Strive Planner vs Mychanic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Goal connection to daily events
- Weekly planning
- Task management
- Productivity focus on 'why'
Read full descriptionHide full description
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/
Mychanic
This app simplifies car maintenance by tracking service needs and connecting users with mobile mechanics. An optional OBD-II scanner unlocks advanced features like real-time engine light monitoring and diagnostics.
- Car service tracking
- Mobile mechanic matching
- OBD-II scanner integration
- Check Engine Light monitoring
- Diagnostic reporting
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mychanic makes car maintenance easy by tracking your service needs and matching you with mobile mechanics just right for you. Buy our OBD-II scanner to unlock all the features within our app like constant Check Engine Light monitoring and easy to understand diagnostics!
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mychanic at none against Strive Planner's 3. Mychanic also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Strive Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (60 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Strive Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Mychanic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mychanic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strive Planner has 60 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Strive Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mychanic's.
Strive Planner ships an update every 9 days, Mychanic every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strive Planner | Mychanic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Weiss Solutions LLC | Bryce Whitworth |
Customer experience
Strive Planner
Mychanic
In-app purchases
Strive Planner
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$64.99
Mychanic
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Strive Planner free?
Is Mychanic free?
Which has better reviews, Strive Planner or Mychanic?
Do Strive Planner or Mychanic have ads?
Which is updated more often, Strive Planner or Mychanic?
Other comparisons
