Comparison

Format vs Focus

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

Head to head
About

Format

Build and manage a professional online portfolio with beautiful themes and integrated business tools. Showcase your work, promote and sell it, and update your site on the go. This platform supports creatives at every stage of their business.

Highlights
  • Build stunning online portfolios
  • Manage gallery and collection pages
  • Create and edit blog posts
  • Promote and sell your work
  • Update website on the go
  • Password protect galleries
Features
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Meet Format, the portfolio platform that empowers creatives to succeed. A website builder and so much more, with beautiful themes that showcase your work alongside integrated business tools. Whether you’re just getting started or you’re a full-time professional, Format has the tools and support you need at every stage of your business. Build a stunning online portfolio in minutes, promote, and sell your work all in one spot. **Voted most trusted by creative professionals across the globe, Format is the top choice to build your website.** Overview Change your website on the go with the Format app. Update in real time and see how it looks with your overall site — in one streamlined workflow. You can quickly upload a photo, rearrange it, and view the changes on your live portfolio. Or easily manage your website navigation using our Site Menu tab. When you’re done, a simple tap brings you right back to the app to continue editing. App Features Create and Manage Gallery Pages • Create, edit, and rearrange your galleries however you like • Upload photos, link videos, and add text easily and intuitively • Access and seamlessly share your portfolio content with others • Password protect your website and galleries from unwanted visitors • Edit image and video captions using our formatting tools, or with your own custom HTML code • Manage your portfolio website’s menu from the Site Menu tab • Upload photos from other apps using Format’s Share Extension Create and Manage Collection Pages • Create a visual menu to display your portfolio in a way that reflects your brand • Link to similar galleries and pages in your website • Efficient way to categorize work all in one place for simple navigation Create a Blog • Create and edit blog posts directly from your phone with an intuitive CMS • Add videos and images from your camera roll, existing Format galleries, or Dropbox • Rearrange images in an image set and choose the display style without leaving the app • Grow your audience by providing behind-the-scenes access to your work Support • Fast and friendly support in every time zone • 24/7 help for all users What Our Users are Saying About Us • “Format has helped me contextualize my work in a way that no other platform has before. The ability to add multiple text elements throughout a gallery, the fully customizable design templates, and the intuitive drag-and-drop feature have all enabled me to display my work as an immersive visual narrative.” • “With Format and their very helpful, responsive team, I have been able to build myself and maintain an impressive website which I am at ease with and happy and proud to share with future employers and business contacts. The platform is so straightforward and intuitive, and if you ever need help, the team is always on hand to help.” • “I set up and customized a website theme in about 30 minutes, now that I know the ins and outs! Format rocks, and I love your customer service.” Whether you’re a photographer, illustrator, designer, videographer, model, artist, or influencer, Format makes it easy to captivate your audience with a head-turning online portfolio website. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/useformat Got questions? Visit http://help.format.com/

About

Focus

This app helps you overcome urges and distractions by teaching you to ride them out. It offers guided sessions, app blocking, and night modes to improve focus and build healthy habits. Track your progress with streaks and levels, all while ensuring your privacy.

Highlights
  • Urge management sessions
  • App blocking
  • Guided Lock Screen sessions
  • Night block modes (flexible & strict)
  • Sleep tracking
  • Streaks and levels
  • Privacy-focused (no account/server)
Features
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Focus doesn't lock you in. It teaches you to ride out the urge. An urge rises, peaks and falls in 60-90 seconds. Almost nobody makes it to the fall. Focus is built so you do. Sessions with real friction One block or Pomodoro. Leaving the app gets noticed, giving up costs you (hold to give up, longer every time), and if the task needs other apps you say so before, not after. With app blocking, the apps you pick stay covered for the whole session. I have the urge Phone, scrolling, smoking, vaping, sugar, shopping, or anything you write in. When it hits, 60 guided seconds straight from your Lock Screen or the Action Button, without opening anything. Every urge has its own counter of days without giving in. Night block At your bedtime, iOS covers your apps until you get up, even with Focus closed. Flexible is free: if you really need it, hold on through a guided minute and get 5 minutes. Strict comes with Pro: not even you can turn it off. Sleep Phone out of bed at night, phone-free when you wake up. Focus reminds you when it's time and asks you in the morning how it went. A streak of clean nights. Streaks, levels and a 7-day challenge Every clean day lights up your streak. Ten levels, from Scattered to Lock in: the orb on your home screen glows with your level. Widgets, a Dynamic Island countdown you can extend from the Lock Screen, and a card to share. Real privacy No account, no server, no analytics. Everything stays on your iPhone. Urges behind Face ID, plus discreet mode: shake your phone and your urges get renamed “Habit 17” so you can show people the app. Free: one session a day, urges, progress, widgets, the flexible night block and privacy. Focus Pro: unlimited sessions, real app blocking, the strict night block, Sleep, all background sounds and up to 5 saved sessions. Focus is for anyone who wants to do one thing and can't stop doing another. You don't have to be better today. Just don't give in. Focus Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial. Prices vary by country and are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase or when the trial ends. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your account settings. Privacy: https://focus-app.xyz/privacy-en.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Format4 screens
Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Focus at 5.0 against Format's 2.7. Focus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Format's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Format asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Format has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Format ships an update every 2 months, Focus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Format versus Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormatFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIdeaform Inc.Peru Bikandi Zabala

Customer experience

Format

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive46.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative41.9%

Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Format

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes
  • App freezes
  • App quits
  • Errors during large uploads
  • Crashes when adding external links
Show 10 more
  • Cannot delete submenus
  • App glitches
  • App force closing
  • General errors
  • App doesn't refresh changes
  • Wrong password issues
  • Website deactivated
  • Blog option never works
  • App doesn't work on M1 iPad Pro
  • Sliver of UI on launch

Requested features

19 requests
  • iPad version
  • iPad OS support
  • Android version
  • Client gallery viewing
  • Client selection viewing
Show 14 more
  • Workflow service on app
  • iPad optimized app
  • Full site features in app
  • Editing pages
  • Editing text
  • Adding captions
  • Editing text pages
  • Upload to blog section
  • Access proofing pages
  • Manage blogs
  • Move or copy images between galleries
  • Edit website menu
  • Edit gallery order
  • Dark mode

Focus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Format

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Mensual14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Anual14 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Format free?
Format is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Format or Focus?
Focus is rated higher. Format averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Focus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Format or Focus have ads?
Format shows ads; Focus does not.
Which is updated more often, Format or Focus?
Format ships an update every 2 months, and Focus every 5 days. Most recently, Format was updated on October 24, 2026 and Focus on October 21, 2026.

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