Comparison

plugilo vs Bandwidth Focus

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

Head to head
About

plugilo

Save and organize online content like articles, products, and ideas into shareable collections. Discover relevant information from trusted sources and build a network of knowledge with AI assistance.

Highlights
  • Save online content as cards
  • Organize cards into stacks
  • Share cards and stacks
  • Follow trusted sources
  • AI-powered content recognition
  • Personalized information delivery
Features
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plugilo is the app that helps you collect content, organize it, and use it as cards and stacks — for yourself and to share with others. With one click, you save anything that matters to you online as a card: products, articles, places, tools, videos, or ideas. You group multiple cards into stacks and turn them into clear collections — for example favorite restaurants, travel plans, wine recommendations, AI tools, gift ideas, or project lists. This transforms single finds into an overview you can quickly rediscover and use again. Just as important: in plugilo you can also follow others — friends, experts, brands or publishers. This way you get relevant information directly from the sources you care about and stay up to date without having to fight through noisy social media feeds. Instead of endless scrolling, you see content in compact card form and in themed stacks that you can deliberately use, save, or share. Sharing is simple: you can share single cards or entire stacks via a link. Your friends can view your recommendations, save them, or build on them together with you. Step by step, this creates a network of useful collections, tips, and knowledge — built from real usage. At first, you use plugilo like your personal organizer. With every shared card and every shared stack, it grows into a shared space for recommendations that works without ads and stays under your control. In the background, AI helps you recognize content, organize it meaningfully, and find it again later. Step by step, plugilo becomes a personal companion that understands what you need and offers you relevant information — not intrusive, but on demand. plugilo — plug it, love it, share it. Imprint/Legal Notice: https://plugilo.com/card/6a3274772c4be113af9bffdf?pk= Privacy Policy: https://plugilo.com/policy

About

Bandwidth Focus

This app helps you focus by rewarding completion rather than just time spent. It blocks distracting apps, requires conscious effort to quit early, and tracks your progress. Customize your experience with themes and sounds, and plan focus sessions directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Task-based focus sessions
  • App blocking via Screen Time
  • Conscious early quit mechanism
  • Distraction tracking
  • Anonymous group focus stats
  • Customizable themes and sounds
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Bandwidth: Focus Redefined Most focus apps just measure time. Bandwidth checks that you actually finished. Name the one thing that deserves your attention. A coach turns it into a concrete finish line before the timer starts. When time is up, you show the evidence — and the reward only unlocks if the proof matches what you committed to. Why This Works When Timers Don't A timer rewards sitting still. Bandwidth rewards finishing. That's the whole difference, and it's why a session here feels like a commitment instead of a countdown. Block the Apps That Pull You Away Pick the apps you can't be trusted with. During a session, they're genuinely shielded — this uses Apple's own Screen Time system, not a reminder you can swipe away. Leaving Takes a Conscious Choice Every session gets a release word, shown once. To quit early, you type it from memory. Miss it and you get a moment that names the pull and still lets you leave. No shame, no punishment, no broken-streak guilt trip — just a beat of awareness between the urge and the exit. Say No, and Count It The Shield tracks every distraction you turned down, tagged by reason, against a daily goal. Saying no is work. It should show up somewhere. A Pack, Not a Leaderboard See how many people are focusing right now and how locked down the group is — all anonymous, no names, no rankings, nothing to perform for. Make It Yours Six aura themes or your own custom colors, three timer styles, ambient backgrounds, focus sounds. Start It from Anywhere Put the widget on your home screen and a block is one tap away — 20, 45, or 60 minutes. There's a Lock Screen version too, and a long-press on the app icon does the same job. See Where Your Attention Went History keeps the receipts: minutes protected, sessions you verified versus ones you only logged, distractions turned down, and a twelve-week consistency grid. Day, week, month, all time. Plan It Before You Need It Commit to a block tomorrow morning while tonight's version of you is still sensible. Bandwidth reads the gaps between your calendar events and suggests where focus actually fits. Turn it on and committed blocks are added to a calendar of its own — which you can hide or delete anytime. It never edits your existing events. Private by Default Everything works on your device with no account. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, the coach runs entirely on-device — your task and your proof never leave your phone. No ads, no tracking, no selling anything about how you spend your attention. Free. iPhone, iOS 16.4+.

Screenshots

plugilo4 screens
Bandwidth Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

plugilo and Bandwidth Focus are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for plugilo against 5.0 for Bandwidth Focus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

plugilo ships an update every 2 weeks, Bandwidth Focus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
plugilo versus Bandwidth Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterplugiloBandwidth Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB48 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerplugilo IncDARSHAN JITENDRABHAI TOGADIYA

Customer experience

plugilo

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bandwidth Focus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

plugilo

No in-app purchases

None

Bandwidth Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is plugilo free?
plugilo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bandwidth Focus free?
Bandwidth Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, plugilo or Bandwidth Focus?
plugilo and Bandwidth Focus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do plugilo or Bandwidth Focus have ads?
Neither plugilo nor Bandwidth Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, plugilo or Bandwidth Focus?
plugilo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bandwidth Focus fortnightly. Most recently, plugilo was updated on October 9, 2026 and Bandwidth Focus on October 2, 2026.

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