FieldNotes vs OpenFocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FieldNotes
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FieldNotes e' il compagno ideale per il lavoro sul campo in archeologia, etnografia e ricerca ambientale. Raccogli dati geospaziali, note vocali, foto, sketch e scansioni 3D, tutto offline e tutto in un'unica app. RACCOLTA DATI SUL CAMPO - Crea survey etnografiche, archeologiche, architettoniche e paesaggistiche - Geotagging automatico con coordinate GPS, altitudine e precisione - Modalita' Quick Entry per acquisire dati rapidamente - Sistema di tag per organizzare e ricercare le osservazioni NOTE VOCALI E TRASCRIZIONE - Registra note vocali in alta qualita' - Trascrizione automatica on-device con Apple Speech - Dettatura in tempo reale per inserimento rapido - Supporto italiano e inglese FOTO, VIDEO E SKETCH - Scatta foto e registra video direttamente dall'app - Galleria multimediale con anteprime - Disegno a mano libera con PencilKit e supporto Apple Pencil - Annota foto con sketch sovrapposti SCANSIONI 3D (dispositivi con LiDAR) - Scansione oggetti, stanze, ambienti esterni - Fotogrammetria da foto (iOS 17+) - Visualizzatore 3D interattivo - Esportazione in USDZ, OBJ, PLY, DXF - Estrazione automatica planimetrie GEOSTATISTICA E ANALISI SPAZIALE - Matrice delle distanze tra punti di rilievo - Analisi altimetrica e calcolo pendenze - Modello di Tobler per tempi di percorrenza - Minimum Spanning Tree e statistiche descrittive - Grafici e visualizzazioni INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE (opzionale) - Analisi immagini con OpenAI o Anthropic - Miglioramento note e suggerimento tag - Generazione report professionali in 9 sezioni - Assistente AI per il campo - Apple Intelligence on-device (iOS 26+) - Ricerca web con Brave Search ESPORTAZIONE PROFESSIONALE - Report PDF con mappe, foto e trascrizioni - Esportazione GeoJSON per software GIS - GeoPackage per dati geospaziali - Condivisione via email con allegati PRIVACY E OFFLINE - Funziona completamente offline - Tutti i dati restano sul dispositivo - Nessun server, nessun tracciamento - Chiavi API nel Keychain sicuro Disponibile per iPhone, iPad e Mac.
OpenFocus
This minimal timer app starts counting down the moment it's opened, offering a distraction-free way to manage focus and break intervals. It provides customizable durations, multiple visual themes, and optional features like long breaks and daily goals, all without ads or in-app purchases.
- Instant start timer
- Customizable focus/break durations
- Optional long breaks
- 7 color themes
- 4 timer faces
- Lock Screen & Dynamic Island integration
- Reliable alarms
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OpenFocus is a minimal pomodoro timer that starts the moment you open it. Free, forever. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No subscription. Setup-free at launch — yet there when you want to tune it. — Features — Starts instantly The focus timer is already counting down by the time the screen appears. No start button. No mode to pick. Custom focus and break durations Default is the classic 25/5. Open the settings sheet (when stopped) to set focus (5–90 min) and break (5–30 min) independently, in 5-minute steps. Long break (optional) Pomodoro Technique–style long break. After every Nth completed focus (configurable, 2–8), the break extends to 3× its normal length. Off by default. 7 color themes Choose from mono, ink, sea, forest, sand, rose, dusk. The chosen theme applies app-wide and also to the Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island. 4 timer faces Pick how the countdown looks: ring (default hairline), digital (bedside-clock LCD), flip (mechanical split-flap tiles), or analog (single-hand). Digital and flip can rotate to landscape with a tap — handy when you prop the phone up on a desk. Adjust on the fly Settings open mid-session too. Color, face, daily goal, and keep-awake change instantly. Focus and break durations stay locked until you fully stop the timer, so the running countdown never desyncs from what you see. Daily session counter The app counts completed focus sessions per day (auto-resets at midnight). Optionally set a daily goal (1–20) to see progress like "today · 3 / 8" — leave it at 0 and only the count is shown. Keep screen awake (optional) When on, the screen stays on while the timer is in the foreground. Useful for the "place phone on desk and watch the countdown" workflow, without changing your device-wide auto-lock. Auto phase switching When focus ends, break begins. When break ends, focus begins. The cycle continues without you touching the screen. Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Built on iOS Live Activities. Check the remaining time from your Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island without opening the app. Beautifully animated Each theme has its own focus and break colors. Smooth color crossfades on phase change, subtle haptics, Apple-grade SF Symbol morphing — every transition feels native. Reliable alarms Powered by iOS 26 AlarmKit. Notifies you at the end of every focus and break interval, even in the background, even on silent. Privacy first We don't collect anything. Settings and timer state are stored only on your device. No network requests, no analytics, no tracking. — Best for people who — • Want to try the pomodoro technique without setup overhead • Like a single tap to start — but still want to tune their own cadence and look • Are tired of cluttered timer apps • Believe in minimal tools done well — Not for people who — • Need statistics or reports • Want task management built in OpenFocus is built by subtraction, not addition. Minimal at first. Quietly customizable when you ask for it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FieldNotes at 17.0 against OpenFocus's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | FieldNotes | OpenFocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | enzo cocca | YOSHIKI KOAKUTSU |
In-app purchases
FieldNotes
No in-app purchases
OpenFocus
No in-app purchases









