Comparison

Focus Easy vs Daysmark Countdown

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Daysmark Countdown

Features
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Daysmark Countdown keeps track of the days that matter. Count down to something you are waiting for. Look back on something that already began. See how far you have come through a chapter with a beginning and an end. Graduation. A relationship. A degree. A trip. A business. A year. Add a date, then put it on the Home Screen as a small or medium widget. Live posters show days, hours, and seconds when you need them. Reminders stay on the device and only appear when you turn them on. Everything is private. There is no account, no ads, and no subscription. Your dates never leave the phone.

Screenshots

Focus Easy4 screens
Daysmark Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Daysmark Countdown at daily against Focus Easy's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Focus Easy versus Daysmark Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus EasyDaysmark Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew StricklandDANISH HAIQAL

In-app purchases

None

Focus Easy

No in-app purchases

None

Daysmark Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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