Comparison

Focus Protocol vs LifeCalendar

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

Head to head
About

Focus Protocol

Features
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Quiet the noise. Find your focus. FocusProtocol is more than a timer. It helps you settle into deep work and stay there. Pick a duration, name your goal and start. FocusProtocol blocks the apps you choose until the session ends. Distractions on hold Block the distracting apps and websites you pick. Built on Apple's Screen Time API. Your app selection is handled privately by iOS. Leave the app mid-session and you have 10 seconds to come back. After that, the session ends. Focus audio An optional built-in pink noise generator. Pink noise is a softer, steadier sound than white noise that many people find helpful for masking interruptions. This is not a medical product. Presets Save your favorite setups, such as Deep Work, Study Block or Pomodoro, each with its own duration, goal and blocked apps. Small wins Finishing moments, streaks and achievements keep the momentum going. Weekly charts show how your focus time adds up. Private by design No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your sessions and stats stay on your device. OLED-optimized A true-black interface designed for long sessions, late nights and early mornings. FocusProtocol Make room for focus. FocusProtocol Pro (optional auto-renewable subscription) Free plan: 2 sessions per week. FocusProtocol Pro removes the weekly limit and is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. The yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (or when the free trial ends). Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms & Conditions: https://sudoswisshub.github.io/FocusProtocolLegal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://sudoswisshub.github.io/FocusProtocolLegal/privacy.html

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LifeCalendar

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Ask yourself where last Tuesday went. You will not remember. LifeCalendar answers that, and it does it with the app closed. You install it once, allow location, and then forget it exists. It notices where you stop, how long you stayed, and when one place became the next. You never open it to record anything, because there is nothing to record. The places that matter to you are recorded the moment you arrive, even a two-minute stop at the school gate. Everywhere else is recorded once you have stayed a while, so a red light never turns into a visit, and driving past a place you know does not count as going there. Trips appear as travel between places, whether you drove, took the bus or caught a train. Towns and neighbourhoods fill themselves in from the addresses of your places, so your days sort themselves without you drawing anything. It stays quiet. The only time it speaks is when you stop somewhere new, so the places you go every day never interrupt you. At the end of the day you can look back and see where the day actually went, by name and in order. At the end of the week, the same for the week. Your days can also be written into your own Calendar, if you want them there. That is off until you turn it on, because your calendar is yours. Nothing is uploaded. There is no server and no account, so there is nowhere for your days to go. They live on your iPhone and nowhere else.

Screenshots

Focus Protocol4 screens
LifeCalendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LifeCalendar at none against Focus Protocol's 2. LifeCalendar also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). Focus Protocol's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Protocol sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LifeCalendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Protocol ships an update every 5 months, LifeCalendar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Focus Protocol versus LifeCalendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus ProtocolLifeCalendar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.2 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlice-Georgiana TURCANUHugo Alves

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Protocol

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Protocol Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Focus Protocol Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

LifeCalendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Protocol free?
Focus Protocol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LifeCalendar free?
LifeCalendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Protocol or LifeCalendar have ads?
Neither Focus Protocol nor LifeCalendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Protocol or LifeCalendar?
Focus Protocol ships an update every 5 months, and LifeCalendar every 4 days. Most recently, Focus Protocol was updated on November 6, 2026 and LifeCalendar on October 31, 2026.

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