Comparison

Anchor vs Flows

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

Head to head
About

Anchor

Organize your day with flexible time blocking. Capture tasks, manage projects, and sync with your calendar. Focus on what matters and pick up where you left off on any device.

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/

About

Flows

Organize your day with intelligent scheduling and task management. Capture notes, set time estimates, and let the app automatically arrange your schedule. Stay focused with a built-in Pomodoro timer and track your progress with daily streaks.

Highlights
  • Auto-scheduling of tasks
  • Rich-text note editor
  • Smart tag suggestions
  • Integrated Pomodoro timer
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Global search and filtering
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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PLAN YOUR DAY IN MINUTES Add tasks, set time estimates and difficulty levels, then let Flows arrange your schedule. Let Auto-Schedule place them intelligently; hard tasks go in the morning, easy ones fill the gaps. View your day, week, or month at a glance. NOTES THAT WORK WITH YOUR TASKS Capture ideas, meeting notes, and to-dos with a rich-text editor organized into folders. Flows can detect tasks hiding in your notes and turn them into real, schedulable items, no copy-pasting required. SMART TAGS & AUTO-TAGGING Create tags with descriptions and keywords, and Flows will suggest them automatically as you add tasks. Organize your work by project, priority, or whatever makes sense for your life. STAY IN THE ZONE Start a Pomodoro timer for any task with customizable work and break intervals (5–90 minutes). Pick from ambient sounds like rain, lo-fi beats, or white noise. When the timer ends, your progress is logged automatically. BUILD A STREAK YOU'RE PROUD OF Complete your daily plan to keep your streak alive. Flows understands that rest days happen; your streak won't break over a weekend. Check your weekly recap to see how your focus time, completion rate, and productivity are trending. SEARCH EVERYTHING Find any task or note instantly with global search. Filter by type, date range, or completion status. Sort by relevance, date, or name. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from 16+ handcrafted color themes, switch between dark and light mode, and pick a display font. Five notification personalities, from gentle encouragement to delightfully unhinged commentary, keep things interesting. FLOWS PRO (30-Day Free Trial) Unlock the full experience: • Auto-Schedule — Intelligently fills your timeline based on difficulty, priority, and your available hours. Hard tasks land in the morning. Dreaded ones go first. • Focus Forecast — See how your focus time trends across days and weeks. Get a Monday morning preview of what's ahead. • Calendar Sync — Pull events from Google Calendar or Apple Calendar so your schedule and your plan live side by side. • Notion Sync — Connect your Notion workspace and keep everything in one place. • Slack Integration — Share your focus status with your team automatically. • Cloud Sync — Your tasks, notes, and streaks stay in sync across all your devices. • Unlimited Tags — Create as many tags as you need. • All Themes — Access every color theme and future additions. Terms & Conditions: https://flowspomo.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flowspomo.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Anchor4 screens
Flows4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Anchor at every 3 days against Flows's weekly. Anchor also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 7). Flows's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Anchor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Flows sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. 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 Anchor against 4.9 for Flows. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anchor ships an update every 3 days, Flows weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anchor versus Flows: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorFlows
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, Mac
Requires iOS26.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB49 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlessandro PludaHUNTER WESTLEY BOLTON

Customer experience

Anchor

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flows

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anchor

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

Flows

Subscriptions2
  • Flows Pro — Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Flows Pro — Annual1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flows free?
Flows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anchor or Flows?
Flows is rated higher. Anchor averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Flows averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Anchor or Flows have ads?
Neither Anchor nor Flows shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anchor or Flows?
Anchor ships an update every 3 days, and Flows weekly. Most recently, Anchor was updated on October 30, 2026 and Flows on October 24, 2026.

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