Workflowy vs 52/17
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workflowy
This app offers a distraction-free environment for capturing notes, managing tasks, and organizing complex thoughts through infinitely nestable lists. It features AI summarization, kanban boards, and real-time collaboration, syncing seamlessly across all your devices.
- Infinitely nested lists
- AI summarization and brainstorming
- Kanban boards for task management
- Real-time collaboration and sharing
- Cross-device syncing
- Offline access
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Workflowy is a simple, distraction-free app for capturing notes, managing tasks, and organizing your thinking. Infinitely nestable, surprisingly powerful - it helps you manage all the information in your life. With Workflowy you can: • Capture notes and ideas in an instant • Organize complex thinking with infinite nesting • Ask AI to summarize, rewrite, or brainstorm with your notes • Plan and manage tasks with kanban boards • #Tag and @assign items to stay on top of things • Link items across lists - edit once, update everywhere • Share and collaborate in real-time • Upload photos, files, and embed videos • Search and filter your entire Workflowy in seconds Workflowy syncs across all your devices and auto-saves everything. No more missing notes or lost files. Trusted by teams and thinkers at: Atlassian, Slack, The New York Times, and thousands of entrepreneurs, writers, engineers, scientists, and students worldwide. Feature highlights: • Infinitely nested lists • Workflowy AI (chat with notes, AI nodes, quick actions) • Calendar • Kanban boards • Mirrors (live synced copies) • #Tags and @mentions • Date organization with /date shortcuts • Global text search and filtering • Simple sharing and permissions • Works offline • Syncs with desktop and web • One-swipe task completion • File uploads and image attachments • Highlight text and color tags • Item starring • YouTube and X embeds • MFA (Multi-factor authentication) • Expand and collapse lists • Mobile keyboard shortcuts Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/
52/17
This app uses the 52-minute work, 17-minute break method to enhance focus and productivity. It's designed to help users achieve deep concentration while ensuring adequate rest periods for better performance.
- 52-minute focus intervals
- 17-minute rest periods
- Deep focus enhancement
- Mindful rest cycles
- Balanced productivity
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Focus for 52 minutes. Pause for 17. Repeat — and feel the difference. The 52/17 method helps you stay in deep focus while giving your mind time to rest. It’s not about doing more — it’s about doing better. Beautifully simple. Quietly powerful. Built for balance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Workflowy at weekly against 52/17's every 6 weeks. 52/17's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Workflowy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and 52/17 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Workflowy ships an update weekly, 52/17 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workflowy | 52/17 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FunRoutine INC | Vladislav Khaykov |
Customer experience
Workflowy
52/17
Bugs and requests
Workflowy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cursor sometimes gets stuck
- Syncing issues between web and mobile versions
- Inability to delete items consistently
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to attach files and documents
- Improve mobile app experience
- Implement better notification and reminder system
- Add more formatting options (e.g., font styles, colors)
52/17
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Workflowy
- Workflowy Pro - Monthly$8.991 Month
- Workflowy Pro - Yearly$79.991 Year
52/17
- Colors$0.99









