Comparison

TimeWise vs Focus

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

Head to head
About

TimeWise

Features
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About

Focus

This app helps you stay focused by blocking distracting applications for set periods. It uses your own words as reminders and offers features like scheduled focus windows and detailed screen time insights. An emergency pass allows brief access to a blocked app once per session.

Highlights
  • Strict app blocking sessions
  • Scheduled focus windows
  • Live Lock Screen countdown
  • One emergency pass per session
  • Screen time insights
  • Standalone timer and alarms
Features
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Focus is the app blocker that keeps your word for you. Pick a task, set a duration, and hold to commit. From that second, your chosen apps are locked behind a shield — and there is no snooze, no "remind me in 15 minutes", no way around it. The only way out is through. WHY FOCUS WORKS WHEN WILLPOWER DOESN'T Every distracting app is built by teams whose whole job is to keep you scrolling. Focus levels the field: once you commit, the decision is out of your hands. Open a blocked app and the shield answers with your own words — "I committed to finish my thesis until 21:30." Not a system warning. Your promise, held up to you. STRICT SESSIONS • Choose a task, a duration, and hold to start — a deliberate gesture, not an accidental tap • Blocked apps stay blocked until time is up; the session cannot be cancelled • A live countdown on your Lock Screen keeps the goal in sight • One Emergency Pass per session: unlock a single app for five minutes, then the wall returns FOCUS ON A SCHEDULE • Recurring focus windows for work, study, or sleep — your mornings block themselves • Real alarms that ring from a locked phone, so a schedule is a commitment, not a suggestion • Each rule runs on Apple's Screen Time system, enforced by iOS itself SEE THE PAYOFF • Watch your screen time fall week by week, right next to your focus hours • Per-app insight: what an app cost you before Focus, and what it costs now • Streaks and lifetime stats that never judge, only count TIMER & ALARMS • A clean standalone timer with proper, full-volume alarms • Pick a classic ring or search a song you love as your alarm sound PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account required. Blocking runs on Apple's Screen Time framework, and your activity never leaves your iPhone. We couldn't read it even if we wanted to, because iOS doesn't allow anyone to. The only thing we keep is anonymous usage statistics, never your content. WHO IT'S FOR Students who lose evenings to their phone. Writers, developers, and makers guarding deep work. Anyone who has deleted an app on Sunday and reinstalled it on Monday. Your time is the only thing you truly spend. Focus makes sure it goes where you promised. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://itsfocusapp.github.io/focus-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

TimeWise4 screens
Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeWise at none against Focus's 2. TimeWise also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Focus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads 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. Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. TimeWise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeWise ships an update fortnightly, Focus every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
TimeWise versus Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeWiseFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereValue.cz s.r.o.Mustafa Anıl Kaya

In-app purchases

None

TimeWise

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Focus Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is TimeWise free?
TimeWise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeWise or Focus have ads?
Neither TimeWise nor Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeWise or Focus?
TimeWise ships an update fortnightly, and Focus every 2 days. Most recently, TimeWise was updated on October 10, 2026 and Focus on October 2, 2026.

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