Comparison

Monthly Planner vs FocusPocus

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

Head to head
About

Monthly Planner

This aesthetic monthly planner displays your entire month in a single, clear calendar grid. Easily add and check off daily tasks, plan your month in minutes, and customize with color themes. It offers a simple, visual approach to staying organized without complex features.

Highlights
  • Monthly grid view
  • Checkable daily tasks
  • Fast month planning
  • Customizable color themes
  • Today highlight
  • Month navigation
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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Finally, a monthly planner you'll actually stick with. Month+ is an aesthetic monthly planner that turns your entire month into one beautiful calendar: a clear monthly grid, your tasks on each day, and nothing extra to slow you down. Plan your whole month in minutes - then simply check things off as you go. No complicated setup. No empty pages staring back at you. Just a clear, colorful picture of your month. KEY FEATURES - Monthly board - see the whole month at a glance in one beautiful calendar - Checkable tasks - add to-dos to any day and tick them off with a satisfying tap - Task details - time, reminders, repeat, color and tags (right-click on Mac, long-press on iPhone and iPad) - iPhone, iPad and Mac - one planner everywhere, synced through iCloud (Pro) - Fast planning - map out the month ahead in just a few minutes - Color themes - Pastel, Midnight, Vivid, Sage and Ocean to match your mood - Today highlight - the current day always stands out, so you know where to focus - Month navigation - swipe between past and future months effortlessly - Apple Pencil on iPad - handwrite notes, doodles and reminders right on your calendar WHO IS IT FOR - Students balancing classes, assignments and deadlines - Busy professionals who want a clear overview without heavy project tools - Moms juggling family schedules, errands and personal time - Habit and self-care lovers tracking routines and small daily wins - Anyone who downloaded a complicated planner... and quietly abandoned it HOW IT WORKS 1. Open your month - a clean calendar is waiting for you 2. Add tasks to each day - it takes just a few minutes 3. Check things off as you go and watch your month fill up with little victories Pick a theme you love, plan your month in minutes, and enjoy the calm of knowing exactly what comes next. Your most organized - and prettiest - month starts now with Month+. Support: hello@britetodo.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://britetodo.com/legal/PrivacyPolicyBrite.pdf

About

FocusPocus

This app helps you focus using a timed work and break interval system. It offers task management with notes and sub-items, customizable themes, and native iOS Live Activity integration. Your data remains private on your device with no account or tracking required.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro, short break, and long break modes
  • Tappable task list with completion tracking
  • Task-specific Pomodoro counts
  • Notes with sub-items per task
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Native iOS Live Activity integration
  • Session history and statistics
Features
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A quiet pomodoro timer. Focus for 25 minutes, then take a real break. FocusPocus runs on your iPhone with no account, no tracking, your tasks stay on your device. The technique is older than you think. Francesco Cirillo wrote it down in the late '80s using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. The math hasn't changed: focus for 25, break for 5, repeat four times, take a longer break. FocusPocus handles the timing so you can do the focusing. What's inside: — Three modes (pomodoro, short break, long break) with sounds you can mute — A tappable task list. Add what you're working on, mark them done as you go. — Pomodoro count per task — estimate how many sessions you'll need and watch the count — Notes per task with checkable sub-items — Eight color palettes plus a custom picker — pick a mood for your focus — Native iOS Live Activity. Your timer lives on the Dynamic Island and lock screen so you never lose track. Pause and skip from the Dynamic Island without unlocking. — "Yesterday" page-flip: tap the date to start a new day. Unfinished tasks carry forward, completed ones drop. — Session history with stats — focused minutes per day, weekly trends, top tasks. What's not inside: — No account — No tracking — No ads — No upsells Made by one person who needed it. If it helps you focus, you've already gotten what it was made for.

Screenshots

Monthly Planner4 screens
FocusPocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusPocus at none against Monthly Planner's 2. FocusPocus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Monthly Planner's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Monthly Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. FocusPocus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FocusPocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monthly Planner has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monthly Planner ships an update daily, FocusPocus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Monthly Planner versus FocusPocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonthly PlannerFocusPocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrite Technologies LLCEstefania Tarantini

Customer experience

Monthly Planner

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FocusPocus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Monthly Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

FocusPocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monthly Planner free?
Monthly Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusPocus free?
FocusPocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monthly Planner or FocusPocus?
FocusPocus is rated higher. Monthly Planner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while FocusPocus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Monthly Planner or FocusPocus have ads?
Neither Monthly Planner nor FocusPocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monthly Planner or FocusPocus?
Monthly Planner ships an update daily, and FocusPocus every 5 days. Most recently, Monthly Planner was updated on November 5, 2026 and FocusPocus on October 31, 2026.

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