Comparison

Three Focus vs Slips

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

Slips

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience with a maximum of five customizable notes. Personalize each note with icons and colors, and sync them seamlessly across all your Apple devices. It provides rich text formatting and quick access options.

Highlights
  • Five customizable notes
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Rich text formatting
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Share sheet integration
  • Mac app support
Features
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Slips — Five notes, made yours Five slips. That's all. Slips is a notes app built on a simple idea: five fixed notes are enough for the things you actually return to, and few enough that you always know where everything is. No folders to organize, no archive to dig through, no blank-page guilt. Pick a slip and write. MADE YOURS Name each slip, choose an icon from hundreds of symbols, and give it a color. Groceries, Books, Trips, Meds, Faith, Projects, whatever your five are. Reorder them any time. ALWAYS IN SYNC Your slips live in your own private iCloud and stay current on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Edit on one device, and it's on the others. Nothing is collected, nothing is tracked, and there are no accounts to create. BACKED UP, JUST IN CASE Every device quietly saves a daily backup of your slips, keeping the last three. Restoring takes one tap, and a safety copy is made first, so even a restore can be undone. You can also export your slips to a file and keep it anywhere. RICH WHERE IT COUNTS Bold, italic, underline, highlight, headers, bulleted and numbered lists, tap-to-check checklists, dividers, and links that turn into preview cards. FAST WAYS IN Add to a slip from any app with the share sheet. Automate with Siri and Shortcuts. Put a slip on your Home Screen or Lock Screen with widgets, or capture instantly from Control Center. AT HOME ON THE MAC A real Mac app: your slips in the sidebar, formatting in the menu bar, Cmd+1 through Cmd+5 to switch slips, an optional menu bar icon, and sharing straight from Safari. SIMPLE PRICING Try a single Slip for free forever. Slips Plus unlocks all five. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and is shareable with your family. Slips Plus subscriptions renew automatically until canceled in your App Store account settings, at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Privacy policy: https://mattlangford.com/slips-privacy Terms of use: Apple's standard EULA Support: https://mattlangford.com/slips-support

Screenshots

Three Focus3 screens
Slips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slips at none against Three Focus's shown. Slips also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Three Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Three Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Three Focus ships an update every 3 months, Slips weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Three Focus versus Slips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree FocusSlips
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYongjun LeeMatthew Langford

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Focus

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

Slips

Subscriptions2
  • Slips Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Slips Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Slips Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Three Focus free?
Three Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slips free?
Slips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Three Focus or Slips have ads?
Three Focus shows ads; Slips does not.
Which is updated more often, Three Focus or Slips?
Three Focus ships an update every 3 months, and Slips weekly. Most recently, Three Focus was updated on October 5, 2026 and Slips on October 6, 2026.

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