Comparison

Promenade vs FocusPiece

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

Head to head
About

Promenade

Features
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Stop switching apps. You've got Reminders for tasks, Notes for ideas, Calendar for dates. Three apps, one simple goal: get through your day. Promenade replaces all three, and goes a step further. One calm, minimal app to plan your morning, set reminders, capture ideas, and see everything coming up, without the noise, without the switching, without the overwhelm. Tasks with reminders built in Create a task, set a time, make it repeat. Your day planned in seconds. Notes always one tap away Capture a thought the moment it hits you. No app switching, no friction. Your week at a glance Today's priorities, overdue items, and upcoming tasks, all in one place, always clear. Weather where you need it See today's conditions right as you plan your day. No need to check a separate app. Syncs across your devices iCloud keeps everything up to date across all your iPhones, automatically. Designed to feel good Dark and light mode. Clean typography. A Home Screen widget. A premium feel that makes planning something you actually want to do. One app. Everything in its place. That's Promenade.

About

FocusPiece

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FocusPiece – Where Focus Becomes Art Concentration has become rare. FocusPiece makes it visible. Set the timer, put your phone down and sink into your work. While you stay focused, a hidden masterpiece emerges from the mist, piece by piece. At the end of every session you hold a fully revealed work of art that you have earned. No points. No aggressive streaks. No guilt. Just a calm, beautiful space for deep concentration. HOW IT WORKS • Choose your time: 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes of undisturbed focus. • Stay in the picture: as long as you remain in the app, the hidden painting sharpens with every minute. Leave, and the reveal gently pauses. • Collect masterpieces: every completed session unlocks a work and places it in your personal gallery. A GALLERY YOU EARN Your collection does not fill up by chance, but through real concentration. Every unlocked work carries the date, the length of your session and the story behind the original. Browse van Gogh's "Almond Blossom", Hokusai's "Great Wave", Monet's "Sunrise", Friedrich's "Wanderer" and many more classics of art history: public-domain masterpieces, curated for quiet moments. ON YOUR WRIST AS WELL With Apple Watch you start, pause and follow a session without reaching for your iPhone. On the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island your progress stays in view. DELIBERATELY MINIMAL FocusPiece was designed around a single principle: nothing that distracts. Warm paper white, a calm terracotta accent, clear typography. No loud notifications, no endless statistics, no mechanics designed to hook you. The app steps back so your focus and the art can step forward. FEATURES AT A GLANCE • Focus timer with a freely selectable duration • Progressive art reveal in real time, tied to your concentration • Apple Watch: start, pause and follow a session from your wrist • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Personal gallery with every unlocked work • Challenges that unlock further works • One overview in the gallery: focus time collected, rounds and works revealed • Detail views with title, artist, year and collection context • Set a work as your lock screen • Optional ambient sounds, such as rain • Gentle completion chime and subtle haptic feedback • "Soft start" for a calm beginning to every session • Light mode that lets the artworks shine • Works entirely without an account; your data stays on your device WHO IS IT FOR? For everyone who wants to work more deeply: students studying for finals, creatives in flow, developers and writers, anyone who works with the Pomodoro technique, and everyone looking for a more beautiful, quieter alternative to noisy productivity apps. Concentration is a gift you give yourself. FocusPiece turns it into something you can see.

Screenshots

Promenade3 screens
FocusPiece4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Promenade at none against FocusPiece's 3. Promenade also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. FocusPiece sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Promenade asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Promenade ships an update weekly, FocusPiece fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Promenade versus FocusPiece: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPromenadeFocusPiece
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTenzin NegoenChristoph Hesse

In-app purchases

None

Promenade

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FocusPiece

One-time3
  • Impressions$0.99
  • Nocturnes$0.99
  • Dutch Golden Age$0.99

Questions

Is Promenade free?
Promenade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FocusPiece free?
FocusPiece is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Promenade or FocusPiece have ads?
Neither Promenade nor FocusPiece shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Promenade or FocusPiece?
Promenade ships an update weekly, and FocusPiece fortnightly. Most recently, Promenade was updated on October 6, 2026 and FocusPiece on October 25, 2026.

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