Comparison

iDay vs FocusFlow

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

Head to head
About

iDay

This app helps you focus and overcome procrastination using the Pomodoro Technique. It offers customizable timers, ambient sounds, and study modes to create a distraction-free environment for work and study.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro Technique timer (25 min focus, 5 min rest)
  • Customizable focus and rest timers
  • Ambient soundscapes (waves, rain, forest, cafe)
  • Study area with flip mode to prevent phone use
  • Task reminders and procrastination tools
  • Data statistics for tracking efforts
Features
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iDay,开启一段美好的专注时光。 为什么需要iDay? - 总是被各种琐事和诱惑打断,无法长时间专心投入 - 因为拖延和懒惰,明明很多事情,却无法开始 - 时间无情流逝,不知道如何开始新的一天 - 试过很多时间管理法,却依然效率低下于事无补 - 事情越来越多,时间越来越少,压力越来越大 - 长时间伏案工作,忘记舒展身体、忘记喝水 如果你有以上困扰,试试「iDay」,让你暂时放下手机,开启你的专注旅程。 iDay是什么? 「iDay」是一个让你可以暂时放下手机、专心投入的 App。每当你想开始一段专心投入的时光,你可以在「iDay」中选择一个任务并开始专注。接下来的时间里,伴着海浪、雨声、森林、冥想或是咖啡厅的环境声音,你会心无旁骛专心投入。之后,你可以休息一小会儿或是继续下一段专注。每一天,都有成千上万的人在iDay开启专注旅程,和时间做朋友,遇见更好的自己。 「iDay」的主要功能 - 基于番茄工作法,每次专注 25 分钟,间隔休息 5 分钟 - 支持时长与休息模式自定义,定制顺心顺手的专注计时器 -任务提醒 ,定时任务提醒,培养专注习惯,摆脱拖延症 -学霸专区,开启学霸模式、翻转模式,让你在专注的时候更好地远离手机 -数据统计 让你的努力有迹可循 成为更好的人的路上,偶尔会孤单也偶尔会枯燥,希望我们一起度过,一起成长。

About

FocusFlow

Enhance productivity with a focus timer, habit tracker, and to-do list. Set custom focus plans, track habit completion, and manage daily tasks. Features include widgets, reminders, and cloud data backup for seamless synchronization.

Highlights
  • Focus timer with customizable durations and sound scenes
  • Habit tracking with daily, weekly, and monthly cycles
  • To-do list management with repeating frequencies
  • Desktop widgets for quick access
  • Detailed focus and habit statistics
  • Cloud data backup and multi-device sync
  • Privacy protection with password lock
Features
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◆ Stay focused and develop habits. Focusing makes us more efficient and good habits make our lives happier. Whether at work or at school, when you want to improve efficiency, focus can often get half the result with twice the effort. Focusing on what you expect will certainly make a difference. The reason why a person is excellent is because there are excellent habits behind it. Many times, we can't see how powerful the habits are, but at the critical moment we will understand the power of habits. FocusFlow is carefully designed with focus, habit, and to-do modes, so you can see at a glance the daily focus, habit, and to-do situation, allowing you to develop focus and good habits in a more targeted way. ◆ What are the features of FocusFlow? - Widgets: Support iOS 14 to add widgets to your desktop - Focus: Create a focus plan with a frequency of daily, weekly, weekly x days, monthly x days - Focus statistics: study, work, exercise, reading, different categories of clear focus time - Focus countdown: choose a focus duration of 5-180 minutes and choose different sound scenes to start focusing - Habits: create good habits to be cultivated with a frequency of daily, weekly, x days per week, x days per month cycles - Habit statistics: the number of days each habit has been completed and the percentage of pie charts for each habit at a glance - Habit log: you can choose different Emoji emoji and support uploading pictures - Today's to-do list: You can create a to-do list with repeating frequency - Customized bottom bar: Focus, Habits, and To Do bottom bar can be swapped - Data backup: automatic data backup in the cloud, multi-device synchronization - Focus/habit reminder: Timed reminder according to the created reminder time - Privacy protection: Password lock to protect your private data ◆ My website Code Power Studio: https://www.maliquankai.com (Occasionally share various resources of product/design) Code force all open resource site: https://design.maliquankai.com (Product/designer/independent developer's resource library) ◆ Contact me Your suggestions are vital to us, any questions and suggestions, write in the comment section or contact me. E-mail: larry@maliquankai.com Microblog: @Larry_Dev Zhihu: @Larry Twitter: @Larry About the subscription service of FocusFlow Premium The service is a subscription-based fee service, you can choose to use the service on a yearly or buyout basis. The premium version (per year) is a subscription-based fee service, which means you will pay in advance for future subscription usage. Currently you can choose to use the service on a yearly basis. Towards the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription will automatically renew by default, unless you cancel the automatic renewal yourself, or we cancel the service. - Fees. We currently offer a standard service price for the service of ¥18 per year with a ¥45 buyout, which is subject to change during promotional periods. When a price adjustment occurs, the new fee will be incurred on your next subscription cycle. - Refunds. Current subscriptions and one-time buyout fees will not be refundable. Please be sure to ensure that the feature service meets your needs. - Cancellation of subscriptions. To cancel a renewal subscription, please operate the cancellation at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel by: Open System Settings - Click on Apple ID - Click on Subscriptions - Select FocusFlow Premium and cancel your subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.maliquankai.com/habit-en Privacy Policy: https://www.maliquankai.com/habit-privacy-policy-en

Screenshots

iDay4 screens
FocusFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FocusFlow at none against iDay's shown. FocusFlow also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (215 vs 71). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. iDay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FocusFlow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for iDay against 4.6 for FocusFlow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 215 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of iDay's written reviews are positive against 87% of FocusFlow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDay ships an update every 2 months, FocusFlow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iDay versus FocusFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDayFocusFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (71 ratings) — better4.6 (215 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better87.3% of reviews
Number of ratings71215 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer再锋 吴世超 李

Customer experience

iDay

All ratings71 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%

FocusFlow

All ratings215 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive87.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iDay

One-time1
  • 高级会员$2.99
2 purchases

FocusFlow

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Habit(by year)$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Focus Habit (permanent)$5.99

Questions

Is iDay free?
iDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusFlow free?
FocusFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iDay or FocusFlow?
iDay is rated higher. iDay averages 4.7 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while FocusFlow averages 4.6 from 215 ratings.
Do iDay or FocusFlow have ads?
iDay shows ads; FocusFlow does not.
Which is updated more often, iDay or FocusFlow?
iDay ships an update every 2 months, and FocusFlow every 6 weeks. Most recently, iDay was updated on November 2, 2026 and FocusFlow on November 3, 2026.

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