Comparison

FocusRabbit vs ExcuseLess

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

Head to head
About

FocusRabbit

This app helps you build focus by blocking distracting applications and managing your screen time. Set daily limits, schedule blocks, and understand your usage habits to regain control of your digital life.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Set daily time limits
  • Schedule app blocks
  • Understand usage habits
  • Privacy-focused data processing
  • Flexible focus sessions
Features
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FocusRabbit helps you build focus, block distracting apps, and take control of your screen time. Whether you're working, studying, or winding down, choose a routine that fits your day. • Focus on what matters: Keep distracting apps out of reach while you work or study. • Scroll less: Choose daily limits and take more intentional breaks. • Make time to unwind: Schedule app blocks for your evenings or bedtime. SET YOUR LIMITS Time limit: Choose how much time to spend in an app each day. When you reach your limit, FocusRabbit blocks it for the rest of the day. Open limit: Choose how many times you can unlock an app each day and how long each unlock lasts. The app stays blocked between those windows. BLOCK NOW OR PLAN AHEAD Block distracting apps when you want to work, study, or take a break from your phone. Set a schedule that repeats on your chosen days, or start a focus session on the spot. Stop a flexible session whenever you like, or add a short waiting period before you can end it early. Choose which apps to leave out of each block. UNDERSTAND YOUR HABITS Set a daily screen time goal and compare today's usage with your usual pace. See your most used apps, pickups, and notifications to help you decide what to change. YOUR SCREEN TIME STAYS PRIVATE Your Screen Time reports are processed and displayed on your device. FocusRabbit does not send your Screen Time data to us. No account, no ads, no tracking. FocusRabbit needs your permission to use Apple's Screen Time features to block apps and show usage reports. You grant access during setup.

About

ExcuseLess

Features
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You don't need another planner. You need to do the thing. ExcuseLess drops you into one task with the timer already running. Finish it, mark it done, and the next one loads. That's the whole app. WHY THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT Most productivity apps sell you motivation. Motivation shows up when things are easy and disappears when they count. ExcuseLess is built around the part that actually works: showing up anyway, on the days you don't feel like it. There's no dashboard to configure. No colour-coded system to maintain. No streak-shaming when you slip. Just the next right action, in front of you, with a clock running. HOW IT WORKS - Set a goal, then break it into tasks - Open the app — your current task is already there, timer running - Done or Skip. The next task loads instantly - Finish one task a day to keep your streak alive FOCUS TIMER, THREE WAYS Pick the timer that suits how your brain works — a progress ring, big clean numerals, or a calm ambient view. Pause when life interrupts, add time when you're in flow. WIDGETS AND LOCK SCREEN Put your next task on your home screen so it's the first thing you see. During a session, a Live Activity keeps the current task visible on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — with Done and Skip right there, so you never have to open the app to close something out. STREAKS THAT MEAN SOMETHING One task a day keeps it alive. Miss a day and it resets — no grace periods, no rescue tokens. Simple enough to hold in your head, and surprisingly hard to break once it's going. SEE THE RECEIPTS Every day becomes a clean summary: tasks done, time focused, streak intact. Share it, or keep it to yourself. Either way, the proof is real. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account. No sign-up. No server. Every goal, task and streak lives in encrypted storage on your device and never leaves it. We can't read your tasks because we never receive them. Uninstall the app and it's genuinely gone. FREE, ENTIRELY Everything above is free. No trial, no paywall, no locked features. Stop making excuses. Start getting things done.

Screenshots

FocusRabbit4 screens
ExcuseLess3 screens

Verdict

The call

FocusRabbit and ExcuseLess are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FocusRabbit versus ExcuseLess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusRabbitExcuseLess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB67 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAymen LetaiefWyven Technologies (private) limited

In-app purchases

None

FocusRabbit

No in-app purchases

None

ExcuseLess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusRabbit free?
FocusRabbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ExcuseLess free?
ExcuseLess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusRabbit or ExcuseLess have ads?
Neither FocusRabbit nor ExcuseLess shows ads.

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