StudiFoca vs iStudy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StudiFoca
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Coursework management that works with your brain, not against it. StudiFoca is a course planner for students, designed with neurodivergent brains in mind. Your courses, assignments, assessments, class meetings, grades, and remaining work, all in one place. - Course and Term Setup Set up your academic term and courses manually, import from a Canvas or Brightspace iCal feed, or start from a PDF syllabus. Class meeting times import when your school's feed includes them; due dates always do. - PDF Syllabus Import Choose a syllabus PDF and StudiFoca suggests the course details, meeting times, and instructor details, read on your device by Apple Intelligence. On iOS 27 or later, an optional setting—Read coursework with Private Cloud Compute—also finds the assignments and exams, with due dates where the syllabus gives them. It sends the syllabus text to Apple's Private Cloud Compute, never to StudiFoca's developer. It's off by default, and Apple sets a daily usage limit. Everything suggested can be reviewed and adjusted before anything is added. On-device reading requires iOS 26 and a device that supports Apple Intelligence. - Assignment and Assessment Tracking Assignments and assessments support due dates, point values, and weighted categories. Courses can use letter grades with or without plus/minus, S/P/F, Pass/Fail, or Audit. For letter-graded courses, add each grade as results post and your current grade updates—pick a target grade and see the average you still need to reach it. - Step-by-Step Breakdown Every assignment can be broken into steps, each sized in minutes of work. Steps unlock one at a time as earlier ones are completed, keeping the next action clear without extra planning overhead. - Workload Heat Map Your semester's workload at a glance: by week, month, or full term. The heat map forecasts when each assignment's work is likely to happen—on the days you've scheduled steps, from a start date you've set, or in the stretch before it's due—and shows how much of each day it takes. Exams count too. - Agenda A day-by-day view of classes and due items, including the steps you've scheduled for assignments already underway. - Calendar and Reminders Optionally sync class meetings and assignment and assessment due dates to your calendar, and scheduled steps to Reminders. StudiFoca writes to whichever account your device already uses for new events—iCloud for most people, or a Google or work account if that's your default. Once synced, your schedule is available in every app that reads your calendar, including Siri. - Widgets Home Screen widgets show today's classes and what's due today, at a glance. - iPhone Duo and iPad StudiFoca works on both iPhone Duo displays, with tabs and controls in the side rail. On wider screens, the Agenda shows several days side by side. Free tier: 1 term, 2 courses, all features. Full Load: unlimited terms and courses. One-time purchase. No subscriptions. No account required. No data collected by StudiFoca. Your coursework stays on your device unless you turn on calendar sync or Private Cloud Compute coursework reading.
iStudy
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Turn study time into measurable progress. iStudy is the all-in-one study companion built for students who want to stop guessing and start tracking. Whether you're prepping for finals, grinding through a syllabus, or just trying to build a daily study habit that sticks — iStudy gives you the structure to do it. WHY STUDENTS LOVE iSTUDY FOCUS TIMER WITH POMODORO Choose stopwatch or Pomodoro mode. Set custom focus durations, auto-calculated breaks, and stay locked in. Only your actual focus time counts toward your goal — no inflating numbers with breaks. TRACK EVERY SUBJECT Add unlimited subjects with custom colors and daily time targets. Tap any subject to see your full syllabus, check off completed topics, and flag chapters that need review. BUILD A STREAK Hit your daily study goal to grow your streak. Miss a day and watch it reset — the simplest, most powerful motivation system ever built. DAILY GOAL RING Set a daily study goal (30 mins to 10 hours). Watch the ring fill as you work. See exactly how much more you need to do today. SYLLABUS & NOTES Break each subject into topics. Add markdown notes per topic. Tick off chapters as you master them. Flag tricky ones to revisit before exams. UPGRADE TO iSTUDY PRO 12-WEEK CONSISTENCY HEATMAP GitHub-style heatmap shows your study footprint over the last 84 days. Tap any day to see exactly what you studied. UNLIMITED EXAM COUNTDOWNS Add every paper, midterm, and final. Get visual countdowns, color-coded urgency alerts, and automatic reminders 7 days and 1 day before each exam. DETAILED ANALYTICS - Weekly bar charts by day - Subject time-split donut chart - Daily averages & weekly totals - Per-session breakdowns SMART NOTIFICATIONS Customizable daily reminders + automatic exam alerts so you never miss a deadline. BUILT FOR REAL STUDENTS Whether you're a high schooler tracking A/O Levels, a college student juggling five courses, a medical student grinding through anatomy, or a professional prepping for certification — iStudy adapts to how you actually study. No social feed. No distractions. No ads. Just your goals, your subjects, your progress. PRIVACY FIRST Your data lives on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no selling your information to anyone. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS iStudy is free to download with optional Pro plans (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual). Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime from your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/ahmad-hassan-saas/privacy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/ahmad-hassan-saas/terms Start your streak today. Future-you is waiting.
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Verdict
StudiFoca and iStudy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. StudiFoca sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iStudy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | StudiFoca | iStudy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bacil Warren | Ahmad Hassan |
In-app purchases
StudiFoca
- Full Load$9.99
iStudy
- Monthly$12.991 Month
- Quaterly$19.993 Months
- Bi Annual$29.996 Months
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- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year









