Comparison

DeepFocus! vs Habit Grid

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

Head to head
About

DeepFocus!

Features
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DeepFocus! is more than just a Pomodoro timer; it's a sanctuary for your focus, breath, and reflection. Moving away from generic templates, we've crafted a "Bright Minimalist" experience that lets the tool fade into the background, leaving only you and your flow. Unique Features: - Zen Visuals: A clean, "Apple-like" aesthetic with bright backgrounds and soft glassmorphism, designed to reduce visual fatigue. - Focus Reflection: After each session, ZenTimer invites you to capture your thoughts. It transforms productivity into a practice of self-awareness. - Pure Flow: No ads, no clutter. Just pure focus with curated ambient sounds and a seamless interface.

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Habit Grid

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Habit Grid turns showing up into something you can see. Every habit gets its own contribution grid — one square per day, filling in as you go. A week of effort is a sentence. A year is a picture you can't argue with. TRACK WHAT ACTUALLY MATCHES THE HABIT • Yes / No — exercise, journaling, anything that's simply done or not • Number — 30 pages, 8 glasses, 50 push-ups. Going past your target still counts • Duration — a built-in timer for meditation, study or practice LOG IT IN ONE TAP Today shows exactly what's scheduled, with the right control on every card: a tick, a "+10", or a timer. Swipe one way to complete, the other to take a rest day. Nothing waits on a network, because there isn't one — every tap lands instantly, and every accidental one can be undone. STREAKS THAT UNDERSTAND REST Schedule a habit for weekdays and the weekend never counts against you. Take a day off on purpose — ill, travelling, genuinely resting — and it's marked as skipped and removed from your statistics entirely, instead of breaking a streak you'd earned. Habit density shows how consistent you've really been on the days that were meant to happen. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows everything due today and logs it in one tap, with eight weeks of your grid on every habit. Complications put today's progress, or a single habit's streak, on your watch face. It keeps working when your phone is out of range and catches up when it's back. WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your grid, today's progress and your streaks — and log a habit in one tap. Put the habit you log most on the Action Button or in Control Center, and it's one press from anywhere. Ask Siri to log it, or start from Spotlight. And a running timer sits on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with Finish and +5 minutes right under your thumb. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-in. No server. No analytics or advertising SDKs of any kind — there are no third-party libraries in this app at all. Your habits live on your device and work entirely offline. The only network request Habit Grid can make is to the App Store, when you buy something. FREE • Two active habits, with full tracking, streaks and history • The Classic Green grid • Daily reminders HABIT GRID PRO • Unlimited habits • Ten more hand-tuned grid palettes • Home Screen, Lock Screen and interactive widgets • Face ID lock • CSV and JSON export, and backup restore • Long-range trends and per-habit performance Archiving a habit keeps its grid, streaks and history — and archived habits never count towards the free limit. Keeping your past costs nothing. Built entirely with Apple's own frameworks, for iPhone and Apple Watch. LANGUAGES English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified) Privacy Policy: https://olumayhor99.github.io/habit-grid-privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DeepFocus!4 screens
Habit Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DeepFocus! at 16.1 against Habit Grid's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. DeepFocus! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Habit Grid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeepFocus! ships an update every 4 weeks, Habit Grid every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
DeepFocus! versus Habit Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepFocus!Habit Grid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeråæ—ę–‡ ꝎAdemola Mayowa Olatunji

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DeepFocus!

One-time1
  • Premium Member$2.99
3 purchases

Habit Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Habit Grid Pro$1.991 Month
  • Habitgrid pro$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • habitgrid lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is DeepFocus! free?
DeepFocus! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Grid free?
Habit Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DeepFocus! or Habit Grid have ads?
Neither DeepFocus! nor Habit Grid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeepFocus! or Habit Grid?
DeepFocus! ships an update every 4 weeks, and Habit Grid every 3 weeks. Most recently, DeepFocus! was updated on October 8, 2026 and Habit Grid on October 24, 2026.

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