Comparison

TickNotes vs FocusCard

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

Head to head
About

TickNotes

Features
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Stay on top of your day with TickNotes : Widgets & Reminders β€” the beautifully simple planner that helps you focus on what matters. Whether you’re managing work tasks, personal goals, or your daily routine, our clean and distraction-free design keeps you organized without the clutter. Perfect for: Daily task management, Project planning, Study schedules, Grocery & shopping lists, Habit tracking. Unlike bulky productivity apps, ZenTasks blends minimal design with powerful features β€” so you can plan better, focus deeper, and get more done. read our privacy & terms :- privacy :- https://mindsparksolution.com/privacy terms & condition :- https://mindsparksolution.com/terms

About

FocusCard

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You sit down to do one thing β€” twenty minutes later you're three apps deep wondering why. FocusCard puts that one task, huge, on your screen and Lock Screen, until you mark it done. You'll still drift. The way back is one tap. Built for deep work, ADHD focus, and anyone who's ever taped a sticky note to their laptop. HOW IT WORKS β€’ Pick one task from your iOS Reminders. β€’ Tap it. The screen turns black, the title fills it. β€’ The same task lives on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you work. β€’ Tap "Mark Complete" when done. Tap anywhere else to pause. FEATURES β€’ Reads from iOS Reminders. No extra task list to maintain. β€’ Grouped by Reminders list, color-coded. β€’ Lock Screen Live Activity with the active task title. β€’ Screen stays awake during focus sessions, so you can prop your phone up. β€’ Swipe left or long-press to mark done, with undo. β€’ Settings lets you choose which Reminders lists show up. β€’ Long-press any reminder to deep-link to it in the Reminders app. WHY THIS WORKS FocusCard isn't a Pomodoro timer or a habit tracker. It's a digital index card, propped where the thing you most want to ignore lives. The research: β€’ Attention residue (Leroy, 2009): switching tasks leaves cognitive sludge. A single visible focus reduces it. β€’ The Zeigarnik effect: unfinished tasks loop in your mind until you externalize them. β€’ Cognitive offloading (Risko & Gilbert, 2016): writing a task down frees working memory. PRIVACY FocusCard does not collect any data. No accounts. No analytics. No third parties. The whole app runs on your device. BUILT BY ONE PERSON For a year I had a stack of 3Γ—5 index cards on my desk. Every morning I'd write the one thing I most needed to do, in big letters, and prop it next to my laptop. The cards worked. They kept going missing. So I built FocusCard. Same idea, on the device I always have with me. β€” Dewang Mistry

Screenshots

TickNotes3 screens
FocusCard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusCard at none against TickNotes's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. TickNotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. FocusCard asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
TickNotes versus FocusCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickNotesFocusCard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.117.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMind Spark SolutionDewang Mistry

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TickNotes

Subscriptions2
  • Upgrade to PRO3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Upgrade to Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade for Lifetime$39.99
None

FocusCard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TickNotes free?
TickNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusCard free?
FocusCard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TickNotes or FocusCard have ads?
Neither TickNotes nor FocusCard shows ads.

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