--- title: "Planday vs When I Work: Which is more popular by branded search?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Planday or When I Work? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Employee scheduling software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/employee-scheduling-software/compare/planday-vs-when-i-work" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Planday vs When I Work: Which is more popular by branded search? Which is more popular in search, Planday or When I Work? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Employee scheduling software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Planday and When I Work - **Competitive set**: Employee scheduling software - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Planday Share of Search**: 9.9% - **When I Work Share of Search**: 41.4% ## Which is more popular in search, Planday or When I Work? - In August 2026, When I Work had more branded searches than Planday among employee scheduling software worldwide. When I Work was estimated to have 139K branded searches compared to Planday’s 33.1K, and held a 41.4% Share of Search versus Planday’s 9.9%. - When I Work was ahead of Planday in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Planday’s estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide moved from 9.3% to 9.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 33.1K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, When I Work’s estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide moved from 39% to 41.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 139K. ## How did search popularity change for employee scheduling software worldwide in August 2026? - In August 2026, Planday gained estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide, from 7.9% to 9.9%. - In August 2026, When I Work lost estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide, from 44.8% to 41.4%. ## Month by month | Month | Planday estimated searches | Planday Share of Search | Planday rank | When I Work estimated searches | When I Work Share of Search | When I Work rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 33.1K | 9.3% | 4 | 139K | 39% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 33.1K | 9.9% | 4 | 138K | 41.4% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 27.1K | 8.3% | 4 | 138K | 42.3% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 33.1K | 9.2% | 4 | 139K | 38.4% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 27.1K | 8.6% | 4 | 125K | 39.8% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 33.1K | 9.8% | 4 | 139K | 41% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 33.1K | 9.8% | 4 | 139K | 41.2% | 1 | | May 2026 | 33.1K | 8.9% | 4 | 139K | 37.3% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 33.1K | 7.9% | 4 | 188K | 44.7% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 27.1K | 7.9% | 4 | 153K | 44.8% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 33.1K | 9.9% | 4 | 139K | 41.4% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Planday’s and When I Work’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Planday**: Measured on the search term “planday”. - **When I Work**: Measured on the search terms “when i work”, “when i work app”, “when i work employee scheduling”, “when i work software”, “wheniwork” and “wheniwork com”, summed into one figure. - [Planday profile](/demand/global-en/brands/planday) - [When I Work profile](/demand/global-en/brands/when-i-work) - [All employee scheduling software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/employee-scheduling-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands. ## Methodology - [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is more popular in search, Planday or When I Work? In August 2026, When I Work had more branded searches than Planday among employee scheduling software worldwide. When I Work was estimated to have 139K branded searches compared to Planday’s 33.1K, and held a 41.4% Share of Search versus Planday’s 9.9%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Planday vs When I Work: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/employee-scheduling-software/compare/planday-vs-when-i-work This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/employee-scheduling-software/compare/planday-vs-when-i-work. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.