Comparison

Strive Planner vs Harmony

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Strive Planner

This app helps you connect your daily tasks and events to your overarching goals. It focuses on the 'why' behind your productivity, ensuring your actions align with your aspirations.

Highlights
  • Goal connection to daily events
  • Weekly planning
  • Task management
  • Productivity focus on 'why'
Features
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What exactly do most calendar, task list, and productivity apps get wrong? They either focus on the *when* or the *how*, but they never focus on the *why* Strive fixes that. With Strive, you're able to connect the goals you work on to the events in your day. Enjoy! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Harmony

This app helps you achieve work-life harmony by aligning your daily actions with your long-term goals and personal mission. It guides you through weekly planning sessions and uses AI to time-block tasks, ensuring you focus on what truly matters in all areas of your life.

Highlights
  • Personal Mission Statement creation
  • Long-term goal setting
  • Weekly role-based planning
  • AI-assisted time-blocking
  • Daily task nudges
  • Engaging user interface with animations
Features
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54% of people admit work is their top priority. A bigger priority than their families, relationships, and personal health. We get it. It's hard. You have big goals. You're trying to provide for yourself and your family. Work is important, having money is important, and your job can require long hours. "Work-life balance" implies you need some sort of equal time for all the important things. But we know this just isn't a reality. So what do you do? The solution is what we call "work-life harmony." This means seeing your life as one whole, not compartmentalized roles competing against each other. Work-life harmony isn't about equal time for each role. It's about ensuring each role gets the care it needs. This is why we built Harmony, to help you become more effective in all areas of your life, and to reach your full potential as a human. Inspired by principles taught in Atomic Habits, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Getting Things Done, planning with Harmony is simple yet extremely effective. Based on data from a pilot group of users, 77% reported "good" or "very good" health in all their roles after 30 days, compared to only 23% at the start. One user, after using the app for several weeks, commented: "Harmony has completely changed how I approach my weeks, and my life." So how does it work? There are 3 core steps: 1. Establish your mission First, take a step back. What do you really want in life? Harmony will help you create a Personal Mission Statement, establishing your deeper why. You really can't think about what's next week until you know what's at the end. Harmony also allows you to create long term goals, guided by your mission. 2. Plan your weeks based on roles We've found planning at the weekly level, based on roles, to be very effective. Daily planning or to do lists are a good start, but they're too short sighted. The week is a perfect frame of reference. Harmony will guide you every week in thoughtful planning sessions and suggest goals based on your mission. 3. Live it daily Rather than daily planning, we just review our weekly plan throughout the week. Harmony's AI will help you time-block your goals (or smaller tasks) and nudge you to do the right things at the right times, so you can live in accordance with your mission and plans every day. The app is simple to use and engaging. When you check off a goal, you'll see confetti fly in the air. When it's time for weekly planning, we will make you feel the urgency an Alarm that bypasses do not distrub. This app isn't going to magically do the work for you. But if you're someone who is striving to be a good person and just lack a some nudging and structure, this is the perfect app for you. Features: - Meditation-like mission statement builder - Role-based weekly planning - Simple 1-2 high-impact goals per role - Alarm notifications - Home Screen widgets for your mission and weekly goals - Weekly reminders to do your planning - Private, offline, encrypted on-device data - Dark mode --- Need help? Email help@useharmony.com A paid subscription is required to access full Harmony features. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Strive Planner3 screens
Harmony4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Strive Planner at free with in-app purchases against Harmony's subscription. Strive Planner also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Strive Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Harmony sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Strive Planner against 4.8 for Harmony. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 49 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 96% and 96% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strive Planner ships an update every 9 days, Harmony every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Strive Planner versus Harmony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrive PlannerHarmony
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (58 ratings)4.8 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews95.7% of reviews
Number of ratings58 — better49
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWeiss Solutions LLCHarmony Life LLC

Customer experience

Strive Planner

All ratings58 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%

Harmony

All ratings49 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

Strive Planner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Harmony

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • None mentioned

Requested features

1 request
  • None mentioned

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Strive Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$64.99
5 purchases

Harmony

Subscriptions4
  • Harmony Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Harmony Yearly (New)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Harmony Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Harmony Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Harmony Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Strive Planner free?
Strive Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harmony free?
Harmony is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strive Planner or Harmony?
Strive Planner and Harmony are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 58 and 49 ratings respectively.
Do Strive Planner or Harmony have ads?
Neither Strive Planner nor Harmony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strive Planner or Harmony?
Strive Planner ships an update every 9 days, and Harmony every 5 days. Most recently, Strive Planner was updated on October 16, 2026 and Harmony on September 28, 2026.

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