Comparison

Due Pal vs Focus

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

Head to head
About

Due Pal

This app provides a persistent visual countdown to your next scheduled event, designed to combat time blindness for individuals with ADHD. It offers customizable visual styles and smart reminders to help manage transitions between tasks and appointments.

Highlights
  • Persistent visual countdown
  • Always-visible on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Two visual styles: Flip Clock & Digital
  • Smart transition reminders
  • Flexible daily scheduling
  • High-contrast readable design
Features
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If you have ADHD, you know the feeling: you glance at the clock, it says 2:15. You look again — it's 4:47. Two and a half hours vanished. Your meeting started 17 minutes ago. This is time blindness. It isn't laziness or carelessness — your brain genuinely doesn't feel time passing. A clock tells you what time it is. DuePal shows you how much time you have left. HOW IT WORKS Set the anchor points of your day once: 9:30 — Stand-up 12:00 — Lunch 14:00 — Focus block 17:30 — Wrap up 18:30 — Pick up kids DuePal counts down to the next one, live. When it arrives, the countdown hands over to the next on its own — no timers to restart, no alarms to set again. Add a start time and a progress bar fills as the window runs out. ALWAYS IN SIGHT • Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island, with a Skip button • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • Apple Watch app with complications • Control Center control, Siri and Shortcuts You never have to remember to check. The countdown is already there. A HEADS-UP BEFORE EVERY SWITCH For ADHD brains the hard part isn't the task — it's switching. Get a heads-up minutes before each due, then a reminder when it arrives. On iOS 26 and later, dues can ring as real system alarms, even in Silent mode. WORKDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Weekday dues skip your country's public holidays automatically — 20 countries and regions supported, including make-up workdays in mainland China and Taiwan. Skip a single day off with one tap. COUNTDOWNS FOR THE DAYS AHEAD Weekend, payday, the next public holiday, birthdays, trips and exams. Pin the one you care about to the top and to your widgets. MADE TO BE READ AT A GLANCE Sixteen clock styles, from a flip clock to a progress ring, and twelve color themes. High contrast, large numbers, no clutter — you should know how much time you have in under a second. Go full screen to read it from across the room. QUICK TO SET UP Start from routine templates or a quick 25-minute timer. iCloud keeps your dues the same on iPhone and iPad. WHO DUEPAL IS FOR Adults with ADHD who lose track of time between meetings and tasks. Students who miss class changes and study blocks. Parents juggling school pickup, meals and bedtime. Anyone who has set a 15-minute timer and been shocked when it went off "already." WHY NOT A REGULAR TIMER A timer counts a set length, stops at zero, and has to be started again every time. DuePal counts to the times of your whole day, repeats on workdays, knows your holidays and moves on to the next thing by itself. FREE AND PREMIUM DuePal is free to download. The free version includes two dues, two countdowns of your own, the Live Activity, Dynamic Island and the Current Due widget. DuePal Premium adds unlimited dues and countdowns, Ring as Alarm, public-holiday skipping, the Apple Watch app and complications, the Countdowns widget, and every clock style and color theme. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. If you bought DuePal before it was free, Premium is already yours. No ads, no account. Privacy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms

About

Focus

Features
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You look up and forty minutes are gone. Or you're certain you worked for an hour when twelve minutes went by. Losing your grip on time has a name, and it's one of the most exhausting parts of daily life when focus doesn't come easily. Most apps answer this with a timer that rings. Focus starts somewhere else: making you able to feel time yourself. START WITH TIME The first exercise, Time Blind, asks you to reproduce a duration with no reference at all — no clock, no countdown. You see the gap between the time you think passed and the time that actually did. It's uncomfortable the first time. It's also the most useful measurement you'll get about yourself. EIGHT MORE EXERCISES, EACH WITH A TARGET Keeping a rhythm with no cues, impulse control, acting fast or holding back, visual scanning, attention to detail, spatial memory, working memory, the ability to ignore what distracts. Each measures one specific thing, in two minutes. No filler, no decorative exercises. A FOCUS TIMER Simple, silent, with a notification when the session ends. Nothing more is needed to hold a session. YOUR DATA, NOT SLOGANS Focus will never claim your concentration is improving. It shows you your scores, your cumulative focus time, and the time of day your results are best. Measured facts, yours to interpret. This is deliberate: promises that don't hold up end up hurting the person who believed them. KID MODE A simplified interface with stars earned for every exercise completed, never lost. A parental gate protects purchases and settings. PRIVACY No data ever leaves your device. No account, no ads, no trackers. Everything stays stored locally, on your phone. Three exercises are free, no limits. Premium unlocks the six other exercises. The timer and your data stay free. Focus is a training and measurement tool. It is not a medical device, not a diagnosis, and not a replacement for professional support. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TERMS Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The price is shown in the app before any purchase and is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://karnisalaheddine-hue.github.io/focus/privacy.html

Screenshots

Due Pal4 screens
Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus at every 5 days against Due Pal's every 9 days. Due Pal's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Due Pal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.19 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Due Pal ships an update every 9 days, Focus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Due Pal versus Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDue PalFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 陈karni salah eddine

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Due Pal

Subscriptions3
  • DuePal Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • DuePal Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • DuePal Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium Lifetime Welcome Offer$24.99
  • DuePal Premium Lifetime$29.99
3 purchases

Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.191 Month
  • Premium Yearly$10.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Due Pal free?
Due Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Due Pal or Focus have ads?
Neither Due Pal nor Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Due Pal or Focus?
Due Pal ships an update every 9 days, and Focus every 5 days. Most recently, Due Pal was updated on November 9, 2026 and Focus on November 6, 2026.

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