Focura vs Leeway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Focura
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Most focus timers ship one rigid setup. Focura asks one question โ do you struggle to start, stay, or stop? โ then tunes the timer, haptics, and pacing to match. Built for ADHD brains. Works for anyone fighting a 25-minute box. A TIMER THAT FITS HOW YOU FOCUS Pick your struggle and Focura adjusts the physics: โข Starting โ 5-minute first wins and gentle pacing, no pressure haptics โข Staying โ classic 25s with a soft haptic heartbeat anchoring the last minute โข Stopping โ longer blocks and 10-minute wind-downs, because transitions hurt YOUR CALENDAR BECOMES THE PLAN Connect iOS Calendar (read-only) and your events appear as locked time blocks, so the day is never empty. If a meeting starts mid-session, Focura auto-pauses your timer and lets you know. HYPERFOCUS IS CELEBRATED, NOT PUNISHED Run past the timer and the screen turns green: Flow State. No alarm yanking you out, no red "overtime" guilt. Keep going โ Focura keeps counting. MISSED A BLOCK? NO SHAME. โข Smart Reschedule finds it a new slot in one tap (Premium) โข Skipping records a reason, not a failure โ and your streak forgives it โข Streaks come with freeze days, so a rough day doesn't break the chain โข Fresh Start resets the day without erasing what you already did BRAIN DUMP YOUR REMINDERS Your iOS Reminders show up as an inbox on the Today tab. Tap one, give it a time, done. Finish the session and Focura offers to check the reminder off. A DAY YOU CAN SEE A visual timeline where every block is sized to its real duration. Drag to reorder. Pin a block to a time, or let Focura slot it into the next free gap. Morning person or night owl โ set your own day's start and end. ALWAYS ONE GLANCE AWAY Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and a Home Screen widget keep your current block and today's progress visible without unlocking your phone. 100% ON-DEVICE No account. No cloud sync. No tracking. Your blocks and sessions live in your iPhone's local database. Your focus, your data, your control. FREE FOREVER โข Up to 7 recurring time blocks (one-off blocks unlimited) โข Calendar mirroring, weekly stats, and forgiving streaks โข Full timer with Flow State, widget + Live Activity FOCURA PREMIUM โข Unlimited time blocks โข Smart Reschedule โ one-tap recovery for missed blocks โข Custom app icons โข Every premium feature we ship next, included Monthly, annual (over 60% off), or lifetime โ see pricing in the app. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings โ Apple ID โ Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Focura is a tool, not a treatment. It is not a medical device and is not a substitute for professional care. Built by an indie developer who needed it. Built by Noah Carpenter (NDC) ยท noahdoescoding@gmail.com
Leeway
This app intelligently schedules your tasks by first mapping your existing calendar events and reminders. It then finds available time slots to fit your to-dos, automatically adjusting the schedule as your day progresses. Features include a visual timeline, goal setting, and a focus timer.
- Automatic task planning into free time
- Integrates with Apple Calendar and Reminders
- Visual timeline view of the day
- Goal setting with time limits
- Focus timer with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island support
- iCloud sync across devices
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Leeway shows how much free time you really have today, then fits your tasks into it. Your calendar events, reminders and routines go on the timeline first. Leeway counts the hours that are left. Tap Plan and your tasks land in the open gaps, around everything that's fixed. When the day changes, Leeway moves the rest and shows you what moved. PLAN THE DAY IN ONE TAP โข Plan my day places your tasks in the free time you actually have, and says where anything that won't fit goes. โข Plan the week spreads work across the days ahead. โข Running late? Make it fit reshuffles the rest of today. WORKS WITH YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS โข Apple Calendar events and Reminders appear on your timeline. โข Move a task to another day and its reminder or event moves with it. SEE THE WHOLE DAY โข A timeline from wake-up to bedtime, every hour in its place. โข Your free time, counted live as the day goes on. โข The week at a glance, before it fills up. KEEP TIME FOR WHAT MATTERS โข Goals with a floor for what matters and a cap for what drifts. โข A focus timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. โข Widgets, an Apple Watch app, and iPad, in sync over iCloud. SAY IT ALL, GET A PLAN (LEEWAY PRO) โข Type or speak a messy list, and Leeway picks out the tasks, times and deadlines and plans them. With Apple Intelligence, it all runs on your device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN โข No account and no sign-up. โข Your data syncs through your own iCloud. LEEWAY PRO Planning, the timeline, goals, focus, widgets, the Watch app and iCloud sync are free. Leeway Pro adds the AI planner, voice capture, unlimited projects and milestones, custom categories, trends and history, and themes. Monthly, yearly with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Give yourself a little leeway. Terms of Use: https://leeway.innovatism.app/leeway/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Leeway at 4 against Focura's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Focura sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Leeway sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focura ships an update every 2 weeks, Leeway fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focura | Leeway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noah Carpenter | Innovatism LLC |
In-app purchases
Focura
- Focura Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Focura Yearly$19.991 Year
- Focura Premium Lifetime$99.99
Leeway
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$19.99







