Comparison

Focus Matrix vs Pith

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

Head to head
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Focus Matrix

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Congratulations. You have downloaded a productivity app. This is either a great decision, or you're procrastinating right now by downloading a productivity app instead of doing the thing you're supposed to do. Either way, welcome. THE MATRIX Not the movie. No red pill, no blue pill. Just four boxes that force you to answer one deeply uncomfortable question: Is this actually important, or do I just FEEL like it's urgent? - Do Now: Yes, this. Right now. Stop reading. - Schedule: Important but not today. Future You will handle it. (Future You is not happy about this.) - Delegate: Someone else's problem. Excellent. - Eliminate: You were never going to do this anyway. Be honest. ACCOUNTABILITY FRIENDS Add your friends. Watch their progress bar in real time. When they're killing it, send a cheer. When they haven't moved in three days, send a nudge. When they nudge you back, feel a complicated mix of gratitude and shame. Get things done. CHECKLIST For people who need to write "shower" on a list before they'll do it. No judgement. We have a Pomodoro timer too. CALENDAR Your deadlines, visualised. In colour. So you can see exactly how bad things are. The month view shows dots in your tag colours on each day. If you see a lot of red dots, that's on you. DEADLINE TRACKER A countdown to your impending doom, but make it aesthetic. TAG COLORS Blue = Work. Red = Urgent. Green = Personal. Yellow = I'll figure out what this is later. The app remembers your labels. It's more organised than you are. WIDGETS Put your next deadline on your home screen. So every time you open your phone to scroll social media, you see it. Staring at you. Waiting. Focus Matrix. Because adulting is hard, but at least it can be colour-coded.

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Pith

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A task manager that sorts for you. Say what needs doing and it lands in the right quadrant โ€” urgent or not, important or not โ€” worked out from your words, not from a form. The Eisenhower matrix, with the hard step done for you. FOUR QUADRANTS, ONE INBOX โ€ข Do first โ€” urgent and important โ€ข Schedule โ€” important, but not urgent โ€ข Delegate โ€” urgent, but not yours to do โ€ข Eliminate โ€” neither IN EVERY VERSION, INCLUDING FREE โ€ข The full matrix, with drag-and-drop between quadrants, and a plain list when you want one โ€ข Now โ€” the single next thing, without the rest of the backlog โ€ข Projects โ€” up to two, to group work that belongs together โ€ข Deadline reminders, and a daily summary of what's urgent โ€ข Stats โ€” what you cleared, your streak, where the time went and what you dropped without regret โ€ข Eleven languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese โ€ข No account required. Your tasks stay on the device. PRO โ€” SORTED FOR YOU โ€ข Say it, it's sorted. "Draft the report by Friday" becomes a task with a deadline in Do first โ€” the assistant works out the urgency and the importance from what you said. Simple commands are understood by Apple Intelligence on your device and never leave it. โ€ข Cloud sync across your devices โ€ข Unlimited projects and the full calendar view โ€ข Workspaces โ€” invite people with one link, everyone sees the same matrix, updated live โ€ข Real delegation โ€” hand a task from the Delegate quadrant to a member and it lands in their list, with "Assigned to me" and "I delegated" views so nothing falls between you PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No advertising. No analytics SDK. No third-party trackers. Data travels encrypted and is stored in the EU. Sign in with Apple, sign in with Google, or don't sign in at all. PRICING Pith is free forever, with no ads. Pro adds sorting by voice, cloud sync, unlimited projects, the full calendar and shared workspaces. Ultra adds Siri โ€” "Hey Siri, tell Pith" โ€” and 3,000 cloud commands a month. Subscriptions are billed to your App Store account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings โ€บ Apple Account โ€บ Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://pith-app.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://pith-app.net/terms

Screenshots

Focus Matrix4 screens
Pith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Matrix at none against Pith's 10. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Pith sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Focus Matrix asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Focus Matrix versus Pith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus MatrixPith
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryuchin ChiangANDRII MELNYKOV

In-app purchases

None

Focus Matrix

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Pith

Subscriptions10
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Team 3 Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Ultra Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • Team 5 Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Team 10 Monthly$34.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$47.991 Year
  • Team 3 Annual$103.991 Year
  • Team 5 Annual$159.991 Year
  • Ultra Annual$199.991 Year
  • Team 10 Annual$279.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Matrix free?
Focus Matrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pith free?
Pith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Matrix or Pith have ads?
Neither Focus Matrix nor Pith shows ads.

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