Comparison

Almost Canadian vs Orbital Focus

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

Head to head
About

Almost Canadian

Features
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Almost Canadian helps Canadian Permanent Residents track their physical presence in Canada — so you always know exactly where you stand for PR renewal and citizenship eligibility. Built by a couple who lived this problem firsthand, the app takes the guesswork out of residency tracking. No more spreadsheets. No more anxiety. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Log trips in and out of Canada with a tap — by land, air, or sea • See your running day count update in real time • Know instantly if you meet the 730-day PR renewal requirement • Track your PR Card expiry and get notified when your renewal window opens • Track progress toward the 1,095-day citizenship threshold • See your projected citizenship eligibility date — the earliest date you can apply HOME SCREEN WIDGET • See your day count and progress at a glance — right from your home screen • Small and medium widget sizes available • Updates automatically, even without opening the app SMART ALERTS • Get notified before your PR renewal deadline • Receive warnings when you're falling behind on required days • Stay informed without having to think about it FAMILY PLAN • Share tracking with your spouse or partner • One-time purchase covers a family of up to 6 members • Dedicated Family tab — see everyone's progress, trips, and day counts in one place EXPORT YOUR HISTORY • Download your complete travel record as a beautifully formatted PDF • Export IRCC-ready Excel spreadsheets with your physical presence record • Export history in CSV and JSON formats too • Share reports directly from the app — perfect for citizenship applications IMPORT & SIGN IN • Import your U.S. travel history via I-94 records • Sign in with Apple or Google for a seamless setup • Face ID / Touch ID for fast, secure access PRIVACY FIRST • Your travel data is encrypted end-to-end • Only you can see your entries • No data sold, no ads, ever Try free for 7 days — no commitment needed. Whether you're renewing your PR card or counting down to your citizenship application, Almost Canadian keeps you on track.

About

Orbital Focus

This app transforms focus sessions into space missions, with longer focus times leading to higher orbits. It features customizable missions, a living 3D Earth visualization, and gamified progress tracking. Optional app blocking and ambient soundscapes enhance concentration.

Highlights
  • Themed focus sessions with space mission progression
  • Living 3D Earth visualization with real-time data
  • Gamified progress tracking with ranks and rewards
  • Optional app blocking for distraction-free work
  • Ambient focus music and soundscapes
  • Live Activities and Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Your attention is the most powerful engine you own. Orbital Focus turns every focus session into a rocket launch — pick a destination, strap in, and the only way to arrive is to stay on task. The longer you focus, the higher you fly. A 15-minute warm-up is a suborbital hop. 25 minutes is one clean orbit of Earth. A focused hour parks you in geostationary orbit, 35,786 km up. Push past 90 minutes and you leave Earth orbit entirely. Every minute is real thrust. HOW A MISSION WORKS • Pick a destination — a 15-minute Suborbital Hop, 25-minute Low Earth Orbit, a 45-minute rendezvous with Station Aurora, a full hour in High Earth Orbit, or a 90-minute Deep Space run to lunar distance. Each is a fixed block of focus. • Name your payload (the thing you're actually doing) and choose a crew role — Work, Study, Read, Create, Code, Write, Train, Plan, Chores, or Relax. • Feel the countdown. A cinematic haptic launch ritual — ignition rumble, Max-Q, stage separation — marks the real milestones of your session. • Fly a living 3D Earth. Watch your spacecraft climb its true trajectory over a hand-rendered planet with daylight, city lights, and every flight you've ever flown. • Coast phases = built-in breaks. Long missions split into burn segments with short coasts between them — pomodoro, in orbital mechanics. Fully configurable, or fly one unbroken burn. THE HANGAR Every focused minute earns Δv. Spend it across a fleet of real rockets — from the workhorse Falcon 9 to the mighty Falcon Heavy — and upgrade engines, tanks, and avionics. Launch from seven real-world pads: Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Baikonur, Kourou, Tanegashima, Wenchang, and Starbase. Premium also unlocks an exotic collection of legendary sci-fi capital ships, for pilots who want to fly something out of a movie. A LOYALTY PROGRAM FOR YOUR ATTENTION Climb six ranks, Cadet to Mission Commander, by logging real focus time. Ranks unlock new destinations and craft. Your lifetime distance is measured in light-seconds — and it only ever goes up. LAUNCH LOCKDOWN Optional app blocking powered by Apple's Screen Time. While a mission is in flight, your chosen distracting apps are shielded. Leave early and you don't crash — re-entries and pad scrubs still bank partial credit. Orbital Focus never punishes you for being human. THE CUPOLA Look out the window. Stream real satellite imagery of the world passing beneath your spacecraft — a live view from orbit, in flight. FOCUS MUSIC Download ambient flight-deck soundscapes on demand and cache them for offline sessions. Deep Space pilots can also pick a station skin — five orbital outposts to fly past. MISSION REPLAYS Scrub through recreated historic launches — Sputnik 1, Vostok 1, Crew Dragon Demo-2, the Space Shuttle and more — and watch them fly out on the same living globe. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. An Apple Watch companion that flies on your wrist. Home Screen and Control Center widgets. Share your mission to a TV or the big screen. STREAKS, ACHIEVEMENTS, LOGBOOK Daily launch streaks, 16 achievements, and a full flight logbook with charts of where your hours actually go. ORBITAL FOCUS PREMIUM (optional) The core app is free, forever. Premium adds the live Cupola view, Advanced Insights and your full Flight Log, exclusive craft and destinations, and alternate app icons. Subscribe monthly or yearly, or unlock it once for life. Your focus minutes always bank — free or Premium. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads in the app. We never sell your data. Every mission record lives on your device, and Screen Time data never leaves your phone. Built for students, makers, writers, engineers, and anyone with ADHD-adjacent attention who needs the session to feel like it matters. Wheels stop. Mission complete. Fly again tomorrow. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Almost Canadian4 screens
Orbital Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Orbital Focus at 4 against Almost Canadian's 2. Almost Canadian's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Almost Canadian sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Orbital Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Almost Canadian ships an update weekly, Orbital Focus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Almost Canadian versus Orbital Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlmost CanadianOrbital Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB301 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAchilles Technology Inc.Red Honey LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Almost Canadian

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$6.99
3 purchases

Orbital Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifetimeFree

Questions

Is Almost Canadian free?
Almost Canadian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbital Focus free?
Orbital Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Almost Canadian or Orbital Focus have ads?
Neither Almost Canadian nor Orbital Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Almost Canadian or Orbital Focus?
Almost Canadian ships an update weekly, and Orbital Focus every 2 weeks. Most recently, Almost Canadian was updated on October 18, 2026 and Orbital Focus on October 7, 2026.

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