Reflect vs Day Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reflect
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Reflect: Creative Sparks is a prompt deck for breaking creative blocks — inspired by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies. Oblique Strategies began in 1975 as a physical deck of cards created by musician Brian Eno and artist Peter Schmidt. Each card offered a lateral instruction designed to interrupt habitual thinking and open new paths forward. Reflect is an independent digital work made in celebration of that idea. Each prompt is short, unexpected, and oblique by design. It won't tell you what to do. It will shift the angle of your attention so you can find your own way forward. Tap for a new card. Long-press to let them cycle on their own. On Apple TV, Reflect runs as ambient text — slow TV, but words. Leave it on in the background while you work. A prompt drifts past every few minutes. Some will land. Some won't. That's the point. On Apple Watch, a tap and a haptic click deliver a card to your wrist whenever you need a nudge. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Reflect generates fresh prompts on-device using Apple's Foundation Models — silently, privately, with no network connection required. No accounts. No subscriptions. No analytics. Nothing leaves your device. The prompt is the entire product. Reflect is not affiliated with or endorsed by Brian Eno or Peter Schmidt. It is an independent work made with deep respect for what they created.
Day Focus
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Get things done! Make a list, and Day Focus will help you focus, one item at a time, allowing you to crush your daily task lists. Live activities will help you keep your current task in focus through interruptions big and small. Swipe up for next, left to delete, right to add it to your Rainy Day list, and down for done. Comes with a simple companion watch application. Can't get the "nice to do" items done today? No problem... swipe them to the Rainy Day list. Got it all done early today? Tap "Rainy Day" and pull a random task from the Rainy Day list.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reflect at none against Day Focus's 1. Reflect also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.2). Day Focus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Day Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Reflect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Reflect ships an update every 6 months, Day Focus every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Reflect | Day Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Friedlander | Steamtown Media Limited |
In-app purchases
Reflect
No in-app purchases
Day Focus
- Remove Ads$0.99









