focus vs Notesy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
focus
This application helps you stay focused on tasks using a simple timer. It guides you through work sessions and scheduled breaks, with options to skip breaks and track your progress towards longer rest periods.
- Work and study session tracking
- Short break notifications
- Option to skip breaks
- End of break notifications
- Longer break reminders
- Session history
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The focus app is a very simple pomodoro timer that does not distract you from actually being focused on what matters. With focus you can: - Track your work or study sessions - Get notified when it's time for a short break - Skip short breaks if you feel like skippin' - Be notified when breaks end - Keep track of your sessions to remember about taking a longer break after 4 complete work sessions Use the focus app now, and achieve more!
Notesy
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Notesy is your AI note-taker for meetings, calls, and lectures. Hit record and Notesy captures the audio, transcribes it accurately, and turns it into a clean summary with key points and action items — automatically. WHY NOTESY • One tap to record — no setup, no bots joining your call • Accurate transcripts you can search, copy, and share • AI summaries that pull out decisions and to-dos • Your recordings and notes, organized in one place • Works for meetings, interviews, lectures, and voice memos BUILT FOR TEAMS • Invite your team and share a recording pool • Owner controls for members and usage • Plans that scale from solo to business SIGN IN YOUR WAY • Sign in with Apple • Email and password Record smarter. Remember everything. Notesy does the note-taking so you don't have to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Notesy at 15.1 against focus's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. focus sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Notesy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
focus ships an update every 9 days, Notesy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | focus | Notesy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jakub Adamczyk | Garima Shekhar |
In-app purchases
focus
- Home brewed coffee$1.99
- Notifications Customization$1.99
- Session Customization$3.99
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- Coffee at the café$8.99
- Take me to lunch$19.99
Notesy
- Notesy Pro$9.991 Month
- Notesy Business$39.991 Month









