Comparison

Ivy6 vs Primora

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

Head to head
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.

About

Primora

This planner helps you prioritize tasks by sorting them into four quadrants based on urgency and importance. It offers different labeling systems to match your thinking style and provides widgets for quick access to your priorities.

Highlights
  • Eisenhower matrix task sorting
  • Three distinct labeling styles
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart reminders
  • Emoji-based project organization
  • Native iOS development
Features
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Your list tells you what to do. Not what to do first. Primora is a calm, fast iOS planner built around one idea: not every task deserves your time. Some matter today. Some matter tomorrow. Some are just pretending to be urgent. Most to-do apps treat everything the same. Primora doesn't. HOW IT WORKS 1. Brain dump Drop everything in — work, life, ideas, errands. No structure required. Your head's not a to-do list. 2. Sort what matters Move tasks into four quadrants. Two questions decide everything: is it urgent, and does it matter? 3. Do what matters first Your day reorganises around what actually moves you forward. THREE WAYS TO THINK Primora ships with three label styles. Pick the one that matches how you already think: - Critical · Focus · Distraction · Dump - Do It · Schedule It · Delegate It · Delete It - Urgent + Important · Not Urgent + Important · Urgent + Not Important · Not Urgent + Not Important Switch anytime. Your tasks stay where they are. DESIGNED FOR ATTENTION, NOT AGAINST IT - Two home screen widgets, see what matters without opening the app - Smart reminders, six trigger types, off by default - Projects organized by emoji, not folders - Native iOS, built in SwiftUI - No ads, no upsells, no streaks, no engagement traps BUILT FOR Founders, freelancers, designers, PMs, students, parents — anyone who's ever opened their to-do app and felt more overwhelmed than organised. If your day is full of tasks but your priorities are unclear, this is for you. WHAT PRIMORA ISN'T Not another productivity system to learn. Not a habit tracker. Not a calendar. Not a Notion replacement. Not gamified. It's a planner. It helps you decide what to do first. That's the whole app. Made with care. Built for clarity.

Screenshots

Ivy64 screens
Primora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Primora at none against Ivy6's 1. Ivy6's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Ivy6 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Primora asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ivy6 ships an update every 2 months, Primora every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ivy6 versus Primora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvy6Primora
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiuseppe PignataroAryan Kandhari

Customer experience

Ivy6

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

Primora

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ivy6

One-time1
  • Ivy6 Pro (Lifetime)$3.99
None

Primora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ivy6 free?
Ivy6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Primora free?
Primora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ivy6 or Primora have ads?
Neither Ivy6 nor Primora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ivy6 or Primora?
Ivy6 ships an update every 2 months, and Primora every 4 months. Most recently, Ivy6 was updated on October 9, 2026 and Primora on October 24, 2026.

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