Vibe vs Plan Designer: Comparing App Outputs
In part 3 of her series comparing the Power Apps Vibe Experience to Plan Designer, UG Expert and Microsoft MVP Kylie Kiser focuses on the app outputs.
Key Takeaways
- Plan Designer app: After saving both plans, the Plan Designer app produces a straightforward app with Employees, Departments, and Status Updates. It quickly generates a usable starting point but still requires refinement.
- Vibe app: Unlike the app generated by Plan Designer, the Vibe app is fully custom-coded, creating a more interactive experience with built-in status submissions, recent updates, and usage insights.
- Vibe app insights: The Vibe app surfaces better detail views and real-time metrics, such as updated submission counts by month, while also highlighting issues in default data settings that may require cleanup.
- Behind the scenes: Vibe exposes the full custom code behind the app, enabling transparency into how the experience is built, and allows updates through Copilot.
- Key comparison: The Vibe and Plan Designer apps differ in look and architecture, raising important questions around licensing, security, and user access that are already well understood in the Canvas app model.
