Comparison

BUSY vs Potom

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

BUSY4 screens
Potom4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BUSY versus Potom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBUSYPotom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlipper - FZCOKlimentiy Cheremnyh

Customer experience

BUSY

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%

Potom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BUSY

No in-app purchases

None

Potom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BUSY free?
BUSY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Potom free?
Potom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BUSY or Potom?
Potom is rated higher. BUSY averages 4.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Potom averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BUSY or Potom have ads?
Neither BUSY nor Potom shows ads.

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