Yoko Timeline vs Anchu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoko Timeline
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【Horizontal Timeline Calendar】 See 7 days before to 7 days after at a glance. Scroll vertically and horizontally for a clear view of your schedule. ■ Features ・All-day / Timed / Reminders in a horizontal timeline. Overlapping events auto-stack in lanes ・Customizable lane order (drag to reorder in Settings) ・Uses your calendar's original colors. Reminders color-coded: Past=Red / Today=Yellow / Future=Blue / Completed=Gray ・All-day bar stays from 00:00, today's title starts from red line (now) for clarity ■ Reminder Actions ・Tap to toggle complete/incomplete ・Swipe right to edit, left to delete, long press for detail ・Context menu supported with haptic feedback ■ Use as Perpetual Wall Calendar ・"Follow Current Time" keeps red line centered, auto-scrolls every minute ・"Perpetual Calendar Mode" auto-returns to today at midnight and when returning from background ・Auto-refresh every 5 min via iCloud with same Apple ID ・Perfect for old iPhone/iPad as always-on wall calendar ※ Set iOS Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock > Never ■ More ・No ads in Presentation Mode ・Toggle visible calendars ・Undo support ・Move day, go to today, refresh
Anchu
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Anchu gives your work a place to land. Keep tasks, notes, and documents together in a calm workspace that stays useful when life gets busy. A focused task board shows what needs attention now. The knowledge base keeps projects, research, and reference material in a simple folder tree. Search looks through document text—not only filenames—so the idea you remember is enough to find the page you need. On Mac, documents open ready to edit. On iPhone and iPad, they open in a clear reading view with native text selection, then switch to editing when you choose. Your document files remain ordinary, portable Markdown, HTML, or text files in the Vault you choose. Open that folder in Finder or Files, edit it with another app, back it up, or give a local AI agent permission to read and process the same files. Anchu indexes the files for fast navigation and search; it does not turn a hidden server-side document database into your source of truth. Privacy stays understandable: the local Vault remains under your control, and the service handles account, task synchronization, and the metadata needed to keep devices organized. Network connections use HTTPS. You choose which devices, folders, and local tools can access your documents. Anonymous mode lets you start without an account; sign in only when you want sync and device continuity. Anchu is deliberately quiet: no advertising profile, no dark patterns, and no lock-in to a proprietary document format.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Anchu at none against Yoko Timeline's shown. Anchu also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Yoko Timeline's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yoko Timeline ships an update daily, Anchu fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yoko Timeline | Anchu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | katsuyasu sakita | Zhaya Deutsch |
In-app purchases
Yoko Timeline
No in-app purchases
Anchu
No in-app purchases








