Comparison

SingleHabit vs FocusMaxing

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

Head to head
About

SingleHabit

This app helps you build sustainable habits by focusing on one at a time. Track your progress with streaks, reminders, and detailed views to achieve enduring change.

Highlights
  • Focus on one habit at a time
  • Track streaks and unlock badges
  • Calendar views for long-term progress
  • Customizable reminders
  • Library of past habits
Features
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SingleHabit is a habit app built with the belief that changing every life habit at the same time is difficult, and it lowers your chances of overall, enduring success. Research (and, for many, lived experience!) shows that the most effective way to make sustainable, enduring changes is to focus on one thing, one habit at a time. SingleHabit helps you do just that. Make and track the new habits you want, one at a time, slowly over days, months, and ultimately years. The app only allows one active habit at a time, guaranteeing that you focus on just one thing. Once you've successfully implemented your habit, you can end it and create another one. The app allows you to measure and track streaks, set custom reminders, and view your daily, weekly, monthly, and annual progress as you go. Features of SingleHabit Pro: - Ability to focus on one habit at a time to maximize probability of enduring change - unlock badges for 3, 7, 15, 30, 60, and 100 day streaks - calendar views to track your progress over months and years - past habit library allows you to view all of your habits over the lifetime viewing the app - set custom reminder preferences SingleHabit aims to be the last habit app you ever need. Subscription Information SingleHabit offers Monthly and Annual plans that enable full access to all features and content. The app offers a 7-day free trial period, after which the subscription is auto-renewing unless turned off by the user. Privacy Policy: https://fivedollarapps.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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/

Screenshots

SingleHabit4 screens
FocusMaxing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SingleHabit at none against FocusMaxing's shown. SingleHabit also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SingleHabit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SingleHabit ships an update every 6 days, FocusMaxing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SingleHabit versus FocusMaxing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSingleHabitFocusMaxing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerfivedollarapps LLCStart AS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SingleHabit

Subscriptions2
  • SingleHabit Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.001 Month
  • SingleHabit Pro Annual7 Days trial$50.001 Year
2 purchases

FocusMaxing

Subscriptions2
  • MyFocusPal Pro7 Days trial$30.991 Month
  • FocusMaxing Pro14 Days trial$31.992 Months

Questions

Is SingleHabit free?
SingleHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusMaxing free?
FocusMaxing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SingleHabit or FocusMaxing have ads?
FocusMaxing shows ads; SingleHabit does not.
Which is updated more often, SingleHabit or FocusMaxing?
SingleHabit ships an update every 6 days, and FocusMaxing every 2 weeks. Most recently, SingleHabit was updated on September 9, 2026 and FocusMaxing on August 11, 2026.

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