Plan Builder vs Focus Ally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plan Builder
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[App that 10 million MZ generation will choose] The Mandarat technique that Shohei Otani loves! I can clearly see what plans need to be accompanied to achieve the goal based on the central goal that I really want to achieve! ▦ Goal Management - Create a central goal, add a detailed plan - You can set up a theme and decorate your schedule! ▦ emoji - Make my schedule pretty ▦ Export - Save it as a photo file and use it ▦ Widget - Support widgets Terms and Conditions : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://fresh-blue-35f.notion.site/d9697e2de03542fc92f4a63574af9ee3 AppStore Subscription Guide • Payments are made regularly every month to the payment department registered in the App Store account. • The period of use is 1 month from the payment date of each month. • Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of the current subscription period and be re-charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription. • You can manage or disable automatic payments from your Apple ID account settings at any time after purchase, and continue to use them for the remainder of the time after automatic payment. • If you want to terminate a regular payment product purchased from in-app payment, Settings Apps > iTunes and the App Store > Top Apple ID > View Apple ID > Subscribe > Unsubscribe
Focus Ally
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Work runs in parallel. Your attention doesn't. Focus Ally shows what your day was actually made of: the hours you spent inside your own attention, and the hours your AI agents worked next to you. Most productivity tools count tasks. Focus Ally counts attention. One app across your devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. THE DAY IN ONE VIEW An hourly timeline with session blocks and a live now line. Your calendar sits beside it in two columns, planned intention on one side and what actually happened on the other, read from your real calendars. A SEPARATE LANE FOR AI SESSIONS When coding agents run beside you, that work is real, but it is not your attention. Focus Ally gives parallel AI sessions their own lane, so delegated work is visible without being mistaken for focus. FOCUS SESSIONS THAT DO NOT CUT YOU OFF 10, 25, 50 or 90 minutes, or open ended. At zero it does not stop. It counts up, so a session that is going well is never ended by an alarm. REST AS PART OF THE SYSTEM Choose a break, walk the rest ladder, and log how the session felt: sluggish, ok or sharp. Rest is human life, not dead time. STATISTICS AND INSIGHTS A daily goal, core metrics, time by tag and a history strip. Insights adds daily, weekly and monthly reflections written back to you. TASKS, KEPT SIMPLE ToDo, Backlog, Done, Dropped. Tags are the only taxonomy. No folders, no projects, no ceremony. CONNECT YOUR AI ASSISTANT An MCP connection lets an AI assistant read and set your priorities and sessions, with explicit scopes that you control. ALSO Theming and seven interface languages: English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Korean. FOCUS ALLY PRO Free includes the day timeline, calendar, focus and rest sessions, tasks, and statistics for today and yesterday. Pro unlocks Insights, full statistics, full history, and smart priority reminders. Focus Ally Pro Monthly: $9.99 per month, with a 7 day free trial. Focus Ally Pro Annual: $59.99 per year, with a 7 day free trial. Save 50%. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://focus.withally.app/legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://focus.withally.app/legal/terms Support: https://focus.withally.app/legal/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Focus Ally at none against Plan Builder's shown. Plan Builder's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Plan Builder sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Focus Ally sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plan Builder ships an update every 9 days, Focus Ally every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plan Builder | Focus Ally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiyeon Lee | Aleksandr Senin |
In-app purchases
Plan Builder
- Monthly Premium Subscription$1.991 Month
Focus Ally
- Focus with Ally Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Focus with Ally Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year









