The iOS version maintains general feature parity with the desktop version, save for scripting support and an outline view. With the release of Version 2.1 on March 12, 2015, OmniPlan became a universal app which runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. In May 2012, OmniPlan was released for the iPad.
The standard version contains only local-editing features, whereas the pro version includes support for syncing OmniPlan documents with other users among other features. Two versions of the application are available at different price ranges.
OmniPlan for Mac is released as a native Mac OS application.
Resources (which are either staff, equipment, or materials ) can be assigned to tasks, which can be used to prevent resources from being over-utilized, and to account for time when that resource cannot work on the project in the main Gantt Chart view. Reports about work completed, total cost, and other metrics can be exported as well. The program acts as a dashboard, showing the status of each task and its relation to other tasks. OmniPlan is used to manage multi-resource projects using Gantt Charts. Version 4 of OmniPlan was released on Jand added interval tracking, recurring tasks, auto-hiding of completed tasks, changes to scheduling abilities, a project wizard to set up new projects in the app, updated outline and resource views, a flat-file save format (in addition to the current package-based format), and an optional dark-themed UI mode.
In a June 2007 evaluation of OmniPlan 1.0, Macworld, a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products, found the customizability of OmniPlan 1.0 to be "superior", but said the software was unlikely to meet the needs of project managers with multiple, complex projects. The software was released as a public beta on June 6, 2006. OmniPlan is a planning and project management software product from The Omni Group, headquartered in Seattle, Washington. I've downloaded trial versions of both OmniPlan and Merlin (thanks for the tip, I didn't even know about this one) and I'll be giving Merlin the first shot when I knock this out on Monday. In these reviews, we selected the best Mac compatible project management tools that are suitable for a wide range of. I can see however, how in the future this tool (the chart that is) will be useful and probably even required by my customers (I believe providing a work build structure was actually part of this contract but got forgotten about). I'm not actually a Project Manager (although I'm apparently wearing that hat right now) and I've only been asked to draw up a Gantt chart because a project I'm working on has undergone some difficulties.
I hope one day to graduate to a job where I can choose my own work OS! Funnily enough, I do vastly prefer MS Office over any of the alternatives, just what I'm used to I guess. However, I do have to use Windows at work and all the people I collaborate with also use Windows.
Firstly, I guess the fact that Project is a Windows app significantly counts against it because I use a Mac at home and generally prefer working in the Mac environment (it feels weird using a computer without expose and having my windows go full screen then being unable to move them without first restoring them).