Mind the Focus vs Quicks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind the Focus
This app helps you stay focused by automatically activating desired focus modes based on your calendar events. You can customize activation times, mute irrelevant events, and ignore specific calendars to ensure you're always in the right mindset for your commitments.
- Calendar synchronization
- Automatic focus activation
- Customizable focus timing
- Mute irrelevant events
- Ignore specific calendars
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Feel awkward after missing important parts during a work meeting? Regret prioritizing your phone over your friends while out? Stay focused effortlessly based on your calendar with Mind the Focus! Mind the Focus synchronizes with your calendar, prompting you just at the right time to activate the desired focus for your next event. To stay focused, the app allows you to: • Decide the focus you want to have for your next event • Customize the time at which a focus is (de)activated before and after your events • Mute events that you do not require a focus for • Ignore calendars that are not relevant to you With Mind the Focus, you will never find yourself at an event without the right focus! Start focusing on what matters to you now!
Quicks
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Quicks, the fastest memo app for quickly capturing ideas, now supports Apple Watch. No more pulling your iPhone out of your pocket— you can instantly record your thoughts with your voice, right from your Apple Watch. Ideas you capture are automatically synced across your devices via iCloud. On your iPhone or iPad, you can copy with a single tap, review or edit content, organize memos with icons, and freely reorder them as needed. Key Features - Quickly capture ideas - Tap a memo to copy text - Edit or delete with a swipe - Add icons to organize your memos - Drag and drop to reorder - Sync across multiple devices with iCloud
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quicks at $0.99 against Mind the Focus's $4.99. Quicks also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Mind the Focus's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Mind the Focus costs $4.99 and Quicks $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mind the Focus ships an update fortnightly, Quicks every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Mind the Focus | Quicks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Fuerst | Rhinoapp.dev |
In-app purchases
Mind the Focus
No in-app purchases
Quicks
No in-app purchases
