FocusNow vs August
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusNow
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FocusNow: Your Personalized Focus & Flow Coach Reclaim your time. Overcome distractions. Grow through every focused moment. FocusNow is more than just a timer — it’s a personalized productivity system that helps you stay deeply focused, achieve your goals, and unlock meaningful personal growth. Whether you’re a student, professional, or creator, FocusNow adapts to your unique rhythm with intelligent focus sessions, purpose-driven guidance, and empowering self-reflection.
August
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August is the legal AI platform used by law firms and in-house teams on five continents. The mobile app gives you the same Assistant, agents, documents and history you use on your laptop. Ask a question, get a sourced answer. Look up a precedent, check a statute or confirm a deadline from wherever you are. Every answer comes with citations you can open and verify against the source document. Work from your matter folders. Your files are organized by matter and available on your phone. Open a shareholders agreement, a board minute or a compliance checklist and ask August about it directly. Compare agreements with your precedent. Attach two side letters and ask which is the stronger precedent for your client. August reads both, writes a negotiation memo you can download as a Word document, and shows you the exact section each finding comes from. Run agents built for your firm. August comes with hundreds of specialized legal agents, and firms configure their own around their templates, house style and jurisdiction. The agents you use on desktop run on mobile too. Start on your phone, finish on your laptop. Open the same conversation on any device and pick up where you left off. The same security everywhere. Client data on mobile has the same protections as on desktop: SSO, encryption at rest, data residency controls and audit logs. August is used by solo practitioners, regional firms and Am Law 100 partnerships across litigation, corporate, regulatory and in-house practice. Learn more at august.law
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: August at none against FocusNow's 2. FocusNow's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FocusNow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. August asks for nothing beyond the download.
FocusNow ships an update every 5 days, August every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FocusNow | August |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Enmuang Information Technology Co., Ltd. | Credicle Corporation |
In-app purchases
FocusNow
- Pro$2.991 Month
- 年度订阅$19.991 Year
August
No in-app purchases









