Comparison

Dying Soon vs Focus Easy

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

Head to head
About

Dying Soon

Features
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Dying Soon - Screen Time Focus & Memento Mori How much time do you have left? Stop mindless scrolling. Face your mortality. Dying Soon is a screen time app and app blocker that uses Memento Mori to help you cure phone addiction, stay focused, and remember what your time is worth. 【FEATURES】 ◆ App Blocking Choose the apps that steal your time. When you try to open one, Dying Soon puts a memento mori block screen in the way: pause, breathe, remember that today is finite. ◆ Screen Time Focus Use app limits and schedules to interrupt doomscrolling before it becomes your day. ◆ Death Countdown Real-time display of your remaining years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Every millisecond reminds you: time waits for no one. ◆ Life Grid Visualize your entire life as a grid. Red squares are years gone, gray squares are the unknown future. Switch between years, months, and weeks views to see your life from different perspectives. ◆ Treasures - Wisdom Collection Unlock profound quotes about mortality as you use the app. Collect wisdom in three tiers: • Common - Everyday reflections on death • Rare - Wisdom from great masters • Paroles - Timeless teachings from ancient scriptures Unlock quotes through daily use, notifications, milestones, and flash moments. ◆ Push Notifications Set 0-10 daily reminders to keep death's shadow ever-present. 【PHILOSOPHY】 The ancient Romans said: Memento Mori (Remember you will die). This isn't about fear—it's about appreciation. Only when you realize life is finite will you start taking each day seriously. "Not only greedy, but naive" — if you think you'll live to 80. Death makes no appointments. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. 【WHO IS THIS FOR】 • Chronic procrastinators • Phone addicts • Those searching for life's meaning • People who want change but lack motivation • Everyone who will eventually die (that's everyone) Download now. Start your countdown. Because you are dying soon. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Focus Easy

Features
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Focus Easy is a quiet launcher for iPhone. Pick the few apps you need, give them a page of their own, and open each with one tap. No badges, no icons calling for you, no account. Your apps in plain type The launcher shows your apps as big, plain names. Tap one and it opens. That's the whole idea. Contexts for your day Make a set of apps for each part of your day, such as Everyday, Work and Evening, and switch between them in a tap. Focus Easy can suggest the one that fits the time of day. A widget for a quieter Home Screen Put the Focus Easy widget on a Home Screen page of its own, in small, medium or large. Each widget follows your current context or shows one you pick. Works with Focus Pair the widget's page with an iOS Focus, and it's the only page you see while that Focus is on. Add the Focus Easy filter to a Focus, and Focus Easy switches to the right context, then back again after. Any app Add the apps on your iPhone in a tap. Apps with no link, such as Phone or Camera, open through a shortcut you make once in the Shortcuts app, and Focus Easy shows you how. See what you reach for Usage counts the apps you open through Focus Easy over the last week. It doesn't read Screen Time, and the counts stay on your iPhone. Calm by design Ink on paper, in Light, Graphite or Black, with one accent that marks the context you're in. The accent also sets the app icon. A matching plain wallpaper lets the widget melt into its page. Private No account, no ads, no analytics and no network. Your apps, contexts and counts stay on your iPhone.

Screenshots

Dying Soon4 screens
Focus Easy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Easy at none against Dying Soon's 3. Dying Soon's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dying Soon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Focus Easy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dying Soon ships an update weekly, Focus Easy every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Dying Soon versus Focus Easy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDying SoonFocus Easy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer嘉莉 梁Matthew Strickland

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dying Soon

Subscriptions2
  • Dying Soon Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Dying Soon Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$14.99
None

Focus Easy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dying Soon free?
Dying Soon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Easy free?
Focus Easy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dying Soon or Focus Easy have ads?
Neither Dying Soon nor Focus Easy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dying Soon or Focus Easy?
Dying Soon ships an update weekly, and Focus Easy every 4 months. Most recently, Dying Soon was updated on October 25, 2026 and Focus Easy on October 25, 2026.

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