Comparison

Crowdcast Mobile vs Focus or Ketchup

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

Head to head
About

Crowdcast Mobile

This platform helps creators host various virtual events like webinars, workshops, and concerts. It focuses on simplicity, interaction, and audience growth with features like integrated registration, live chat, and analytics. Participants can join easily from any device without downloads.

Highlights
  • Host livestreams, webinars, workshops, Q&As, shows, summits, concerts
  • One event URL for registration, live event, and replay
  • Browser-based access, no downloads required
  • Audience engagement via chat, Q&As, polls, and on-stage participation
  • Email collection and integration with 1.4k+ apps
  • Ticket sales and membership-only events
  • Robust analytics for livestream performance
Features
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Crowdcast is an all-in-one virtual events platform for creators. - - - Grow your audience with livestreams, webinars, workshops, Q&As, shows, summits, concerts and more. We've reimagine how to gather over live video and focused on 3 key areas: simplicity, interaction, and growth. Simple for hosts and participants -> One intelligently event URL handles registration, live event, and replay. Join via the browser or the app on any device, nothing to download. Interactive at scale -> Engage your audience over chat, Q&As, polls and even pull attendees up on stage with one click. Stream from your phone or professional encoders in HD. Tools for growth -> Collect emails, integrate with over 1.4k apps, charge ticket prices, host members only events through Patreon and grow you channel followers. Use robust analytics to measure how effective your livestreams are. Discover live conversations all over the world. See you on air.

About

Focus or Ketchup

Features
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Starting is easy. Finishing is the job. Focus or ketchup is a character-driven focus timer for people who need more than a gentle reminder. Accept one focus job, put your phone down, and keep the promise you made to yourself and to Focus Family. Focus Family keeps time, calls you back from breaks, and puts every completed job on the record. FOCUS ON ONE JOB - Start a 25-minute focus job in seconds - Hear spoken cues for starts, warnings, breaks, pauses, and results. You’d better listen to the Family. - Follow a 25-minute focus and 5-minute break rhythm - Take a 20-minute big break after every four completed jobs SEE THE WORK ADD UP - Count completed jobs and focused minutes - Check your current focus streak - Review the last seven days in Focus Family record book - Keep your focus history stored locally on your device - Use the app without creating an account JOIN FOCUS FAMILY (let the Family protect your focus) Full Focus Family membership gives you stronger tools for jobs that need extra protection: - Focus Lock shields the apps and websites you choose while a focus job is running - Keep Your Word Mode removes the pause and abandon options after you give your word - Custom Timers let you set the length of focus jobs, short breaks, big breaks, and cycles Monthly and annual Full Focus Family subscriptions unlock the same three features. Prices and any available trial terms are shown on the purchase screen before you subscribe. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple Account settings. REMEMBER One job at a time. Make a promise. Keep it, or else... ------------------------------------------------ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Crowdcast Mobile4 screens
Focus or Ketchup3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crowdcast Mobile at none against Focus or Ketchup's 2. Crowdcast Mobile also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Focus or Ketchup sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Crowdcast Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Crowdcast Mobile versus Focus or Ketchup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrowdcast MobileFocus or Ketchup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB49 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperCrowdcastMobi-net.pl

Bugs and requests

Crowdcast Mobile

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Video constantly restarts, rewind button issues
  • Can't see all speakers on mobile, chat doesn't work
  • Keeps cutting out, have to refresh constantly
  • Blurry video, audio sync problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add future events to Google calendar
  • Include day of week in date/time format
  • Larger video view, ability to hide chat
  • Improve login process, allow password manager

Focus or Ketchup

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Crowdcast Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus or Ketchup

Subscriptions2
  • Full Family Membership$1.991 Month
  • Full Family Annual7 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Crowdcast Mobile free?
Crowdcast Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus or Ketchup free?
Focus or Ketchup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crowdcast Mobile or Focus or Ketchup have ads?
Neither Crowdcast Mobile nor Focus or Ketchup shows ads.

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