Comparison

C vs Focus Clock

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

Head to head
About

C

Automatically track time spent at predefined locations like work or school. The app uses geofencing to log your entries and exits, providing daily, monthly, and yearly summaries. You can also manually start/stop tracking, edit entries, and export your data.

Highlights
  • Automatic time registration at places
  • Arrival/departure notifications
  • Manual start/stop counting
  • Edit recorded times
  • Export time data
  • Post time to social media
Features
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Your time is precious. C-Time shows you where it really goes - automatically. How many hours did you actually work this month? How often did you make it to the gym? C-Time answers these questions without you lifting a finger: define your places once, and the app clocks you in when you arrive and out when you leave. No buttons to press, no timers to forget, no extra battery drain - it uses Apple's geofence technology, not GPS. Open the app and your numbers are just there: today, this week, this month, this year - clean statistics for every place, automatically backed up to iCloud. WHAT C-TIME DOES FOR YOU • clocks you in and out automatically at your places - work, gym, wherever • shows the running time live on the lock screen, in the Dynamic Island and on Apple Watch • history per day, month and year with clear charts • exports a beautiful PDF report - perfect for time sheets and invoices (also CSV / e-mail) • notifies you on arrival and departure, per place if you like • manual clock in/out and editing whenever you need it • automatic iCloud backup, plus backup to a file and restore • speaks English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese Set it up in one minute. Forget it. Know your hours. TIPS □ The automatic mode runs at its best when Wi-Fi is enabled. □ C-Time uses the same technology (geofence) as Apple's "Reminders" app. ================================================ What customers have said about C-Time: ================================================ △ Incredible app. I always forget to clock my time. With this app, its automagically handled. Love it! △ Pretty neat. I like this app a lot. It is really helping me track my work time without me having to remember to enter anything. △ Many uses. Now I dont have to remember what day/time Im called in to work on the off hours. Works great. Highly recommend. △ Works Great. Flawless....works great, and Geofencing is spot on! △ Very smart app. This app is one of the best I used. Its smart, useful, works great, & I highly Recommend it :) △ Love the idea behind this app! Can track how much time at work, girlfriends, favorite bar, volunteering... Great idea! △ Very user friendly. I like the instructions to get started. △ Amazing App! A perfect tool for business, hobby or private "actions". I can recommend this App for everybody. △ Perfect app. No need anymore to bother with tables to fill manually the hours in. All needed time stamps are logged automatically!! △ Perfect app. Simple to use and helpful to have the overview where time was spent. Congratulations! △ Great App to know where you spend your time. Works as advertised. Does NOT drain your batteries as it uses the same geofence mechanism also used by iOS for reminders and such. △ Great App!! I use it now for 2 weeks and its quite impressing to see where I spend my time. Its really simple to use. Great job. △ Very nice. A very useful and easy to use application. Good job! △ This app is really cool. It helps me see how much time I spend in school. It is so useful. Very good app. △ Très bonne application. Très pratique et fonctionne à merveille. On peut regretter labsence de calcul dheure (heure journalière, pause de midi,...) mais cette application fait ce quelle prêtant et de manière très fiable. △ Great. Funciona bem e tem boas funcionalidades. Recomendo. △ 매우 좋아요. 자동 체크인 체크아웃 해주고, 자신의 동선 자동 관리가능하며 개인적으로 장소들을 관리할 수 있다는 점이 아주 마음에 듭니다. 앞으로 더 기대되네요

About

Focus Clock

This app helps you concentrate on tasks with a unique focus mode that rewards sustained attention. It offers customizable timers, background operation, and detailed statistics to track your progress. Enjoy an ad-free experience with various visual themes to enhance your study or work sessions.

