Session vs Focus+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Session
Track your progress towards mastering skills by logging dedicated practice time. Manually log sessions or use the automatic timer to record your efforts. Start making measurable progress on your goals today.
- Create custom activities
- Manual session logging
- Automatic timer
- Track progress towards goals
- Skill mastery tracking
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ty for 5+ years of Session! but it's time to start a new arc. search timespent on the app store to see what's next. —cal --- "The secret to getting ahead is getting started." ―Mark Twain They say it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill, but who's counting? Now, you can with Session. Create an activity, and log sessions manually or with the automatic timer. Whether it's for 10 hours, 100, 10,000 or more – start making progress towards your goals today.
Focus+
This app provides customizable interval reminders to help you stay focused and on track. It can be used as a standalone timer or integrated with Apple Focus for enhanced productivity.
- Interval reminders
- Customizable periods
- Notification alerts
- Apple Focus integration
- Minimalist design
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Focus+ sends reminder notifications on a set interval over a chosen period to keep you on track. Use it alone as an interval timer or with Apple Focus to remind you to check your notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Session at 935 against Focus+'s 11. Session also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Session holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Session has 935 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Session's written reviews are positive against 67% of Focus+'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Session | Focus+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (935 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 935 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glasshouse Studio, LLC | Todd Brady |
Customer experience
Session
Focus+
Bugs and requests
Session
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer inconsistencies when exiting the app
- Inability to add time manually (only minutes, not hours)
- App crashes when trying to add a session manually
Requested features
6 requests- Add delete and rename session functions
- Implement activity editing (color, icon, name, description)
- Provide activity reordering capability
- Include activity time tracking by day/week/month/year
- Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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- Integrate music playback or nature sounds
Focus+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Session
No in-app purchases
Focus+
No in-app purchases
