Comparison

Day Focus vs Draft Light

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

Head to head
About

Day Focus

Features
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Get things done! Make a list, and Day Focus will help you focus, one item at a time, allowing you to crush your daily task lists. Live activities will help you keep your current task in focus through interruptions big and small. Swipe up for next, left to delete, right to add it to your Rainy Day list, and down for done. Comes with a simple companion watch application. Can't get the "nice to do" items done today? No problem... swipe them to the Rainy Day list. Got it all done early today? Tap "Rainy Day" and pull a random task from the Rainy Day list.

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Draft Light

Features
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Write notes, journals, and stories in a quiet Markdown editor. Draft Light gives you unlimited drafts, clean reading, and tools to keep your writing organized. Open it and write at onceβ€”no account, no signup, and no limit on drafts. WRITE FREE β€’ Create, edit, pin, categorize, search, count, and share unlimited drafts. β€’ Format with Markdown headings, bold, italics, strikethrough, links, lists, and tables, then read cleanly with the marks hidden. β€’ Fold sections in long drafts. β€’ Link drafts, follow backlinks, and use a table of contents. β€’ Sketch on iPad with Apple Pencil and an extendable canvas. β€’ Save web links and selected text from the share sheet on iPhone and iPad. β€’ Append Apple Watch dictation to a recent draft on your paired iPhone. β€’ Create drafts with Siri and Shortcuts. β€’ Write in every script, including right-to-left languages. β€’ Export plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, rich text, and Draftlight files, or use the system share sheet. DRAFTLIGHT PRO β€” One non-consumable in-app purchase unlocks all eight Pro tools below. No subscription. See your local price in the app. β€’ Sync through your private iCloud account across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. β€’ Encrypt individual drafts with your own password. Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, Optic ID, or your device passcode/login password, depending on your device. β€’ Export HTML, DOCX, PDF, JPG, and ePub. β€’ Search text recognized inside attached images and PDFs. β€’ Find drafts with Apple Spotlight, @todo, @images, and @yesterday. β€’ Choose installed fonts for body text, headings, and code, plus line height, writing width, and paragraph spacing. β€’ Use multi-word and nested tags, pin tags, and give tags icons. β€’ Keep tasks inside drafts and open one view of every draft that contains tasks. YOUR WRITING, YOUR CHOICE No Myworkingmemory account is required. Drafts are stored on your device by default. Pro iCloud sync uses your Apple iCloud account. Optional product-use analytics remains off unless you choose it and does not include your draft content. Apple Pencil requires a compatible iPad and Pencil. Spotlight excludes locked drafts and is disabled while app lock is enabled. Existing paid-app buyers receive Pro after Apple verifies their earlier purchase. Privacy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/draftlight-privacy.html Terms: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/draftlight-terms.html

Screenshots

Day Focus4 screens
Draft Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Draft Light at none against Day Focus's shown. Draft Light also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Day Focus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Focus ships an update every 2 weeks, Draft Light every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Day Focus versus Draft Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay FocusDraft Light
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro β€” better
Requires iOS26.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSteamtown Media LimitedMyworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

None

Day Focus

No in-app purchases

None

Draft Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Day Focus free?
Day Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draft Light free?
Draft Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Day Focus or Draft Light have ads?
Day Focus shows ads; Draft Light does not.
Which is updated more often, Day Focus or Draft Light?
Day Focus ships an update every 2 weeks, and Draft Light every 2 months. Most recently, Day Focus was updated on October 1, 2026 and Draft Light on October 2, 2026.

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