Comparison

Picktime vs RightNow Focus

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

Head to head
About

Picktime

This app helps small businesses manage appointments, classes, and rentals. It offers online booking, automated reminders, payment processing, and staff scheduling. Streamline operations and reduce no-shows with this comprehensive tool.

Highlights
  • Online booking system
  • Automated appointment reminders
  • Class and group bookings
  • Contactless payment processing
  • Staff scheduling and round robin
  • Calendar integrations
  • Waitlist management
Features
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Transform your business with just a few clicks by accessing the renowned appointment scheduling app, Picktime, right from the palm of your hand. Picktime is a free online booking system and appointment scheduling software designed to help small businesses manage their appointments, classes, group bookings, rental reservations, and staff. With Picktime, salons, gyms, doctors, cleaning businesses, consultants, tutors, and equipment rental businesses can easily manage their schedules and streamline their operations. Picktime allows you to create a customizable booking page where customers can easily book their appointments, classes, equipment and events. Stay Engaged Picktime supports automated reminders, so you can minimize no-shows and keep your schedule running smoothly. Not only that, but users can also customize the reminder mail so that your client never misses an appointment again. Manage Bookings in a Flash Change of plans or rescheduling? Picktime can handle it all in the twinkle of an eye. Rescheduling, cancellations, no show, or late entry Picktime understands it all and has made it easier for your clients to rebook. Plus, with Picktime's class/group booking feature, you can easily schedule bookings for multiple clients in the same time slot. It also supports attendance tracking, so you can keep track of which clients have attended their appointments. Contactless Payment & Invoice Picktime allows you to accept payments online using PayPal or Stripe, so your clients can conveniently pay for their appointments in advance. It's not limited to simple transactions, generating invoices effortlessly for the services undertaken. It also supports multiple locations so you can manage appointments across different branches of your business. Look Around With Picktime's recurring bookings feature, you can schedule appointments that repeat at regular intervals, such as weekly or monthly. How often do you have time to stop and check who's the most diligent person on your staff or who's doing nothing but sitting around? The Picktime's Round Robin feature ensures the automatic distribution with a fair share of bookings, so no one in your team gets overburdened. Picktime also supports automatic timezone conversion, so clients can see your availability in their timezone, making booking appointments easier. Picktime's waitlist feature allows you to automatically add clients to the waitlist if a time slot is full, so you can quickly fill any cancellations or no-shows. Unique integrations Picktime integrates with Google, Apple, and Outlook calendars, so you can easily sync your schedule across different platforms. Most businesses don't even require physical existence to complete a service. You can also schedule virtual meetings to connect with your clients remotely. Picktime offers integration with all your favourite apps, including - Video Meetings, Calendars, Booking Widgets, CRMs, Email Marketing, and more. Work Safely and Securely Built-in app security protects your data on the device and in transit while using the client's trusted industry leader platform. We have created a process through which users can limit their staff's access to the data and control and edit the admin rights. Picktime's resource feature allows you to schedule your resources and make the rental process more accessible. You can also generate detailed reports on your business operations to gain insights into your performance and make data-driven decisions. Check out our complete feature list and plans at www.picktime.com Picktime is free, easy to set up, and fully customizable to meet your unique business needs. Download Picktime today and start streamlining your booking and scheduling processes! Our team is always at your service! For more information and support, contact us through our website in-app chat or email us at support@picktime.com

About

RightNow Focus

This app provides a focused approach to task management by presenting only one task at a time based on your available time. It helps users overcome decision paralysis and the guilt associated with long to-do lists. Features include daily summaries, timed task loops, and starter routines.

