Contextli vs Focuslancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contextli
Effortlessly convert your spoken words into polished text for emails, messages, and notes. Choose between raw transcripts or AI-formatted content tailored to specific contexts like Slack or instant messaging. Dictate hands-free with Siri and instantly copy your text to the clipboard.
- Polished and raw transcription options
- Context-specific formatting (Email, Slack, etc.)
- Customizable contexts with instructions
- Hands-free dictation with Siri
- Instant copy to clipboard
- Personalized dictionary for substitutions
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Talk, and Contextli writes it up. Speak an email, a chat reply or a quick note and get clean, ready-to-send text on your clipboard in seconds. Contextli is AI voice dictation for people who think faster than they type. It removes the ums and repeats, fixes grammar and punctuation, and shapes your words for where they are going: a professional email, a casual message or a tidy note. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Type by voice in any app. Turn on the Contextli keyboard, tap its mic, speak, and the finished text is typed right where your cursor was. - Reply to emails by voice. Say what you mean in your own words and get a polished email back. - Answer messages faster. Short, casual text that is ready for Slack, WhatsApp or Teams. - Capture notes and ideas. Every dictation is saved, searchable and ready to copy again. - Dictate in the language you speak. Set a spoken language for each context. - Get a word-for-word transcript when you want one. Raw Transcription gives you plain speech to text with no AI rewrite. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT - Contexts. Pick Email, Slack or Instant Messaging, or write your own rules in plain English, like "warm, under five sentences, sign off with my name". Contextli follows them every time. - Hands free. Say "Hey Siri, dictate with Contextli", or set up Back Tap and double-tap the back of your iPhone. - Your dictionary. Teach it names, acronyms and phrases once and they come out right. - Instant copy. The text is on your clipboard the moment it is ready. Switch apps and paste. - One account everywhere. Use the same contexts and notes in the Contextli desktop app and browser extension. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap the mic in the app or on the Contextli keyboard, or ask Siri. 2. Speak naturally. 3. Paste polished text anywhere. QUESTIONS Does it work with my email and chat apps? Yes. Contextli copies the finished text, so you can paste it into Mail, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, WhatsApp, Notes or any text field. Can I keep my exact words? Yes. Choose Raw Transcription for a verbatim transcript. SUBSCRIPTIONS Contextli offers auto-renewable subscriptions: Starter, Pro and Pro Plus, each monthly or annual. Plan details and prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://contextli.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://contextli.com/privacy-policy
Focuslancer
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FocusLancer is a focus timer for people who are paid by the hour. Most timers count minutes. This one counts money. Pick the client, pick a work block, and press start — the earnings climb beside the clock, live, so an afternoon of deep work stops being a vague feeling and becomes a number you can put on an invoice. THE CLOCK DOESN'T NEGOTIATE Every second is derived from the wall clock, not from a ticker that has to keep running. Lock the phone, get a call, let iOS suspend the app, come back an hour later — the time is exactly right, because nothing was ever counting. Change the device clock and the session refuses to be fooled. BUILT FOR THE WAY FREELANCE WORK IS ACTUALLY BILLED • Hourly, fixed-price, monthly retainer — or unpaid, for your own projects • A per-project currency, so a client in euros and a client in dollars never end up in the same total • Fixed fees and retainers spread across the hours you actually worked, so you can see what an hour of a flat-fee job really paid LIVE WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, counting without draining anything • Home Screen widgets for the streak, the week and the heatmap • Pause, resume and finish without opening the app THREE RHYTHMS, OR YOUR OWN • Micro Sprint — 15 minutes for the admin you keep postponing • Deep Work — 50 on, 10 off, repeating • Flow State — counts up until you decide to stop • Or set your own focus and break lengths THE RECORD, NOT THE VIBE • A 13-week heatmap of every day you worked • Streaks, personal records and a weekly hour goal • Sessions you forgot to start can be entered by hand — and are marked as entered, never quietly mixed in with measured ones • Export a date range as CSV or a PDF a client can be invoiced from PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your clients, rates and hours stay on your device. There is no account to create and nothing is uploaded. FocusLancer Pro unlocks unlimited projects, reports and export. One project is free, forever, with no time limit. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Lifetime is a one-off purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://apps.ailancer.com/focuslancer/terms Privacy Policy: https://apps.ailancer.com/focuslancer/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Contextli at 15.6 against Focuslancer's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Contextli sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Focuslancer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Contextli ships an update weekly, Focuslancer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contextli | Focuslancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ertiqah LLC | Ailancer |
In-app purchases
Contextli
- Starter Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$28.991 Month
- Starter Annual7 Days trial$44.951 Year
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- Pro Plus Monthly7 Days trial$48.991 Month
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$144.991 Year
- Pro Plus Annual7 Days trial$244.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$149.99
Focuslancer
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$39.901 Year
- FocusLancer Pro — Lifetime$47.99
- Pro Lifetime$79.99









