Comparison

PlanSense vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

PlanSense

This app offers a futuristic calendar, a quick finance tracker, and a multi-page journal with drawing capabilities. It aims to simplify various aspects of personal management in one place.

Highlights
  • Futuristic calendar
  • Quick finance tracker
  • Multi-page journal
  • Drawing pad functionality
  • Personal management tools
Features
Read full description

Customizable planner with an iOS Calendar, Outlook Calendar, and Google Calendar integration.

About

Focus Timer

Enhance productivity and well-being with focused work sessions and guided meditations. Customize your workflow with adjustable focus and break periods, and track your progress to optimize your daily routine.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro sessions
  • Guided pre-work meditations
  • Timely notifications and reminders
  • Progress tracking for habits
  • Personalized focus and break periods
Features
Read full description

Focus deeply, rest fully. Focus Timer is a calm Pomodoro timer with guided meditations, tasks, and ambient sounds – built to beat procrastination and make deep work feel sustainable. Most productivity apps just push you harder. Focus Timer works with your brain instead: focused sprints, real breaks, and short meditations to recharge in between – so you stay concentrated all day without burning out. POMODORO FOCUS TIMER - Classic Pomodoro cycles with fully customizable focus and break intervals - Ambient sounds that help you concentrate - Gentle notifications keep the cycle going – no babysitting the timer A MEDITATION FOR EVERY MOOD - Calm pre-work meditations, midday energy boosts, and after-work wind-downs - Library includes Focus & Clarity, Deep Relaxation, Energy Activation, Gratitude Practice, Grounding, and more ONE TASK AT A TIME - Plan your day as a simple task list and attach focus sessions to each task - Weekly statistics for focus flows and meditations - Mindfulness minutes sync automatically to Apple Health ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN A visual timer, one-task focus, and built-in recovery breaks give your day external structure – a rhythm many people with ADHD find easier to stick with than willpower alone. Whether you're studying for exams, doing deep work from home, or just trying to stop procrastinating, Focus Timer helps you build a daily focus habit. Focus Timer Premium unlocks the full meditation library. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://telegra.ph/Privacy-Policy-07-24-38

Screenshots

PlanSense4 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PlanSense at every 3 days against Focus Timer's every 9 days. PlanSense also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. PlanSense sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for PlanSense against 4.6 for Focus Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanSense ships an update every 3 days, Focus Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PlanSense versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanSenseFocus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan JamesMykola Mylashko

Customer experience

PlanSense

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Focus Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

15 purchases

PlanSense

One-time15
  • Plan Refactor$0.99
  • Donut Plans$0.99
  • Payment Change$1.99
Show 12 more
  • Workout Change$1.99
  • Costs Change$1.99
  • Purchase Change$1.99
  • Reading Change$1.99
  • Practice Change$1.99
  • Savings Change$1.99
  • EventRefactor$1.99
  • Meeting Refactor$1.99
  • Lines Refactor$1.99
  • Special Occasions$1.99
  • ApptRefactor$1.99
  • Goal Refactor$1.99
3 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is PlanSense free?
PlanSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlanSense or Focus Timer?
Focus Timer is rated higher. PlanSense averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Focus Timer averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do PlanSense or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither PlanSense nor Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanSense or Focus Timer?
PlanSense ships an update every 3 days, and Focus Timer every 9 days. Most recently, PlanSense was updated on October 11, 2026 and Focus Timer on September 22, 2026.

Other comparisons