Comparison

20/20 Focus vs CROO Notes

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

Head to head
About

20/20 Focus

This app prompts you every 20 minutes to log your current activity, building an honest picture of how you spend your time. It provides daily and weekly reports with visual insights into your time allocation, helping you make better decisions about your future. Features include streaks, top activities, and custom tag analytics.

Highlights
  • Activity logging every 20 minutes
  • Daily and weekly time reports
  • Visual insights (pie charts, bar charts)
  • Voice input for logging
  • 11 fixed activity categories
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Streaks and top activity tracking
Features
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20/20 asks what you've been doing every 20 minutes — a 5-second log that builds an honest picture of your days At the end of the day and the week, you have real data on how you actually spent your time. No complexity. Just truth. The core habit is simple: when the reminder arrives, log what you were doing. That's it. Over days and weeks, patterns emerge. You see where your time went. You make better decisions about where it goes next. TODAY TAB Your daily view at a glance. A completion ring shows what percentage of your check-in windows are logged. Navigate to past days to fill in anything you missed. LOGGING Describe your activity in a few words, pick a category, and save. Use voice input, just speak and the app transcribes it. Tap a recent activity to repeat it instantly. Log a single slot or bulk-fill an entire afternoon. 11 CATEGORIES Focused Work · Work Admin / Meetings · Personal Admin · Personal Development · Social / Relationships · Health & Fitness · Sleep / Recovery · Leisure · Spiritual / Mindfulness · Distractions · Other Fixed categories mean your data is consistent and your charts are always meaningful. INSIGHTS See your time as a pie chart or bar chart, broken down by category. Navigate by day, week, or month. See what changed compared to last period. Spot the trends that are easy to miss in the middle of a busy week. WEEKLY REPORTS Every Sunday, 20/20 generates a report of your week. How you spent your time, what your best category was, what shifted and personalized commitments to carry into next week. ICLOUD SYNC Your data stays in your own iCloud account. It syncs automatically across your Apple devices. We have no servers. We never see your data. 20/20 Focus Includes → Streaks: Day, week, and month streaks with your all-time bests → Top Activities: See your most-logged activities ranked by time → Tag Analytics: Track patterns within categories using custom tags → Tag Heatmap: A calendar view of any tag over time → Focus Score: A 0–100 metric reflecting the quality of your time allocation → Advanced Analytics: Category timeline, hourly patterns, personalized insight opportunities → Project, Goals & Habits: Set outcomes, build habits, track weekly progress → Full Weekly Reports: All 8 sections, full history, personalized commitments Annual: $3.99/year - includes a 7-day free trial Lifetime: $9.99 once - yours forever, all future updates included 20/20 is designed for people who care about their time and want to take control of it without turning self-improvement into a second job. No ads. No social features. No gamification. Just your time, clearly organized. Terms of Use: https://get2020.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://get2020.app/privacy

About

CROO Notes

Features
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CROO Notes turns checklists, procedures and study material into clear, step-by-step workflows. Build organised stacks for recurring procedures, training, memory items and everyday tasks. When it is time to work, Focus Mode presents one clear step at a time—without distractions. IMPORT WITH AI Photograph or upload up to five pages of a checklist or procedure. CROO Notes creates an editable draft while preserving the original order and wording. Review every step before saving it to your library. BUILT FOR CLARITY • Create stacks, notes and reusable batches • Follow procedures one step at a time • Organise everything into custom categories • Find content quickly with library search • Add images where visual context matters • Build branching procedures for different outcomes • Share selected content using QR transfer LOCAL-FIRST AND OFFLINE Your library stays on your device and remains available without an internet connection. No account or login is required. AI imports only send the images you select for processing. From pre-flight preparation to training, study and everyday routines, CROO Notes keeps important knowledge structured, accessible and ready when you need it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

20/20 Focus4 screens
CROO Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CROO Notes at 3 against 20/20 Focus's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. 20/20 Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.99 per year and CROO Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
20/20 Focus versus CROO Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter20/20 FocusCROO Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChester CarlsonVenisi Taufa

In-app purchases

2 purchases

20/20 Focus

Subscriptions1
  • 20/20 Pro7 Days trial$15.991 Year
One-time1
  • 20/20 Pro Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

CROO Notes

Subscriptions2
  • CROO Notes Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • CROO Notes Plus Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • CROO Notes Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is 20/20 Focus free?
20/20 Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CROO Notes free?
CROO Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 20/20 Focus or CROO Notes have ads?
Neither 20/20 Focus nor CROO Notes shows ads.

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