Haruda Focus vs Acta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haruda Focus
Turn focused study sessions into a game with this timer app. It uses the Pomodoro technique to help you measure and improve your concentration. Feel real focus and achieve more.
- Pomodoro technique timer
- Study time measurement
- Focus improvement
- Gamified concentration
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Spent hours at your desk but feel like nothing got done? Track the time you actually focused, not just the time you sat there. Haruda Focus is a Pomodoro study timer that logs your real study hours and locks distracting apps while you work. Made for high school and college students heading into finals, anyone preparing for a certification or licensing exam, and anyone who wants to log real study hours every day. ■ Pomodoro, stopwatch & timers A Pomodoro timer built on the classic rhythm of 25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break. Turn on Set Mode for a long break after every few rounds, save your own Pomo Presets, and switch on Auto flow so focus sessions and breaks keep rolling on their own. Don't feel like setting anything up? Start the stopwatch. For fixed blocks like a practice test, start a saved timer. ■ Focus Lock While you focus, only the apps you allow will open. Everything unlocks during breaks. Focus Lock uses Apple's Screen Time. ■ Records & stats Give each session a Focus Score when it ends. Then see your patterns at a glance: a 24-hour timeline, daily, weekly and monthly stats, and time by category, such as each subject you study. ■ D-Day countdown See how many days are left until your exam every time you open the app. ■ Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets See today's focus time and your nearest D-Day without opening the app. Tap the start button on the Home Screen widget to open the app, and your focus session starts 3 seconds later. ■ Together Sign in, create a private space with a few friends, see each other focusing, and send quiet cheers. No leaderboards, just the feeling of studying side by side. ■ Also Sound, vibration and flash alerts when a session ends. Sign in to keep your records in sync across devices. Available in 13 languages. ■ Premium (one-time purchase) No ads, plus unlimited Pomo Presets (free users can save up to 3). When things pile up, just start. Don't worry about how. Once you start, you'll get there.
Acta
This app helps you achieve large goals by breaking them down into manageable daily tasks. It uses AI to create a personalized plan with milestones and simple daily actions, focusing on a calm and pressure-free user experience.
- AI-driven goal planning
- Milestone tracking on a timeline
- Daily task management
- Four tracking methods (completion, accumulation, measurement, journaling)
- Calm, full-screen interface
- On-device data storage
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Turn a goal into small steps you can take today. Tell Acta what you want to achieve. A short AI conversation helps you build a plan with milestones and daily actions. Review and edit the plan before starting. Record completed actions, quantities, measurements and short journal entries. Look back through your calendar, use timers and reminders, and keep notes with each goal. Start with up to 3 active goals for free, including everyday tracking and 20 AI coaching replies each week. Ask about a barrier or think through your next step from the sparkle button on Today. Acta Pro lets you start more active goals and includes 200 shared AI replies each week across coaching, plan adjustments, reflections and next-goal preparation. Review suggested changes before applying them. Existing goals and records remain available when Pro ends. Your goals and records are saved on your device. When you use AI, relevant goal, record, memo and conversation context is sent to the AI service to answer your request. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage them in your Apple Account settings. A separate one-time lifetime purchase is also available. Terms: https://devyan0.github.io/legal/acta/terms.html Privacy: https://devyan0.github.io/legal/acta/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Acta at none against Haruda Focus's shown. Haruda Focus's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Haruda Focus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Acta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Haruda Focus ships an update every 4 days, Acta every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haruda Focus | Acta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DaeMyeong Lee | 승현 양 |
Customer experience
Haruda Focus
Acta
In-app purchases
Haruda Focus
- 1 Month$0.99
- Lifetime$4.99
Acta
- Acta Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Acta Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year








