Comparison

Three Focus vs Chip

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

Head to head
About

Three Focus

Features
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Tired of endless to-do lists that just get longer? Three Focus is a beautiful, simple task manager built on one powerful rule: you can only have 3 active tasks at a time. This "less is more" approach helps you stop procrastinating, beat overwhelm, and build real momentum. By forcing you to prioritize, Three Focus helps you concentrate on what truly matters. Complete a task, and only then can you add a new one. It's the perfect system for anyone who wants to stop planning and start doing. Key Features: The 3-Task Rule: Our core feature. Limit your active tasks to three to maintain perfect focus and clarity. Finish a task to unlock a new slot. Beautiful Pastel UI: A clean, calming, pastel-themed interface that's easy on the eyes and a pleasure to use. Full Dark Mode Support: Complements the pastel colors and works perfectly with your device's theme, day or night. Track Your Progress: Stay motivated by tracking your weekly completions, daily streak, and total tasks finished with our built-in statistics. Activity Calendar: Look back on your achievements and see your productive days at a glance. Simple Task Customization: Personalize tasks with custom colors and set flexible reminders (hourly, daily, or every 2 days) to stay on track. Stop managing lists and start completing tasks.

About

Chip

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Chip is the to-do app for people who hate to-do apps. One task at a time, right on your lock screen, with distracting apps blocked until it's done. No projects. No tags. No inbox to process. No methodology to learn. Type the one thing you want to do, and start. When it's done, mark it done. That's the whole app. Chip puts your active task โ€” your chip โ€” on your lock screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on home-screen widgets, where you'll actually see it. Focus Mode quietly hides the apps that would pull you away. When you finish, the next chip in your queue takes its place automatically. No reorganizing. No weekly review. No tax for using the tool. WHY THIS WORKS The hardest part of most to-do list and task manager apps isn't doing the work โ€” it's maintaining the app. Tagging, sorting, re-prioritizing, processing the inbox, keeping the system "current." That overhead is invisible until you've spent twenty minutes managing your task manager and not done a single task. Chip removes the overhead entirely. There's nothing to maintain because there's nothing to organize. One chip is active. Up to ten can queue behind it. Five routines, five scheduled reminders โ€” caps on purpose. The structure is small so you don't end up curating it instead of using it. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข One chip on your lock screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on home-screen widgets โ€ข Focus Mode โ€” an app blocker that hides distracting apps while a chip is active โ€ข Routines โ€” recurring tasks that put a chip on your lock screen at the times you choose โ€ข Scheduled chips โ€” one-off reminders that fire at a specific date and time โ€ข A daily planning prompt that gently asks "what's your one thing today?" โ€ข Siri Shortcuts to start a chip by voice โ€ข A 7-day chart of what you've actually done BUILT FOR ADHD BRAINS, USEFUL FOR ANYONE ADHD brains know the failure loop: install a productivity app, set it up beautifully, never open it again. The setup is the work, and the work is exhausting. Chip removes the setup entirely โ€” an ADHD-friendly task app with zero maintenance. If you don't have ADHD, Chip is still the calm, single-tasking home for the thing that matters today. No streaks. No 47-item list. No "productivity system" demanding your attention before you've done anything. DESIGNED FOR iOS Chip lives where your attention already is โ€” the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, the home screen. The Live Activity shows your active chip with a one-tap "done" button. Widgets in medium and large sizes let you complete chips without opening the app. Everything syncs across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. FREE AND PRO Chip is free forever. The free tier covers the active chip loop, the queue, widgets, the Live Activity, stats, and Siri Shortcuts. Chip Pro unlocks: โ€ข Routines โ€” recurring chips on the schedule you choose โ€ข Scheduled chips โ€” one-off reminders at a specific date and time โ€ข Daily prompt โ€” the morning nudge for the one thing today โ€ข Focus Mode blocking โ€” the actual app-blocking Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Cancel anytime. Privacy: Chip stores your chips locally and syncs through your private iCloud account. We don't sell your data, run ads, or track you across the web. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Three Focus3 screens
Chip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chip at none against Three Focus's shown. Chip also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). Three Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Three Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Three Focus ships an update every 3 months, Chip every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Three Focus versus Chip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree FocusChip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size24 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYongjun Leejames jager

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Focus

One-time1
  • Three Focus Pro (Lifetime)$79.99
3 purchases

Chip

Subscriptions3
  • Chip Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Chip Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chip Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Three Focus free?
Three Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chip free?
Chip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Three Focus or Chip have ads?
Three Focus shows ads; Chip does not.
Which is updated more often, Three Focus or Chip?
Three Focus ships an update every 3 months, and Chip every 10 days. Most recently, Three Focus was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chip on October 24, 2026.

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