Comparison

Life Anchors vs masterfile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Set three life priorities
  • Add reasons for each priority
  • Visible on Home Screen
  • Calm focus surface
  • Not a task manager
Features
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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.

About

masterfile

Features
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masterfile is five everyday tools in one quiet place. Scratch, Vault, Budget, Notes+, and Kanban. Built for people who'd rather think than juggle apps and for those ready to start tracking. — Scratch — Type anything. As you write, a chip appears suggesting where the line belongs, tap it to promote. Credentials go to Vault, money goes to Budget, ideas go to Notes+, tasks go to Kanban. One note keeps your mind clear, the modules keep your day organized. — Vault — Logins, cards, and credential keys, locked behind your device's authentication and stored only on your device. No account, no sync, no tracking. Real device-level encryption underneath as masterfile just makes it pleasant to use. — Budget — Multi-currency budgeting that actually understands how Filipinos, especially freelancers and remote workers earn. ₱, $, ¥, €, and 20+ more currencies tracked in parallel. Net worth stacked by currency, category-level budgets, calendar view, and a calm pie chart of where the month went. — Notes+ — Plain notes for the quick stuff, rich notes when you need them. Folders, tags, internal linking, checklists, bookmarks, document-scanning, camera, attachments. Reading mode opens each note like a printed page you set yourself. Highlights, links, and headings all preserved where you put them. — Kanban — Every project, sorted into columns. Priority flags, due dates, color labels, archived cards, and an aging indicator that quietly tells you which cards have been waiting too long. — Widgets, Notifications, the rest — 19 home-screen widgets across all five modules. Credit card due dates, budget thresholds, friendly nudges. Soft prompts to keep you tracking, organizing, and checking in. Every alert opt-in, every one off by default. — How masterfile stays calm — No account. No tracking. No ads. masterfile lives on your device, owned by you. One purchase unlocks every module, every widget, every alert. Yours forever, no subscription, no renewal. Launch special — one-time unlock at the launch price, until July 31. Regular pricing returns on August 1.

Screenshots

Life Anchors4 screens
masterfile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life Anchors at none against masterfile's 1. Life Anchors also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). masterfile's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). 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. masterfile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Life Anchors asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life Anchors ships an update every 5 months, masterfile weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Life Anchors versus masterfile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife Anchorsmasterfile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohnathan MawdsleyLouis Cada

In-app purchases

None

Life Anchors

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

masterfile

One-time1
  • masterfile unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Life Anchors free?
Life Anchors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is masterfile free?
masterfile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Life Anchors or masterfile have ads?
Neither Life Anchors nor masterfile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Life Anchors or masterfile?
Life Anchors ships an update every 5 months, and masterfile weekly. Most recently, Life Anchors was updated on October 31, 2026 and masterfile on October 31, 2026.

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