Comparison

Extra vs Deefoc

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

Head to head
About

Extra

This app transforms your email inbox into a proactive personal assistant. It highlights important daily information, prevents missed deadlines and events, and allows you to take action directly from your messages. It organizes your life's communications by grouping less important items.

Highlights
  • Daily brief of important items
  • Never miss deadlines or events
  • Actionable insights from messages
  • Organizes communications by grouping
  • Proactive personal inbox
Features
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Meet Extra - your life’s inbox. Your life already runs through your inbox: plans, travel, packages, bills, events, and conversations. Extra turns that overwhelming stream into a personal, proactive inbox for your life. It shows you what matters today and helps you take the next step. • Know what's important today. Extra gives you a calm daily brief with the things worth your attention. • Never miss what matters. Catch deadlines, travel changes, plans, packages, and important moments before they slip. • Turn details into action. Draft replies, schedule events, and handle the next step without digging through messages. • Keep life organized, quietly. Extra groups the noise so the important stuff is easy to find.

About

Deefoc

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Deefoc helps you create a physical boundary between you and distracting apps. Choose the apps, app categories, or websites you want to block using Apple Screen Time controls. Link a physical Deefoc NFC Key to a focus mode. When you are ready to focus, tap your iPhone to the Key to start a lock session. To unlock, tap the same Key again. Deefoc is designed for simple focus moments like deep work, study, sleep, and family time. Key features: - Start and end focus with a physical NFC Key - Block selected apps, app categories, and websites - Use different modes for work, sleep, study, and family time - Require the same Key to unlock a session - Track local focus stats on your iPhone Deefoc uses Apple Screen Time APIs and keeps your focus setup local to your device. It does not require an account for the core focus flow.

Screenshots

Extra4 screens
Deefoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Extra at weekly against Deefoc's every 2 weeks. Deefoc's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Extra ships an update weekly, Deefoc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Extra versus Deefoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExtraDeefoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (408 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings408 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuildForever, Inc.UBQ Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Extra

No in-app purchases

None

Deefoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Extra free?
Extra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deefoc free?
Deefoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Extra or Deefoc have ads?
Neither Extra nor Deefoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Extra or Deefoc?
Extra ships an update weekly, and Deefoc every 2 weeks. Most recently, Extra was updated on November 8, 2026 and Deefoc on October 31, 2026.

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