Emery vs ClearingClutter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emery
This app helps you prioritize your daily tasks by categorizing them into 'Must Do,' 'High Impact,' and 'Extras.' It also integrates time blocking and calendar syncing to help you manage your schedule effectively and make real progress.
- Task prioritization (Must Do, High Impact, Extras)
- Time blocking and scheduling
- Calendar sync (Google, Outlook)
- Meeting prioritization
- Notes and project organization
- Private meeting notes
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Emery is the guilt-free daily planner. Every morning starts fresh. No red overdue badges. No broken streaks. No "you completed 47% of your tasks" making you feel like you failed. Open the app, see today, sort in five minutes, work. Miss a day? Miss a week? Come back and the app is still ready. Three empty buckets. No judgment. And it won't become another dead app on your phone. We use Emery every morning and answer every support email ourselves. It's been in active development for years – not built over a weekend and abandoned. The 3-Bucket System Every morning, sort your tasks into three groups: – Fires – will cause real problems if you skip them today – Growth – moves your career, business, or goals forward – Extras – helpful but not critical Fires first. Then protect time for Growth. Extras fill the gaps. The whole sort takes about 5 minutes. You start your day with clarity – not a 30-item list and zero direction. Time Blocking Drag and drop tasks onto your calendar to protect your time: – Block time for Fires so they get done – Reserve focused hours for Growth work – Fit Extras into the gaps Sort Your Meetings Too Sync your Google, Outlook or Apple calendar and apply the same three buckets to meetings. See which ones move things forward – and which ones just fill your calendar. Calendar Sync – Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar support – Connect multiple calendars in one view – Add private notes to meetings Notes and Projects – Capture notes and ideas anytime – Organize tasks and notes by project – Keep meeting context in one place Who It's For Emery is for people who own their schedule – managers, solopreneurs, freelancers, anyone who decides what to work on today. It's not a project management tool. It's not an AI that schedules your day. And it's not another app that punishes you when you stop using it. 5 minutes every morning. A clean page. Real progress by the end of the day. Sort your day. Start today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ClearingClutter
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• Swipe to decide - Keep or delete photos and videos with a single swipe, no tapping through menus • Batch review - Queue up everything you want gone, then confirm with one tap • Photos & videos - Review your full camera roll or filter to photos-only or videos-only • Unseen Only mode - Skip anything you've already reviewed so you never see the same photo twice • Library Health score - See exactly how much of your camera roll you've tackled, with separate progress for photos and videos • Smart sorting - Sort by newest, oldest, or largest files to tackle storage hogs first • Album filter - Focus on a specific album instead of your entire library • Session stats - Track your swipe speed, storage freed, and items reviewed in real time • All-time stats - Watch your total deleted count and storage freed grow over time • Achievements - Unlock milestones as you clean up your library • Undo - Changed your mind? Step back one swipe instantly • Free to use - No subscription required to get started
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Emery at weekly against ClearingClutter's every 4 weeks. Emery also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Emery sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and ClearingClutter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Emery ships an update weekly, ClearingClutter every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emery | ClearingClutter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Staffpass Limited | Kage Geoghegan |
In-app purchases
Emery
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Premium Quarterly3 Days trial$39.993 Months
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
ClearingClutter
- ClearingClutterPro$2.99









