Anchor vs Timegres

Plan your focus, not your time. Most planners ask you to predict your day down to the minute. Anchor doesn't. Instead of scheduling every task to exact times, you organize your day around focus blocks — flexible containers for the work that matters. Things move around. That's fine. The plan adapts with you. Built for people who already know how to work; they just need a calm place to lay it all out. HOW IT WORKS: Capture what's on your mind. Type naturally or use Smart Dates to turn "finish proposal by Friday" into a real task. No forms, no friction. Drop tasks into focus blocks. Drag them into blocks that match your day. Big projects span blocks. Small things group together. Your calendar events show up alongside them. Anchor in, one block at a time. Focus on what's in front of you. When a block's done, move on. Something left over? Move it forward. No guilt. WHAT'S INSIDE: Time blocking that bends around your day Smart Dates Calendar and Reminders sync Widgets, Live Activity, and Siri shortcuts Focus mode with distraction shielding Repeating blocks and custom icons Works offline. No account required Your data stays on your device, secured by Apple WHO IT'S FOR Freelancers juggling clients and context switching. Founders wearing too many hats before lunch. Parents balancing deep work and school runs. Students navigating coursework and side projects. Anyone who doesn't need to be told how to work. MADE BY A HUMAN Anchor is designed and built by an independent developer — no venture capital, no growth hacks, no ads. Just a tool made with care for people who want less noise and more focus. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Timegres is a capacity-aware planner for organizing tasks, events, goals, notes, and reusable day templates. It helps you understand how much open time you have, schedule work into realistic time blocks, and keep related tasks and goals connected. Timegres also offers iCloud sync so planning data can stay up to date across devices. Most calendars show what is already scheduled. Timegres also shows what can still fit. Plan around real capacity - See open time, committed time, and your longest uninterrupted open block - Check whether deadline tasks fit before the day gets overloaded - Fit pending tasks into open time with a preview you can adjust Work from one canvas - Keep tasks, events, reminders, notes, and countdowns together - Overlay Apple Calendar events read-only so meetings count against capacity - Switch between a time grid and agenda view Reuse what works - Save day templates for meeting days, admin days, writing days, recovery days, and more - Preview templates against your schedule and auto-arrange conflicts into open time Review and improve - Track actual time with a timer or manual logs - Compare planned versus tracked time - Use daily and weekly insights to spot patterns - Close the loop with recaps and area breakdowns Private by design - No Timegres account or sign-in - No analytics or tracking - Sync uses your private iCloud account - Apple Calendar access is optional and read-only - User-facing reminders and alerts are scheduled locally - JSON backup export when you want it Paid once. No subscriptions.