Comparison

Focusti vs GoalsDiary

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

Head to head
About

Focusti

This timer helps you manage work and rest intervals to maintain focus and prevent burnout. It offers customizable work/rest durations, review tools, and cross-platform data synchronization. Enjoy white noise and alert sounds for an optimized work environment.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timer
  • Work and rest reminders
  • Work time statistics
  • Desktop and lock screen widgets
  • Cross-platform data sync
  • White noise and alert sounds
Features
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Are you often busy at work and exhausted at the end of the day? Are you often too focused on work and forget to take a break? Try this timer designed for concentration! It can help you arrange the interval between work and rest, so that you can maintain efficient work while not forgetting to take a break. The main function: Pomodoro - Regular rest reminder - Scheduled work reminders - Customize rest duration and working duration to suit your work habits Review your work - Customized labels for clear review - Working time statistics to help you review the work of the day and month Widget - Desktop widgets - Lock screen widget - Support small plug-ins for both MAC and iOS platforms Data synchronization - iOS、WatchOS and macOS platforms are synchronized, so you can still work without your phone - iCloud auto backup data is more secure White noise and alert sounds - Play white noise for work - Multiple optional reminder sounds Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.silentstar.com.cn/private/en

About

GoalsDiary

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Goals Diary is a goal management tool designed for individuals to set, break down, and track their goals, as well as record daily progress in the form of text and images, ensuring that every step of progress is clearly visible. 【Goal Decomposition】Supports infinite hierarchical goal decomposition, allowing your goals to be as detailed as possible. 【Pin to Homepage】Any goal can be pinned to the homepage, and sub-goals that are broken down can also become the focus individually. 【Goal Progress】Set quantifiable progress for any goal, making each goal's achievement clear and understandable. 【Goal Diary】Each time a new progress is achieved, it can be recorded in the form of a diary with pictures and text, ensuring that every step of your progress is documented and visible. --Pro User Benefits: Pro users can add up to 20 goals to the homepage tab and can create an unlimited number of goals, sub-goals, and journals; free users can add only up to 3 goals to the homepage tab and can create a maximum of 50 goals and sub-goals. --Subscription Price: The price will be shown during the subscription process. The recurring monthly price is $1.0 per month. --Cancellation of Subscription: To cancel your subscription, you must manually turn off auto-renewal in your iTunes/Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. --Renewal: Your Apple account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Upon successful payment, your subscription period will extend by one more subscription cycle. --Privacy Policy: https://tangible-paperback-98a.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3b051832e9204b1f9979d6eedbda44ed?pvs=4 --Terms of Use: https://tangible-paperback-98a.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-c1feef02e7c645bc8ed5ea1f405bd5dd?pvs=4

Screenshots

Focusti4 screens
GoalsDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

Focusti and GoalsDiary are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Focusti sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and GoalsDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focusti ships an update fortnightly, GoalsDiary every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Focusti versus GoalsDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocustiGoalsDiary
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB3 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer振宇 陈子源 董

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Focusti

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
  • Quarter VIP$2.993 Months
  • Half year VIP$3.996 Months
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  • Yearly VIP$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$14.99
2 purchases

GoalsDiary

Subscriptions1
  • MonthSubscription$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Permanent Purchase$9.99

Questions

Is Focusti free?
Focusti is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoalsDiary free?
GoalsDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focusti or GoalsDiary have ads?
Neither Focusti nor GoalsDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focusti or GoalsDiary?
Focusti ships an update fortnightly, and GoalsDiary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Focusti was updated on November 8, 2026 and GoalsDiary on November 8, 2026.

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