SiYuan vs Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SiYuan
A privacy-focused personal knowledge management system that allows offline use and encrypted data synchronization. It combines blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to enhance thinking processes.
- Privacy-first design
- Offline data storage
- End-to-end encrypted sync
- Block and outline fusion
- Bidirectional linking
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SiYuan is a privacy-first personal knowledge management system that supports complete offline use, as well as end-to-end encrypted data sync. Fuse blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to refactor your thinking.
Focus
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Keep your long-term goals in sight. Focus helps you remember a date you're working toward, the days you've kept going, or a direction that doesn't need a deadline. Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget to see what matters whenever you pick up your iPhone. • Countdown: See the days remaining until a goal. • Day count: Mark when you started and follow your progress. • Direction: Write a long-term goal in one sentence, without a date. • Multiple goals: Choose a different goal for each widget. • On-device storage: No account or cloud service required. iOS controls when widgets refresh, so a new day's count may not appear exactly at midnight. iOS also controls Lock Screen widget size and placement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus at none against SiYuan's 2. On price, ads, 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. SiYuan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SiYuan | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 440 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yunnan Liandi Technology Co., Ltd. | Beijing Guangzi Geek Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
SiYuan
- PRO Features$79.99
- Subscription$188.99
Focus
No in-app purchases
