Life Anchors vs Core Three
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life Anchors
This app provides a focused space to identify and display your top life priorities. It helps users cut through overwhelm by keeping essential goals visible on their Home Screen, promoting a calmer approach to life management.
- Set three life priorities
- Add reasons for each priority
- Visible on Home Screen
- Calm focus surface
- Not a task manager
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Life Anchors: Focus Widget helps you see the few priorities that matter most right now. For people who feel buried under tasks, notes, reminders, and to do lists, the app creates a calmer place to name the bigger things your life should move around. Set three life priorities, add a short reason for each one, and keep them visible in the app and on your Home Screen. The app is intentionally not a busy task manager. It is a small focus surface for the priorities you want to return to.
Core Three
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STAY FOCUSED. GET MORE DONE. Too many tasks? Overwhelmed by endless to-do lists? Core Three keeps you focused on what truly matters by limiting you to just 3 tasks per day. WHY CORE THREE? Research shows that focusing on fewer tasks leads to better completion rates and less stress. Core Three enforces this proven productivity principle with a simple rule: only 3 active tasks at a time. KEY FEATURES - 3-Task Daily Limit – Focus on your most important tasks without distraction - Smart Backlog – Store future tasks and let them automatically move to Today when you're ready - Due Dates & Notes – Add context and deadlines to stay organized - Track Progress – See your completed tasks and celebrate your wins - Powerful Search – Find any task instantly across all lists - Clean Design – Beautiful, intuitive interface that stays out of your way HOW IT WORKS 1) Add your tasks to the Backlog with due dates 2) Move your top 3 priorities to Today 3) Complete them before adding more 4) Review your accomplishments in Done Stop juggling endless tasks. Start finishing what matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Life Anchors at 3 against Core Three's 1. Life Anchors also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Life Anchors | Core Three |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johnathan Mawdsley | PAUL SHIN GAY |
In-app purchases
Life Anchors
No in-app purchases
Core Three
No in-app purchases







