Comparison

Alfred! vs Etch

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

Head to head
About

Alfred!

Features
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Alfred is your personal life manager โ€” an all-in-one app that brings tasks, calendar, budgeting, journaling, and notes together, with a friendly AI butler that helps you stay organized every day. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Daily Tasks & To-Dos โ€” Plan your day with priorities, categories, reminders, and satisfying check-offs. โ€ข Calendar โ€” Month and day views that read your Apple and external calendars, with a clear visual timeline of your schedule. โ€ข Expense Tracking โ€” Log income and spending in seconds and see charts that break down your daily and category spending. โ€ข Journal & Notes โ€” Write freely in a personal journal and organize ideas in flexible Markdown pages. โ€ข Focus Timer โ€” Stay in the zone with a built-in Pomodoro timer and earn achievements as you go. โ€ข Alfred, your AI butler โ€” Just chat naturally to add tasks, log expenses, and plan your day. โ€ข "Life Online" โ€” Turn self-discipline into a game with levels, gems, achievements, and streak bonuses. โ€ข Friends & Social โ€” Add friends and cheer each other on. โ€ข Widgets & Apple Watch โ€” Capture and check your tasks anytime, right from your Home Screen or wrist. SUBSCRIPTION Alfred offers an optional auto-renewable subscription to unlock additional AI conversations. The subscription title, length, and price are shown clearly on the purchase screen before you buy, and it can be canceled anytime in your device's subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/bed8cdd7-7955-49bd-8bee-5352ca85b012 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Etch

Features
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Etch is a quiet habit tracker. One tap marks the day. Over time, the marks become your rhythm. CHECK IN WITH ONE TAP Every habit is a circle. Tap it and it turns white. Missed a day? Step back and fill it in. SEE YOUR RHYTHM The Log shows the last 7 days or the last 26 weeks as a grid of dots, so streaks and gaps are easy to spot. Open any habit for its streak, best run, total, and a month-by-month calendar. SET YOUR OWN PACE Pick the weekdays each habit is due. Days off show as gray dots and never break a streak, and checking in on a rest day still counts. FITS YOUR DAY Up late? Set your day to end as late as 5 a.m., so a check-in after midnight still counts for the day before. WIDGETS Check in straight from your Home Screen, and see recent days at a glance, in three sizes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ€ข No account, no ads, no tracking โ€ข Your habits sync through your own private iCloud โ€ข The developer never sees your data Free and open source: github.com/nvlznn/etch

Screenshots

Alfred!3 screens
Etch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Etch at none against Alfred!'s 4. Alfred!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Alfred! sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Etch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Alfred! versus Etch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlfred!Etch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHao Cheng HuIno Chueh

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Alfred!

Subscriptions4
  • Alfred Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Alfred Unlimited (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Alfred Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year
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  • Alfred Unlimited (Yearly)$79.991 Year
None

Etch

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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