Comparison

Focus Easy vs Focus Home

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

Head to head
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. One app on the Lock Screen Add the One app widget beside the clock and reach the app you use most without hunting for it. Pick the app, or let it follow the first app of your current context. Works with Focus and Siri 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. Or say "Switch to Work in Focus Easy", and use the same action in Shortcuts automations. 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. Plain to look at Black type on a pale page, or pale type in Graphite or Black after dark. A single colored dot marks the context you're in, and the icon on your Home Screen takes the same color. A plain wallpaper in the widget's shade lets the list sit straight on the page. Private No account, no ads, no analytics and no network. Your apps, contexts and counts stay on your iPhone.

About

Focus Home

This app transforms your phone's home screen into a calm, text-first interface designed to reduce mindless scrolling. Set daily intentions, create custom profiles for different contexts, and add friction to distracting apps to help you be more present and productive.

Highlights
  • Text-first launcher interface
  • Single daily intention setting
  • Customizable launcher profiles
  • Distraction blocking with delays
  • Focus session timers
  • Progress tracking dashboard
  • Lock-screen widgets
Features
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Your phone should serve your day, not steal it. Focus Home replaces the chaos of your home screen with a calm, text-first launcher built to slow down the moments that lead to mindless scrolling. Set a single daily intention that follows you across the launcher, dashboard, and lock screen widget — a quiet reminder of what actually matters before you open another feed. Whether you want to be more present with family, focus deeper at work, or simply spend less time staring at glass, Focus Home turns your phone into a tool for living instead of a slot machine for your attention. Build custom launcher profiles for work, home, faith, or study, and let them switch automatically based on your schedule. Mark the apps that pull you off track as distracting and Focus Home adds friction before they open: a customizable delay timer, reflection prompts like "Why are you opening this?", and optional daily launch limits or time budgets you actually keep. Start a Focus Session (25, 45, 60, or 90 minutes) when you need to lock in, add lock-screen widgets to launch your essentials with a single tap, and watch your progress in a built-in dashboard tracking focus score, pickups, avoided launches, and distracting opens — so you can see your habits change. Upgrade to Focus Home Premium for $1.99/month to unlock the full experience: unlimited launcher profiles, custom daily intentions, custom reflection prompts, advanced analytics, lock-screen widgets, automation, iCloud sync, and a beautiful set of premium themes including Warm Paper, Midnight, Forest, Sunset, Ocean, Ink, Rose, and Sage. Whether you stay on the free tier or go premium, every feature is built around one promise: fewer pickups, fewer regretted opens, and more of the life you actually want to be living. Download Focus Home and take your attention back today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Easy4 screens
Focus Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Easy at none against Focus Home's 1. Focus Easy also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Focus Home's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). On price, 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. Focus Home sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Focus Easy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Easy ships an update every 10 days, Focus Home daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Focus Easy versus Focus Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus EasyFocus Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew StricklandWILLIAM BARRY AGNEW

In-app purchases

None

Focus Easy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Home

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Home Premium$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Focus Easy free?
Focus Easy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Home free?
Focus Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Easy or Focus Home have ads?
Neither Focus Easy nor Focus Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Easy or Focus Home?
Focus Easy ships an update every 10 days, and Focus Home daily. Most recently, Focus Easy was updated on November 5, 2026 and Focus Home on October 31, 2026.

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