Focus Space vs Hearmark

Focus Space provides a simple and beautiful interface to help stay focused and productive in whatever you need to do. Let your time work for you and reach your goal! The app suggests three types of timers. Focus Space were designed to better your focus on one certain activity necessary time, such as studying, working, reading, meditation, napping, cooking, coffee break, relaxing, writing, and a lot more. Focus Space offers tools to help you create the perfect atmosphere for concentration. Activity Timer - Focus on one certain activity for a short time. Ideal for short-term activities. Pomodoro Timer - Focus on one certain activity for a long time. Manage your balance of focus and break time. Playlist Timer - Plan time for different activities during the day. Breaking down activities into small steps helps you reach your goals. Daily Focus Reminders - Increase Productivity, set up daily time when you start your focus and Focus Timer will send you reminders. Progress tracker - Track progress and improvements of your focus Focus Space can help you with: - Control time you need to be focused on a certain activity - Customize focus sessions as you need - Set up Daily Focus Reminders - Track your productivity progress with insightful charts - Increase your focus abilities and productivity - Ability to create custom activity lists for your daily routine to ensure you stay on track - Collect daily activities you need to be focused on - Understand how you spend your time - Reveal tasks and processes holding you back - Observe your productive performance over time - Appreciate what you have achieved - Less Stress Features: - Activity timer to be focused on a certain activity - Pomodoro timer for working with intervals and breaks - Custom Pomodoro schema - Playlist timer to create custom activity lists for your daily routine - Daily Focus Reminders - Summary for your focus sessions - Motivation Daily Advice - Notifications about focus session progress - Activity Library - History of your focus sessions - Insightful statistics about progress If you have any questions, please reach out to apps.support@alteqlab.com

Hearmark lets you dictate and timestamp notes while simultaneously listening to an audio file. Great for critical listening tasks. This app came out of a personal need - I’ve always used car rides for critical listening, whether it’s working on a new track or album. In the past I got into the habit of just trying to remember things I wanted to fix, or even worse: trying to type out notes on my phone while driving, not to mention having to try to explain where in the song or album my note was supposed to be in reference to. Thus Hearmark was born. Now when I’m on the road, I can dictate my notes while listening, with time references, and all I have to do is press one giant button - much safer than typing, much more effective than trying to remember all the ideas that come up. Hearmark transcribes your notes into a single markdown file, listed as markdown tasks, separated by filename and with timestamps. I chose this output format specifically for ingesting notes into my own workflow, which relies on the markdown-based Obsidian app. How you decide to ingest the text Hearmark creates is up to you. My method of choice is to store the markdown file on iCloud, and then have a symbolically linked version of the file directly in my Obsidian vault.