Comparison

Flick Planner vs Anchor

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

Head to head
About

Flick Planner

Effortlessly manage your tasks and schedule with an intuitive interface that integrates to-dos and calendar events. Organize your life with projects, areas, and sections, and create tasks quickly using natural language input.

Highlights
  • Seamless task and calendar integration
  • Organize tasks with projects, areas, and sections
  • Quick add and natural language input
  • Cloud sync and multi-device support
  • Task reminders
  • Advanced planning and smart insights
Features
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Your to-do list shows what needs doing. Your calendar shows where your time goes. Flick brings them together so you can build a day that actually fits. Capture tasks in seconds, organize them into projects, and plan them beside your Apple and Google Calendar events. Turn important work into time blocks, adjust your schedule when life changes, and keep unfinished tasks from getting lost. BUILD A REALISTIC PLAN • See tasks and calendar events in one clear daily view • Schedule tasks around meetings, classes, appointments, and life • Move and resize time blocks as your day changes • Keep planned time, deadlines, and reminders distinct ORGANIZE WHAT MATTERS • Group tasks into areas, projects, and sections • Add priorities, notes, deadlines, reminders, and attachments • Create flexible recurring tasks • Capture dates naturally as you type on iPhone KEEP YOUR PLAN CLOSE • Continue across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch • Check what is next with widgets • Add and find tasks with Shortcuts and Siri PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your task and project data is end-to-end encrypted when cloud sync is enabled. Calendar data stays on your devices by default. FLICK PRO Plan unlimited tasks on your calendar, create more projects, sync securely across devices, set reminders, receive intelligent follow-ups, and view completion stats and trends. Download Flick and turn your next to-do list into a plan you can actually follow. Privacy Policy: https://www.flickplanner.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.flickplanner.com/terms

About

Anchor

Organize your day with flexible time blocking. Capture tasks, group them into focus blocks, and sync with your calendar. Manage projects with dividers and notes, and pick up where you left off on other devices.

Highlights
  • Flexible time blocking
  • Task capture with smart dates
  • Project organization with dividers
  • Calendar event integration
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline functionality
Features
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A place for your tasks, projects, and daily plan. Anchor organizes your day around focus blocks. Group tasks into a block, give it some time in your calendar, and work through them at your own pace. When plans change, move things around. CAPTURE YOUR TASKS Type a task as it comes to mind. Use Smart Dates to add a date as you type, or hold New To Do and talk through several things at once. Anchor turns what you say into tasks, with projects, dates, and urgency levels, privately with Apple Intelligence.* KEEP PROJECTS ORGANIZED Keep related tasks in projects. Add dividers to separate sections, notes to hold the details, and urgency levels to show what needs attention. Drag tasks into the order that works for you. PLAN WITH FOCUS BLOCKS Bring tasks into a block alongside your calendar events. Set up repeating blocks for the regular parts of your week. Focus on one block at a time, and move unfinished tasks forward when you need to. PICK UP ON ANOTHER DEVICE Your tasks, projects, and focus blocks sync through your private iCloud. Anchor is also available on Mac, so you can continue there. CONNECTED TO YOUR DAY • Apple Calendar and Reminders sync • Widgets and Live Activity • Siri shortcuts • Repeating blocks and custom icons • Works offline • No separate Anchor account required Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. MADE INDEPENDENTLY Anchor is designed and built by an independent developer. No ads, no venture capital. Just an app that keeps getting better with feedback from the people who use it. *Voice capture requires Super Anchor and a compatible iPhone with Apple Intelligence enabled, using a supported language. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flick Planner4 screens
Anchor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Anchor at every 3 days against Flick Planner's fortnightly. Flick Planner's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Flick Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Anchor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flick Planner ships an update fortnightly, Anchor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flick Planner versus Anchor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlick PlannerAnchor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—29 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaphael KitaharaAlessandro Pluda

Customer experience

Flick Planner

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anchor

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flick Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Flick Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Flick Pro Yearly$44.991 Year
2 purchases

Anchor

One-time2
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$29.99
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Flick Planner free?
Flick Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flick Planner or Anchor have ads?
Neither Flick Planner nor Anchor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flick Planner or Anchor?
Flick Planner ships an update fortnightly, and Anchor every 3 days. Most recently, Flick Planner was updated on October 30, 2026 and Anchor on November 7, 2026.

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