Comparison

TCG Archivist vs Plan Ahead Calendar

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

Head to head
About

TCG Archivist

Manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection without sorting. Scan cards into labeled locations for instant retrieval. Track collection value, build decks from your inventory, and find any card in seconds.

Highlights
  • Scan cards into labeled storage
  • No sorting required
  • Instant card retrieval
  • Real-time collection value tracking
  • Build decks from owned cards
  • Searchable and filterable collection
Features
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TCG Archivist is the ultimate collection management tool for Magic: The Gathering players. We believe sorting your collection is the wrong approach. Sorting is time consuming, impossible to maintain, and never actually gives you a clear picture of what you own. TCG Archivist is built around a better system. One that the world's most efficient warehouses and retailers have used for decades. Scan your cards into labeled storage locations. No sorting required. When you need a card search the app, find the location, and have it in your hand in under a minute. Your entire collection becomes fully searchable, filterable, and always up to date. Know exactly what you own. Track your collection value in real time. Build decks from cards you actually have. Find any card in seconds. For players with larger collections the CSC100 hardware scanner makes building your digital catalog dramatically faster, but any camera will get you started today. Your collection. Always searchable. Always in reach. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Plan Ahead Calendar

Features
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Most planning apps want you perfect. Plan Ahead wants you here. This is a weekly planner for people who actually have lives. Miss a Tuesday, comeback Wednesday. Hit 60% of your week, still a win. Disappear for two weeks, there's a path back, not a guilt trip. We didn't build another task list. We built a planner that learns YOU. WHAT IT KNOWS ABOUT YOU (after a week or two) - What drains your Mondays - What keeps getting in the way (phone, mood, that one meeting) - Where your hours actually go vs. where you swore they would - Which goals are becoming habits vs. which are still wishful thinking It tells you. Sharply on good days, gently on bad ones. THE STREAK THAT BENDS 60% completion still counts. Life happens. Your streak doesn't have to die because Thursday went sideways. We track consistency over perfection — because perfection is a lie productivity apps tell you. REFLECTION IN 30 SECONDS At day's end: one tap for energy, one tap for what got in your way, one line for tomorrow's priority. That priority becomes tomorrow's first task no retyping. The whole review is faster than your evening scroll. A REAL COMEBACK PATH Vanish for 14 days? You come back to "welcome back," not "you broke a 47-day streak." Paused goals wait for you. Lifetime stats are still yours. No shame screens. No guilt push. PRIDE WITHOUT PERFORMANCE A quiet card notes what you did right today. No streak shame. No confetti spam. No fake celebration. Just the truth, said out loud, once. HABITS YOU CAN FEEL Recurring goals graduate through tiers: Seed → Forming → Habit. You watch consistency turn into identity. Not at week 100. Around week 4. NOTIFICATIONS THAT DON'T BEG Two pings per day, max. Quiet hours respected. If you deny permission, we ask again in 3 days — not 3 hours. We're not building another attention vampire. THE TONE Sharp humor on good days. Warm hand on bad ones. No motivational quotes. No toxic positivity. Just a planner that talks to you like a friend who's seen your screen time and still likes you. INSIDE — Daily, weekly, monthly views — Goals: count or duration, weekly or one-time — Recurring habit tracking with formation tiers — Morning ritual + daily review — Time by category, obstacle patterns, energy trends — Lifetime stats that grow with you — Bilingual: English & Türkçe — Share your week (not your shame) PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your data is yours. No ads. No paywall halfway through your evening review. Sign in once, stay signed in. Plan Ahead. Live present. Show up Tuesday too.

Screenshots

TCG Archivist4 screens
Plan Ahead Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plan Ahead Calendar at none against TCG Archivist's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. TCG Archivist sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Plan Ahead Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TCG Archivist versus Plan Ahead Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTCG ArchivistPlan Ahead Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size514 MB43 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTCG Archivist LLCSIMAL IREM GOEKALP

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TCG Archivist

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Sub$4.991 Month
None

Plan Ahead Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TCG Archivist free?
TCG Archivist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plan Ahead Calendar free?
Plan Ahead Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TCG Archivist or Plan Ahead Calendar have ads?
Neither TCG Archivist nor Plan Ahead Calendar shows ads.

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