Comparison

Calendar+ 2 vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Calendar+ 2

Features
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Brain-dump your whole day in plain words. Calendar+ 2 reads it and builds a color-blocked, time-scheduled day on your real calendar β€” in seconds. Not a timeline sidebar. Not a planner that fakes a calendar. A full, syncing calendar that also plans your day with AI β€” the only app that does all three. COLOR RULES: AUTOMATIC COLOR CODING Stop recoloring events by hand. Set up a rule once β€” title contains "Gym", a location, notes, an attendee, or a time of day β€” and every matching event takes that color automatically, across all your calendars, in every view and widget. Rules apply from the top down, and a live preview shows which events each rule colors as you edit. Your whole week, readable at a glance. Included in Premium. PLAN YOUR DAY WITH AI Type or speak everything on your plate: "gym 7am, deep work 9–12, lunch with Maya, call dentist, finish Q3 report." Tap Plan. Calendar+ 2 parses natural language, checks your live calendar for conflicts, and returns a color-blocked schedule you confirm with one tap. No templates. No slot-hunting. MANUAL TIME-BLOCKING CANVAS Brain-dump tasks into the inbox as quick chips. Drag them onto your day or week canvas β€” blocks snap to real time slots alongside your live events. Rearrange in seconds. AI ASSISTANT Just chat. "Move my Tuesday standup to Thursday at 2pm." "What do I have on Friday?" "Remind me to call the dentist tomorrow." "Show week numbers." The assistant finds, creates, edits, and reschedules events and Apple Reminders, and changes app settings for you β€” across Google Calendar, iCloud, and device calendars. Every change is shown for your approval before it's applied, and under each reply you can see exactly what information was shared with the AI. A FULL CALENDAR, EVERY VIEW Day, week, month, multi-week grids, and custom multi-day views. Swipe to navigate, tap to create. Multi-account color coding. Two-way sync with Google Calendar, Apple iCloud, and device calendars. BEST-IN-CLASS WIDGET SUITE 14 widgets: Month, 1–4 weeks, Week Timeline, Week Grid, Week Agenda, List, Today, Today with mini month, Up Next, Agenda + Upcoming weeks, and the new "Days + Weeks". Full skin, font-size, and dark-mode customization per widget. The most powerful calendar widget suite on iOS. BUILT FOR BUSY BRAINS ADHD, time-blindness, packed student schedules, or professional overload β€” Calendar+ 2 gives structure without requiring you to be organized first. Brain-dump, let AI sort it out. 26 LANGUAGES Fully localized in 26 languages. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Includes AI planning, all views, and the full widget suite. Current pricing shown at purchase. Download Calendar+ 2. Spend 60 seconds planning your day, not all morning. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Calendar+ 2 Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://calendarplus2.joshuanco.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://calendarplus2.joshuanco.com/terms-of-service

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Focus Timer

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Every session from now on is a step toward a more mindful life. Focus Timer is a simple way to see where your time actually goes. Make a handful of categories for anything you want to measure, good or bad: Work, Reading, Studying, Meditation… or Gaming and Scrolling, if you're up for it. Then start a timer with a default track and break time whenever you start one of them. That's the whole habit. After a few days the numbers start talking, and most people are surprised by what they hear. HOW IT WORKS β€’ Pick a category, tap Start. β€’ Pause when life gets in the way. Pauses are saved too, so your history stays honest. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES β€’ Your day as a timeline, in each category's colour. Pinch to zoom in, all the way down to the minute. β€’ Every past day and week is there too. β€’ Filter by category to see just your Work, or just your Gaming. ON YOUR WRIST β€’ The Apple Watch app runs sessions on its own. Turn off your iPhone, leave it in another room, and keep tracking from your wrist. β€’ Start on your iPhone, pause on your Watch. They stay in sync. JUST TELL SIRI β€’ "Start Work in Focus Timer." Any category works, no setup needed. β€’ Pause, resume, stop, take a break, or ask for today's summary without touching a thing. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY β€’ Everything syncs between your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch through your own iCloud. β€’ Export your whole history to CSV or SQL anytime, with a README that explains every column. Hand it to your spreadsheet, your analytics app or your AI and ask things like "Which hour of the day do I get the most tracked time, and is it different on weekends?" β€’ Import it back whenever you like. β€’ No accounts, no ads, no tracking. We never see your data. OUR PROMISE Create a handful of categories and keep tracking your sessions through the week. This one simple change will save you hours of your life, every week. We know from our testing that this works for most people, but certainly not everyone. If the experiment doesn't save you real time after a few days, please feel free to delete the app.

Screenshots

Calendar+ 24 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Calendar+ 2 at every 4 days against Focus Timer's every 3 weeks. Calendar+ 2 also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Calendar+ 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Focus Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar+ 2 ships an update every 4 days, Focus Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Calendar+ 2 versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar+ 2Focus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS18.2 β€” better26.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size45 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua & Company Inc.Cododev Technology Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Calendar+ 2

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime purchase$149.99
2 purchases

Focus Timer

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Full Version$7.99

Questions

Is Calendar+ 2 free?
Calendar+ 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calendar+ 2 or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Calendar+ 2 nor Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendar+ 2 or Focus Timer?
Calendar+ 2 ships an update every 4 days, and Focus Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Calendar+ 2 was updated on November 9, 2026 and Focus Timer on November 10, 2026.

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