Comparison

Focal vs Fable Journal

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

Head to head
About

Focal

This app offers a simple and intuitive meditation timer with customizable sound and color options. Track your progress with detailed statistics and a habit calendar to visualize your journey. Its clean design promotes focus during your meditation sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable sounds
  • Customizable colors
  • Statistics tracking
  • Habit calendar
  • Clean design
Features
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Welcome to Focal! An innovative and easy to use meditation timer. The app features customizable sounds and colors, stats tracking, and a habit calendar that visualizes your progress. The clean and seamless design makes it easier than ever to stay focused on your practice. Happy meditating with Focal!

About

Fable Journal

Features
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Most journals die on the blank page. You sit down, the cursor blinks, and you close the app. Fable Journal removes that moment entirely. Speak for ten seconds about your day. Fable — the writer inside the app — turns what you said into a real journal entry: written properly, in your voice, worth reading back in a year. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap once and talk. A sentence is enough. Ramble if you want. 2. Fable writes the entry. 3. Read it back, keep it, and get on with your day. That's the whole thing. Most entries take under a minute. WRITTEN THE WAY YOU WANT Choose how your entries read, and change your mind whenever: - Literary — imagery and rhythm. Reads like a novel. - Plain — clear and honest. No flourish. - Warm — like a kind friend retelling your day. Pick the length too, from a few lines to a full page. WHAT YOU GET - Voice-to-journal entries in three writing styles - Your full entry archive, searchable and dated - Weekly letter — your week, gathered into something readable - Memory search — find the day you're half-remembering - Year in review — what the year actually held - Mood analytics — how your emotional life has shifted over time - Export everything, any time, in one tap PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is yours. Entries are protected by per-account database rules, so no other account can read them. We don't sell your data, we don't show ads, and we never use your journal to train AI models. Export or delete everything whenever you want. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE QUIT BEFORE If you've started a journal three times and stopped three times, this was built for you. The people who keep journaling are the ones who never had to face a blank page. That's the entire idea. PLANS Start free with up to 5 entries — they don't expire. Student ($4/month or $39/year) adds the weekly letter and memory search. Pro ($9/month or $79/year) adds year in review, mood analytics, and export. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.fablejournal.com/privacy Terms: https://www.fablejournal.com/terms

Screenshots

Focal4 screens
Fable Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focal at none against Fable Journal's 4. Focal also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Fable Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Focal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focal versus Fable Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocalFable Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBenjamin MajkutOLGA MIKHAILOVNA VAKULICH

In-app purchases

None

Focal

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Fable Journal

Subscriptions4
  • Student Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Student Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Focal free?
Focal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fable Journal free?
Fable Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focal or Fable Journal have ads?
Neither Focal nor Fable Journal shows ads.

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