Focal vs Calume
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focal
This timer tool helps you manage your focus by adapting to your attention span. It's designed to assist users in gradually increasing their concentration abilities.
- Adaptive timer
- Attention span management
- Focus expansion
- Productivity tool
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Focal is a timer that adapts to your attention span and helps you expand it.
Calume
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Calume — a time tracking app for people who treat time as a resource. Track every hour with a single tap. See your full day on one timeline. Get honest reports. Built for focus, designed with care. Calume requires a Calume Pro subscription for access. Start with a 7-day free trial; you can cancel anytime. Start a timer with one tap — stopwatch or countdown, your call. Every session lands on your day timeline the moment you stop, building a complete picture of how you spend your time. Plan your day with tasks, attach timers, and watch your schedule unfold in real time. Calume keeps your intentions and your reality side by side so you can see where time actually goes. Track any activity — work, focus, sleep, rest, reading, exercise, creative time, or anything else that matters to you. Assign colors to categories and your timeline becomes instantly readable at a glance. Weekly and monthly reports show hours per activity with clear, honest numbers. Set goals and see your progress day by day. No gamification, no streaks — just the data you need to make better decisions about your time. Calume syncs with Apple Health and your calendar to fill in context automatically. Privacy Policy: https://calume.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://calume.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focal at none against Calume's 3. Focal also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Calume sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Focal asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Focal | Calume |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aru Gyani | DANIEL HAVLAS |
In-app purchases
Focal
No in-app purchases
Calume
- Chronicle Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Chronicle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Chronicle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year