Highlights
  • Ad-free focus mode
  • Background timing with notifications
  • Daily focus statistics
  • Customizable clock styles and skins
  • Gesture controls for navigation
  • Progress bar and color customization
Features
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Ad-free, versatile, and focused timing software that helps you concentrate on your work or studies. Introduction: Whenever you want to focus on a task (reading, working, preparing for exams, etc.), you can activate the "Focus Mode," and a "little flying man" will appear on the clock, moving towards your goal. If you can't resist checking your social media or playing games, unfortunately, the "little flying man" will disappear immediately, and the Focus Mode will exit (you can switch to background timing mode)... If you activate the "background timing mode," you can use other applications after setting the time, and the clock will send a reminder notification when the time is up. If you succeed in the challenge, it will be recorded in the daily focus statistics. The longer you study, the darker green the cover background on the statistics page will be. There are also surprises for successful challenges! After activating the background mode, the countdown can be displayed in Lingdong Island! Points to note: Please enable push notification permissions. After successfully completing a challenge, a message will be sent to notify you. Features: Various clock styles can be changed. Background skins can be changed. Activates the countdown mode after entering the "Focus Mode." Check your daily focus time and previous focus times. Explore features such as "glass background," "custom progress bar," "custom color," and "statistics report." Gesture functions: Swipe left to view the daily focus time. Swipe right to enter the Focus Mode. Swipe up to switch clock styles. Suggestion and Feedback: Your feedback and suggestions are the best support for me! Please leave your comments in the comment section, and I will respond regularly! Alternatively, you can send an email to du1992@88.com. About the application: To ensure a better user experience, there will be no ads now or in the future. At present, the charging method is a subscription membership to unlock some value-added services in the application, but it will not affect the use of basic functions. Thank you for your understanding! Membership Subscription Instructions: After subscribing, you can unlock all features. After purchasing and completing payment, the subscription will automatically be charged through your iTunes account. The iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before the expiration date. If you wish to cancel the subscription, please manually turn off the auto-renewal feature in the Apple ID Settings Management 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. User Agreement: https://du1992.github.io/worksWeb/appAgreement.html Subscription Agreement: https://du1992.github.io/worksWeb/payAgreement.html

Screenshots

C4 screens
Focus Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Clock at Free against C's $9.99. Focus Clock also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). C's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). On review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Focus Clock is free to download; C costs $9.99 up front. Focus Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. C asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

C holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of C's written reviews are positive against 83% of Focus Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

C ships an update every 5 weeks, Focus Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
C versus Focus Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCFocus Clock
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (39 ratings) — better4.1 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSiegware晓庆 张

Customer experience

C

All ratings39 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral12.1%
Negative9.1%

Focus Clock

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

C

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Automatic clock-in/out not triggering
  • Locations not registering after iOS update
  • Geofencing issues with iOS 15
  • App switching continuously between two places
  • Cannot add a name to a place
Show 5 more
  • Auto clock-in/out does not work
  • Search doesn't work in map view
  • Cannot send feedback
  • Geofence radius too large, marking check-ins when just passing by
  • App checks in when 5km away from home

Requested features

17 requests
  • Fix automatic clock-in/out bug
  • Improve location accuracy/radius control
  • Link to Apple/Google Maps for address input
  • Add client/job/project tracking
  • Add notes/comments field
Show 12 more
  • Add mileage tracker
  • Add Apple Watch complication
  • Allow display of hours and minutes (HH:mm)
  • Exclude specific times for specific locations
  • Add 3D touch support
  • Improve UI and support new iOS display ratios
  • Allow sending feedback
  • Add ability to export or email histories
  • Constant GPS monitoring with training mode
  • Allow drawing non-circular geofences
  • Support elevation for floor changes
  • Prompt user if forgot to Clock Out

Focus Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

C

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription member$0.993 Months
One-time2
  • Permanent buyout$1.99
  • discounts VIP$2.99

Questions

Is C free?
C costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Clock free?
Focus Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, C or Focus Clock?
C is rated higher. C averages 4.4 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Focus Clock averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do C or Focus Clock have ads?
Neither C nor Focus Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, C or Focus Clock?
C ships an update every 5 weeks, and Focus Clock fortnightly. Most recently, C was updated on September 30, 2026 and Focus Clock on October 1, 2026.

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