Comparison

168 Planner vs Ivy6

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

Head to head
About

168 Planner

Track your time across key life areas to understand where your hours go. Design your ideal week, set goals, and gain insights into your habits and energy levels. Optimize your 168 hours for a more fulfilling life.

Highlights
  • Time logging with backfill
  • Weekly dashboard and calendar view
  • Design ideal week targets
  • Track top 5 goals
  • Weekly insights and comparisons
  • Energy and life area tracking
Features
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168 Hours is a unique time-tracking app designed to help you bridge the gap between the life you're living now and the life you want to live. Log your time across life's key areas: work, fitness, sleep, relationships, creativity, and more. See where your hours actually go, not where you think they go. WHAT YOU GET Time Logging Record what you did, how long it took, and which life area it belongs to. Backfill entries from earlier in the day or past days. Your calendar fills in as you go. This Week Dashboard See your total logged hours, free time remaining, and a full breakdown by category, updated in real time as you log. Calendar View Browse any day on a 24-hour timeline. Colored blocks show exactly how your time was spent. Tap any block to edit or delete it. PREMIUM FEATURES Ideal Week Design the week you actually want to live. Set your target hours for each life area, and compare your ideal against your real logged time every week. Goals Track your top 5 goals. Add them, refine them, and mark them complete as you grow. A built-in brainstorming notepad helps you figure out what matters most. Weekly Insights Unlock deeper analysis: category trends, week-over-week comparisons, and a visual breakdown of your 168 hours. Energy Tracking Log your daily energy on a 1–5 scale. Over time, see which days and habits drain or fuel you. Life Area Check-Ins Rate 6 areas of your life each week: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relationships, and career. Get a holistic picture of how you're really doing. Week Review Look back at past weeks to see how much you've grown. No more ads! ONE-TIME PURCHASE Premium is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees. Pay once, keep it forever.

About

Ivy6

This app helps you focus on your most important tasks by limiting your daily priorities to six. It offers distraction-free focus sessions with customizable timers and provides insights into your work habits. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase for seamless cross-device syncing and detailed analytics.

Highlights
  • Limit to six daily priorities
  • Distraction-free focus sessions
  • Customizable timers (stopwatch, countdown, Pomodoro)
  • Inbox for capturing ideas
  • Daily reset for unfinished tasks
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Weekly insights and analytics
Features
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SIX PRIORITIES. ONE CLEAR DAY. Long to-do lists create noise. Ivy6 helps you decide what truly matters, work on one task at a time, and end the day knowing you did the important things. Built on the Ivy Lee Method, a 100-year-old productivity ritual, Ivy6 gives you a calm daily planner for iPhone, iPad and Mac: 1. Capture everything in your Inbox. 2. Choose your six most important tasks. 3. Put them in order. 4. Work through them one at a time. 5. Plan tomorrow tonight, and start fresh in the morning. YOUR DAILY 6 Commit to no more than six priorities. The limit makes you choose deliberately instead of carrying an endless list from day to day. CAPTURE NOW, DECIDE LATER Ideas, errands and future tasks wait in your Inbox until they earn a place in your plan. Add estimates, subtasks, tags, snooze and recurring routines when you need them. FOCUS ON ONE TASK Start a distraction-free session for your current priority. Use a stopwatch, a 5-minute sprint, Pomodoro or a countdown, and see how much time you really give to meaningful work. PLAN TOMORROW TONIGHT In the evening, Ivy6 invites you to choose tomorrow's priorities in order. Unfinished tasks return to your Inbox for a conscious decision, so every morning starts clean. MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities and Dynamic Island during Focus • Siri and Shortcuts for quick capture and your next priority • Read-only calendar context beside your plan • Native layouts for iPhone and iPad • A Mac app with menu bar access and keyboard shortcuts • Morning, evening and weekly review reminders • Break large tasks into smaller steps UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WORK Review completed tasks, focus time, streaks, rollover patterns and stale tasks, so you can plan a realistic day, not just a longer list. IVY6 PRO: ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Unlock everything forever with a single purchase: • Private iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Advanced weekly insights and task-level focus analytics • Full task history and a guided Weekly Review • Seasonal themes • Data export • Apple Intelligence task breakdown on supported devices PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No account to create. Your tasks stay on your device and, if you choose Pro sync, in your own private iCloud. Choose six. Focus on one. Finish what matters.

Screenshots

168 Planner4 screens
Ivy64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ivy6 at none against 168 Planner's shown. 168 Planner's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. 168 Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ivy6 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

168 Planner ships an update daily, Ivy6 every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
168 Planner versus Ivy6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter168 PlannerIvy6
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTristan KilperGiuseppe Pignataro

Customer experience

168 Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ivy6

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

168 Planner

One-time1
  • 168 Planner Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Ivy6

One-time1
  • Ivy6 Pro (Lifetime)$3.99

Questions

Is 168 Planner free?
168 Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ivy6 free?
Ivy6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 168 Planner or Ivy6 have ads?
168 Planner shows ads; Ivy6 does not.
Which is updated more often, 168 Planner or Ivy6?
168 Planner ships an update daily, and Ivy6 every 2 months. Most recently, 168 Planner was updated on October 9, 2026 and Ivy6 on October 9, 2026.

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