Comparison

Projectholic vs FocusStack

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

Head to head
About

Projectholic

This app helps creators and entrepreneurs manage personal projects. Define goals, plan projects, assign tasks, and track time to understand where your energy is directed. Turn ideas into actionable plans with visual timelines and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Project-based goal definition
  • Gantt and time budget views
  • Task delegation and tracking
  • Time vs. budget comparison
  • Flexible task types and rules
  • Milestone and goal progress tracking
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Projectholic — Project Planner, Gantt & Focus Timer The all-in-one project management app for creators, founders, and solo operators. Plan projects on a visual timeline, drag tasks across a Kanban board, run focus sessions, and see exactly where your week went — on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Stop juggling Notion, Things, and a stopwatch. Projectholic gives you one place to define a goal, break it into tasks, schedule it, and actually finish it. WHY CREATORS CHOOSE PROJECTHOLIC ◆ Kanban Board with Drag & Drop (NEW) A frictionless inbox → today → follow-up flow. Drop a half-baked idea into Inbox, drag it onto a time block, done. Built for the way solo operators actually think. ◆ Focus Timer & Time Visuals (NEW) Start a focus session on any task and watch the time bar fill in real time. See exactly where your day went — by project, by category, by hour. ◆ Stats Dashboard (NEW) A weekly debrief in one screen: planned vs. actual hours, focus time per project, completion rate, and where your effort leaks. ◆ Project Outcomes & Milestones (NEW) Define the outcome that matters before you start. Track milestones, see momentum at a glance, and end every project with a clear "did I ship it" answer. ◆ Gantt Chart for iPad & Mac Plan multi-week projects on a true visual timeline. Pinch to zoom, drag to resize phases, edit subtasks inline, and re-anchor your schedule the moment scope shifts. ◆ Smart Recurring & Multi-Day Tasks Skip weekends, repeat weekly, spill long tasks across days automatically. Designed for real working rhythms — not rigid calendar grids. ◆ Time = Budget Compare planned hours against time actually spent on every task and project. Reveal where your effort goes — and where it's wasted. ◆ iCloud Sync, Built-In Plan on iPhone, schedule on iPad, review on Mac. Everything syncs instantly via your private iCloud — no extra account, no extra subscription. MADE FOR • Indie hackers and solopreneurs running multiple bets • Designers, writers, and creators with project-shaped work • PhD students, researchers, and consultants tracking deep work • ADHD brains who need structure that bends, not breaks TURN GOALS INTO RESULTS Hit focus. Boost productivity. Own your schedule. Projectholic Terms of Use: https://feiou.github.io/ProjectholicApp/terms-of-use.html Projectholic Privacy Policy: https://feiou.github.io/ProjectholicApp/privacy-policy.html

About

FocusStack

This app helps you prioritize and focus on your most important tasks. It offers a smart ranking system, weekly and monthly planning views, and a backlog for unscheduled items. Build momentum with daily streaks and receive morning reminders to start your day with intention.

Highlights
  • Single most important task surfacing
  • Smart priority ranking system
  • 7-day week and monthly calendar views
  • Prioritized backlog management
  • Daily task completion streaks
  • Morning task count reminders
  • Fully offline functionality
Features
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FocusStack helps you stop drowning in tasks and start finishing what matters most. Built around a simple idea: you can't do everything, but you can do the right thing right now. FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS The "Right Now" card surfaces your single most important task for the current hour - no decision fatigue, just clarity on what to work on next. SMART PRIORITY SYSTEM Tasks are ranked High, Medium, or Low. If you have no High priority tasks today, your Medium tasks automatically promote to the top - so you're always working on what matters most without touching a setting. PLAN YOUR WEEK & MONTH See your tasks across a 7-day week view or a full calendar month grid. Overdue days are flagged so nothing slips through the cracks. BACKLOG THAT WORKS Tasks without a date live in your backlog, sorted by priority. Schedule them to today, tomorrow, or next week with a single tap. BUILD MOMENTUM WITH STREAKS Every day you complete at least one task counts toward your streak. Watch it grow and stay motivated to show up every day. DAILY WRAP-UP At the end of your day, review what you finished, what you missed, and reschedule or move tasks to backlog in seconds. MORNING REMINDERS Get a gentle notification each morning with a count of your tasks for the day - so you always start with intention. FULLY OFFLINE Everything stays on your device. No account, no sync, no subscriptions. Your data is yours. FocusStack is for people who want to be deliberate about their time - freelancers, founders, students, and anyone who needs more than a basic to-do list.

Screenshots

Projectholic4 screens
FocusStack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusStack at none against Projectholic's 5. Projectholic's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Projectholic sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. FocusStack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Projectholic against 5.0 for FocusStack. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Projectholic has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Projectholic's written reviews are positive against 100% of FocusStack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Projectholic ships an update weekly, FocusStack every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Projectholic versus FocusStack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProjectholicFocusStack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFeiou SuGoalFlex LLC

Customer experience

Projectholic

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

FocusStack

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Projectholic

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Access with AI$5.991 Month
  • Annual Access Limited Time Offer7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Annual Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access Original Price$34.99
  • Projectholic Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

FocusStack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Projectholic free?
Projectholic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusStack free?
FocusStack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Projectholic or FocusStack?
FocusStack is rated higher. Projectholic averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while FocusStack averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Projectholic or FocusStack have ads?
Neither Projectholic nor FocusStack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Projectholic or FocusStack?
Projectholic ships an update weekly, and FocusStack every 9 days. Most recently, Projectholic was updated on October 11, 2026 and FocusStack on September 24, 2026.

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