Needsy vs Anno
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Needsy
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Needsy is a planner for the chapters of your life. A wedding, a move, a first baby, a new job, the year you finished school. Each chapter gets its own quiet space, its own countdown, its own list of things that matter. This isn't a to-do app. It's a place where the things you're planning have weight: the venue list, the budget, the photos that pile up, the people you need to talk to. When the chapter ends, Needsy writes you a quiet recap of what you did and helps you close it. Then you start the next one. Eight chapters to start with Wedding. Baby. New Home. New Job. Moving. Graduation. New Pet. Or a blank chapter for whatever else is coming. Each one comes with a theme palette, a cover photo slot, and a hero countdown. What you can track Tasks with subtasks, dates, photos, and locations from a built-in map. Notes with simple markdown. A budget for the whole chapter, with a category breakdown and a clear running total. A timeline view with a today indicator and milestones that auto-complete. Your year, at a glance A profile with a yearly activity heatmap, a Life Map of every chapter you've started or closed, and a closing recap that writes you a short, personal summary when a chapter ends. On-device intelligence Apple Intelligence runs on your iPhone, not in the cloud. Your data stays with you. The morning insight and the chapter recap are written on the device, with no network call. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer, iPhone 16, iPhone 17, or M-series iPad. Older devices fall back to a clean templated recap. A quiet home on your phone Home Screen widgets in three sizes, with a cover photo and a live countdown. Lock Screen widgets in three families: circular, rectangular, inline. Siri shortcuts. VoiceOver and Dynamic Type up to AX3, with a 4.5:1 contrast palette. Privacy that's actually default No analytics. No third-party tracking. No cloud accounts. iCloud sync is optional and stays inside your private database. Apple can't read it and we can't either. Needsy Plus Plus Monthly: auto-renewing monthly subscription. Plus Yearly: auto-renewing yearly subscription. Plus Lifetime: one-time purchase. Current pricing is shown in the App Store. Plus unlocks unlimited chapters, photos in tasks and notes, the budget feature, the heatmap, the Lock Screen widget, Siri shortcuts, and the on-device chapter recap. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Auto-renewing subscriptions renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you start a paid subscription. Privacy Policy: https://alpdigital.io/Needsy/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Contact: alpdigitalio@gmail.com
Anno
This app helps you break down large goals into manageable daily steps. It focuses on showing you only what's important for today, providing a calm overview of your progress and celebrating your achievements.
- Goal setting with custom deadlines
- Break down goals into daily steps
- Today view for focused action
- Monthly and weekly calendar views
- Progress rings for visual tracking
- Goal completion celebration screen
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Anno is a yearly planner built around one simple idea: name what you want, give it a deadline, and turn it into the small steps you'll actually take today. Try it free for 7 days. Set a goal for the end of the year or pick your own date. Break it into steps. Then every morning, Anno shows you the few things that move you forward, each one tied back to the goal it serves. No endless lists. No noise. Just today, and the reason it matters. Plan the year, live the day Open to Today and see your greeting, your steps, and nothing you don't need. Switch to Goals for a calm overview of everything in progress and how far through your year you really are. Move to Calendar to see the week ahead or the whole month at a glance, then tap any day to see exactly what's on it. Watch progress you can feel Every goal has a quiet progress ring that fills as you check things off. Five of fifteen tasks done. Sixty percent there. Two hundred and fourteen days remaining. You always know where you stand without a single chart or streak guilting you into it. End on a moment worth keeping When you finish a goal, Anno marks it. The day you set it, the day you finished, the days it took, the tasks you completed. A small, beautiful record that you said you'd do something and you did. Made for the way you actually work - Goals with custom or end of year deadlines - Steps that break big ambitions into daily action - A Today view that shows only what's next - Month and week calendar views - Progress rings on every goal - A completion screen that celebrates the finish Free to start, yours to keep going Anno is free for 7 days. After that, an active subscription is required to use its features. Renews automatically; cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Anno is calm, considered, and quietly motivating. No clutter, no streak anxiety, no pressure. Just a year you spend on what you meant to. Set the goal. Take the step. Finish the year proud. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anno-yearly-planner.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
Needsy and Anno are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Needsy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Anno sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Needsy | Anno |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alptekin Gok | Veronica Minciuna |
In-app purchases
Needsy
- Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
- Plus Lifetime$79.99
Anno
- Anno Pro$5.991 Month
- Anno Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Anno Pro$99.99









