Comparison

Focus Friend vs CalmCatch

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

Head to head
About

Focus Friend

This app offers a guilt-free daily planner designed for ADHD brains. It combines task management with neurodivergent focus strategies like body doubling and energy tracking to help users build momentum and complete tasks.

Highlights
  • Body doubling and study buddies
  • Energy-based planning
  • Visual focus timers with ambient noise
  • Zero-overhead task boards
  • Smart task suggestions
  • On-device privacy
Features
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Focus Friend is the guilt-free daily planner built specifically for the ADHD brain. If standard to-do lists leave you feeling overwhelmed, paralyzed, or burnt out, you are in the right place. We combine task management with proven neurodivergent focus strategies—like body doubling and energy tracking—so you can finally build momentum and get things done. WHY IT WORKS FOR ADHD: Body Doubling & Study Buddies: Can't start a task? Work alongside a virtual study buddy or a real-time "Work With Me" video right inside the app to instantly break through task paralysis. Energy-Based Planning: Stop forcing productivity. Track your energy levels to spot your natural focus windows and work when your brain is actually ready. Visual Focus Timers: Combat time blindness with simple, color-coded focus sessions and ambient background noise (brown noise, lo-fi, coffee shop). Zero-Overhead Task Boards: Triage your day fast. Sort tasks into High, Medium, or Low priority, or simply drop them into Morning, Afternoon, or Evening buckets. No complex scheduling required. Smart Task Support: Let on-device intelligence suggest categories and urgency so you don't have to overthink it. PRIVACY FIRST Your brain dump is safe. Your task data stays securely on your device, with smart suggestions running locally for maximum privacy. Important: Focus Friend is a productivity and self-management app. It is not a medical app and does not provide diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice. PREMIUM & PRICING Focus Friend offers a free version to help you get started with limited daily tasks. Ready to go all in? Start a 7-day free trial of Focus Friend Premium (yearly plan) to unlock unlimited tasks, advanced tracking, and our full library of body-doubling features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shubhamjada.github.io/privacy/privacy-policy.html

About

CalmCatch

This app helps manage overwhelming thoughts and tasks with a simple capture-first approach. It transforms scattered ideas into actionable tasks, scheduled events, and organized notes, making it easier to manage ADHD-style planning.

Highlights
  • Brain dump for messy thoughts
  • Task overload management
  • Capture first, organize later workflow
  • Separates thoughts into tasks, events, notes
  • ADHD-style planning support
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CalmCatch is a focus-friendly brain dump app for messy thoughts, task overload, and ADHD-style planning. When your mind feels overloaded, traditional todo apps can feel like one more thing to organize. CalmCatch is designed around a simpler workflow: capture first, organize later. Just write down what is on your mind in one sentence or paragraph. CalmCatch helps separate it into clear tasks, scheduled events, and saved notes, so you can quickly turn scattered thoughts into something easier to act on. Terms of Use: https://destinyi.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://destinyi.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Focus Friend4 screens
CalmCatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Friend at every 6 days against CalmCatch's every 4 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Focus Friend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and CalmCatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Focus Friend against 5.0 for CalmCatch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Friend ships an update every 6 days, CalmCatch every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Focus Friend versus CalmCatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus FriendCalmCatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShubham Jada敏 刘

Customer experience

Focus Friend

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CalmCatch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Friend

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
2 purchases

CalmCatch

Subscriptions2
  • Calm Catch Pro Month$7.991 Month
  • Calm Catch Pro Year$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Friend free?
Focus Friend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalmCatch free?
CalmCatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Friend or CalmCatch?
Focus Friend and CalmCatch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Focus Friend or CalmCatch have ads?
Neither Focus Friend nor CalmCatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Friend or CalmCatch?
Focus Friend ships an update every 6 days, and CalmCatch every 4 weeks. Most recently, Focus Friend was updated on October 25, 2026 and CalmCatch on October 31, 2026.

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