Mind the Focus vs Daily Planner
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!
Daily Planner
This app offers a calm approach to task management, using task cards and a growing garden to visualize progress. It helps users focus on what matters today without rigid scheduling or pressure, with options for focus sessions and organizing future tasks.
- Task cards for daily view
- Progress-tracking garden
- Later list for future tasks
- Optional focus sessions
- Flexible priorities
- Widgets and reminders
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Taskpad is a card-based daily planner. **Build your day with cards** Tasks and habits come together as cards, giving you a clear view of your day. Drag to reorder them and decide what matters most. Simple, flexible, and easy to follow. **Not ready? Move it to Later** Not everything belongs today. Drag it to Later — it won't get lost, and it won't keep nagging you. **Focus when you need it** Swipe a card to start a focus timer. Helps you settle into one thing, without turning your whole day into a countdown. Search, reminders, and widgets are there, quietly supporting you in the background. Taskpad isn't about finishing everything. It's about finishing what matters today. Most of Taskpad is available for free. Taskpad Pro is optional, with monthly, annual, or lifetime plans for those who want a little more. Terms of Use: https://taskpad.webflow.io Privacy Policy: https://taskpad.webflow.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daily Planner at 100% against Mind the Focus's 25%. Daily Planner also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Mind the Focus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads 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
Daily Planner is free to download; Mind the Focus costs $4.99 up front. Daily Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Mind the Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Mind the Focus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Planner's.
Mind the Focus ships an update fortnightly, Daily Planner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind the Focus | Daily Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Fuerst | Jingxian Gao |
Customer experience
Mind the Focus
Daily Planner
In-app purchases
Mind the Focus
No in-app purchases
Daily Planner
- Taskpad Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Taskpad Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
- Taskpad Pro Lifetime$9.99
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