Comparison

Time Left vs FocusField

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

Head to head
About

Time Left

This app helps you visualize the finite nature of your time, displaying the remaining days, months, and years. It encourages a more present and creative life by emphasizing the preciousness of each moment. Your data remains private, with no notifications or ads.

Highlights
  • Displays remaining days, months, and years
  • Emphasizes the preciousness of time
  • Encourages a happy and creative life
  • No notifications, ads, or sign-up
  • Private data storage
  • Unlockable widgets and customization (Pro)
Features
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No notifications. No ads. No sign-up. Just you and your time. TIME LEFT DESCRIPTION Sometimes life seems really short, and other times impossibly long. This app will help you to emphasize that it’s most certainly finite. Time Left shows you, the days, months, and years you have left and that they are all you have got. Don’t be afraid, that means the only appropriate word to describe your time left is “precious”. So I hope this app will enable you to create a life in which you will be happy and creative. WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY? I think Privacy is a fundamental human right. To that end, I have designed Time Left from the ground up without any external framework. In this way, your data, like your birthdate, stays entirely private. HOW CAN YOU HELP ME? As I don’t collect any data on this app, to improve it I need your help! You can send me an email to julien@lacroix.dev for any feedback, issues, or bugs on this app or just to say “Hello!”. I answer every email! ********** A special thank you to Wait But Why for this amazing article (https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html). Without their work, this app would not have seen the light of day. ********** TIME LEFT PRO - Unlock widgets & skins. - Unlimited moments. - Live Photos in Life Calendar. - Automatically access all future features and widgets. - Support an indie developer. ********** Terms of Use: https://gettimeleft.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://gettimeleft.app/privacy

About

FocusField

Features
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Find your focus zone with biometric feedback. FocusField pairs Pomodoro timers with HRV data to show when you're truly focused — and when to take a break. By pairing Apple Watch heart rate variability with real-time noise, light and pressure readings, it builds a personal map of where and when you do your deepest work. No manual logging. No journaling. Just evidence. • FOCUS SCORE — A personal 0–100 score for every work session, weighted by HRV stability, session length, focus onset speed and environmental conditions. Normalised to YOUR baseline, not a universal benchmark. • FOCUS WEATHER — Location cards show your average score, conditions and best time-of-day window for each venue you visit. Home Office: 84 Excellent. Coffee shop: 61, try afternoons. • PASSIVE SENSING — Start a session and forget about it. FocusField reads HRV from your Watch, ambient noise (dB only, no audio stored), barometric pressure and GPS — all silently in the background. • LOCATION INTELLIGENCE — GPS coordinates are clustered into named venues. Each accumulates a focus profile: noise range, best hours, session count, average score. • SESSION REPLAY — After each session, see how your HRV evolved, which noise events correlated with focus drops, and what conditions produced your peaks. • APPLE WATCH — Companion app with session controls and live focus score. Watch complication shows your current state at a glance. FOCUSFIELD PRO Unlock the full intelligence layer: • Unlimited session history and locations • AI-powered recommendations ("You focus 34% better before 10am") • Watch face complication • Focus Weather forecast • CSV export Monthly £2.99 or Annual £19.99 (best value). Payment is charged to your Apple ID on confirmation of purchase. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://maddisys.co.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://maddisys.co.uk/privacy All data stays on your device. FocusField never uploads health, location or audio data.

Screenshots

Time Left4 screens
FocusField4 screens

Verdict

The call

Time Left and FocusField 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. Time Left sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and FocusField sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Left ships an update every 6 days, FocusField every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Time Left versus FocusField: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime LeftFocusField
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (237 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings237 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJulien LacroixMaddisys Limited

Bugs and requests

Time Left

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Widget not updating daily after recent updates
  • Display text rendering issues (font size problems)
  • App fails to load past welcome screen on some devices
  • Widget incompatibility with iOS 18.4
  • Years and months numbers displaying upside down
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  • Days not appearing in display
  • Laggy page transitions
  • Current day needle stuck and not moving
  • Developer unresponsive to support requests

Requested features

11 requests
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Apple Watch widget integration
  • Multiple time granularity options (weeks, days, hours)
  • Life expectancy limit increased beyond 90 years
  • Customizable row lengths in calendar view
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  • Auto dark mode for app and widgets
  • Specific date countdown feature
  • Weekly and monthly visualization options
  • Ability to adjust widget size and display metrics
  • Calendar view showing weeks per year
  • Pan and zoom functionality for overall view

FocusField

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Time Left

Subscriptions3
  • Per week$4.997 Days
  • Annual3 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Per year$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • One time$24.99
2 purchases

FocusField

Subscriptions2
  • FocusField Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • FocusField Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Time Left free?
Time Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusField free?
FocusField is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Left or FocusField have ads?
Neither Time Left nor FocusField shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Left or FocusField?
Time Left ships an update every 6 days, and FocusField every 5 days. Most recently, Time Left was updated on October 20, 2026 and FocusField on October 6, 2026.

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