Comparison

Focusway vs Scritch

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

Head to head
About

Focusway

This app transforms focus sessions into an immersive flight experience. It combines the Pomodoro technique with cabin ambience, real-time map routes, and a passport stamp collection to enhance deep work and study.

Highlights
  • Immersive flight experience with cabin ambience
  • Real-time routes powered by Apple Maps
  • Passport stamp collection for destinations
  • Seatbelt Pomodoro System with custom cycles
  • 5-stage camera motion for flight simulation
Features
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A focus timer designed like a real flight. Focusway combines the Pomodoro technique with immersive cabin ambience, real-time Apple Maps routes, and a passport stamp collection. Built for students, deep workers, and anyone who needs more than a plain countdown. Focusway is a productivity app that reimagines the Pomodoro timer as a flight experience. — # Focus begins in everyday surroundings Silence isn't always the best environment for focus. On a commute, at a café, or at home — the sensation of moving can be the starting point for deep work. # A sensory 'Takeoff Mode' Cabin ambience, captain announcements, and camera animations turn the moment you start focusing into a complete flight experience. # Your own routes & destinations Set your sights on 88 cities around the world and collect passport stamps along the way. Your Flight Log isn't just a record — it's your personal route map. # It's okay to hit turbulence Losing focus is part of the journey. Like passing through turbulence, you can naturally find your altitude again. # Immersive flight experience - Real-time routes powered by Apple Maps - 5-stage camera motion: takeoff – climb – cruise – descent – landing - Cabin ambience + captain announcements # Seatbelt Pomodoro System - Default cycle: 15 min focus / 5 min break - Smooth transitions with audio cues — Fly toward what matters. Take off now, toward what's important to you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Scritch

Features
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Scritch. Your notes don't have to be perfect from the start. Begin by jotting down whatever comes to mind, and take it all the way with Scritch. Even a quick jot has its details. Writing · Ink shows up the moment your pen touches down, like on paper · Lines respond to pressure and tilt, and the fountain pen pools a little where you pause · Hold your pen at the end of a stroke to get a straight line, or a clean circle, rectangle or triangle · Scribble over something with the pen you're holding to erase it. No need to switch to the eraser · Tidy straightens wobbly handwriting and evens out its size and spacing · Drag a color into a closed shape to fill it · The highlighter sits behind the text, so words stay crisp, even on PDFs · Double-tap or squeeze Apple Pencil to switch tools Studying · Write directly on PDF textbooks. Even hundreds of pages stay light, and you can bring in just the pages you need · Bring in other documents as notes and write on them too · Cover tape hides what you're memorizing. Tap it to check yourself · If you'd rather not flip pages, write in one long page that scrolls down · 23 paper types, including Cornell, vocabulary, planner, manuscript grid, music staff, four-line and kanji practice · Layers keep your writing and drawings apart, and each one has its own opacity · Connect a TV or monitor and it shows just the page, nice and big. There's a laser pointer for classes and talks, too Sticking and decorating · Put photos, stickers, text and sticky notes anywhere on the page · Lasso things to move, rotate or copy them · Run out of room? Switch to an infinite canvas · Give each notebook the cover color and texture you like Sort loosely, find fast · Folders inside folders, favorites, and long-press to drag things where you want them · Browse by cover, or by each note's first page as you wrote it · Dark mode that's easy on the eyes at night And peace of mind · No ads. Who wants ads while they're jotting? · Every feature works without an account · Notes are saved on your device. If you want, pick up where you left off on another device through your own Google Drive · If a save ever fails, you'll know right away, and snapshots let you go back to an earlier version Whenever you feel like jotting, just Scritch.

Screenshots

Focusway4 screens
Scritch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scritch at none against Focusway's 3. Scritch also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Focusway sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Scritch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focusway ships an update weekly, Scritch every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Focusway versus Scritch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocuswayScritch
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeongsic YooKiil Ryu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focusway

Subscriptions2
  • Focusway Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Focusway Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Focusway Lifetime Access$48.99
None

Scritch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focusway free?
Focusway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scritch free?
Scritch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focusway or Scritch have ads?
Focusway shows ads; Scritch does not.
Which is updated more often, Focusway or Scritch?
Focusway ships an update weekly, and Scritch every 5 days. Most recently, Focusway was updated on October 30, 2026 and Scritch on November 6, 2026.

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