Comparison

Focus it vs PDF Master

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

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About

Focus it

Features
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Plan tasks. Attach a Pomodoro. Drop into Focus Zone. 25 timer animations, synthesized sounds, Live Activities, widgets, and stats that show how you actually work โ€” start free, go Premium when you're ready. Whether you're deep in a study session, grinding through work, or just trying to stop scrolling and start doing โ€” Focus it gives you the structure and the atmosphere to stay locked in. BEAUTIFUL TIMER ANIMATIONS Choose from 25 hand-built animation styles across 7 categories: rings, liquid fills, nature, geometry, particles, ambient, and gamified. Every animation is crafted in SwiftUI, not stock assets. Classic Clock Ring, Aurora Borealis, Growing Tree, Lava Lamp, Pixel Art โ€” find the one that keeps you in the zone. FOCUS ZONE Enter a full-screen, distraction-free experience. The interface fades away, your chosen timer animation takes center stage, and idle dimming is disabled. Tap to reveal controls, extend your session, or skip a break. This is what deep work looks like. CUSTOM SOUND ENGINE 50+ synthesized ticker and completion sounds โ€” not audio files, but real-time generated tones using waveform synthesis. Pick from mechanical, nature, water, digital, percussive, and musical categories. Set different sounds for focus and break phases. TASK MANAGEMENT WITH RICH FORMATTING Create tasks with bold, italic, and highlighted titles using an in-app formatting toolbar. Set priorities, due dates, and reminders. Organize into folders with custom icons. Track focus time per task. Pin important ones to the top. Estimated pomodoros let you plan your day realistically. STATS THAT ACTUALLY TELL YOU SOMETHING 15+ chart sections built with Swift Charts: activity heatmap, peak productivity hours, day-of-week breakdown, estimation accuracy, task aging, break compliance, focus efficiency trends, folder insights, completion speed, and period comparisons. Filter by 7, 30, 90 days, or all time. THEMES THAT FEEL LIKE YOUR OWN Four theme styles: Professional, Classic, Gradient, and Artistic. The Artistic theme connects to Unsplash, letting you search and set stunning photo backgrounds with filters for color and orientation. Save favorites. Dark and Light mode adapt automatically. LIVE ACTIVITY & WIDGETS See your timer countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Choose from 10+ Home Screen widgets and 4 Lock Screen widgets โ€” including dashboard, streak flame, due today, weekly focus, and pomodoro counter. Control Center buttons let you start Focus Zone or Quick Focus instantly. DAILY SUMMARIES Morning and evening summary notifications tell you what's ahead and what you accomplished. Actionable buttons let you jump into a focus session or view your summary directly from the notification. DEEP SYSTEM INTEGRATION Siri Shortcuts, App Intents, deep links, Home Screen quick actions, keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac, haptic feedback, and iCloud sync across all your devices. TERMS OF USE & PRICING: โ€ข Premium plans: Monthly @ $0.99, Yearly @ $9.99, Lifetime @ $24.99 (USD; may vary by region). โ€ข Monthly lasts at least 30 days; Yearly lasts 365 days. Lifetime is a one-time purchase (no auto-renew). โ€ข Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. โ€ข Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. โ€ข Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends at the then-current price. โ€ข Manage or cancel auto-renewal in your App Store Account Settings after purchase. โ€ข Any unused free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription, where applicable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mohiniios.wordpress.com/contact/

About

PDF Master

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PDF Tools Editor is the only PDF app you will ever need on iPhone. Scan, view, edit, annotate, sign, convert, merge, split, compress, and protect โ€” every PDF task in one beautifully designed app. EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH PDFs SCAN ANYTHING TO PDF Auto-detect document edges with your camera. Capture multi-page scans into a single crisp PDF. Choose color, grayscale, or black-and-white modes. Built-in OCR makes every scan searchable. POWERFUL PDF EDITOR Highlight text in twelve colors. Draw freehand with adjustable pen widths. Add text using custom fonts and sizes. Insert shapes such as rectangle, circle, and line. Place handwritten signatures anywhere on the page. Recolor any annotation in one tap. Apply multi-page annotations such as highlights that span across pages. Undo or redo every change. Resize and rotate any element. SIGN PDFs LIKE A PRO Draw your signature with finger or Apple Pencil. Save signatures for reuse. Place them on any page with a single tap. Capture works correctly in both light and dark mode without changing your ink color. CONVERT PDF AND BACK AGAIN Convert PDF to Word using real on-device RTF conversion. Convert PDF to images, Excel, or PowerPoint. Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and images back to PDF. Choose the page size when converting images. Edit converted Word files inside the app. ORGANIZE AND MANAGE Merge multiple PDFs into one. Split a PDF by page ranges. Compress files to shrink size. Rotate pages individually. Add page numbers automatically. Add custom watermarks. Multi-select files for batch share or delete. SECURE YOUR DOCUMENTS Password-protect any PDF. Remove passwords from your own PDFs. Files stay on your device by default โ€” nothing is uploaded. AI ASSISTANT AI Summarize condenses long PDFs into key points. AI Chat lets you ask questions about your document. Save summaries as new PDFs in your library. THIRTEEN LANGUAGES English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Thai, and Turkish. DESIGNED FOR iOS System Light and Dark mode with manual override. Native gestures including swipe to delete and multi-select. Edge-to-edge layout that feels truly native. Fast performance โ€” every action completes in under 200 milliseconds. WHO IT IS FOR Students annotating lecture PDFs. Professionals signing contracts on the go. Freelancers turning receipts into searchable PDFs. Anyone who deals with documents that need to be reviewed, signed, or shared. Download now and bring your PDF workflow up to speed. For questions or feedback, open Settings inside the app and tap Share App.

Screenshots

Focus it4 screens
PDF Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF Master at none against Focus it's 3. PDF Master also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Focus it's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus it sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PDF Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Focus it versus PDF Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus itPDF Master
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohini SharmaNguyen Hoang Tung

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus it

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99
None

PDF Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus it free?
Focus it is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Master free?
PDF Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus it or PDF Master have ads?
Neither Focus it nor PDF Master shows ads.

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