Focus On Five vs Glance Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus On Five
This app helps you identify and track five meaningful weekly goals, drawing on psychology to foster clarity and motivation. An AI assistant aids in breaking down large objectives into actionable steps, ensuring progress on what truly matters.
- Set five meaningful weekly goals
- AI assistant for breaking down large goals
- Track weekly priorities
- Apple Watch companion app
- Psychology-backed productivity methods
- Progress tracking for key life areas
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Start your week with focus and clarity! Focus on Five helps you choose five meaningful goals to focus on each week. Not unachievable goals or small tasks. With the Focus on Five app, you can track your five weekly priorities completely for FREE! You’re busy. You’ve got a ton of things to accomplish—but they slip through the cracks. You can do anything—but not everything. This simple weekly rhythm helps you pause, reflect, set your intentions, and stay reminded throughout the week so you can accomplish the five priorities that matter most to you. You stay focused with clarity to make real progress—one step at a time, one priority at a time. It’s not about doing more—it’s about doing what matters. Focus on Five draws from proven psychology and productivity science to help you feel clearer, more motivated, and more in control. Over time, small weekly wins create significant momentum. Want to figure out what priorities to focus on? Dexter AI, our AI assistant, can help you break down big and complex ideas into small, weekly, actionable priorities or make sure you're not stuck doing small tasks! Dexter AI is a Large Language Model (LLM) that has been fine-tuned to provide actionable priorities for accomplishing. On the run and want to be reminded of your priorities. Focus on Five, the Apple Watch companion app, helps you keep your priorities with you at all times. Focus on Five will gently remind you of your priorities, giving you complete control. Thousands of people are using Focus on Five to make progress in every area of life: 1. Health & Wellbeing – like walking more, eating better, or losing weight 2. Career & Creativity – like finishing a project or starting a blog 3. Home & Relationships – like planning a date, making that call, or organizing your space 4. Personal Growth & Joy – like reading, learning, or finding small moments of calm Focus on Five isn’t about becoming a productivity machine—it’s about accomplishing what matters to you! Get the app for FREE and try it out! SUPPORT: For support, go to https://www.digiguys.com Q: Is the Focus on Five app FREE? A: Yes, Focus on Five is FREE to use. If you want to use Dexter AI, our Large Language Model (LLM), you can choose a one-time payment or subscription. Q: Is this just another to-do list app? A: Nope. Focus on Five isn’t about endless tasks—it’s about making meaningful and actionable progress on the things that matter most. Q: I have a big long-term goal. Can Focus on Five help? A: Absolutely. Focus on Five with Dexter AI will guide you in breaking big goals into smaller, actionable priorities you can accomplish in a week. Q: Why only five priorities each week? A: Five priorities per week is the sweet spot—enough to make real progress without feeling overwhelmed. Q: I feel that I have hundreds of tasks to finish each week. How can Focus on Five help? A: Focus on Five will help you, with Dexter AI, to distill the most important priorities that you can accomplish in one week. Q: What if I want to change my priorities mid-week? A: You’re in charge! Tap to edit, drag to reorder, and mark things done as you go. Q: I couldn't complete one of the priorities. What now? A: No worries. The priority will rollover automatically to the following week. Q: What do I get with the Dexter AI? A: Access to Dexter AI, our Large Language Model (LLM) specially developed to help you create actionable priorities each week. You can purchase messages with a one-time payment, or get unlimited access with a monthly or yearly subscription. Q: Do I need an account to use the app? A: No, you can start using Focus on Five right away—no sign-up required. Q: Can I suggest a feature or give feedback? A: Yes! In the app, tap the Options menu and choose “Contact us” or visit our website at digiguys.com. MORE APPS: Check out all our apps at https://digiguys.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Glance Notes
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Lock screen notes and widgets you can keep in sight without unlocking. Reminders, to-do checklists, sticky memos, and a simple planner on your Lock Screen and Home Screen. 3 notes are free forever. No account required. Pro is optional. Glance Notes is built for short notes you need to see: lock screen notes, visual widgets, quick capture, and reminders. WHAT YOU GET • Lock Screen and Home Screen note widgets • Reminders by date or repeating times • Reminder photos on the notification (Pro) • To-do checklists you can tick from the Lock Screen (Pro) • Daily habits with a streak on the widget (Pro) • Live Activity banners for notes you want in front of you (Pro) • Background keep-alive for Live Activities (Pro) • iCloud sync with visible status: Synced, Syncing, Offline, or Conflict • Local snapshot history so a sync conflict never silently overwrites a note • Quick capture from the app, microphone, and Control Center (iOS 18+) FREE 3 Lock Screen notes, widgets, text reminders, and sync. One Live Activity assignment every 7 days. PRO Unlimited notes, Always On keep-alive, checklists, habits, reminder photos, Live look (fonts, colors, layout), and up to 3 Live Activities at once. SUBSCRIPTIONS Optional auto-renewable subscriptions: Glance Notes Pro Monthly (1 month) and Glance Notes Pro Annual (1 year, with a 7-day free trial). Lifetime Pro is a one-time In-App Purchase, not a subscription. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://glance-notes-app.web.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://glance-notes-app.web.app/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Focus On Five at 3 against Glance Notes's 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
Both are free to download. Focus On Five sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Glance Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Focus On Five | Glance Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digiguys, Inc | SKAISTART, OOO |
In-app purchases
Focus On Five
- Dexter AI Monthly$4.991 Month
- Dexter AI Yearly$39.991 Year
- Dexter Essentials$2.99
- Full Access$9.99
Glance Notes
- Glance Notes Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Glance Notes Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Glance Notes Pro Lifetime$44.99
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