Comparison

Focuster vs Timestripe

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

Head to head
About

Focuster

This app helps you work more efficiently by prioritizing tasks, auto-scheduling them into your calendar, and providing smart reminders. Track your progress and see your day at a glance to boost focus and eliminate distractions.

Highlights
  • Task prioritization
  • Auto-scheduling to calendar
  • Smart reminders
  • Progress tracking
  • Calendar sync
  • Zapier integrations
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Did you know wasted hours of productivity translate to about $1,800 a month in lost revenue per person? Focuster is designed to help you work more efficiently, so you can get more done in less time and capitalize upon the tasks you complete. Prioritize tasks, auto-schedule them in your calendar, utilize smart reminders, track your progress, and much more. You'll wonder how you managed without it. * Streamlined interface designed to boost focus, increase productivity, prioritize tasks & eliminate distractions * Instant calendar rescheduling function automatically updates your priorities * Smart reminders keep you focused throughout the day * Activity Bar lets you see your day at a glance: completed tasks, pending tasks, time left to finish them, etc. * Intuitive interface enables you to easily rank and prioritize tasks * Notifications & Now view help you stay fully engaged with the task at hand * Priority-based auto scheduling * Daily planning * Smart reminders & notifications * Real-time calendar updates * Recurring actions * Zapier & integrations * Calendar sync with your Google Calendar Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Timestripe

This app offers a unique planning system with flexible time frames for daily, yearly, and lifetime goals. It provides step-by-step guides for various life areas and allows users to organize tasks, ideas, and lists with customizable templates. Users can also share their creations with the community.

Highlights
  • Flexible time frames for goals
  • Step-by-step educational programs
  • Organize tasks and ideas
  • Customizable templates
  • Community sharing
  • Dark mode support
  • Rich Text notes
Features
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Expand your planning horizons Timestripe is a unique planner with flexible time frames. Planning your daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and lifetime goals allows you to think strategically, have a clear vision, and focus on things that are really important to you. We call this planning system Horizons. Achieve more with step-by-step guides Big goals require a good plan, consisting of small, measurable and clear objectives. Timestripe helps you achieve your dreams with step-by-step educational programs for all kinds of goals. Fitness and health, finance and career, relationships and awareness. Organize your life with skill Organize endless lists of tasks, ideas, plans, movies to watch, books to read, anything you want to organize into an endless number of boards. Use a wide range of templates from our community to speed up your train of thought Share your best practices with others Create your own productivity templates, favourite movie lists, or share your bucket list with the world. And other beautifully crafted experience · Dark mode support · Color labels · Rich Text notes for your goals (subgoals, links, quotes, headlines and more) · Hashtags · Link goals between boards and calendar Users love Timestripe More than 70,000 people used Timestripe to change their lives for the better iF design awards 2018 Product Hunt #4 product of the week, December 2020 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://timestripe.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Focuster2 screens
Timestripe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Timestripe at 4.5 against Focuster's 3.7. Timestripe also leads on ratings volume (124 vs 6). Focuster's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Focuster sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Timestripe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timestripe holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timestripe has 124 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Focuster's written reviews are positive against 64% of Timestripe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focuster versus Timestripe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusterTimestripe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)4.5 (124 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better63.9% of reviews
Number of ratings6124 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan BakerTimestripe OÜ

Customer experience

Focuster

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Timestripe

All ratings123 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral12.8%
Negative23.3%

Bugs and requests

Focuster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Timestripe

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login and password recovery issues
  • Tasks not saving or disappearing
  • Repeated weekly events not working correctly
  • Dragging and sorting functionality not reliable
  • App freezing or not loading on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode support
  • Improved calendar sync and integration
  • Quantitative goal tracking and progress visualization
  • Customizable widgets and home screen integration
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focuster

Subscriptions2
  • Focuster Basic Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Focuster Basic No Trial$9.991 Month
4 purchases

Timestripe

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Pro Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual Subscription1 Month trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Focuster free?
Focuster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timestripe free?
Timestripe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focuster or Timestripe?
Timestripe is rated higher. Focuster averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Timestripe averages 4.5 from 124 ratings.
Do Focuster or Timestripe have ads?
Neither Focuster nor Timestripe shows ads.

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