Comparison

BUSY vs Clients

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

Head to head
About

BUSY

Enhance your productivity by blocking distracting apps and muting notifications. This tool offers customizable focus sessions, including Pomodoro-style workflows, and provides insights into your distraction attempts to help you improve focus.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus sessions (timer, Pomodoro, no time limit)
  • Distraction blocking (apps, notifications)
  • Accountability features (no skipping sessions)
  • Distraction attempt tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Customizable timer themes
Features
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BUSY — Focus Timer & Distraction Blocker
 Stay focused. Get more done. 
Block distracting apps and notifications while adding structure to your day. Choose short focus sessions with regular breaks or switch to deep focus mode. Work without interruptions on iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac.
 FEATURES: - Instant Focus. Start focusing in one tap. Choose Pomodoro-style sessions with breaks or work without time limits. - BUSY Bar Сontrol. Connect and manage your BUSY Bar from your phone. Start focus sessions, block distractions, update firmware, connect to Wi-Fi, and more. - Music Themes. Choose visual themes with music designed to support deep, focused work. - Block Distractions. Automatically block distracting apps and mute notifications so you stay in control. - Track Your Attempts. See how often you try to open blocked apps and build stronger focus habits. - Structured Focus Sessions. Stay consistent with focus intervals designed to improve productivity. - Apple Watch & Mac Support. Start, stop, or manage sessions from your Apple Watch or Mac. Everything syncs instantly.
 BUSY helps you stay focused, reduce distractions, and build better work habits — across all your devices.

About

Clients

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Stop opening three apps every time a client calls. Clients is a native iPhone and Mac app that connects your contacts, your notes, and your projects in one app. Your client history and notes, your active projects, and your follow-ups all live together, so you always know a client's status before you pick up the phone, go into a meeting, or send that email. It's not trying to replace your project management or your contacts app or your notes app. It's all three, in one app. CLIENTS, NOTES, AND PROJECTS, CONNECTED Most apps keep your clients in one place and your work in another. Clients links them. Every client has their own project list, conversation history, notes, and follow-up reminders, so the context you need is always one tap away. CLIENT HISTORY Log every call, meeting, or email as they happen. Each client has a running timeline so you always know what was said and what's next. PROJECTS AND MILESTONES Track every project, milestone, and issue from start to finish. Organize work with teams, tags, and priorities, without the complexity of tools built for large teams. FOLLOW-UP REMINDERS Set a follow-up from any conversation. It stays attached to the client, not buried in a to-do list. CALENDAR VIEW See every client interaction, project milestone, and follow-up in one calendar. Know what's coming before it sneaks up on you. FAVORITES Pin your most active clients and projects in the sidebar for fast access. No digging. NATIVE ON IPHONE AND MAC Built in Swift for iPhone and Mac. Fast, private, no subscription required. Built for people who manage their own clients and do the work themselves. No enterprise features you'll never use. Just the context you need, without the complexity you don't.

Screenshots

BUSY4 screens
Clients4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BUSY at Free against Clients's $9.99. BUSY also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Clients's advantage is chart position (#196 vs unranked). 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

BUSY is free to download; Clients costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BUSY ships an update fortnightly, Clients every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
BUSY versus Clients: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBUSYClients
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating3.8 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#196 — better
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlipper - FZCODavid Wilder

In-app purchases

None

BUSY

No in-app purchases

None

Clients

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BUSY free?
BUSY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clients free?
Clients costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BUSY or Clients have ads?
Neither BUSY nor Clients shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BUSY or Clients?
BUSY ships an update fortnightly, and Clients every 4 weeks. Most recently, BUSY was updated on October 21, 2026 and Clients on October 6, 2026.

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