Comparison

Anchor vs Weeklist

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 focus blocks, capturing tasks and projects. Syncs with your calendar and is accessible across devices. Designed for efficient planning and task management.

Highlights
  • Focus block scheduling
  • Task and project organization
  • Smart date capture
  • Calendar and reminders sync
  • 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

Weeklist

Features
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Weeklist is a weekly planner for Reminders. Whether you already use Reminders or are just getting started, Weeklist gives you a simple weekly layout to view and manage your tasks. See your entire week on one page and easily move tasks between days. Having everything in view makes it easier to spot a busy day or find space for something else. You can also bring your entire week to your Home Screen with a widget for each day, with Saturday and Sunday combined into one. See what needs to get done and tap a task to check it off right from your Home Screen. Weeklist is a simple companion app for Reminders. Everything you add or change stays in Reminders, so you can continue using it as usual. Weeklist never collects or sends your tasks anywhere.

Screenshots

Anchor4 screens
Weeklist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weeklist at none against Anchor's 2. Weeklist also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Anchor's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Weeklist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Anchor against 5.0 for Weeklist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anchor has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anchor versus Weeklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorWeeklist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (36 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro PludaTHE DIGITAL MINIMALIST PTE. LTD.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anchor

One-time2
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$29.99
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$49.99
None

Weeklist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weeklist free?
Weeklist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anchor or Weeklist?
Weeklist is rated higher. Anchor averages 4.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Weeklist averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Anchor or Weeklist have ads?
Neither Anchor nor Weeklist shows ads.

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