. The drag and drop function makes it simple to rearrange tasks and activities. It really is the engineers daily planning software of choice. Pros It's Simple and easy, within minutes of using it, you feel comfortable navigating around the software and planning the activity. The links are easy to create between tasks. With a drag and drop function you can make an actual connection between activities, reinforcing the purpose of the construction phases. Instead of typing in dates which feels too processed. Cons It's a stand out piece of software compared to the go-to MS project. Nothing so far i don't like Review Source Response from Aphex August 6, 2019 Josh 10/10!!!!? Where do we go from here! Can't wait to push this to 15/10 when you see our latest update. BL Bradley L. Project Engineer Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "This has now sneakily become an everyday use" July 30, 2019 5.0 Pros I plan my work faster. I know what is going on around my work and on the rest of the project. And I know what is causing delay when it happens. I rely on it all the time now. Cons When it was first released it was bare minimum in terms of features but they seem to be constantly added more and more features so its less of an issue now. Review Source Response from Aphex August 6, 2019 Sneakily! Thanks Bradley. SC Shelby C. Admin Assistant Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Keeping track of day to day " December 10, 2019 4.0 Keeping track of important meetings, appointments, jobs. Pros Free! I enjoy how easy it is to plan out my day and schedule, as I frequently forget things. This allows me to view it wherever I go as well. Cons It's $35 for the full version and I feel that's quite expensive, I am not sure if we will pay for that. Review Source Response from Aphex December 12, 2019 Thanks for the review Shelby! We love our engaged customers - if you send an email to hello@aphex.co and mention my name (sent directly to you) we will upgrade your project to Planner Plus for free. Keep on Planning! RD Rob D. National Planning Manager Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Planner Software" August 6, 2019 4.0 Pros Software is really easy to use and to learn. Given that it is very powerful in the information it provides and conveys. Cons Occasionally the software is a bit jumpy when scrolling down or across, but this may be down to connection speeds. Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Thanks for the great review Rob! We're continuing to do our best to improve our user's experience of Planner, especially for sites with a poor internet connection. You should notice a considerable improvement in our next major update (which we're currently testing internally)! NM Namwenda M. Operations Manager Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Planner Review" April 23, 2021 5.0 Planner helps save time when it comes to listing and performing various tasks that help an organization meet it's goals daily, weekly, monthly or annually. Pros Planner is one of the easiest organizational tools to use to help structure ones work and achieve their goals. Cons All seems well as I have not used any other similar software. Review Source TG Tim G. Project Engineer Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Genuinely helps me do my job." July 30, 2019 5.0 Really positive after a slow start. Pros The ability to track and immediately analyse project performance without having to do any additional work was the most valuable for me. My team like the product which means I get consistent planning and data without having to chase it. Cons A mobile app would be of outstanding benefit for me. Review Source Response from Aphex August 6, 2019 Thanks for the review Tim - your review hits at the heart of why Planner was built. Mobile app is already in the works! DH Dustin H. Home Inspector Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Planner " January 14, 2020 5.0 Overall this planner software helps keep my business and personal live organized so I am productive and organized. Pros I use this software to keep me on track and organized day to day. I add all of my appointments along with daily activities and it's just what I need for my business. Cons Once you learn the just of the software it works great and has everything I need for a planner. I use it every day and it works as you would expect. Review Source JM James M. Planning Manager Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A great tool for short term planning" August 5, 2019 5.0 Great - a brilliant tool which has improved visibility and coordination of the short term plan as well as helping close the loop back to the master programme Pros All short term / engineers programmes are in one place allowing one integrated short term programme to exist that is live at all times. The bubble chart view that it provides at the click of a few buttons is industry leading in terms of visual representation of the short term plan and a great tool for communicating the programme to the onsite team Cons It would be good if actualised activities could be hidden with the click of a button to improve the user experience when building their programme after a few months use Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Wow James. This review means a bunch to us! Love the product hint in the cons section - we're adding it to the development pipeline now! PK Puneet K. Senior Tax Manager Management Consulting Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Good Planning App!" July 26, 2021 4.0 Good utility app. It can be improvised by incorporating more features. Pros It is a great app for planning and optimizing all the tasks. It saves a lot of time and helps prioritizing tasks. Cons It is expensive which limits its utility. Also integration features are not great which can be frustating at times. Review Source CB Conor B. Team Lead Oil & Energy Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best way to keep on top projects " July 31, 2019 5.0 Pros Working with multiple remote sites, Planner allows me to stay on top of what is going on without having to be there every day or assign a supervisor to oversee. Cons A mobile app would be a great addition as I am on the move most of the day. Review Source Response from Aphex August 8, 2019 Thanks Conor! Great to hear that Planner can help to bridge the communication gap for the many projects and teams that are geographically separated. Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.