Comparison

Focus Timer vs Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Focus Timer

Enhance focus and build productive habits with a tool that integrates a calendar, timer, and app blocker. Plan your day, track your time, and block distractions to reduce mental load and improve presence.

Highlights
  • Integrates with Apple Calendar
  • Creates focus timers from events
  • Standalone focus timer option
  • App blocking (scheduled and spontaneous)
  • Supports ADHD and neurodivergent minds
  • Reduces mental load
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Studious is designed to help you stay focused and build studious habits by combining your calendar, to-do list and a focus timer in a single app. 1 – Plan your day Studious connects to Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders and Google Calendar to help you stay organized easily. 2 – Stay focused Use the Studious timer to help you focus during events and block distracting apps. Stay in control of your focus session by adding more time or by ending early, Studious will automatically update your schedule for you. 3 – Get insights Understand how you spend your time by comparing your screen time to your focus time, and set limits on distracting apps. Using Studious can help you: → Create structure to support ADHD and neurodivergent minds → Work or study with greater sustained focus → Reduce mental load and decision fatigue Privacy Policy: https://getstudious.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://getstudious.app/terms

About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build lasting habits with a minimal and powerful tracker. Monitor streaks, set custom goals, and visualize your progress with clear statistics and calendars. Syncs with Apple Health for automatic tracking.

Highlights
  • Streak tracking
  • Measurable goals
  • Apple Health sync
  • Detailed statistics
  • Smart reminders
  • Customizable habits
  • Weekly and calendar views
Features
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Dayrise — Your Habits, Beautifully Tracked Build lasting habits with Dayrise, a minimal habit tracker that turns your daily progress into a living sunrise. Complete your habits and watch the sun rise, from deep night to full daylight. YOUR DAY AS A SUNRISE Every day starts in the dark. Each completed habit raises the sun, and even partial progress moves it higher. ◦ Living sky: stars and the current moon phase at night, clouds by day, and dawn colors in between ◦ Today at a glance: completed, in progress and remaining habits ◦ Sunrise history: see every day as a miniature sunrise and revisit your past progress ◦ Monthly Progress: track your month, Top Habit and all-time records POWERFUL FEATURES, SIMPLE DESIGN ◦ Streak tracking: build consistency and grow your streak ◦ Measurable goals: track water, steps, minutes, or any custom value ◦ Apple Health sync: automatically track steps, water, distance, sleep, exercise, daylight, mindfulness and more ◦ Built-in timer: start, pause and resume your timed habits ◦ Weekly & Calendar views: see your progress by day, week or month ◦ Detailed statistics: weekly, monthly, yearly & all-time charts ◦ Period comparison: compare totals and averages with previous periods ◦ Smart reminders: set custom times and skip reminders when already done ◦ Habit templates: get started quickly with ready-made presets ON YOUR HOME SCREEN ◦ Sunrise widget: watch today’s sky rise with your progress ◦ Habit widget: see progress and streaks on your Home or Lock Screen ◦ Complete from the widget: finish habits without opening the app ◦ Live Activity: control your timer from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island FLEXIBLE & CUSTOMIZABLE ◦ Build or Quit: build good habits or break unwanted ones ◦ Custom schedule: choose days or daily, weekly and monthly frequency ◦ Groups: organize and filter your habits ◦ Skip & postpone: take a day off without losing your streak ◦ Custom icons & colors: give every habit its own look ◦ Quick actions: complete or undo habits from the main screen ◦ Hall of Fame: archive completed habits and keep their records ◦ Dark & light themes, custom app icons, and 9 languages YOUR PROGRESS, VISUALIZED See each habit’s calendar, completion rate, Best Streak and Total Days. Explore statistics with charts, totals, best results and averages to see how your progress changes over time. DAYRISE PRO Get unlimited habits, full sunrise history, all-time Best Streak and Total Days records, plus premium icons and app icons. PRIVACY & FAMILY ◦ Privacy-first: no account or sign-up; your habits stay on your device and in your private iCloud ◦ iCloud sync: keep your progress synced across devices ◦ Family Sharing: share your subscription with up to 5 family members Start small. Stay consistent. Dayrise makes every day count.

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Focus Timer and Habit Tracker both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 80% of Focus Timer's. Habit Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Focus Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Habit Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 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 — 4.3 for Focus Timer against 4.4 for Habit Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Focus Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Habit Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, Habit Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Timer versus Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimerHabit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (17 ratings)4.4 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better13
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorent PerillatDmitrii Groshev

Customer experience

Focus Timer

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Habit Tracker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$3.491 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.491 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$69.90

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Timer or Habit Tracker?
Habit Tracker is rated higher. Focus Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Habit Tracker averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Focus Timer or Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor Habit Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or Habit Tracker?
Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Habit Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on September 17, 2026 and Habit Tracker on September 30, 2026.

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