Focus Timer vs Recall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Recall
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Ever save a video, article, or product because you'll "look at it later"... and then never do? Recall is the place to keep everything you want to come back to. Save videos, articles, recipes, products, and websites from anywhere, organize them into collections, and set reminders for the things that matter. The best part? Recall doesn't rely only on reminders. It automatically resurfaces older saves, helping you rediscover things you completely forgot about. With Recall you can: Save links from your favorite apps and websites Organize everything into collections Set reminders to revisit important content Rediscover older saves automatically Search your library in seconds Open content directly from its original source We all save things with the intention of coming back to them. Recall helps make sure you actually do.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recall at none against Focus Timer's 5. Recall also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Focus Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Recall asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Focus Timer | Recall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florent Perillat | BRYAN WILLIAM BLITMAN |
In-app purchases
Focus Timer
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
Recall
No in-app purchases









