Aphex Review 2026: Multiplayer Short-Term Planning That Replaces the Spreadsheet Lookahead

Updated October 23, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Aphex is short-term planning software built for construction delivery teams: engineers build the lookahead together in one live, multiplayer plan instead of emailing spreadsheet versions around. Pricing is published and per project, which is rare in this category. It will not replace your master schedule in Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project – it sits underneath it, where the weekly work actually gets planned.

What it is

Aphex, founded in 2017 and based in London according to its Capterra listing, calls itself the first multiplayer scheduling software for construction delivery teams. The idea is simple: the lookahead plan lives in one shared place, every engineer works on the same version, and change is tracked instead of argued about later. GetApp’s description adds that P6 compatibility connects the short-term plan to the master schedule.

The master schedule says what should happen this quarter; the lookahead decides what actually happens this week – and on many jobs it still lives in a spreadsheet or one planner’s laptop.

Key features

• Multiplayer Gantt planning: the whole delivery team builds and edits one live plan, with clear colour coding for who owns each sequence
• Clash and critical path visibility: the plan surfaces where sequences clash and where the critical path runs
• Master schedule imports: lookaheads and weekly work plans connect to imported master schedules, with change tracking
• Map-based planning: display a sequence of works over site maps, Google Maps or ArcGIS layers
• Daily operations boards: customisable boards for daily coordination meetings and daily task statusing
• Insights reporting: project-level reporting for PPC (percent plan complete) trends, delay breakdowns and milestone tracking
• Baseline comparison: automatically captured data shows how the plan has slipped or advanced week on week
• Integrations and connectors: Power BI and Tableau connectors on Pro, with mapping integrations such as ArcGIS, Propeller and DroneDeploy on Pro+

Pricing

Pricing is published on Aphex’s own pricing page, in several currencies. In US dollars: Pro is $850 per month per project, including setup and training, with seats beyond the first 10 at $85 each. Pro+ is $1,230 per month per project, with extra seats at $123. Enterprise is custom, with volume pricing for organisation-wide rollouts. Per-project pricing is predictable for a single large job, but contractors running many small projects should model it carefully.

Who it’s for

Delivery teams on medium and large projects where several engineers and subcontractors plan the same weeks of work – where spreadsheet lookaheads fall apart. Aphex’s site displays major tier-one contractor logos among its users – a clue to the project size it targets.

Who should skip it

Small contractors whose lookahead genuinely fits in one spreadsheet and one weekly meeting. At $850 a month per project, Aphex needs a real planning problem to pay for itself. Teams looking for a master-scheduling tool should also look elsewhere first: Aphex imports from and connects to the master schedule rather than replacing it.

Pros

• One live plan ends the version-control mess of emailed lookaheads
• Published, per-project pricing – no quote-only guessing
• Delay reasons and PPC data get captured as the plan changes, not reconstructed later
• Map view ties the sequence of works to real locations on site

Cons

• Per-project pricing adds up across a portfolio of smaller jobs
• It complements P6 or Microsoft Project rather than replacing them, so it is another system to run
• Value depends on the whole delivery team planning in it – partial adoption leaves the old spreadsheet alive
• Several pricing-page items are still marked coming soon – verify your plan’s exact feature set before signing

FAQ

Does Aphex replace Primavera P6?

No. Aphex is built for short-term, collaborative planning and imports from the master schedule. P6, Asta or Microsoft Project remain the master-scheduling tools; Aphex runs the lookahead underneath them.

How is Aphex priced?

Per project, per month. US pricing on the vendor’s site is $850/month per project for Pro and $1,230/month per project for Pro+, including setup and training, with per-seat charges beyond the first 10 seats. Enterprise is custom.

Who uses Aphex?

Construction delivery teams – engineers, planners and site managers – mainly on larger projects where multiple parties plan the same work.

Bottom line

If your lookahead is a spreadsheet passed around a big delivery team, Aphex is one of the clearest fixes on the market, with unusually straightforward published pricing. Just know it strengthens the master schedule rather than replacing it, and the per-project model favours larger jobs.