Comparison

Mockivator vs Task Focus

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

Head to head
About

Mockivator

Features
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Mockivator is the habit tracker that doesn’t baby you. If gentle reminders don’t work, try tough love. Every day you’ll get a fresh roast that keeps you accountable, plus simple tools to track what you actually did - not what you planned to do. What you can do Daily roasts: choose your intensity (from β€œreasonable” to β€œintense”). Track habits & streaks: log your activities in seconds and keep momentum. Progress comparison: see how this week stacks up against past weeks so you can’t hide from the trend. Customizable activities: tailor what you track to match your goals. Backup & sync: keep your data safe across devices with iCloud. Premium subscription: Upgrade to Premium to unlock the full experience, including ongoing access to logging, progress tracking, and accountability features. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscriptions settings. Mockivator isn’t here to be niceβ€”it’s here to help you win. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Task Focus

Features
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You know what you have to do. Your phone pulls you away anyway. Task Focus pauses the apps that distract you until your one task is finished. Write down the one thing, pick what to pause, and start. Open a paused app in the middle of it, and you see your task instead of the feed. There is no countdown on the screen. Time counts up, and a focus ends when you say it is finished β€” not when a timer decides you failed. The one limit is a safety net you set yourself, between one and eight hours, that hands your apps back if you never get round to tapping "I'm done". WHAT IT DOES β€’ Pauses the apps you choose, using Screen Time. Feeds, timelines, the endless pull-to-refresh β€” closed until you are done. β€’ Turns a paused app into a reminder: open one, and it shows the task you are finishing and when the app comes back. β€’ Pauses on a schedule β€” weekday mornings, every evening β€” without you starting anything. β€’ Works with iOS Focus: add Task Focus as a Focus filter, and a Focus like Work or Study pauses the apps you chose. β€’ Puts the one thing on your Lock Screen and in a widget, so it is always one glance away and never out of sight. β€’ Gives everything back the moment you tap "I'm done". One toggle in Settings takes it back too, any time. β€’ Keeps what you finished, so a week adds up to something. NOTHING HERE IS A TARGET No streaks to break. No score to keep up. No badge for a good week and no guilt for a quiet one. The history is a record, not a report card. FREE, AND PRO Pausing apps is free and always will be. Task Focus Pro is everything the app remembers afterwards: β€’ Every session you finish, kept for good β€” free keeps this week β€’ What your focus actually adds up to β€’ A profile for each kind of focus, so the right apps pause for the right work β€’ More than one schedule, and a line of your own on the screen over a paused app Pro opens on its own for seven days, the first time you finish a focus. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. When the seven days are up, history goes back to the last week, insights to this week, and profiles to one β€” nothing is deleted, and pausing apps carries on free as always. Schedules you have made keep running; adding another takes Pro. One payment. No renewal. Nothing to cancel. YOURS TO TAKE WITH YOU Your history follows you between your own devices through your iCloud account, and exports as a file you keep β€” whatever you use next. The app counts only what happens, anonymously β€” that a focus was finished, say β€” and you can switch that off in Settings. What you focus on, and what you choose to pause, stay on your device and in your own private iCloud database. We cannot read either one.

Screenshots

Mockivator4 screens
Task Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mockivator and Task Focus are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Mockivator sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Task Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mockivator ships an update every 3 weeks, Task Focus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mockivator versus Task Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMockivatorTask Focus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size59 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAiutoLabs s.r.o.Sascha Thiele

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mockivator

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Excuse Kit$1.99
  • Shame Eraser$2.99
  • Lazy Week License$3.99
1 purchases

Task Focus

One-time1
  • Task Focus Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Mockivator free?
Mockivator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Task Focus free?
Task Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mockivator or Task Focus have ads?
Neither Mockivator nor Task Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mockivator or Task Focus?
Mockivator ships an update every 3 weeks, and Task Focus fortnightly. Most recently, Mockivator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Task Focus on October 15, 2026.

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