Best Productivity Apps for iPhone (2025)

Complete guide to task managers, planners, time trackers, and focus tools for iOS.

πŸ“‹ Daily Planners & Task Managers

🎯 Funtasking

Free

Daily planner with life balance tracking. Purpose Wheel shows 8 life areas. Prevents burnout.

πŸ“‹ Things 3

$49.99

Beautiful native iOS design. Projects, areas, checklists. No subscription.

βœ… Todoist

Free/$5/mo

Cross-platform task manager. Natural language input. Works everywhere.

πŸ”„ TickTick

Free/$2.79/mo

All-in-one: tasks, habits, Pomodoro, calendar. Feature-packed.

⏰ Time Blocking & Scheduling

πŸ“… Structured

Free/$4.99/mo

Visual timeline. Shows time until next task. Beautiful time blocking.

β˜€οΈ Sunsama

$20/mo

Daily planning ritual. Time blocking with capacity planning.

πŸ”„ SortedΒ³

Free/$14.99/yr

AI auto-scheduling. Drag-and-drop timeline. Hyper-scheduling mode.

🧠 Focus & Deep Work

πŸ… Forest

$3.99

Gamified focus timer. Grow virtual trees while staying focused.

⏱️ Focus@Will

$9.95/mo

Productivity music scientifically designed for focus.

🎯 Freedom

$8.99/mo

Block distracting websites and apps across all devices.

πŸ“Š Time Tracking

⏰ Toggl Track

Free/$10/mo

Simple time tracking. Reports on where your time goes.

πŸ“ˆ RescueTime

Free/$12/mo

Automatic time tracking. Understand your productivity patterns.

πŸ“ Note-Taking & Knowledge Management

🐻 Bear

Free/$1.49/mo

Beautiful markdown notes. Tags, cross-links, sync.

πŸ““ Notion

Free/$10/mo

All-in-one workspace. Notes, tasks, databases, wiki.

🧠 Obsidian

Free

Local-first knowledge base. Markdown, backlinks, graph view.

Building Your iPhone Productivity Stack

Core layer: Start with one daily planner (Funtasking, Things 3, or Todoist). This is your foundation.

Focus layer: Add a focus tool (Forest, Pomodoro timer) if you struggle with distractions.

Analysis layer: Optional: time tracking (Toggl, RescueTime) to understand where time actually goes.

Start with Funtasking - Free iPhone Productivity App

Daily planner + life balance + gamification. All free, no subscription.

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