Comparison

Shared Reminders vs Focus Labs

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

Head to head
About

Shared Reminders

Features
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Remember the right thing at the right place, and remind the people you live with. OnTheGo reminds you the moment you arrive somewhere or leave. Buy milk when you reach the market, grab your umbrella as you leave home, pick up the prescription at the pharmacy. NEW: TOGETHER Send your partner or housemate a reminder that rings on their phone when they reach a place, or at the time you pick. • "Get the medicine" rings when they arrive at the pharmacy • See when it reached their phone, when it rang and when they finished it • Make groups for home, family or friends • Receiving reminders is free; sending them is part of Premium LOCATION REMINDERS • Get reminded when you arrive at a place or when you leave it • Choose how wide the reminder area is, from 100 m to 5 km • Add a delay, like "15 minutes after I get home" • Snooze a reminder for 15 minutes or an hour • Let it ring as an alarm that cuts through silent mode (iOS 26 or later) • Works in the background, even when the app is closed DAYS AND TIMES • Limit a reminder to certain days and hours • Repeat it daily, weekly or monthly, even on the first Monday of the month • Quick reminders: one tap where you are, they ring once and clean themselves up YOUR PLACES • Save Home, Work and your favorite places • Start a reminder from a saved place in one tap • Pick any spot on the map, or search for it HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your active reminders at a glance. FREE iCLOUD SYNC Keep reminders, favorites, Home and Work the same on all your devices with your own iCloud account. Only you can see this data. PRIVACY • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your location stays on your iPhone • Purchases are verified with RevenueCat; your reminders and places are never sent to it PREMIUM • Turn on your location reminders, up to 20 at once (the most iOS allows an app) • Send reminders to your people with Together Choose a yearly plan, with a free trial for new subscribers, or pay once for Lifetime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Focus Labs

This app helps you visualize your study efforts by recording optional timelapses of your focus sessions. Track your progress, build consistency with streaks and badges, and connect with friends to share your achievements.

Highlights
  • Focus timer with customizable session lengths
  • Optional timelapse recording of study sessions
  • Personal history of completed sessions
  • Streak tracking and achievement badges
  • Social features to follow friends and share progress
  • Privacy controls for session sharing
Features
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Make your hard work visible. Focus Labs helps you start studying, capture your effort, and see your progress build. Set a focus timer, record an optional timelapse, and create a history of the sessions you showed up for. Whether you’re preparing for an exam, practicing a skill, or working through an assignment, give your next session a clear start. FOCUS YOUR WAY Choose your session length and get started. Use the timer on its own or turn on your camera to capture a timelapse. Optional Pomodoro-style breaks help structure your study time. SEE THE WORK YOU PUT IN Turn a long session into a short video you can look back on. Save your sessions in your personal history and watch your focused hours add up. BUILD YOUR CONSISTENCY Track your streak, review your activity, and earn badges as you reach milestones. Every session adds to your record of showing up. KEEP GOING WITH FRIENDS Follow classmates and study partners, share completed sessions, and encourage each other with reactions. Everyone studies on their own schedule—there’s no live call to join. CHOOSE WHAT YOU SHARE Sessions are private by default. Keep your progress for yourself or share a session with your followers. Timelapse recording is optional, with privacy blur available when you use it. Start a session. See your effort. Keep showing up.

Screenshots

Shared Reminders4 screens
Focus Labs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Labs at none against Shared Reminders's 5. Focus Labs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Shared Reminders sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Focus Labs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, Focus Labs weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shared Reminders versus Focus Labs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared RemindersFocus Labs
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalih GoleAkash Shah

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Shared Reminders

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Beacon$1.991 Month
  • OnTheGo Weekly$1.997 Days
  • OnTheGo Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • OnTheGo Lifetime$9.99
  • OnTheGo Lifetime$12.99
None

Focus Labs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shared Reminders free?
Shared Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Labs free?
Focus Labs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shared Reminders or Focus Labs have ads?
Neither Shared Reminders nor Focus Labs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Reminders or Focus Labs?
Shared Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, and Focus Labs weekly. Most recently, Shared Reminders was updated on October 25, 2026 and Focus Labs on October 24, 2026.

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