Comparison

OneThing vs FocusFlow

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

Head to head
About

OneThing

This app helps you stay focused by displaying your most important task on your home or lock screen. It simplifies your life by bringing order through focusing on one priority at a time.

Highlights
  • Display crucial item on home/lock screen
  • Stay focused and efficient
  • Simple input
  • Visible everywhere
  • Brings order to life
Features
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OneThing - Focus on what matters most, right now. This sleek and powerful app allows you to capture and display the most crucial item in your life at any given moment. Whether on your home screen or lock screen, OneThing ensures your priority is always in sight, helping you stay focused and efficient. Simple input, visible everywhere - bringing order to your life with just one thing at a time --- After confirming the purchase and payment, your iTunes account will automatically renew the subscription. The Apple iTunes account will charge within 24 hours before the expiration date. Once the payment is successful, the subscription period will extend by one subscription period. To cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, it will automatically start the subscription and charge at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial period will be forfeited after purchasing the subscription. This service allows you to choose whether to cancel; if you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing period will start automatically. private privacy: https://merciful-sugar-3e6.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-b0e24b6beb074420ae88ec07239d1c5f?pvs=74 term of service: https://merciful-sugar-3e6.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-ffa8642d0e864e22b1dcd5fb06870978

About

FocusFlow

Features
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FocusFlow isn't here to push you harder. It's here to make starting easier. Built for ADHD brains — and anyone who finds "just focus" easier said than done — FocusFlow lowers the barrier at the hardest moment: getting started. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT • Start the smallest step. Stuck? FocusFlow hands you a 2-minute first move, not a lecture. • Work with your energy, not against it. Pick tasks by how you feel right now — high, steady, or low. Every state has its place. • Rewards for showing up, not output. Every focus session grows your Focus Garden. Miss a day? No penalty, no shame — your garden remembers every minute you came back. • See time pass. A calm countdown, plus a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so time stops quietly slipping away. • Catch every thought. Zero-friction Quick Capture — type it or just say it out loud — so ideas don't disappear before you use them. GENTLE BY DESIGN No streak guilt. No monitoring. No "you're behind." FocusFlow is a warm coach, never a taskmaster — because shame is the number-one reason focus apps get deleted. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your tasks, energy, and garden stay on your device, optionally synced through your own private iCloud. No accounts. No tracking. No third-party analytics. BRING YOUR OWN AI (OPTIONAL) Want a hand breaking a big task into tiny steps? Add your own API key (works with major AI models). Your key lives in your device's Keychain — never on our servers. FocusFlow is free. Open it, and start with one small thing.

Screenshots

OneThing4 screens
FocusFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FocusFlow at Free against OneThing's $0.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

FocusFlow is free to download; OneThing costs $0.99 up front. OneThing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FocusFlow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OneThing ships an update fortnightly, FocusFlow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
OneThing versus FocusFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneThingFocusFlow
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer定荣 郭江 吴

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OneThing

One-time1
  • buy the author a cola$0.99
1 purchases

FocusFlow

One-time1
  • Garden Seasons$14.99

Questions

Is OneThing free?
OneThing costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is FocusFlow free?
FocusFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OneThing or FocusFlow have ads?
Neither OneThing nor FocusFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OneThing or FocusFlow?
OneThing ships an update fortnightly, and FocusFlow weekly. Most recently, OneThing was updated on October 7, 2026 and FocusFlow on October 28, 2026.

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