Ultimate Focus vs Across
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Focus
Enhance your productivity with a visual timer designed for focused work and study. Manage tasks, utilize Pomodoro cycles, block distractions, and track your progress. Sync with your calendar and personalize your experience with customizable themes and sounds.
- Visual timer with drag-to-set functionality
- Task-specific focus sessions
- Pomodoro mode for cycles
- Distracting app and website blocking
- Calendar sync for sessions and reflections
- Customizable themes and icons
- Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts integration
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Focus is built less on willpower and more on an environment that makes it easy to begin. Ultimate Focus is a simple focus timer designed with only the features you actually need for work and study. Manage separate sessions for each task, review your focus, use Pomodoro mode, block distracting apps, and sync your sessions with Calendar—all in one app. Features - Drag your finger to quickly set the timer. - Organize your focus time by separating sessions for different tasks. - Stay in rhythm with Pomodoro mode for natural cycles of focus and break. - Review how you focused with stats and reflection features. - Sync your focus sessions and reflections with the Calendar app. - Personalize the app with 70+ color themes and app icons. - Check your focus stats or start a timer right away from Home Screen widgets. - Start a timer using Shortcuts. - Block selected apps and websites while you focus. - Use Habits to receive reminders at the times you want. - Customize notification sounds and background music to match your style. (Premium) - Sync and edit your focus records across devices with iCloud. (Premium) If you experience any issues while using the app, have questions, or find a bug, please contact us anytime at hello@ultimatefocus.app. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Across
A minimalist schedule planner that seamlessly integrates with Apple Calendar and Reminders. It offers a fast, intuitive, and distraction-free experience for organizing events and tasks, promoting a more mindful life. The app provides elegant views, deep customization, and offline capabilities.
- Apple Calendar & Reminders integration
- Fast and intuitive experience
- Elegant and customizable views
- Serverless and offline-capable
- Event templates and natural language input
- Widgets for at-a-glance planning
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Across is a calendar you can start using right away, then customize as much as you like. With a wide range of views and deep customization, it becomes more your own every day. Across doesn't lock you in. Your events stay safely in Apple and Google, while Across helps you view and manage them the way you want. Our goal is simple: not to keep you locked in, but to be the calendar you'll want to keep using. Across works seamlessly with Apple Calendar, Reminders, and Google Calendar, and stays in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No ads. Any data we collect is never linked to your identity. What Across offers: * 12+ calendar views * Monthly view with up to two lines per event and adjustable spacing * Weekly and multi-day views with continuous day-by-day scrolling * Deep customization of tabs, views, fonts, colors, and themes * Routine and recurring event management * Event templates, natural language event creation, and more * Anniversary and D-day countdowns * Widgets that show your upcoming events at a glance * Events and tasks managed in one place For those who love to plan, a precise planning tool. For those who don't, a simple way to stay on top of your days. Contact: support@daymore.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Focus at none against Across's shown. Ultimate Focus also leads on monetization model (freemium vs paid). Across's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Ultimate Focus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Across sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Across holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 183 and 482 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Ultimate Focus's written reviews are positive against 86% of Across's.
Ultimate Focus ships an update every 3 weeks, Across weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Focus | Across |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (183 ratings) | 4.8 (482 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 183 | 482 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | StonicSolution | DayMore Corp. |
Customer experience
Ultimate Focus
Across
User reviews
Ultimate Focus
From 183 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive UI
- ✨ Beautiful and clean aesthetic
- ⌚️ Apple Watch integration
- 📊 Useful analytics and statistics
- 🖱️ Menu bar timer display
Room to improve
- 🐛 Pomodoro mode not working for some
- 🐛 Timer not movable after exiting desktop app
- 🐛 Session switching on iPhone is confusing
- 🐛 Subscription not as advertised
- 🐛 Shortcuts only allow one section selection
Across
From 482 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Highly customizable
- 👍 Visually appealing and well-designed
- 🔒 Offline functionality
- 👍 Seamless integration with Apple Reminders
- 👍 Variety of calendar views
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs with recurring events and calendar syncing
- 🔧 Confusing settings menu
- 🔧 Limited customization options in some views
- 🔧 Notification issues
- 🔧 Lack of Apple Watch complications
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Focus
Reported bugs
17 issues- Pomodoro mode not working
- Timer not movable after exiting desktop app
- Session switching on iPhone is confusing
- Shortcuts only allow one section selection
- Default timer is always 25 min
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- Restarting phone requires re-onboarding
- Alarm sound is too short
- Icon cannot be moved on home screen
- Timer doesn't record if stopped early
- Timer end memo sometimes doesn't display
- Keynote doesn't show timer overlay
- App volume cannot be adjusted
- Dock icon cannot be hidden
- Sync issues across devices
- Apple Watch timer stops when screen dims
- Apple Watch app lacks break timer
- Timer not resetting correctly
Requested features
37 requests- Pause and resume timer functionality
- Guide website for usage
- Option to purchase premium
- Improve iPhone session switching clarity
- Pomodoro mode without breaks
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- Ability to add time manually after forgetting to start
- Count-up (stopwatch) mode
- Ability to choose own theming colors
- Weekly report with productivity insights
- AI to break down trends
- Continuous timer alarm sound until dismissed
- Real-time widget for specific sessions
- Ability to set default timer per session
- Option to change daily reset time (e.g., 2 AM instead of midnight)
- Show current time on Apple Watch timer screen
- Option to hide numbers on menu bar timer
- Option to have timer circle represent full visual space regardless of duration
- Ability to run multiple timers simultaneously
- Bar graph option for timer visualization
- Stopwatch mode for flexible time tracking
- Option to change time cycle for daily reset
- One-time purchase option for premium
- More sound themes or custom color themes
- Option to disable retrospect pop-up
- Digital display option for timer
- Adjustable alarm volume within the app
- Option to hide app icon from dock
- Tutorial for Pomodoro mode settings
- Option to make timer display on Keynote
- Sync session and retrospect lists across devices
- Improve Apple Watch app functionality (e.g., break timer)
- Option to set timer for over 60 minutes
- Option to reset timer to start from beginning
- Option to have timer on every desktop
- Option to show only icon on menu bar
- Invert clock colors for focus and break times
- Ability to change timer duration for each session individually
Across
Reported bugs
4 issues- Calendar events not syncing properly across devices
- Recurring tasks not working as expected
- Holidays calendar keeps reappearing
- App freezing when adding/editing events
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to connect to Google Tasks
- Improve widget functionality and customization
- Implement lunar calendar support
- Add ability to add participants to events
- Enhance task management with sub-tasks and sections
In-app purchases
Ultimate Focus
- Ultimate Focus - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Ultimate Focus - Annual7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Ultimate Focus - Annual$17.991 Year
- Ultimate Focus - Lifetime$39.99
Across
- Premium Monthly$1.491 Month
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Tips$0.99
- Color Premium$3.99
- Premium Lifetime$24.99
