Comparison

Focus Drift vs TimeBoxer Daily Planner

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

Head to head
About

Focus Drift

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Focus Drift isn't another to-do list, and it isn't another time tracker. It tracks the gap between the day you planned and the day you actually had — so you can finally see where your time goes and take it back. Plan your day with priorities. Log interruptions the moment they hit, with their source and real cost. Reflect at day's end. Then let AI turn it all into a report that actually tells you something. FREE TO USE • Plan your day with time estimates and a real capacity bar • Log interruptions and unplanned work — who or what caused it, and what it cost • End-of-day reflection and a daily Focus Score • Today's report, ideas, and deadlines • Works fully offline, single device, no account needed UPGRADE TO PRO • Sync across your devices • Cloud backup and restore • Weekly and custom-range reports with trends • Full report history, plus PDF and image exports • Connect your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, any MCP client) to read your plan, add tasks, and pull your reports — hands-free WHY FOCUS DRIFT To-do apps track what you planned. Time trackers total your hours. Focus Drift tracks the difference: interruptions and their sources, unplanned work and its cost, your real daily capacity, and what carries over — then explains the patterns. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data lives on your device. No ads, no trackers, nothing sold. Sync is optional and encrypted in transit. Tasks you mark private are never shared with AI or in reports. Plan your day. Then see what actually happened. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimeBoxer Daily Planner

Organize your day by combining your calendar and to-do list on a single screen. Drag tasks directly onto your schedule to create time blocks, ensuring everything has a dedicated place and time. Seamlessly integrate with existing calendars and capture all your tasks with detailed notes and priorities.

Highlights
  • Combined calendar and to-do list view
  • Drag-and-drop task scheduling
  • Integration with Google, Outlook, and Apple Calendar
  • Task prioritization and tagging
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • Flexible timeline zooming and resizing
  • Automatic task rollover (Pro feature)
Features
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Your planner just became your assistant. TimeBoxer turns the chaos of your day into a clear, time-boxed plan, and now it does the thinking with you. Brain-dump what's on your mind and watch it become a scheduled day. Get a personalized check-in each morning and a reflective briefing each night. TimeBoxer plans around your real calendar, your habits, and even the weather, then tells you why. THE DAILY LOOP Start your morning with a quick check-in that turns a brain-dump into a planned, time-boxed day. Close it out each evening with a briefing that shows what you finished, rolls the rest to tomorrow, and helps you reflect. PLANNING THAT ACTUALLY THINKS Tap "Plan my day" and TimeBoxer builds your schedule around your calendar events, protects time for deep work based on when you actually get things done, and factors in the day's weather, then shows you the reasoning behind every choice. LISTS FOR EVERYTHING Organize tasks into lists with their own icons and colors. Browse by Today, Scheduled, Urgent, Flagged or Completed, and search across everything you've captured. SYNCS WITH APPLE REMINDERS Connect your Reminders lists and changes flow both ways. Complete a task in TimeBoxer and it completes in Reminders, and the other way around. NOTES, BUILT IN A full notes app alongside your planner. Rich formatting, checklists, headings, pinning and search, with a note for every day of your plan. BUILT FOR FOCUS • Side-by-side schedule, tasks, and notes • Drag-and-drop time blocking • Calendar sync (Google, Outlook) • Unfinished tasks roll over automatically • Break any task into subtasks in one tap • Add tasks by voice or natural language FREE TO START Use the full daily planner free. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited AI planning, multiple calendars, extra views, and more. Plan in boxes. Live with purpose. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://timeboxer.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Focus Drift4 screens
TimeBoxer Daily Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Drift at every 2 days against TimeBoxer Daily Planner's every 9 days. TimeBoxer Daily Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Drift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and TimeBoxer Daily Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Drift ships an update every 2 days, TimeBoxer Daily Planner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Drift versus TimeBoxer Daily Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus DriftTimeBoxer Daily Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNico PoortaSepanta LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Drift

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Drift Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Focus Drift Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

TimeBoxer Daily Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Drift free?
Focus Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBoxer Daily Planner free?
TimeBoxer Daily Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Drift or TimeBoxer Daily Planner have ads?
Neither Focus Drift nor TimeBoxer Daily Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Drift or TimeBoxer Daily Planner?
Focus Drift ships an update every 2 days, and TimeBoxer Daily Planner every 9 days. Most recently, Focus Drift was updated on October 18, 2026 and TimeBoxer Daily Planner on October 5, 2026.

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