Comparison

Thinkdrop vs focusedOS

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

Head to head
About

Thinkdrop

Capture fleeting ideas, thoughts, and reminders quickly and privately. Record, write, or snap your thoughts, then securely store them with end-to-end encryption. Gain insights into your thinking patterns and reduce mental clutter.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts via writing, voice, or image
  • End-to-end encryption for privacy
  • Organize thoughts into threads
  • Speech recognition for audio notes
  • Pin important thoughts
  • Sentiment analysis for insights
Features
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Too much on your mind? Always forgetting what you were thinking a few hours ago? All those thoughts in your head, but you can't really organize them? Well, Thinkdrop can help you with these problems. In an age where there is too much information to consume, your mind constantly replaces your thoughts due to limited space. As a result, our minds become cluttered with too many thoughts, leading to stress, anxiety, worry, pressure, confusion, and more. You need a tool that allows you to unload your thoughts. As private as your mind. As secure as your mind. A tool that clears your mind for the better. Thinkdrop is here. Thinkdrop is made to unload your thoughts quickly and privately. Have a thought, idea, compliment, annoyance, concern, accomplishment, or a general remark? Write, speak or even snap it down and unload your thoughts. Thinkdrop then encrypts and securely stores your thoughts locally on your phone or even in your personal iCloud. Thinkdrop is as accessible to you as your own thoughts. Reduce your cluttered mind by unloading your thoughts in Thinkdrop and gain progress Thinkdrop features: - Write, snap, or speak your thoughts. - Proven standard high quality encryption standards (E2EE) on all your thoughts - Expand on your original thought and create threads - Speech recognition when recording your voice to create audio-based thoughts - Import an image for your thought - Playback for all your recorded audio-based thoughts - Pin important thoughts for quick access - Automatically delete out-of-date thoughts the next time you access the ThinkPad - Face or Touch ID to prevent unauthorized access by anyone other than yourself - Beautiful design - Search function to browse all your thoughts - Statistics and insights to understand yourself better (Premium) - Know if you were positive, neutral or negative with machine learning sentiment analysis - Support for unlimited thoughts until you run out of space - Customizable notifications to remind you to clear your mind - Automatically save all captured images to your Photos app - Auto-tagging system - Location Snap to know where you added the thought - Tweet button available to automatically send the written text to your X app - Light and dark mode support - Sync your thoughts across all your Apple devices (Premium) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

focusedOS

This app helps you manage digital distractions and boost productivity across your devices. Create custom environments to adjust device behavior for work, study, or breaks, with powerful blocking and ambient sound features.

Highlights
  • Supercharge productivity with one tap
  • Create custom work/study environments
  • Block distracting apps and websites
  • Play ambient sounds for concentration
  • Automate environments with Shortcuts
  • Sync environments between iPhone and Mac
Features
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Welcome to focusedOS, a super-utility that transforms your devices for productivity. focusedOS helps you manage digital distractions across your devices during a busy work day. Create environments that adjust how your device behaves if you need to work, study, or take a short mental break, and enable it with one tap. Key features: • Supercharge Productivity with one tap Simply flick the switch when you need to get stuff done. • Adjust your device for work - with Environments Adjust your iPhone to suit how you want to work. With focusedOS for Mac you can temporarily change macOS behavior, such as; dimming inactive apps to reduce visual clutter, restricting how many apps can be displayed on-screen, hiding the wallpaper, and more. • Powerful Blocking Easily block access to distracting apps & websites. • Play Ambient Sounds Fade out noisy surroundings with a selection of high-quality ambient sounds that improve concentration. Listen to the sound of light rain falling around you, the cosiness of a campfire, make it feel like you're working from a cafe, or experiment with binaural sounds. • Automate your Environment with Shortcuts (with focusedOS for Mac) Automatically run shortcuts in response to starting or stopping an environment, such as turning on Do Not Disturb. • Link Your Devices Seamlessly sync environments in real-time between iPhone and Mac. Download focusedOS today and supercharge your productivity. View our Privacy & Terms at: https://focusedOS.com/privacy-policy https://focusedOS.com/terms

Screenshots

Thinkdrop4 screens
focusedOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

Thinkdrop and focusedOS both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of focusedOS's written reviews are positive against 31% of Thinkdrop's. focusedOS also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Thinkdrop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and focusedOS sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Thinkdrop against 4.4 for focusedOS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of Thinkdrop's written reviews are positive against 78% of focusedOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thinkdrop ships an update every 3 weeks, focusedOS every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Thinkdrop versus focusedOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkdropfocusedOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (35 ratings)4.4 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHo Ye LamMichael Tigas

Customer experience

Thinkdrop

All ratings35 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral31.3%
Negative37.5%

focusedOS

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Thinkdrop

Subscriptions2
  • Think Drop 2 Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Think Drop 2 Annual Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
6 purchases

focusedOS

Subscriptions6
  • focusedOS Pro (1 month)$3.991 Month
  • focusedOS Pro (1 month)$5.991 Month
  • focusedOS Pro (1 month)$7.991 Month
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  • focusedOS Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • focusedOS Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • focusedOS Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Thinkdrop free?
Thinkdrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is focusedOS free?
focusedOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thinkdrop or focusedOS?
focusedOS is rated higher. Thinkdrop averages 4.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while focusedOS averages 4.4 from 32 ratings.
Do Thinkdrop or focusedOS have ads?
Neither Thinkdrop nor focusedOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thinkdrop or focusedOS?
Thinkdrop ships an update every 3 weeks, and focusedOS every 2 days. Most recently, Thinkdrop was updated on October 24, 2026 and focusedOS on October 24, 2026.

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