BUSY vs Potom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Potom
This app offers a minimalist approach to task management, allowing users to quickly capture thoughts and to-dos with natural language input. It focuses on presenting only today's tasks to reduce overwhelm and provides a unique companion character for a less stressful experience.
- Fast natural language task capture
- Focus on today's tasks
- Separate space for non-task thoughts
- Companion character for mood tracking
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Minimalist interface
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Potom is for people carrying too much in their heads. You open it, type one line, and close it. That's the whole thing. FAST CAPTURE Write the way you'd say it: "call the dentist Friday at 6", "grab the package tomorrow", "renew subscription in a week". Potom pulls out the date and time and leaves just the task itself. Nothing to pick from a dropdown. TODAY, AND ONLY TODAY The main screen shows a handful of tasks for today — not thirty. Everything else sits quietly until its date comes up. Less on screen, less to dread. THOUGHTS AREN'T TASKS Not every idea is something to do. Links, half-formed plans, things worth thinking about later — they get their own space, where nothing nags at you and no red badge appears. MEET PUZYRIK A small pixel character lives in the app. He has moods, and he notices how things are going. He won't scold you or guilt-trip you for a missed day. He's just there. WIDGETS Today's tasks on your home screen and lock screen. Usually faster than opening the app at all. WHAT'S NOT HERE No projects, tags, subtasks, priorities, kanban boards, team collaboration, or weekly productivity reports. If you want those, there are excellent apps for it — Potom isn't one of them. Potom does one thing: open, type, close, remember at the right moment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Potom at 5.0 against BUSY's 4.0. BUSY's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Potom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BUSY has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | BUSY | Potom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flipper - FZCO | Klimentiy Cheremnyh |
Customer experience
BUSY
Potom
In-app purchases
BUSY
No in-app purchases
Potom
No in-app purchases









