Comparison

Finish vs Flows

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

Head to head
About

Finish

This app helps you complete tasks by providing a focused, swipeable interface. Break down large tasks, engage in Pomodoro-style work sessions, and track your progress. It prioritizes privacy with local data storage and no account requirement.

Highlights
  • Swipeable task completion
  • Task breakdown on the spot
  • Focused work sessions
  • Pomodoro-style breaks
  • AI action item extraction (Pro)
  • Local data storage
  • No account required
Features
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Stop scrolling. Start finishing. Finish isn't another to-do list. It's a system designed to help you actually complete your work. Most apps keep you organizing, planning, and rearranging tasks. Finish helps you clear them. A new way to work Turn your tasks into a swipeable, focused experience. Swipe right → done Swipe left → back in the queue Break tasks down on the spot when they feel too big No clutter. No endless lists. Just momentum. Built for deep work Start a focused session and move through a finite stack of tasks. Pomodoro-style breaks every 25 minutes Clear, limited task decks — no overwhelm Session history, streaks, and completion stats Get into flow faster and stay there. Capture → Convert → Execute Stop losing action items from meetings and notes. (Pro) Paste your notes or brain dump AI automatically extracts the action items Drop them directly into your next session Go from conversation to completion — without the gap. Park it. Pick it up later. Not everything is for today. Save tasks to your backlog and pull them back in when the time is right. Your data stays on your device. No account required. No tracking. No cloud. Everything lives locally on your phone — private by design. Privacy Policy URL: https://finish.dcfconcepts.com/privacy Terms of Use / EULA URL: https://finish.dcfconcepts.com/terms Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Flows

Organize your day with intelligent scheduling and task management. Capture notes, set time estimates, and let the app automatically arrange your schedule. Stay focused with a built-in Pomodoro timer and track your progress with daily streaks.

Highlights
  • Auto-scheduling of tasks
  • Rich-text note editor
  • Smart tag suggestions
  • Integrated Pomodoro timer
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Global search and filtering
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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PLAN YOUR DAY IN MINUTES Add tasks, set time estimates and difficulty levels, then let Flows arrange your schedule. Let Auto-Schedule place them intelligently; hard tasks go in the morning, easy ones fill the gaps. View your day, week, or month at a glance. NOTES THAT WORK WITH YOUR TASKS Capture ideas, meeting notes, and to-dos with a rich-text editor organized into folders. Flows can detect tasks hiding in your notes and turn them into real, schedulable items, no copy-pasting required. SMART TAGS & AUTO-TAGGING Create tags with descriptions and keywords, and Flows will suggest them automatically as you add tasks. Organize your work by project, priority, or whatever makes sense for your life. STAY IN THE ZONE Start a Pomodoro timer for any task with customizable work and break intervals (5–90 minutes). Pick from ambient sounds like rain, lo-fi beats, or white noise. When the timer ends, your progress is logged automatically. BUILD A STREAK YOU'RE PROUD OF Complete your daily plan to keep your streak alive. Flows understands that rest days happen; your streak won't break over a weekend. Check your weekly recap to see how your focus time, completion rate, and productivity are trending. SEARCH EVERYTHING Find any task or note instantly with global search. Filter by type, date range, or completion status. Sort by relevance, date, or name. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from 16+ handcrafted color themes, switch between dark and light mode, and pick a display font. Five notification personalities, from gentle encouragement to delightfully unhinged commentary, keep things interesting. FLOWS PRO (30-Day Free Trial) Unlock the full experience: • Auto-Schedule — Intelligently fills your timeline based on difficulty, priority, and your available hours. Hard tasks land in the morning. Dreaded ones go first. • Focus Forecast — See how your focus time trends across days and weeks. Get a Monday morning preview of what's ahead. • Calendar Sync — Pull events from Google Calendar or Apple Calendar so your schedule and your plan live side by side. • Notion Sync — Connect your Notion workspace and keep everything in one place. • Slack Integration — Share your focus status with your team automatically. • Cloud Sync — Your tasks, notes, and streaks stay in sync across all your devices. • Unlimited Tags — Create as many tags as you need. • All Themes — Access every color theme and future additions. Terms & Conditions: https://flowspomo.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flowspomo.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Finish4 screens
Flows4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flows at weekly against Finish's monthly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Finish sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Flows sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Finish against 4.9 for Flows. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finish ships an update monthly, Flows weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Finish versus Flows: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinishFlows
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB49 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDione FriendsHUNTER WESTLEY BOLTON

Customer experience

Finish

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flows

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Finish

Subscriptions2
  • Finish Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Finish Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Flows

Subscriptions2
  • Flows Pro — Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Flows Pro — Annual1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Finish free?
Finish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flows free?
Flows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Finish or Flows?
Finish is rated higher. Finish averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Flows averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Finish or Flows have ads?
Neither Finish nor Flows shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finish or Flows?
Finish ships an update monthly, and Flows weekly. Most recently, Finish was updated on October 15, 2026 and Flows on September 23, 2026.

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