Ellie vs PrepFlex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ellie
Organize your day with a beautiful task management app. View tasks by day, dump ideas to clear your mind, and schedule them directly into your calendar. Integrates with Google and Apple calendars for a unified view.
- Daily planner view
- Brain dump for task offloading
- Time block/time box mode
- Google Calendar integration
- Apple Calendar integration
- Labels, recurring tasks, subtasks (Pro)
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Clear your head. Plan what fits. Get it done. Ellie turns an open-ended brain dump into a realistic plan for your day: • Capture tasks quickly in Brain Dump • Drag tasks into a time-blocked calendar • See Apple Calendar and Google Calendar events alongside your tasks • Stay focused with Stopwatch and Pomodoro timers • Organize projects with labels, subtasks, recurring tasks, priorities, and more • Plan on the go, then pick up where you left off on the web The free version of Ellie includes unlimited tasks. Upgrade to Ellie Pro for $9.99/month, $99.99/year, or a one-time $299.99 purchase to unlock additional Pro features including labels, recurring tasks, subtasks, and more. If you previously purchased Ellie Pro, use Restore Purchases in the app to restore access. Prices shown are for customers in the United States and may vary with your App Store account settings. In-app purchases and subscriptions cannot be shared using Family Sharing. Ellie Terms of Service - https://ellieplanner.com/legal/terms-of-service Ellie Privacy Policy - https://ellieplanner.com/legal/privacy
PrepFlex
This app creates personalized study plans from your available time and topics. It helps students organize last-minute study sessions into effective, time-balanced schedules tailored to their needs. The app focuses on efficiency with no sign-ins or distractions.
- Create personalized study plans
- Tailored to available time
- Add and weight study topics
- Set confidence levels for topics
- Local data storage for privacy
- Distraction-free study environment
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Most study apps try to plan out everything. PrepFlex doesn't. Tell us how much time you've got, even if it's just 20 minutes between classes, and what you need to cover. PrepFlex figures out what's actually worth studying in that time and builds a plan around it. Sometimes that's every topic on your list. Sometimes it's just the one or two that matter most. Either way, you'll always see exactly what made the cut and why. How it works: • Enter the time you have right now • Add what you need to study • Rate your confidence and how much each topic counts • Get a plan built for the time you actually have Get the most out of the time you have. No sign-ins, no distractions, no accounts, no ads, just a plan, built fast, for whatever time you've got. Built by a student who got tired of study apps that just don't get it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PrepFlex at none against Ellie's 3. PrepFlex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Ellie's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (60 vs 5). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Ellie sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PrepFlex asks for nothing beyond the download.
PrepFlex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ellie has 60 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Ellie's written reviews are positive against 100% of PrepFlex's.
Ellie ships an update every 2 weeks, PrepFlex every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ellie | PrepFlex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AloaLabs, LLC | Rajat Aggarwal |
Customer experience
Ellie
PrepFlex
Bugs and requests
Ellie
Reported bugs
7 issues- Tasks disappear when scheduling from Brain Dump
- Editing and moving recurring tasks have bugs
- Rearranging tasks causes them to bounce back
- Add task button not working
- Recurring tasks show multiple times on Google Calendar
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- Calendar syncing not requesting access
- iPad split screen, portrait orientation, window resizing missing
Requested features
9 requests- General note-taking area outside of Brain Dump
- Easier way to add new time slots (e.g., holding on day time box)
- Unfinished tasks/Brain Dump to go back to Brain Dump or a priority folder
- Habit tracker
- Custom repeat periods
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- Ability to increase font size
- Split screen on iPad
- Portrait orientation on iPad
- Ability to resize window on iPad
PrepFlex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ellie
- Ellie Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Ellie Pro (Annual Plan)$99.991 Year
- Ellie Pro - Lifetime$299.99
PrepFlex
No in-app purchases
