FocusTask vs 168 Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusTask
This daily planner helps you stay organized and productive with a clean, minimal interface. Easily create and prioritize tasks to manage your day effectively. It's designed for clarity and focus.
- Create and organize daily tasks
- Track priorities
- Manage your day
- Clean and minimal design
- Focus enhancement
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FocusTask is a daily planner designed to help you stay productive and organized. Easily create tasks, track priorities, and manage your day in a clean and subtraction-free space. Features: - Create and organize daily tasks. - Stay focused. - Clean and minimal design. - Built for productivity and clarity.
168 Planner
Track your time across key life areas to understand where your hours go. Design your ideal week, set goals, and gain insights into your habits and energy levels. Optimize your 168 hours for a more fulfilling life.
- Time logging with backfill
- Weekly dashboard and calendar view
- Design ideal week targets
- Track top 5 goals
- Weekly insights and comparisons
- Energy and life area tracking
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168 Hours is a unique time-tracking app designed to help you bridge the gap between the life you're living now and the life you want to live. Log your time across life's key areas: work, fitness, sleep, relationships, creativity, and more. See where your hours actually go, not where you think they go. WHAT YOU GET Time Logging Record what you did, how long it took, and which life area it belongs to. Backfill entries from earlier in the day or past days. Your calendar fills in as you go. This Week Dashboard See your total logged hours, free time remaining, and a full breakdown by category, updated in real time as you log. Calendar View Browse any day on a 24-hour timeline. Colored blocks show exactly how your time was spent. Tap any block to edit or delete it. PREMIUM FEATURES Ideal Week Design the week you actually want to live. Set your target hours for each life area, and compare your ideal against your real logged time every week. Goals Track your top 5 goals. Add them, refine them, and mark them complete as you grow. A built-in brainstorming notepad helps you figure out what matters most. Weekly Insights Unlock deeper analysis: category trends, week-over-week comparisons, and a visual breakdown of your 168 hours. Energy Tracking Log your daily energy on a 1–5 scale. Over time, see which days and habits drain or fuel you. Life Area Check-Ins Rate 6 areas of your life each week: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relationships, and career. Get a holistic picture of how you're really doing. Week Review Look back at past weeks to see how much you've grown. No more ads! ONE-TIME PURCHASE Premium is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees. Pay once, keep it forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusTask at none against 168 Planner's 1. FocusTask also leads on ads (none vs shown). 168 Planner's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. 168 Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FocusTask asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FocusTask against 5.0 for 168 Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
FocusTask ships an update every 2 weeks, 168 Planner daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FocusTask | 168 Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANASTASIA BELKINA | Tristan Kilper |
Customer experience
FocusTask
168 Planner
In-app purchases
FocusTask
No in-app purchases
168 Planner
- 168 Planner Pro$5.99
