Comparison

Day Planner vs Focus Drift

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

Head to head
About

Day Planner

Manage your day with an intuitive task planner that offers adaptability and clarity. Organize tasks with designated durations using a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface for flexible scheduling. Features include adaptive scheduling, progress tracking, and color-coded tasks for a visually organized day.

Highlights
  • Adaptive scheduling
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • Tailorable task durations
  • Progress tracking
  • Color coding
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Your to-do list looks manageable. It isn't. Tasks hide how long they take. Time Blokker gives every task a duration and stacks them in your day. You see what fits before you start. Your plans don't fail because of you. They fail because they can't adapt. One thing takes longer, someone calls, lunch runs late, and suddenly your whole afternoon is off. In Time Blokker, tasks sit on top of each other. When one grows, everything below it moves down. Your plan adjusts on its own. Need to shuffle things around? Drag a task somewhere else. Tap the duration to make it shorter or longer. Done. Takes two seconds. That's why you'll actually replan when you need to, instead of giving up on the whole day. And when your priorities take up real space in your day, not just lines on a list, it gets a lot easier to decide what matters. The big stuff looks big. The small stuff looks small. When you finish what you actually planned to do, something changes. You trust tomorrow's plan a little more. And the day after that. No account needed. No subscription. Pay once, it's yours. Your tasks stay on your device. We don't see them, we don't track them. Features: - Drag-and-drop task planning - Tasks shift automatically when your plan changes - Adjustable task durations - Day schedule + task list in one app - Progress tracking throughout the day - Apply schedules to a day - Multi-select and edit - Color coded tasks - Task duplication - Move tasks between lists - Dark mode - No account required - No subscription, one purchase, yours forever - Your data stays on your device

About

Focus Drift

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Focus Drift isn't another to-do list, and it isn't another time tracker. It tracks the gap between the day you planned and the day you actually had — so you can finally see where your time goes and take it back. Plan your day with priorities. Log interruptions the moment they hit, with their source and real cost. Reflect at day's end. Then let AI turn it all into a report that actually tells you something. FREE TO USE • Plan your day with time estimates and a real capacity bar • Log interruptions and unplanned work — who or what caused it, and what it cost • End-of-day reflection and a daily Focus Score • Today's report, ideas, and deadlines • Works fully offline, single device, no account needed UPGRADE TO PRO • Sync across your devices • Cloud backup and restore • Weekly and custom-range reports with trends • Full report history, plus PDF and image exports • Connect your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, any MCP client) to read your plan, add tasks, and pull your reports — hands-free WHY FOCUS DRIFT To-do apps track what you planned. Time trackers total your hours. Focus Drift tracks the difference: interruptions and their sources, unplanned work and its cost, your real daily capacity, and what carries over — then explains the patterns. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data lives on your device. No ads, no trackers, nothing sold. Sync is optional and encrypted in transit. Tasks you mark private are never shared with AI or in reports. Plan your day. Then see what actually happened. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Day Planner4 screens
Focus Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Drift at every 2 days against Day Planner's every 3 months. Day Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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. Day Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus Drift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Planner ships an update every 3 months, Focus Drift every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Day Planner versus Focus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay PlannerFocus Drift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSietse van VlietNico Poorta

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Day Planner

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Plus$6.99
2 purchases

Focus Drift

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Drift Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Focus Drift Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Day Planner free?
Day Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Drift free?
Focus Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Day Planner or Focus Drift have ads?
Neither Day Planner nor Focus Drift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Planner or Focus Drift?
Day Planner ships an update every 3 months, and Focus Drift every 2 days. Most recently, Day Planner was updated on November 3, 2026 and Focus Drift on October 31, 2026.

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