Comparison

Ancor vs FocusDrop

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

Head to head
About

Ancor

This app helps you cultivate a stronger mindset by journaling your thoughts and insights. It encourages micro-journaling and building a personal wisdom collection to stay grounded and follow your intuition. Take control of your inner dialogue and make positive life changes through self-reflection.

Highlights
  • Micro journaling
  • Personal wisdom collection
  • Mindset control
  • Intuition building
  • Self-reflection tool
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This is a quiet and powerful tool meant to help you change your life. Ancor yourself to words that matter, and use them to stay grounded through all the ups and downs of life. Build the ultimate wisdom collection that is made by you, for you. Practice micro journaling and change how you approach daily situations immediately. Build the habit of listening to your own intuition and to write it down. Practice following the best of your own advice. You already know what to tell yourself. So just write it down, and stay ancored to it. Privacy Policy: https://aravue.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FocusDrop

Features
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Built by an ADHD developer for ADHD brains. Every other productivity app is designed for people who already have working executive function. FocusDrop is for the rest of us — the people who open Notion and immediately forget what they were doing, who add 47 things to Todoist then never look at it again, who buy the planner and lose it in a week. THE CORE LOOP See ONE task at a time, not a wall of 30. Swipe right to focus on it (timer starts immediately). Swipe left to defer to later. Swipe up to mark it done. Swipe down to break it into smaller steps. That's it. No "system" to set up. No customization rabbit hole. The deck is the system. NEW IN v1.4 Need company to start? Co-Focus sits with you through the session — a calm, on-device companion that breaks the task into tiny steps and nudges you along. No account, no cloud, nothing leaves your phone. And when your phone is across the room, start a session straight from your Apple Watch — your timer lives on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. AI TASK BREAKDOWN Stuck on a task? Tap "Break this down with AI" and Apple Intelligence drafts 3-6 concrete sub-steps. Every step starts with a verb. Every step is doable in under 5 minutes. The easiest physical action comes first, so you can just start. - Runs entirely on-device — no text ever leaves your iPhone - Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with iOS 26 + Apple Intelligence enabled - Tap any step to edit, swipe left to delete. The AI gives you a draft. You're the editor. FOCUS TIMER + GAMIFICATION - Built-in focus timer with Sprint (10m), Flow (15m), Deep (25m), and Pomodoro modes - Pro unlocks any custom duration - Earn "drops" for every completed session, build streaks, level up - Streak freezes (Pro): one missed day doesn't reset months of progress - Productivity heatmap (Pro): see when your brain actually works best HABIT RITUALS Daily habits live alongside tasks — morning routine, post-focus reset, evening wind-down. Each completion adds to your streak. Each missed day is forgiven. WIDGETS + LOCK SCREEN - Home screen widgets show your next task with a one-tap Focus button - Live timer widget — the countdown updates without opening the app - Lock screen widgets in circular, inline, and rectangular sizes PRIVACY YOU CAN ACTUALLY VERIFY "Data Not Collected" badge — literally true. Apple Intelligence runs on-device. No accounts. No cloud sync. No tracking. No analytics SDK. The app works completely offline. PRO Unlock everything for $3.99/month, $23.99/year (7-day free trial), or $49.99 once for lifetime access. Cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Pro unlocks: - Unlimited focus sessions (free tier is capped at 5/day) - Unlimited tasks in deck (free tier is 5) - Custom focus durations - AI Task Breakdown - Mid-session +5 minute extend - Weekly streak freeze - Productivity heatmap - Reward shop - All themes Auto-renewable subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://zhukouski.com/focusdrop/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://zhukouski.com/focusdrop/privacy.html NICHE-FIRST POSITIONING FocusDrop is specifically built for ADHD adults. If you don't have ADHD, you might still find it useful, but the design decisions all favor the ADHD use case: reduce decision paralysis, reward dopamine-seeking behavior, forgive missed days, never punish. If you tried Tiimo and it was too expensive, tried Goblin Tools and wanted something that lived in your phone properly, tried Forest and didn't care about the tree — FocusDrop might be the one.

Screenshots

Ancor4 screens
FocusDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FocusDrop at 18.0 against Ancor's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Ancor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FocusDrop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ancor ships an update every 10 days, FocusDrop fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Ancor versus FocusDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAncorFocusDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAman R AgarwalKiryl Zhukouski

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ancor

Subscriptions2
  • Ancor Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Ancor Pro - Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ancor Pro$11.99
3 purchases

FocusDrop

Subscriptions2
  • FocusDrop Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • FocusDrop Pro Yearly7 Days trial$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • FocusDrop Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Ancor free?
Ancor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusDrop free?
FocusDrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ancor or FocusDrop have ads?
Neither Ancor nor FocusDrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ancor or FocusDrop?
Ancor ships an update every 10 days, and FocusDrop fortnightly. Most recently, Ancor was updated on September 17, 2026 and FocusDrop on September 14, 2026.

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