Comparison

Haruda Focus vs Planple

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

Head to head
About

Haruda Focus

This app helps you track actual study time and block distracting apps. It offers Pomodoro timers, session logging, and D-Day countdowns. Features include home screen widgets and a collaborative focus mode for friends.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro, stopwatch, and custom timers
  • App blocker using Screen Time
  • Session records and detailed stats
  • D-Day countdown for exams
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Collaborative focus sessions with friends
Features
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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.

About

Planple

Features
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Simple plans. Real progress. Planple helps you turn big goals into daily to-dos and give them a place on your schedule. Start with what matters today, then decide when to do it. FROM BIG GOALS TO TODAY Plan from year to month to week to day with TDL. Break “24 books this year” into “2 this month,” “200 pages this week” and “read for 30 minutes today.” Add a to-do to your timeline when you are ready to give it a time. SEE YOUR DAY CLEARLY Move between the 24-hour timeline and year, month, week and day calendar views. Keep trips and other multi-day events together, review their full date range, and edit or delete them. Choose a project directly in the event form and filter your plans by project. REMINDERS WHEN THEY MATTER Set several reminders for one event: an hour before, ten minutes before or at the start. Scheduled notifications can arrive without keeping the app open. Delivery depends on your device's notification permissions and system settings. MAKE ROOM WHEN PLANS CHANGE Move upcoming events and their reminders together, with undo if you change your mind. Repeating events, overnight schedules and a daily wrap-up help you keep planning as life happens. EVERYDAY PLANNING IS FREE Use schedules, TDL, multiple reminders, this week's to-do completion summary, daily wrap-up and Home Screen widgets for free. Export your schedules, to-dos and projects to a file and restore them later, also free. PLANPLE PRO: LOOK BACK AND PLAN TOGETHER A one-time in-app purchase adds: - Look-back insights: review the past 12 weeks of existing to-dos and your weekday history. Completion-time and postponement patterns appear after at least 30 completion records within the last 180 days. - Create shared projects: invite people by link and approve who joins. Events and to-dos show their authors, and each person edits or deletes their own items. Pro is needed to start sharing; joining an invitation is free. - Automatic iCloud backup: enable it in settings to back up while using the app when at least 24 hours have passed since the last backup. Keeps the latest seven backups. Requires available iCloud storage and a network connection. A LAYOUT THAT FITS Use Planple on iPhone and iPad. With enough content width, view your timeline beside today's to-dos, or the month beside the selected day. Home and Lock Screen widgets keep your plans within reach. Switch between Korean and English and use light or dark mode. START WITHOUT AN APP ACCOUNT Personal schedules and to-dos are stored on your device by default. When you enable sharing, items in the selected project sync through the server. Reminders remain separate on each device. Purchase verification and the sharing or backup features you choose may use the network. Make a clear plan for today. Then take it one step at a time.

Screenshots

Haruda Focus4 screens
Planple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Planple at none against Haruda Focus's shown. Planple also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Haruda Focus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Planple sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haruda Focus ships an update every 4 days, Planple every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Haruda Focus versus Planple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaruda FocusPlanple
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaeMyeong LeeDAEHAE SHIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Haruda Focus

One-time2
  • 1 Month$0.99
  • Lifetime$4.99
1 purchases

Planple

One-time1
  • Planple Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Haruda Focus free?
Haruda Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planple free?
Planple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Haruda Focus or Planple have ads?
Haruda Focus shows ads; Planple does not.
Which is updated more often, Haruda Focus or Planple?
Haruda Focus ships an update every 4 days, and Planple every 2 days. Most recently, Haruda Focus was updated on November 11, 2026 and Planple on November 5, 2026.

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