Focus Time Activity Tracker vs theDay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Time Activity Tracker
This app helps you improve focus and productivity by using timed work sessions and short breaks. It automatically manages timers, counts completed sessions, and allows you to track your time spent on different activities.
- Timed work sessions
- Automatic break timers
- Session counting
- Activity time tracking
- Background timer operation
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Want to focus better on what you're doing? Focus Time is a beautifully designed timer for people who want to avoid distractions and get more done. LifeHacker: "Keeps You On-Task and Productive" Want to eliminate the anxiety of time and enhance your focus and concentration? The key is to apply yourself to tasks by working in units of 25 minutes, separated by short breaks of 5 minutes. The steps are: 1. Choose a task to accomplish 2. Start timer 3. Work until timer rings 4. Take a short break 5. Every 4 sessions, take a longer break Focus Time will automatically switch between the work timer and the long/short break timers, as well as counting the number of sessions you've completed. You can select an activity and see a graph of how you're spending your time. Don't worry about taking a call or switching to another app while using Focus Time - the timer will carry on running even in the background.
theDay
Organize your day by creating a list of essential tasks. Mark items as complete as you progress and view your history. Receive daily reminders to stay on track with your goals.
- Create daily priority lists
- Check off completed tasks
- Delete and reschedule priorities
- View task history
- Receive daily reminders
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We all have busy schedules, why not start your day with a priority list of things you have to get done for THE DAY. How to use theDay: - Create your Priorities for the day. - Check off each priority as the day goes on - Relax at the end of the day knowing you got everything done that you needed to get done. Other: - Delete priorities - Update a priorities date to a future date - View history for priorities - Get daily reminders to keep you on your toes of getting priorities done! Privacy Policy: https://www.lzctrl.com/apps/theday/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.lzctrl.com/apps/theday/terms If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, feel free to email us at lzctrls@gmail.com Find us over at Instagram: https://instagram.com/theday.app/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: theDay at Free against Focus Time Activity Tracker's $5.99. theDay also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Focus Time Activity Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
theDay is free to download; Focus Time Activity Tracker costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
theDay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively.
Focus Time Activity Tracker ships an update every 5 months, theDay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Time Activity Tracker | theDay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peer Assembly | Lzctrl LLC |
Customer experience
Focus Time Activity Tracker
theDay
Bugs and requests
Focus Time Activity Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- History/tracking not recording accurately
- Inability to add previous day's pomodoros
- App freezing or crashing
- Inconsistent behavior when locking device
Requested features
5 requests- Apple Watch support
- Ability to label individual pomodoros
- Export daily/weekly productivity summaries
- More sound options and customization
- Landscape mode for iPad
theDay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus Time Activity Tracker
No in-app purchases
theDay
No in-app purchases
Questions
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