Comparison

Anchor vs Execution

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

Head to head
About

Anchor

Features
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Love your phone? Good. Anchor is a habit tracker and daily routine planner that makes your favorite apps the reward for following through. Complete your morning routine, then scroll TikTok guilt-free. Finish your workout, then game without shame. Stop fighting your phone — use it as daily motivation instead. Made for people with busy minds, ADHD brains, or anyone who knows the right move but can't quite start. ANCHORS GIVE YOU SOMEWHERE TO GO Reminders tell you what to do. Anchors give you a destination. There's a difference between "I should get dressed" and "I need to walk to my closet." One is a mental battle. The other is just movement. Place an anchor where the task happens — inside the closet, not on the nightstand. When your routine starts, you have somewhere to go. Walk there, tap, and the rest usually follows. HOW IT WORKS 1. Build a routine — organize your daily habits into a sequence for your morning, workout, bedtime, or any time you want to focus. 2. Place your anchors where tasks happen — small tags or printed codes you stick around your home. 3. Walk there to unlock — tap or scan your anchor, and your blocked apps unlock automatically. FOUR WAYS TO ANCHOR • Tap Anchors — small NFC tags you tap with your phone • QR Anchors — free printable codes you scan with the camera • Countdown Timer — minimum-duration tasks like meditation or reading • Photo Verification — snap a photo as proof for cleaning, cooking, or visual tasks BLOCK THE DISTRACTIONS YOU CHOOSE Pick exactly which apps stay locked behind your routine. TikTok, Instagram, games — whatever pulls you off track. Phone calls, messages, maps, and banking are never touched. Blocking uses your iPhone's built-in Screen Time, so it works system-wide and helps you manage your time without willpower battles. There's always an emergency override — you're an adult — it just takes a few taps so you have a moment to reconsider. SCHEDULE ROUTINES FOR ANY TIME OF DAY Set up morning routines, bedtime wind-downs, workout sequences, or focus sessions for any habit you want to build. Schedule each routine to start when you need it. Track your streaks and celebrate the days you showed up. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The app is free. No account required. Your daily routines, habits, and completion data stay on your device. What you do with your time is your business. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone with iOS 17 or later • Tap anchors require iPhone 7 or newer (for NFC reading) • All core features work offline Some days are harder than others. Anchors don't judge — they just give you a place to go. That's often enough. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Execution

This app helps you achieve your goals through a structured 12-week system. It focuses on one priority task per day and provides an honest record of your progress. An accountability partner can be invited to review your commitment.

Highlights
  • 12-week goal system
  • One priority task daily
  • Weekly planning
  • Accountability partner
  • Rhythm score tracking
  • Private data sync
Features
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Most goals don't fail from lack of ambition. They fail in the ordinary weeks — the ones where nothing feels urgent and nobody is watching. Execution is a twelve-week goal system. One goal. Eighty-four days. One priority each day, and an honest record of whether you kept it. WHY TWELVE WEEKS A year gives you eleven months to procrastinate. Twelve weeks doesn't. It's short enough that this week matters and long enough to finish something real. ONE GOAL AT A TIME Choose the outcome that matters and give it a number. Execution tracks where you are against where you should be by now — so "ahead" and "behind" stop being feelings and start being facts. THE HARDEST THING FIRST Each morning you pick one priority: the single task that actually moves the goal. Everything else waits. No endless list, no pretending forty things are equally important. A WEEK YOU DECIDE IN ADVANCE Plan the week before it starts, then follow it. Deciding once, calmly, beats deciding forty times under pressure. SOMEONE WHO SEES IT Invite one accountability partner. They see your commitment for the week and whether you kept it. Not a social network — one person, one honest check-in. MEASURED, NOT GAMIFIED A rhythm score across four habits: execution, consistency, morning planning, evening review. Every one of your eighty-four days, recorded as it happened. No streak guilt, no confetti, no dark patterns. BUILT ON THE RESEARCH Identity-based habits. Implementation intentions. Commitment devices. The behavioral science lives in how the app works, not in how it advertises. Your data syncs privately across your devices. No ads. No feed. No noise. Execution is quiet software for people who would rather finish than plan. Feedback reaches the developer directly from Settings — every message is read.

Screenshots

Anchor4 screens
Execution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Execution at none against Anchor's 3. Execution also leads on iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.6). On price, 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Execution asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anchor versus Execution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorExecution
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.616.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJake GrayEvelina Ogorodnic

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Anchor

Subscriptions2
  • Anchor Pro$5.991 Month
  • Anchor Pro$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Anchor Pro$89.99
None

Execution

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Execution free?
Execution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Anchor or Execution have ads?
Neither Anchor nor Execution shows ads.

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