Comparison

FocusCommit vs Kanban Planner

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

Head to head
About

FocusCommit

This app combines the Pomodoro Technique with task management to enhance focus and combat procrastination. It offers features like Kanban boards, white noise, and analytics to help users manage their workflow and track progress effectively.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro Technique timer
  • Kanban boards for task visualization
  • Smart sync with Google Tasks/Microsoft To-Do
  • White noise for concentration
  • Focus session analytics
  • Customizable work/break intervals
  • Live Activities on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
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FocusCommit is your all-in-one focus timer and productivity app designed to help you beat procrastination, manage ADHD, and stay concentrated. Whether you're a student preparing for exams, a professional tackling deadlines, someone managing ADHD, or anyone looking to boost productivity — FocusCommit combines the proven Pomodoro Technique with powerful task management. **More Than Just a Timer** Unlike basic timer apps, FocusCommit integrates professional project management with focus-enhancing features: • **Kanban Boards** — Visualize your workflow and organize tasks effortlessly • **Smart Sync** — Connect with Google Tasks and Microsoft To-Do • **White Noise** — Ambient sounds to enhance concentration • **Analytics** — Track your focus sessions and measure progress • **Customizable Intervals** — Adjust work and break durations to fit your style • **Live Activities** — See your timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island **Perfect For** • Students needing a study timer for effective learning • Professionals managing work intervals and deadlines • People with ADHD seeking structured focus sessions • Remote workers maintaining concentration at home • Anyone fighting procrastination **How It Works** 1. Add your tasks and organize them on the Kanban board 2. Start a focus session with the Pomodoro timer 3. Take timed breaks to recharge 4. Track your progress with detailed analytics 5. Sync across devices and stay organized Download FocusCommit and transform the way you work and study. --- Pomodoro Technique® and Pomodoro® are registered trademarks of Francesco Cirillo. This app is not affiliated with Francesco Cirillo.

About

Kanban Planner

Features
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Kanban Planner is a kanban app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your tasks are cards in columns, so you can see at a glance what’s coming up. Drag cards to the next column with a finger or a mouse as the work moves along. Due date, priority and checklist show right on the card. MY DAY Anything due or planned for today shows up in My Day on its own. Add other cards yourself; your own picks start fresh each morning. WEEK PLANNING Let the app spread your open tasks across the week. Due dates are hard limits, goals with a near deadline pull their tasks forward, and a long checklist counts as more work. You decide how much fits into one day, and you can still drag anything to another. BOARDS • Name your columns and give them a color • New cards take on the color of their column • Moving a card updates its status for you • Priorities, labels, checklists and attachments • Recurring tasks: checking one off creates the next • Optional reminders before a task comes due GOALS Gather cards from across your plans under a single goal and track the progress. CLAUDE INTEGRATION With Pro, the AI assistant Claude Code can manage your board. It reads what’s due, adds cards, checks off checklist items and plans your week. For this you download the MCP server, a small add-on program for the Mac, for free. Other MCP clients work too; the Mac app syncs the changes to your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. FOR DEVELOPERS Connect your GitHub repositories, and their issues and pull requests show up as cards, with the due date from the milestone. The connection is read-only: nothing is ever written back to GitHub. ON EVERY DEVICE iPhone, iPad and Mac share one board through your own iCloud. Widgets keep the next tasks on the Home Screen, and checklist items can be checked off right there. FREE OR PRO Every feature is unlocked for seven days after you install the app. After that, the free version stays available with no time limit: one plan with three columns and five cards per column. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It lifts the free limits and unlocks week planning, goals, recurring tasks, GitHub, widgets and the Claude integration. A single purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac together. PRIVACY Your tasks stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. The app needs no account, and we don’t run servers of our own or any analytics.

Screenshots

FocusCommit3 screens
Kanban Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

FocusCommit and Kanban Planner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. FocusCommit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Kanban Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FocusCommit versus Kanban Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusCommitKanban Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnoBeeClaudius Kristmann

In-app purchases

4 purchases

FocusCommit

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • Monthly$0.99
  • Yearly subscription$8.99
  • Focus, Commit Lifetime Deal$29.99
1 purchases

Kanban Planner

One-time1
  • Kanban Planner Pro$8.99

Questions

Is FocusCommit free?
FocusCommit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kanban Planner free?
Kanban Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FocusCommit or Kanban Planner have ads?
Neither FocusCommit nor Kanban Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusCommit or Kanban Planner?
FocusCommit ships an update every 3 weeks, and Kanban Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, FocusCommit was updated on October 18, 2026 and Kanban Planner on October 9, 2026.

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