SummarizeIt vs FocusCard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SummarizeIt
Instantly summarize web articles and analyze their sentiment using on-device processing. Customize summary length and format, translate content, and listen to summaries read aloud. All data remains private and processing works offline.
- Instant article summaries
- Customizable summary length and format
- Sentiment analysis
- Multi-language translation
- On-device processing
- Offline functionality
- Text-to-speech summaries
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SummarizeIt uses Apple Intelligence to instantly summarize web articles and analyze their sentiment—entirely on your device. No data leaves your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. FEATURES 1. Instant Summaries: Get concise summaries of news articles, blog posts, and web content in seconds 2. Customizable Length & Format: Choose between Short, Standard, or Detailed summaries in paragraph or key points format 3. Sentiment Analysis: Understand the emotional tone (Positive, Neutral, or Negative) 4. Translation: Translate summaries into 9 languages including French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, and English 5. Summary History: Browse and manage past summaries with one-tap delete 6. Text-to-Speech: Listen to summaries read aloud with natural-sounding voices and proper language accents 7. Multi-Language Support: Works with English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and more 8. Privacy-First: All processing happens on-device using Apple Intelligence 9. No Internet Required: Works offline once the page is loaded 10. Smart Detection: Automatically finds the article you're viewing on continuous scroll pages 11. Saved Preferences: Your summary length, format, and translation settings are remembered between sessions PERFORMANCE 1. Short articles (less than 2,000 words): 15-30 seconds 2. Medium articles (2,000-5,000 words): 40-80 seconds 3. Long articles (5,000+ words): 90-150 seconds REQUIREMENTS iPhone 16 or newer, OR iPad with M1 chip or newer, OR Mac with M1 chip or newer iOS 26.0+ or macOS 26.0+ Apple Intelligence enabled How it works: 1. Open any article in Safari 2. Tap the SummarizeIt icon 3. Wait 15-90 seconds depending on article length 4. Read your summary with sentiment analysis 5. Adjust length, format, or add a translation as needed 6. Optionally listen to the summary with text-to-speech 7. Copy or share the summary 8. View past summaries in the History tab PRIVACY & SECURITY 1 100% on-device processing using Apple Intelligence 2. No data sent to external servers 3. No tracking or analytics 4. No personal data collection 5. Your browsing history stays private Perfect for: 1. Busy professionals who need to stay informed quickly 2. Students researching multiple sources 3. Anyone who wants to save time reading long articles 4. Language learners who want summaries translated or read aloud 5. People who prefer audio content while multitasking Note: Text-to-speech feature may occasionally pause due to Safari Web Speech API limitations. This is a known Safari limitation and not an issue with the extension.
FocusCard
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FocusCard is the app blocker you plan like a calendar. Instead of starting a timer every time you want to focus, you lay your blocks on a 24-hour grid once — and the day defends itself. Drag a block onto the hour you want protected. Stretch it to the length you need. Choose which apps and which websites stay outside it. From then on those apps shield themselves the second the block begins, and come back the second it ends. THE TIME GRID • A real 24-hour day view, not a list of toggles • Drag to place a card, drag its edge to resize it • Overlapping cards sit side by side in lanes, so a long work block and a short meeting block both stay readable • A live line follows the current time, so you always see what is guarding you right now • Pinch to zoom out to the week, the month, the year, or a five-year map of your habits 15 READY-MADE PRESETS No blank page. Tap a preset and it lands on the grid already timed, already repeating, already pointed at the right apps: • Deep Work — Morning Deep Work, Afternoon Sprint, Meeting Block • Study — Study Session, Exam Lockdown, Reading Hour • Family — Dinner Table, Kids Time • Evening — Evening Wind Down, Gym • Sleep — Lights Out, No Phone In Bed • Detox — Social Media Diet, News Detox, Weekend Reset THREE WAYS TO BLOCK • Soft — a shield you can pass when you genuinely mean it • Hard — no bypass while the block is running • Daily Limit — a budget instead of a ban: sessions per day, minutes per session, and a cooldown between them APP GROUPS YOU SET UP ONCE Sort your distractions into Social, Video, Games, Messaging, News and Shopping. Every preset and every new card pulls from those groups, so you never hunt through the picker twice. REPEATS THAT MATCH REAL LIFE Daily, weekdays, weekends, weekly, biweekly, monthly, every 3 or 6 months, yearly — or just one time. Build the week you want to live in and let it run. PAUSE WITHOUT LOSING IT Drag a card to the side rail when today genuinely needs to be different. It waits there instead of disappearing, and you can drop it back on the grid whenever you want. SEE THE WORK ADD UP Every block you hold becomes a completed session: levels, streaks and a focus score that rewards consistency. A journal keeps the moments you chose to stop and think instead of scroll. PRIVATE BY DESIGN FocusCard runs on Apple Screen Time (Family Controls). No VPN, no profile to install, no account to create. Your Screen Time and app usage stay on this device: FocusCard never uploads them and never sells them. MADE FOR Deep work and meeting-heavy days. Students and exam weeks. ADHD routines that work better when the decision is made in advance. Social media breaks, dopamine detox goals, and anyone who loses an evening to the feed. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Native, fast, and at home in both light and dark mode. Stop negotiating with yourself at 9am. Place the card once, and let the day hold the line. FOCUSCARD PRO Free keeps one card live. Pro unlocks unlimited cards, repeating schedules, daily app limits and the full card editor. Pick a weekly or yearly plan — both start with a free trial — or buy Lifetime once. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://apps.cihat.dev/focuscard/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FocusCard at daily against SummarizeIt's every 3 months. FocusCard also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SummarizeIt ships an update every 3 months, FocusCard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SummarizeIt | FocusCard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Satish Nagdev | Cihat Salik |
In-app purchases
SummarizeIt
No in-app purchases
FocusCard
No in-app purchases
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