Comparison

Focusd Timer vs CalDown

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

Head to head
About

Focusd Timer

Features
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Stay focused on your activities! Main functions: - 3D Parallax. - Customize time intervals. - Ability to start, pause, and stop the work interval. - Track your goals. - Beautiful design. - Change the number of intervals. - Notifications. - Universal app for iPhone and iPad.

About

CalDown

This app transforms your calendar into a real-time timeline, showing your current and upcoming events with live countdowns. It offers customizable widgets for your home and lock screens, and a companion app for Apple Watch, all designed for clarity and focus.

Highlights
  • Real-time event timeline
  • Live countdowns and progress bars
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Event notes and checklists
  • Hide specific event occurrences
Features
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CalDown – Focus. Clarity. Time Awareness. What is happening now? What comes next? How much time is left? CalDown turns Apple Calendar events into a focused timeline across iPhone, iPad, widgets and Apple Watch. Choose your calendars and see your day without the clutter. A TIMELINE BUILT AROUND NOW • Follow your current event with a countdown and progress bar • Keep all-day, upcoming and recently ended events in view • Look ahead by 3, 5 or 7 days • See gaps between events and timed reminders • Create and edit events with the familiar Apple Calendar editor • Hide individual event occurrences without changing them in Apple Calendar, and restore them from Hidden Events WIDGETS THAT MAKE TIME TANGIBLE • See your current or next timed event on the Home Screen or Lock Screen • Choose focused countdowns or overviews combining current and upcoming events • Follow calendar colors, progress and clear event details • Show or hide gaps in supported layouts and spot overlaps • Hide the highlighted event directly from supported widgets APPLE WATCH — WITH PRO • View calendar events available on your Watch, even without your iPhone nearby • Follow the iPhone’s calendar selection or choose separate calendars on Watch • Choose circular, corner, inline and rectangular complications • Presentation Dynamic emphasizes the leading time unit with a small event title • Presentation Fixed keeps hours, minutes and seconds in a consistent layout • Both presentation complications switch from time until an event to time remaining when it starts • Event Overview shows two events and highlights the current one • Expand event and reminder details, with gaps and overlaps in the timeline Widgets and complications use your selected Upcoming range. Refreshes, countdown updates and Always On behavior are managed by the system. CALENDAR NOTIFICATIONS Create calendar groups with their own notification rules. Combine alerts before the start, at the start, partway through, before the end or at the end of each event. Choose sound settings for each group on your iPhone. CalDown alerts are separate from Apple Calendar alerts, so you may receive both. Delivery depends on notification permissions, Focus settings and system background refresh. APPLE REMINDERS — BETA, WITH PRO • Show dated tasks from selected lists alongside your events • Keep overdue tasks in Today and future timed tasks in the timeline • Complete tasks and review dated tasks completed today • Open Apple Reminders to create, edit or reopen tasks Undated tasks are not shown. Reminders do not occupy time and are not included in widgets or complications. Watch completion uses your paired iPhone; offline requests stay pending until confirmed. Both devices need reminder access and the same reminder account. Some accounts cannot identify tasks reliably across devices. NOTES AND CHECKLISTS Keep notes and checklist items with calendar events. Watch additions and checklist changes require the paired iPhone to save and confirm them. Your calendar account manages synchronization. REMAINING TIME COLORS Choose start, warning and urgent colors and thresholds on iPhone. Apply them to the timeline, widgets and Watch independently. These are visual cues; notifications are configured separately. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Ask about Current, Next or Today’s schedule. Hide an occurrence, restore the last hidden event, or open Today and Upcoming. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES • No CalDown account, ads, subscriptions or analytics • On-device processing, with no external CalDown server • Hidden-event preferences sync only with the paired Watch • Optional diagnostic reports that you review and choose to share START SIMPLE. UNLOCK MORE WITH PRO. Use one calendar at a time and basic widgets for free. A single one-time purchase unlocks multiple calendars, additional widget layouts, Apple Watch and Apple Reminders integration. Your time. Your focus. CalDown.

Screenshots

Focusd Timer4 screens
CalDown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focusd Timer at none against CalDown's 1. Focusd Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). CalDown's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. CalDown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focusd Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focusd Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, CalDown weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Focusd Timer versus CalDown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusd TimerCalDown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAngelo Di GianfilippoValentin Haberling

In-app purchases

None

Focusd Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CalDown

One-time1
  • Unlock CalDown Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Focusd Timer free?
Focusd Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CalDown free?
CalDown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focusd Timer or CalDown have ads?
Neither Focusd Timer nor CalDown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focusd Timer or CalDown?
Focusd Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and CalDown weekly. Most recently, Focusd Timer was updated on October 3, 2026 and CalDown on October 24, 2026.

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