Comparison

Sequence vs Bricks Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Sequence

This app helps you organize your day by visually integrating tasks with your calendar. It allows you to create focus blocks, manage action items, and adapt your schedule when plans change. Pro features offer enhanced syncing, unlimited plans, and advanced scheduling.

Highlights
  • Visual day planning
  • Task and calendar integration
  • Focus block creation
  • Action item management
  • Unfinished work carry-over
  • Repeatable plan templates
  • Distraction blocking
Features
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Sequence turns a busy calendar and a loose task list into a day you can actually finish. See what needs doing alongside the commitments already on your calendar. Bring in tasks from Apple Reminders or capture them in Sequence, estimate the effort, and place the work into realistic focus blocks. When plans change, move unfinished work forward without losing the shape of your day. With Sequence you can: • Build a daily plan from tasks, open time, and calendar events • Import Apple Reminders and keep completion in sync • Create focus blocks with checklists, estimates, and protected time • Give meetings a private workspace for topics, decisions, and action items • Capture meeting minutes with optional on-device voice transcription on supported OS versions • Carry unfinished follow-ups into the next useful block • Save repeatable templates and focus plans for deep work, admin, training, or launch days • View your plan with widgets, Live Activities, and Shortcuts • Use Sequence Guard to block distracting apps and websites during a focus block Sequence Pro adds: • Private iCloud sync for your tasks, plans, templates, action items, and schedules • Unlimited focus plans, week routines, and event templates • Flexible future, multi-date, and recurring scheduling • VariAlarm handoff for focus blocks and alarm-aware routines • Guard reports plus pause and resume controls from Control Center, Siri, and Shortcuts • Minimalist themes across the app, widgets, and Live Activities Sequence is designed for the day that changes after you planned it. Start with what matters, place it where it fits, and keep moving when reality changes. Some features require Sequence Pro. Calendar and Reminders access are optional and used only when you choose to connect them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bricks Calendar

Features
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Plan your day without bouncing between a calendar, a todo app, and group chat. Bricks Calendar brings events, todos, shared plans, and conversations into one calm, color-coded view. Each Brick is a space for one part of life—personal plans, a partner, family, study, or work. Keep it private, or invite the people who need to be there. SEE EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE • Scan your month and agenda together • Preview upcoming events and countdowns • Keep scheduled todos and flexible lists beside your calendar • Add repeating events and todos, reminders, notes, photos, files, and links PLAN TOGETHER • Share a Brick with edit or view-only access • Keep todos and updates with the event they belong to • Message inside an event instead of searching through separate chats • Get notified when shared plans change MAKE IT YOURS • Organize plans with colors and icons • Link supported Apple Calendars and manage them from Bricks • Choose Home Screen widgets for calendars, events, and todos • Use Bricks in English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or German BRICKS PRO Create and manage your own Bricks with Bricks Pro. New accounts can try Bricks Pro for 7 days without a payment method. People invited to a shared Brick can view it and message for free. Editing Brick or event content requires Bricks Pro and edit access. Apple Family Sharing shares subscription eligibility only; each Brick still needs its own invitation. Privacy: https://bricks-calendar.com/privacy/ Terms: https://bricks-calendar.com/terms/ Support: https://bricks-calendar.com/support/

Screenshots

Sequence4 screens
Bricks Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sequence at every 3 days against Bricks Calendar's every 2 weeks. Sequence also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Sequence sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Bricks Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sequence ships an update every 3 days, Bricks Calendar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 5 level
Sequence versus Bricks Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSequenceBricks Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1818.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNhat LeTaleschamber Limited

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sequence

Subscriptions2
  • Sequence Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Sequence Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Sequence Tip$1.99
  • Sequence Lifetime$14.99
2 purchases

Bricks Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Bricks pro monthly$3.991 Month
  • Bricks pro yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Sequence free?
Sequence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bricks Calendar free?
Bricks Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sequence or Bricks Calendar have ads?
Neither Sequence nor Bricks Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sequence or Bricks Calendar?
Sequence ships an update every 3 days, and Bricks Calendar every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sequence was updated on October 9, 2026 and Bricks Calendar on October 14, 2026.

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