Motion vs Phantom Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Motion
This AI-powered assistant intelligently plans your day, schedules meetings, and manages projects, helping busy professionals and teams get work done faster with fewer interruptions. It automates task reorganization and meeting coordination, freeing up valuable time.
- Automated daily planning
- Smart to-do notifications
- Team collaboration
- One-click meeting scheduling
- Siri task integration
- Document and note management
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Use AI to get work done 2x faster with 90% less check-ins, emails and messages, meetings, status updates. Ranked #1 fastest-growing product by Amplitude's Product Report. Motion uses automation and AI to intelligently plan your day, schedule meetings, and manage projects. Used by 1M+ busy professionals and teams to: - Automatically plan your day - See smart notifications for to-do items - Collaborate with your team - Schedule meetings in 1-click - Add tasks using Siri - Create and manage docs and notes With Motion, your AI executive assistant, you no longer have to: - Manually reorganize tasks and meetings - Keep track of fragmented calendars - Spend time coordinating meetings Motion has the most accurate algorithm in the world to plan your perfect day. Motion is best used on a computer; this mobile app is a companion to our web/desktop app and is not a standalone app. Certain settings can only be adjusted on the web/desktop version. We do not encourage users without a computer to download this mobile app. Use of the Motion app requires a Motion subscription. Motion offers both monthly and annual subscriptions which can be canceled online anytime. Start your 7-day free trial today! Questions or issues? Contact our support team at https://help.usemotion.com/. We’d love to help. Love the app? Leave a review! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Phantom Focus
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5 to 6 hours. That is the average time lost to phone screens every day — mostly on autopilot. Phantom Focus is the strict, privacy-first screen time blocker designed to break the doomscrolling loop for good. NO INSTANT OFF-SWITCH Most app blockers fail because turning them off takes one second. Phantom Focus fixes this: disabling protection or removing a guarded app triggers a mandatory 5-minute cooling-off, and raising your budget only takes effect tomorrow. The dopamine urge passes before the timer ends. The shield stays. ONE BUDGET, ZERO LOOPHOLES • Assign a single shared time budget across all distracting apps (Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube) • When your budget hits zero, the shield locks them all instantly • No per-app allowances to game or cheat FOCUS TIMER Lock the apps you choose — or all of them — for 15 minutes to 2 hours. Make it to the end and celebrate: every session adds to your lifetime focus hours and unlocks new milestones. SCHEDULES Block apps automatically at set times: Work hours, Bedtime, Morning, or your own window with its own app list. Once a window starts, it can't be switched off on a whim. EARN YOUR EXTRA MINUTES Need emergency access? Hold the challenge ring to break through — 10 seconds for the first unlock, 20 for the second, 30 after that. Breaking a focus session or a schedule always costs 30 seconds. Every minute spent becomes a conscious purchase, not a reflex. TRUTH-BASED STREAK Track your resilience with an honest streak counter. One slip a day is your emergency margin. A second breach — or quitting a focus session or schedule early — burns your streak back to day one. BUILT FOR ADHD & DEEP WORK Struggling with impulse control or phone addiction? Phantom Focus acts as an external prefrontal cortex, helping you stay in deep work, reduce anxiety, and regain focus. 100% PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE Powered entirely by Apple's Screen Time framework (Family Controls). Zero accounts, zero analytics, zero ads, and no network connections. Your browsing habits and app selections never leave your device. Stop losing hours to mindless scrolling. Download Phantom Focus and own your attention again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phantom Focus at none against Motion's 2. Phantom Focus also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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. Motion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per month. Phantom Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Motion ships an update weekly, Phantom Focus every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Motion | Phantom Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NexusBird, Inc | Maksim Timeshin |
Bugs and requests
Motion
Reported bugs
4 issues- Mobile app crashes frequently
- Syncing issues between desktop and mobile
- Tasks not rescheduling properly
- Inability to view full task details on mobile
Requested features
5 requests- Improved mobile app with full functionality
- Ability to edit tasks on mobile
- Push notifications for upcoming tasks
- Monthly/weekly calendar view in mobile app
- Better integration with other calendars and task managers
Phantom Focus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Motion
- Monthly7 Days trial$44.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$294.991 Year
Phantom Focus
No in-app purchases









