Comparison

Mind the Focus vs Day

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

Head to head
About

Mind the Focus

This application automatically activates custom focus modes based on your calendar events. It allows you to define focus settings for upcoming events and customize activation times. You can also mute specific events or ignore certain calendars to ensure you stay focused on what matters.

Highlights
  • Automatic focus mode activation
  • Customizable focus settings per event
  • Scheduled focus activation/deactivation
  • Mute specific events
  • Ignore calendars
  • Calendar synchronization
Features
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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 with Mind the Focus based on your calendar! Mind the Focus synchronizes with your calendar to automatically activate the focus that you desire 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 do not require a focus With Mind the Focus, you will never find yourself at an event without the right focus! Start focusing on what matters to you now!

About

Day

This app combines habit tracking, to-do lists, mood logging, and calendar management into a single, intuitive planner. Customize your lock screen with daily tasks and habits, and reflect on your day with a unique emotion dot grid. Organize your priorities using the Eisenhower Matrix.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen Wallpaper Studio
  • Daily Reflection & Emotion Dot Grid
  • Eisenhower Matrix for To-Dos
  • Customizable Habit Tracking
  • Integrated Calendar
  • Home & Lock Screen Widgets
  • iCloud Sync
Features
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Day In — the kindest way to look back on your day, all in one. Habit tracking, to-dos, daily reflection (mood logging), the Eisenhower Matrix, a calendar, and even lock screen wallpapers. Plan, do, and reflect on today — all in Day In, without hopping between apps. ● Lock Screen Wallpaper Studio Set your own photo or a soft gradient as the background, then drag to-dos, habits, events, and calendar elements wherever you like. Resize by the corners and tune text color, size, and opacity. With a Shortcut, a fresh wallpaper reflecting today's to-dos and habits can apply every morning. ● Daily Reflection & Emotion Dot Grid Capture your day in one sentence and log your mood on a 5-level scale, from tough to great. The emotion dot grid — a year of moods filling in as dots of color — is Day In's signature. Tap a past dot to reopen that day's reflection and habits; saving a reflection fills the dot with a little reward. ● Eisenhower Matrix Organize to-dos and habits across four quadrants of urgency and importance. Drag items between quadrants and priorities reorganize instantly. Add and check off items in each quadrant; your arrangement is saved. View as a 2×2 grid or a list. ● Building Habits Create habits that repeat daily, on weekdays/weekends, or on the days you choose. Pick an icon and color, add a duration and notes, and set a reminder. Streaks and a grass graph show how long you've kept it up, and you can leave a one-line note per habit. ● To-Do Management Quickly add the day's to-dos and check them off with a tap. Long-press to delete, and see today's completion rate at a glance with a progress ring. ● Calendar Manage your schedule in a monthly view that pulls in your iOS Calendar events and holidays. Set title, time, place, notes, alerts, and repeats — event alerts arrive via iOS Calendar. Drag an event to another date and Undo to revert. Each day's mood, reflection, and habits appear on the date, so a tap reopens your day. ● Widgets Add widgets to your home and lock screens. The "Today" widget shows completed habits and to-dos, your progress, and what's next. The Pro-only "Emotion Grid" widget shows your recent mood flow as dots of color. Widgets refresh automatically. ● Notifications Get an evening reflection reminder at the time and on the days you choose, coming through even in Focus mode. Set a time for each habit, too; tapping a notification takes you straight to logging. ● iCloud Sync Everything is stored safely on your device and, when signed in to iCloud, backed up and synced automatically. Changes on another device with the same Apple Account appear automatically. Your records are never sent to our own servers. ● Themes Choose Light, Dark, or System and apply it across the app instantly. Pick habit icons from hundreds of emoji, painted with 8 suggested colors or one you tune yourself. ● Day In Pro Upgrade to Pro for unlimited habits, the Pro-only emotion grid widget, and detailed insights like yearly emotion analysis, weekday patterns, and habit streaks. Try Pro free for 7 days and cancel anytime. Restore Purchase carries Pro across devices. ● Key Features - One-line reflection with 5-level mood logging - Emotion dot grid — a year of moods in color - Eisenhower Matrix by urgency and importance - Daily and day-of-week habits with streaks and a grass graph - Simple to-dos — tap to complete, long-press to delete - Monthly calendar + iOS Calendar and holiday integration - Add, edit, delete events, with drag-to-move and Undo - "Today" and Pro-only "Emotion Grid" widgets - Lock Screen Studio over your photo or gradient - Evening reflection and habit reminders on your schedule - Automatic iCloud backup and multi-device sync ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dam-dam-studio.vercel.app/apps/dayin/privacy

Screenshots

Mind the Focus3 screens
Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Day at 100% against Mind the Focus's 25%. Day also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Mind the Focus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Day is free to download; Mind the Focus costs $4.99 up front. Day sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Mind the Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind the Focus ships an update every 3 weeks, Day every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Mind the Focus versus Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind the FocusDay
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#188 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel FuerstJinBae Jung

Customer experience

Mind the Focus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

Day

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mind the Focus

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Day

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Day In Pro Lifetime$11.99

Questions

Is Mind the Focus free?
Mind the Focus costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day free?
Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mind the Focus or Day have ads?
Day shows ads; Mind the Focus does not.
Which is updated more often, Mind the Focus or Day?
Mind the Focus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Day every 3 days. Most recently, Mind the Focus was updated on October 30, 2026 and Day on October 25, 2026.

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