Comparison

Someday vs FocusPocus

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

Head to head
About

Someday

This app offers a minimalist approach to weekly planning, allowing you to capture ideas and tasks in a drop-all list and then organize them into a weekly view. It integrates with your calendar and supports subtasks, all within a private, offline environment with a paper-like feel.

Highlights
  • Two simple views: drop-all list and weekly planner
  • Calendar event integration
  • Subtask functionality
  • Paper-like feel with gentle animations
  • Offline data storage
  • Private and secure
Features
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I was inspired to make Someday after seeing how all the "features" of modern day planners meant spending more time planning than doing. TWO SIMPLE VIEWS Someday is your drop-all list for everything that doesn’t need a deadline. Capture ideas, tasks, or notes freely.
Soon is your weekly view where you can plan what matters for the days ahead. Move items between the two with a simple flow to stay focused. CALENDAR INTEGRATION Pull in your calendar events alongside your todos for weekly planning SUBTASKS Rollup smaller tasks into a larger highlight via subtasks PAPER-LIKE FEEL Soft textures, gentle animations, and natural motion make using Someday feel like turning pages in a real planner. It’s quiet, intentional, and satisfying. OFFLINE & PRIVATE Your plans stay yours. Someday stores all your data locally on your device.

About

FocusPocus

This app helps you focus using a timed work and break interval system. It offers task management with notes and sub-items, customizable themes, and native iOS Live Activity integration. Your data remains private on your device with no account or tracking required.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro, short break, and long break modes
  • Tappable task list with completion tracking
  • Task-specific Pomodoro counts
  • Notes with sub-items per task
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Native iOS Live Activity integration
  • Session history and statistics
Features
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A quiet pomodoro timer. Focus for 25 minutes, then take a real break. FocusPocus runs on your iPhone with no account, no tracking, your tasks stay on your device. The technique is older than you think. Francesco Cirillo wrote it down in the late '80s using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. The math hasn't changed: focus for 25, break for 5, repeat four times, take a longer break. FocusPocus handles the timing so you can do the focusing. What's inside: — Three modes (pomodoro, short break, long break) with sounds you can mute — A tappable task list. Add what you're working on, mark them done as you go. — Pomodoro count per task — estimate how many sessions you'll need and watch the count — Notes per task with checkable sub-items — Eight color palettes plus a custom picker — pick a mood for your focus — Native iOS Live Activity. Your timer lives on the Dynamic Island and lock screen so you never lose track. Pause and skip from the Dynamic Island without unlocking. — "Yesterday" page-flip: tap the date to start a new day. Unfinished tasks carry forward, completed ones drop. — Session history with stats — focused minutes per day, weekly trends, top tasks. What's not inside: — No account — No tracking — No ads — No upsells Made by one person who needed it. If it helps you focus, you've already gotten what it was made for.

Screenshots

Someday4 screens
FocusPocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Someday at 8 against FocusPocus's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Someday against 5.0 for FocusPocus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Someday has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Someday ships an update every 3 days, FocusPocus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Someday versus FocusPocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSomedayFocusPocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott QuachEstefania Tarantini

Customer experience

Someday

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FocusPocus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Someday

No in-app purchases

None

FocusPocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Someday free?
Someday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FocusPocus free?
FocusPocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Someday or FocusPocus?
Someday and FocusPocus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Someday or FocusPocus have ads?
Neither Someday nor FocusPocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Someday or FocusPocus?
Someday ships an update every 3 days, and FocusPocus every 5 days. Most recently, Someday was updated on October 11, 2026 and FocusPocus on October 16, 2026.

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