Comparison

SleepNote vs FocusDown

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

Head to head
About

SleepNote

Record and analyze overnight sounds like dream talk and snoring. Review sleep events, track trends, and gain insights into your sleep patterns with detailed reports and history filtering. Designed for a private, low-interruption experience.

Highlights
  • Night sound recording
  • Dream talk/snore detection
  • Sleep event review
  • Tagging sleep events
  • Sleep trend analysis
  • Weekly sleep reports
  • History filtering
Features
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SleepNote is a night sound recording and sleep review app that helps you capture dream talk, snoring, movement sounds, and other overnight events, then review what happened more clearly the next day. With SleepNote, you can: - Record night sounds and detect dream talk, snoring, and other sleep events - Read everything you said in your sleep in Dream Talk Journal, search across nights, replay each line, and share the good ones - Catch up on the night with Last Night in 30 Seconds, a highlight reel built for you - Run Sleep Experiments on habits such as coffee, alcohol, or staying up late and see how strong the evidence is - Review single-night details, event timelines, and highlights - Add tags such as coffee, stress, alcohol, and exercise to each night - Explore trends, weekly sleep reports, and tag impact insights in Stats - Filter History by date range, tag, and event type to quickly find the nights you want to revisit Core features include: - Night recording and event detection - Dream talk journal with cross-night search (on-device, nothing uploaded) - 30-second nightly highlight reel with continuous playback - Sleep experiments with evidence strength - Dream talk / snore / noise logging - Single-night detail and timeline review - Tagging and tag impact insights - Weekly sleep reports - History filtering - On-device sleep analysis - 8-language support Speech recognition, statistics, and experiment analysis all run on your device, and your recordings and text are never uploaded. SleepNote stays local-first, account-free, and low-interruption, designed for people who want to observe night sound patterns over time. SleepNote does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment advice. Everything in the app is for personal observation and review only. Feature requests and improvement ideas are welcome: Email: 842797413@qq.com Every piece of feedback is carefully reviewed.

About

FocusDown

This app encourages users to put their phone down by using a face-down timer. It detects movement and tilting to remind you to stay focused until the session ends. Build better focus habits with dedicated sessions for studying, work, or reading.

Highlights
  • Face-down focus timer
  • Custom session duration
  • Movement and tilt reminders
  • Focus history tracking
  • Daily and weekly statistics
  • Achievement badges
Features
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FocusDown helps you put your phone down — literally. Start a focus session, place your iPhone face down on a flat surface, and stay away from distractions until the timer ends. Unlike a normal focus timer, FocusDown turns the simple act of flipping your phone over into a clear commitment. During a session, it helps detect movement, tilting, or picking up the phone and gives you a timely reminder so you can return to focus. Great for: * Studying * Deep work * Reading * Exam prep * Writing * Meetings * Phone-free breaks Main features: * Face-down focus timer * Custom session duration * Movement and tilt reminders * Focus history * Daily and weekly statistics * Achievement badges * Calm dark interface How it works: 1. Choose a focus duration. 2. Tap Start. 3. Place your iPhone face down on a flat surface. 4. Stay focused until the session ends. FocusDown does not block other apps. It helps you build a stronger focus habit by making your phone physically harder to pick up. Put your phone down. Stay with one thing. Build better focus, one session at a time. 1. This service is a subscription based paid service, which means you will prepay for future subscription usage. You can currently choose to use this service on a quarterly basis. At the end of each subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew by default, unless you cancel the automatic renewal yourself or we cancel the service. 2. Unsubscribe: To cancel the renewal, please cancel at least 24 hours in advance. You can unsubscribe by opening System Settings, clicking on Apple ID, clicking on Subscription, selecting Premium, and then unsubscribing. 3. Restore purchase: If you receive a prompt saying "You have already subscribed to this project" during the payment process and confirm that you have completed the purchase before, you can click "Restore Purchase" in the upper right corner to restore the purchase. Membership Service Agreement and Automatic Renewal Agreement: https://gcn1s2rmayw3.feishu.cn/wiki/YgqKwPdJmiH0ulkF92kco1CznCg?from=from_copylink Privacy Policy: txhttps://gcn1s2rmayw3.feishu.cn/wiki/SGBIwmUWCiPWoWktE5sclLRgnol?from=from_copylink

Screenshots

SleepNote4 screens
FocusDown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FocusDown at Free against SleepNote's $1.99. FocusDown also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). SleepNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

FocusDown is free to download; SleepNote costs $1.99 up front. FocusDown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SleepNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SleepNote ships an update every 6 weeks, FocusDown every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SleepNote versus FocusDown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepNoteFocusDown
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鹏 杨春城 贾

Customer experience

SleepNote

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

FocusDown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SleepNote

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FocusDown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Member$3.991 Month
  • Annual Member7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is SleepNote free?
SleepNote costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FocusDown free?
FocusDown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SleepNote or FocusDown?
SleepNote and FocusDown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SleepNote or FocusDown have ads?
Neither SleepNote nor FocusDown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SleepNote or FocusDown?
SleepNote ships an update every 6 weeks, and FocusDown every 9 days. Most recently, SleepNote was updated on October 8, 2026 and FocusDown on September 30, 2026.

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