Comparison

Activity Jot vs FocusForge

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

Head to head
About

Activity Jot

Easily track the last time you performed specific activities, such as personal tasks or habits. Quickly log dates, notes, and amounts, and view your progress with visual data summaries and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Log activity date, end date, notes, and amount
  • View days since last activity
  • Heat map view of activity history
  • Calculate streak lengths and averages
  • Automatic calculation of average/total amounts
  • Home screen widgets for quick tracking
  • Organize activities with tags
  • Set default values for faster entry
Features
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*** Track the last time you did something *** Struggling to remember the last time you got sick, had your car washed, or went to grocery store, but then realize you have no way of knowing because you didn't note it down? Activity Jot will make keeping track of those activities feel like a breeze. With just one or two taps away, you will quickly save the date, end date, note and amount of any activity. *** Simple and Fast *** Activity Jot presents most important info of your activity front and center. Open the app and you instantly see how many days ago you did an activity together with any end date, note or amount that you kept track of. Want to add new entry for an activity? Tap on the big plus button to create new entry right there on the home screen! *** See all the data at a glance *** Activity history contains all the necessary bits you want to know with a simple yet beautiful heat map view. You are just one tap away from figuring out how many days were there in any streak, what is the longest streak and what is the average streak of an activity you are trying to build a habit for. If you use the amount feature to track, says, grocery spending and running distances, you can quickly see the average cost of grocery this year or the total distance you ran in the last month as those information will be automatically calculated for you. *** Make your life easier with widgets, tags & default values *** Activity Jot works out of the box without you having to configure anything. But when you want to customize the activities and flow, you can tinker with various options and specify default values to make tracking activities even faster. Try adding a widget, or two, or ten! And you can track your favorite activities right there on the iOS home screen without opening the app! Or when you have a lot of activities, sorting into tags will help keep them organized.

About

FocusForge

Features
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FocusForge is a simple Pomodoro timer for deep work and study sessions. One tap starts 25 minutes of focus, then a 5-minute break begins on its own. HOW IT WORKS • Press start and watch the ring count down your focus session • When time is up, a 5-minute break starts automatically • Pause, resume, skip or reset whenever you need to • Session dots show how many rounds you've finished START WITH A RITUAL Pick a pre-focus ritual such as Box Breathing and see it on your timer before you start. Post-focus rituals such as Quick Stretch live in the Rituals tab. TRACK YOUR TOTALS See your total focus minutes and how many sessions you've completed. PREMIUM • 15, 45 and 60-minute focus sessions • Four more rituals: Body Scan, Intention Setting, Gratitude Journal and Walk Break • Average minutes per session Choose monthly, yearly or lifetime. Prices and terms are shown in the app before you buy. Available in 33 languages. Terms of Use: https://www.blazeapps.co/focusforge/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.blazeapps.co/focusforge/privacy

Screenshots

Activity Jot4 screens
FocusForge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Activity Jot at every 6 weeks against FocusForge's every 8 months. FocusForge's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Activity Jot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FocusForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Activity Jot ships an update every 6 weeks, FocusForge every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Activity Jot versus FocusForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivity JotFocusForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTung VuSitki Bayrak

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Activity Jot

One-time1
  • Unlimited Activities$6.99
3 purchases

FocusForge

Subscriptions2
  • FocusForge Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • FocusForge Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Focus Forge Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Activity Jot free?
Activity Jot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusForge free?
FocusForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Activity Jot or FocusForge have ads?
Neither Activity Jot nor FocusForge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Activity Jot or FocusForge?
Activity Jot ships an update every 6 weeks, and FocusForge every 8 months. Most recently, Activity Jot was updated on September 9, 2026 and FocusForge on October 20, 2026.

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