Focusio vs FocusMaxing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focusio
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Focusio turns a goal into steps you can finish, then helps you focus on one step at a time. AI-DRAFTED PLANS (PREMIUM) Type a goal and generate a draft plan with Apple Intelligence. You get clear steps with a planned time for each. Review them, edit or delete what you do not need, and save only what you want. Available on devices and languages that support Apple Intelligence. BREAK GOALS INTO STEPS Create a goal, add steps and give each one a planned time. Choose a color, add notes and set an optional reminder for a date or for the days of the week you pick. SEE WHAT COMES NEXT The Goals screen shows your next step, how long you have focused today and how many sessions you have finished. Every goal has a progress ring, a count of finished steps and the time left. FOCUS ON ONE STEP Start a timer on the current step. Pause and resume when life interrupts, then stop when you are done. The ring follows your planned time, and each session saves its date and length. FOLLOW YOUR SESSION AT A GLANCE A running session appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. Pause, resume or stop it from there. FINISH WITH A SUMMARY When you finish a step, compare planned and spent time, save it, and mark the step complete. Changed your mind? Reopen it. QUIET BY DESIGN A calm design in light and dark, with support for larger text. Available in English and Ukrainian. No account is needed to get started. PREMIUM Tracking goals, steps and focus sessions is free. Premium adds AI plan generation. • Premium Monthly: renews every month. • Premium Annual: renews every year. Prices are shown in the App Store before you subscribe and may vary by country or region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.nestor.studio/focusio/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.nestor.studio/focusio/privacy-policy
FocusMaxing
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Procrastinating - why not start FocusMaxing instead? A premium, action-oriented tool for overcoming procrastination when stuck. The app's goal is to give you everything you need to start what you have to do right now, and limit the amount of pain on the way there. It seeks to create a sense of real motivation when dealing with tasks that are GENUINELY AWFUL, and have ZERO INHERENT VALUE, like COOKING, CLEANING, and STUDYING. Zone Management (developed in-house; for time blindness), Start AI (to learn about yourself), Tri-timer (developed in-house; for task-state management), and much more to help you get going with what you want to do! “I just need to start… why can’t I start?” “It will take 5 minutes… why am I still not doing it?” “I’ve been scrolling for 3 hours feeling guilty the entire time. -Let´s scroll some more” “I’ll start at 14:00… oh it’s 14:03. I’ll wait until 15:00- but then i´m going” “The whole day just disappeared.” “There are 20 things to do, but i can´t pick one.” *For students:* “I´ll do it in the evening, i´ll have more energy then…” “I should sleep, but I can’t put my phone down.” “I wasted the whole day again.” “Let´s scroll some more…” FocusMaxing: - Tool to help you get going there and then, as well as manage time-blindness in the longer term. - You´ll see exactly how long to focus before you should feel good about yourself. - You know how much is enough - You know when you’re done. You do not need to feel bad for what you did not do, the Zones lets you recalibrate. - Works immediately, nothing to learn - Built for real life - Built for when your brain doesn’t want to Other features list (for complete list, see the app) - Decision wheel (Innovated by FocusMaxing - helps when overthinking) - Simple breathing reset (may reduce overwhelm) - SMS tool (Schedule your own SMS reminders) - Habit Stacking (helps with habits) FocusMaxing is for you if: You struggle to start, even when you care and want to start. You had the whole day planned out but are experiencing zero-days. You get stuck switching between tasks. You’ve tried everything else. FocusMaxing is NOT for you if: You are not struggling with severe procrastination. You are just looking for a better to-do list, task/calendar system, or time blocking. You are not often left to yourself to deal with boring, unforgiving tasks. The result of FocusMaxing: - You may get more drive the from synthetic motivation. - You get more done in a day (easier to not have time fly away) - You may fetch long term positives from the increased efficiency daily, and/or if you got help getting unstuck when you were stuck. Subscription: - No lock-ins, easy to cancel. Available through support +47 99 88 41 73. - The app supports a free tier in 2026. For subscriptions: USD 30–40/month. Download today and start FocusMaxing instantly. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Focusio at none against FocusMaxing's shown. Focusio also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). FocusMaxing's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Focusio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and FocusMaxing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $30.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focusio ships an update every 8 days, FocusMaxing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focusio | FocusMaxing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pavel Nesterets | Start AS |
In-app purchases
Focusio
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual$9.991 Year
FocusMaxing
- MyFocusPal Pro7 Days trial$30.991 Month
- FocusMaxing Pro14 Days trial$31.992 Months









