Comparison

Ivy vs Anythings

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

Head to head
About

Ivy

This app helps you focus on what matters by planning your day, tracking progress, and reviewing accomplishments. It offers features like repeating reminders, time-based goals, and voice input for planning. Celebrate your completed tasks with animations and build a journal of your day.

Highlights
  • Daily planning and commitment
  • Repeating reminders and time-based goals
  • Voice input for quick planning
  • Focus Mode for time tracking
  • Completion animations and haptics
  • Journaling of completed tasks
  • Review list for unfinished items
Features
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Achieve more by taking on less. Start your day by choosing what truly matters and commit to it. Focus and feel the momentum build as you check things off. Finish with a beautiful record of a day well spent, while anything unfinished rolls into your Review list—ready for tomorrow. Add rich detail • Create repeating reminders. • Add notes, and set time- or count-based goals. • Promote to a Superaction and get an extra impactful animation on completion. • Schedule for a specific time of day, and get reminded with a notification or an alarm. Choose what matters • Quickly draft your plan just by talking with the voice input*. • Loosely slot anything in between auto-sorted scheduled items. • Commit when your plan feels right—you can still adjust as things come up. Focus and build momentum • Get rewarded with satisfying animations and haptics as you check things off. • Stay focused and track time as you go with Focus Mode. • Interact with your plan at a glance by enabling the Live Activity on your Lock Screen, or by adding the widget to your Home Screen. • Long press to quickly adjust—add something new, or bump to tomorrow or Review. Celebrate what you accomplished • Mark your day as done and enjoy a beautiful 3D animation. • Watch your completed plan transform into a journal—so you can see where your time went. • Easily adjust the record with the ability to edit when you did things—and for how long. • Anything unfinished rolls into your Review list—ready for tomorrow’s plan, or to be let go. A powerful review tool • See what you’ve delayed—rescheduled items are automatically bumped to the top. • Scrub through days to retroactively complete—or assign to a day in the future. • Make decisions one by one with Focus Mode—moving or deleting a task will automatically focus the next one. • Turn a fleeting thought into action—use the Lock Screen control to add to your review list with a single tap. Personalize your experience • Get reminded to get started—or to wrap up your day—with morning and evening notifications. • Give yourself extra time to work on your plan if you’re a night owl. • Pick from a selection of themes and handcrafted patterns. Work with other apps • Connect Ivy with the Calendar and Reminders apps. • Import content from other apps with the share extension, including markdown lists. Expect great things down the road • Dedicated iPad, Mac, and watchOS apps. • More ways to organize—interests, habits, projects, etc. • Expanded journaling tools. *Voice Input requires a device with Apple Intelligence. Try Ivy today with a two week free trial. Feedback is always welcome—reach us at hello@semantical.com. Download Ivy for free and try it without registration. After the trial period, an active subscription is required to continue using the app. A subscription unlocks full access to Ivy on all supported devices. • 14-day free trial. • Full access on all supported devices. • Monthly and annual subscription options available. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy and Terms of Use: https://semantical.com/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Anythings

Effortlessly capture thoughts, voice notes, screenshots, and emails, and have them automatically organized into a prioritized to-do list. This intelligent task manager learns your preferences to ensure the most important tasks are always at the forefront.

Highlights
  • Capture anything: text, voice, screenshots, files
  • Automatic task extraction and prioritization
  • Intelligent learning of people and projects
  • Notes and attachments within tasks
  • Filter by day or priority
  • Morning brief for daily focus
Features
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Anythings — your to-do list that stays in order. Throw everything at Anythings — a quick thought, a voice note, a screenshot, an email, a messy 2am brain dump — and it turns all of it into a prioritized to-do list that's always in the right order. No formatting, no organizing, no thinking about where things go. HOW IT WORKS - Capture anything — type it, paste it, say it out loud, or drop in a photo or file. - Anythings reads it, pulls out the tasks, and turns plain language like "by Thursday" into real due dates. - Every task is ordered by what actually matters to you, so the right thing is always on top. - The more you use it, the smarter it gets — it learns the people and projects you care about and quietly adjusts as it goes. THE DETAILS - Always in the right order — no manual prioritizing, no dragging things around. - People and projects you track get highlighted right inside your tasks, so you can see who and what at a glance. - Notes, attachments, and files live inside any task — your list stays clean. - Filter by day or priority, or snooze anything for later in a tap. - A morning brief so you start every day knowing what matters. - Works on iPhone and the web, always in sync. FREE TO START - Your first 50 tasks are completely free — no credit card. When you're hooked, go unlimited for less than a coffee. Throw in anything. We'll keep it in order. Anythings offers an optional Pro subscription (Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly) for unlimited tasks and captures. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.anythings.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.anythings.app/privacy

Screenshots

Ivy4 screens
Anythings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Anythings at free with in-app purchases against Ivy's subscription. Anythings also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Ivy's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Ivy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Anythings sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 — 5.0 for Ivy against 5.0 for Anythings. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ivy ships an update every 10 days, Anythings every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ivy versus Anythings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvyAnythings
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSemanticalVollo Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Ivy

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anythings

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ivy

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • 1 Year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Anythings

Subscriptions3
  • Anythings Pro - Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Anythings Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Anythings Pro - Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Ivy free?
Ivy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anythings free?
Anythings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ivy or Anythings?
Ivy and Anythings are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Ivy or Anythings have ads?
Neither Ivy nor Anythings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ivy or Anythings?
Ivy ships an update every 10 days, and Anythings every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ivy was updated on October 6, 2026 and Anythings on October 7, 2026.

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