Highlights
  • One task presented at a time
  • Time-based task selection
  • Daily morning and evening summaries
  • Starter routines for various needs
  • No scrolling or long lists
  • Offline data storage
Features
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You don't need another to-do list. You need someone to tell you what to do right now. Every productivity app eventually becomes the same thing: a long list you scroll, feel guilty about, and close. The problem was never the list — deciding what to do is the hardest part, and lists make YOU do the deciding at the worst possible moment. RightNow flips it. Tell it how much time you have — 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes — and it hands you exactly one card. Do it, or skip it. That's the whole app. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your habits and tasks as cards 2. Pick the time you actually have 3. Get one card — the right one for right now 4. Tap Done. Feel it. Repeat. No browsing. No ranking. No scroll of shame. YOUR DAY HAS A SHAPE • Morning Brief — your first open of the day shows yesterday in one line, names today's focus, and gives you one button to start it • The loop — pick a time, get a card, all day long • Wrap Day — close the evening with your day's story: what you did, your 7-day trail, and one piece of coaching for tomorrow SMART ABOUT TIME • Morning cards deal in the morning, evening cards wait for evening • A 5-minute window gets a real 5-minute card — never a 2-hour project in disguise • Skipped something? It cycles back fairly. Hid it for today? It stays gone until tomorrow. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Starter Routines — five curated packs (Fitness, Sleep, Parenting, Personal Growth, Beauty) so you're never staring at a blank app • Routines — run your own ordered sequences, card by card • Someday — park ideas you're not ready for; they never nag and never get lost • History — completed tasks are kept, and restorable YOURS, PRIVATELY Everything lives on your phone. No account, no cloud, no feed, no ads. Your data never leaves your device. Try RightNow free for 7 days. If it earns its place, one purchase unlocks it forever — no subscription, ever. Stop managing your list. Start doing what's on it.

Screenshots

Picktime4 screens
RightNow Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RightNow Focus at 100% against Picktime's 43%. RightNow Focus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Picktime's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RightNow Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picktime has 119 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Picktime's written reviews are positive against 100% of RightNow Focus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Picktime ships an update every 5 days, RightNow Focus every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Picktime versus RightNow Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicktimeRightNow Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (119 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings119 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPicktime, Inc.Alexander Bradley

Customer experience

Picktime

All ratings119 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive42.5%
Neutral22.5%
Negative35.0%

RightNow Focus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Picktime

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Syncing is not always accurate
  • Picktime not recognizing blocked days off
  • App crashes on opening
  • Latest version crashes
  • App closes immediately after opening
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  • App not working on mobile
  • App shuts off when adding a new location
  • App signs out several times a day
  • App freezes up constantly
  • Calendar not loading appointments without switching days
  • Sync to iPhone issues

Requested features

25 requests
  • Clearer minimum monthly/annual cost upfront
  • Genuine single-user plan
  • iCal integration
  • iPad optimized view
  • Auto checkout option
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  • Search for specific services
  • Prevent same-day bookings or require notice
  • Longer description of class options
  • Ability to resequence classes/resources
  • Flexibility with reminder times (e.g., 5-10 mins before, at event time)
  • Zoom extension for calendar invitations
  • Option to book multiple services at once
  • Dropdown menu for variable service options
  • Kiosk mode for iPads
  • Show first available date to book
  • Build your own package option for services
  • Option to require credit card on file
  • See multiple resources on one page
  • Click on client to see details (address, notes)
  • Click on address to open maps app
  • Tap on calendar to initiate modal with date/time
  • Calendar popup or day of week in modal for date selection
  • Ability to type in appointment times instead of scrolling
  • Open to the selected day when setting an appointment
  • Control over which notifications are sent

RightNow Focus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Picktime

No in-app purchases

None

RightNow Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Picktime free?
Picktime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RightNow Focus free?
RightNow Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Picktime or RightNow Focus?
RightNow Focus is rated higher. Picktime averages 4.4 out of 5 from 119 ratings, while RightNow Focus averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Picktime or RightNow Focus have ads?
Neither Picktime nor RightNow Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Picktime or RightNow Focus?
Picktime ships an update every 5 days, and RightNow Focus every 4 weeks. Most recently, Picktime was updated on September 19, 2026 and RightNow Focus on August 14, 2026.

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