Presso vs Ultimate Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Presso
Streamline your newsletter reading experience. This app filters and organizes your subscribed newsletters into a clean, mobile-optimized reading environment. Discover new newsletters tailored to your interests and manage all your subscriptions in one place.
- Optimized reading environment
- Newsletter recommendations
- Easy subscription management
- Scraping and note-taking
- Gmail integration
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복잡한 메일함 대신 프레소에서 뉴스레터만 쏙쏙!! 구독한 뉴스레터는 많은데, 잘 안 읽고 쌓아두지 않나요? 더이상 불편한 경험 때문에 유익한 콘텐츠를 놓치지 마세요 최적의 경험을 제공하는 프레소와 함께, 우리 뉴스레터에 집중해 봐요 - 최적화된 읽기 환경 모바일에 최적화된 편안한 환경에서 뉴스레터만 깔끔하게 골라 읽고, 읽으면서 바로바로 스크랩과 메모까지 - 나만을 위한 맞춤 뉴스레터 추천 뉴스레터 종류는 많은데, 나한테 딱 맞는 뉴스레터 어디 없나? 이젠 고민은 그만, 프레소에서 추천받아요! - 간편한 구독 관리 "어라, 이런 것도 구독했었나?" 더이상 헷갈리지 마세요. 구독 목록, 구독 신청/취소까지 프레소에서! * 현재는 Google 계정만 연동 됩니다. ** Gmail에서 라벨과 필터를 만들어 모아주는 방식을 사용합니다.
Ultimate Focus
Enhance your productivity with a visual timer designed for focused work and study. Manage tasks, utilize Pomodoro cycles, block distractions, and track your progress. Sync with your calendar and personalize your experience with customizable themes and sounds.
- Visual timer with drag-to-set functionality
- Task-specific focus sessions
- Pomodoro mode for cycles
- Distracting app and website blocking
- Calendar sync for sessions and reflections
- Customizable themes and icons
- Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts integration
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Focus is built less on willpower and more on an environment that makes it easy to begin. Ultimate Focus is a simple focus timer designed with only the features you actually need for work and study. Manage separate sessions for each task, review your focus, use Pomodoro mode, block distracting apps, and sync your sessions with Calendar—all in one app. Features - Drag your finger to quickly set the timer. - Organize your focus time by separating sessions for different tasks. - Stay in rhythm with Pomodoro mode for natural cycles of focus and break. - Review how you focused with stats and reflection features. - Sync your focus sessions and reflections with the Calendar app. - Personalize the app with 70+ color themes and app icons. - Check your focus stats or start a timer right away from Home Screen widgets. - Start a timer using Shortcuts. - Block selected apps and websites while you focus. - Use Habits to receive reminders at the times you want. - Customize notification sounds and background music to match your style. (Premium) - Sync and edit your focus records across devices with iCloud. (Premium) If you experience any issues while using the app, have questions, or find a bug, please contact us anytime at hello@ultimatefocus.app. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Presso at none against Ultimate Focus's 4. Presso also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Ultimate Focus's advantage is ratings volume (183 vs 3) and review sentiment (85% vs 68%). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Ultimate Focus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Presso asks for nothing beyond the download.
Presso holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Focus has 183 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Presso's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ultimate Focus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Presso ships an update fortnightly, Ultimate Focus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Presso | Ultimate Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (183 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 183 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HYUNJUN LEE | StonicSolution |
Customer experience
Presso
Ultimate Focus
Bugs and requests
Presso
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ultimate Focus
Reported bugs
17 issues- Pomodoro mode not working
- Timer not movable after exiting desktop app
- Session switching on iPhone is confusing
- Shortcuts only allow one section selection
- Default timer is always 25 min
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- Restarting phone requires re-onboarding
- Alarm sound is too short
- Icon cannot be moved on home screen
- Timer doesn't record if stopped early
- Timer end memo sometimes doesn't display
- Keynote doesn't show timer overlay
- App volume cannot be adjusted
- Dock icon cannot be hidden
- Sync issues across devices
- Apple Watch timer stops when screen dims
- Apple Watch app lacks break timer
- Timer not resetting correctly
Requested features
37 requests- Pause and resume timer functionality
- Guide website for usage
- Option to purchase premium
- Improve iPhone session switching clarity
- Pomodoro mode without breaks
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- Ability to add time manually after forgetting to start
- Count-up (stopwatch) mode
- Ability to choose own theming colors
- Weekly report with productivity insights
- AI to break down trends
- Continuous timer alarm sound until dismissed
- Real-time widget for specific sessions
- Ability to set default timer per session
- Option to change daily reset time (e.g., 2 AM instead of midnight)
- Show current time on Apple Watch timer screen
- Option to hide numbers on menu bar timer
- Option to have timer circle represent full visual space regardless of duration
- Ability to run multiple timers simultaneously
- Bar graph option for timer visualization
- Stopwatch mode for flexible time tracking
- Option to change time cycle for daily reset
- One-time purchase option for premium
- More sound themes or custom color themes
- Option to disable retrospect pop-up
- Digital display option for timer
- Adjustable alarm volume within the app
- Option to hide app icon from dock
- Tutorial for Pomodoro mode settings
- Option to make timer display on Keynote
- Sync session and retrospect lists across devices
- Improve Apple Watch app functionality (e.g., break timer)
- Option to set timer for over 60 minutes
- Option to reset timer to start from beginning
- Option to have timer on every desktop
- Option to show only icon on menu bar
- Invert clock colors for focus and break times
- Ability to change timer duration for each session individually
In-app purchases
Presso
No in-app purchases
Ultimate Focus
- Ultimate Focus - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Ultimate Focus - Annual7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Ultimate Focus - Annual$17.991 Year
- Ultimate Focus - Lifetime$39.99
