Comparison

Plane focus vs Takt

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

Head to head
About

Plane focus

This app transforms focus sessions into engaging flights. Instead of a simple timer, users select a destination and embark on a virtual journey, with their work duration represented by flight time. Immersive visuals and automatic app blocking help maintain concentration until landing.

Highlights
  • Focus sessions based on real flights
  • Thousands of real airports worldwide
  • Automatic app blocking during flights
  • Immersive airplane window visuals
  • Flight history tracking
  • Boarding-pass ritual to start focus
Features
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Plane Focus turns focus into a journey. Instead of counting minutes, you choose a real destination, take off, and stay focused until you land. Your flight duration becomes your work session, with progress moving along a real-world route. Immersive airplane-window visuals and calm skies help you settle into deep focus, while distractions stay grounded from takeoff to landing. Key features - Focus sessions based on real flights - Thousands of real airports worldwide - Automatic app blocking during flights - Boarding-pass ritual to start deep work - Immersive airplane window with moving clouds - Flight history with total focus time and progress - Multiple map styles and gentle reminders Traditional timers just watch time pass. Plane Focus makes progress feel real — you’re not waiting, you’re traveling.

About

Takt

Effortlessly track your daily activities with a single tap. Monitor your time usage, review detailed timelines, and export your data in various formats. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase or subscription.

Highlights
  • One-tap activity tracking
  • Live Activities integration
  • Detailed timeline review
  • CSV, JSON, PDF export
  • Activity and tag limits (free version)
Features
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Takt is a fresh take on finding your biggest time wasters during your day. Starting, stopping, or switching tracking to another activity is always just one tap. Through simple but effective integration with Live Activities, what you're tracking always remains visible at a glance on your Lock Screen or in the Dynamic Island. Using Takt tracking you can manually or semi-automatically keep an underlying Live Activity running that puts tracking access just a tap away, all day. Review your days in as little or as many details as you want with Takt's Timeline, or export your days, weeks, and months to CSV, JSON, or a clean PDF. Takt is free with up to 3 active Activities and 5 Tags. Want more? A lifetime Full version is available, or subscribe monthly and after 12 payments, even non-consecutively, the Full version unlocks permanently. And we're just getting started. Better Mac integration and Tablet optimization, Siri & Shortcuts, Focus Mode integration, and an Apple Watch companion app are all on the way. Takt Terms available at https://taktapp.net/terms

Screenshots

Plane focus4 screens
Takt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plane focus at none against Takt's 2. Plane focus also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). Takt's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. Takt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Plane focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plane focus against 5.0 for Takt. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plane focus has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plane focus ships an update weekly, Takt every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Plane focus versus Takt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlane focusTakt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHAPPYPIXELPhilip Kartin

Customer experience

Plane focus

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Takt

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plane focus

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Takt

Subscriptions1
  • Takt Full monthly$1.001 Month
One-time1
  • Takt Full Lifetime$9.00

Questions

Is Plane focus free?
Plane focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Takt free?
Takt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plane focus or Takt?
Plane focus and Takt are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Plane focus or Takt have ads?
Neither Plane focus nor Takt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plane focus or Takt?
Plane focus ships an update weekly, and Takt every 2 days. Most recently, Plane focus was updated on September 24, 2026 and Takt on October 1, 2026.

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