BackToLife Focus vs Singlenote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BackToLife Focus
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NO MORE THAN 60 MINUTES OF DISTRACTION A DAY BackToLife helps you lose less time to distracting apps and spend it on the things that actually matter to you. HOW? Set your own daily limit (30/45/60 min) for distracting apps like Instagram, TikTok or Clash Royale. Your daily and monthly progress is always just a glance away. CLIMB THE RANKS Your progress doesn't go unseen: every conscious choice moves you further along your rank journey. New areas grow, ranks are reached and your path becomes visible step by step. All of it is there to keep you motivated to stay under your daily limit. STAY ON TRACK WITH FRIENDS And you don't have to do it alone. Connect with friends, follow each other's progress and push each other in weekly challenges. Doing it together is a proven way to stay disciplined. REAL LIFE Use the time you've reclaimed for real-life tasks and good habits, on your own or together with your friends. It's not about being perfect or never touching your phone again. It's about choosing more consciously what you want to spend your time on. Take your time back. For you, your goals and real life. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Singlenote
This app offers a minimalist note-taking experience focused on a single, always-accessible note. It supports rich text formatting, image embedding, and easy sharing, with privacy at its core. Customize themes and languages for a personalized workflow.
- Single, always-accessible note
- Rich text formatting (bold, italic, lists)
- Embed images and photos
- Share note content easily
- Lock note for read-only mode
- Customizable themes and languages
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Singlenote is a notes app with a single note. Always open, always at hand, nothing to organize. Most note apps ask you to manage notebooks, tags, and folders before you can write anything down. Singlenote skips all of that. Open the app and you're straight into your note: the one place for the door code, your Wi-Fi password, a booking reference, your work schedule, or whatever you need to check again and again. WRITE AND FORMAT Bold, italic, links, bullet lists, numbered lists, and checklists. Paste in Markdown from anywhere and it formats itself. ADD IMAGES Drop in photos of tickets, IDs, receipts, or anything else worth keeping close. Drag to reorder them, tap to view full-screen with pinch-to-zoom. ADD PDFs WITH SINGLENOTE PRO Add a PDF and each page appears in your note like a photo. View and zoom any page, download it as an image, copy it, or delete it. PDFs are part of Singlenote Pro, a monthly or yearly subscription. Everything else in Singlenote stays free. If Pro ends, the pages already in your note stay available. SHARE IN A TAP Send your note to WhatsApp, email, or any app, formatting intact. Share text, images, or PDFs into Singlenote from other apps too, straight into your note. LOCK IT WHEN YOU'RE DONE Switch to read-only with one tap so nothing gets edited by accident, then unlock to keep writing. MAKE IT YOURS Light, dark, or automatic. Three text sizes. Six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your note stays on your device. We never see it, store it, or back it up on our servers. Singlenote collects a small amount of anonymous usage data to help us improve the app: things like note length or which tools get used, never your note content. Turn it off any time in Settings. Purchases go through the App Store, and we never see your payment details. One note. That's the whole app. Terms of Use: https://singlenote.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Singlenote at 15.0 against BackToLife Focus's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. BackToLife Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Singlenote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BackToLife Focus ships an update every 8 days, Singlenote every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BackToLife Focus | Singlenote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lou Philip Carstens | Bytelantic, Inc. |
In-app purchases
BackToLife Focus
- BackToLife Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- BackToLife Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Singlenote
- Singlenote Pro Monthly$2.491 Month
- Singlenote Pro Yearly$14.991 Year









