Comparison

Focalize vs BasicTaskNotes

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

Head to head
About

Focalize

This app helps designers bring their creative concepts to life. Organize ideas, sketches, and moodboards in one place, and collaborate with team members. Streamline the process of creating collections and managing digital assets for your brand.

Highlights
  • Idea and sketch management
  • Moodboard creation
  • Digital collection organization
  • Team collaboration tools
  • Concept book generation
  • Asset sharing and distribution
Features
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Enhance your creativity! Create whatever you want, whenever you want with the Focalize Designer app. Turn inspirations and concepts into products customers and retailers love. Visually driven and built specifically for designers. SMOOTH ACCESS Manage ideas, sketches and moodboards in one place. INSPIRATIONS Your collection in the palm of your hand. MOODBOARDS Simply tap to create and edit. DESIGNS Import digital or paper based, organize sketches and create your line sheet. CONCEPT BOOK Your body of work automatically organized into an interactive catalog. COLLABORATE Chat with your team members and collaborators and work together. With Focalize Designer you can: • Create whatever you want, whenever you want; • Organize collections in the palm of your hand; • Work visually and marry instinct with information; • Keep your work in one place; • Go from iPhone to iPad and personal computer; • Seamlessly collaborate with colleagues and partners Key features: • Organize and digitalize creativity and collections; • Advanced technologies empowering an immersive creative process; • Workflow and collaboration; • All in one platform; • Reduce time and errors to create collections; • Storage and one centralized hub for your work; • Share, reuse and distribute product digital asset, which is the foundation of your brand identity. With Focalize Designer you can work on your ideas, beginning from pictures you can either take with your camera or upload from your own library. You are also able to: • Add information related to each picture (Location, Material Used, Item Type, Event and more); • Record voice notes; • Take notes; • Organize sketches; • Create Moodboards; • Share content you created; • Interact with your team members and collaborators; • Present your work on a Concept Book in an entertaining way. Our team will provide support 24/7.

About

BasicTaskNotes

Create and organize task lists and notes to enhance productivity. Keep your to-dos and important information neatly arranged in folders for easy access.

Highlights
  • Create task lists
  • Create notes
  • Organize tasks and notes in folders
  • Stay organized
  • Enhance productivity
Features
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BasicTaskNotes provides users with the ability to stay organized and on task by creating task lists and notes and keeping them organized in folders.

Screenshots

Focalize4 screens
BasicTaskNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focalize at Free against BasicTaskNotes's $0.99. Focalize also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). BasicTaskNotes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

Focalize is free to download; BasicTaskNotes costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BasicTaskNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Focalize versus BasicTaskNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocalizeBasicTaskNotes
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFocalize, Inc.Peter Roach

Customer experience

Focalize

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

BasicTaskNotes

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

In-app purchases

None

Focalize

No in-app purchases

None

BasicTaskNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focalize free?
Focalize is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BasicTaskNotes free?
BasicTaskNotes costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Focalize or BasicTaskNotes?
BasicTaskNotes is rated higher. Focalize averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while BasicTaskNotes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Focalize or BasicTaskNotes have ads?
Neither Focalize nor BasicTaskNotes shows ads.

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