Calm Focus vs Diple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calm Focus
This app helps you achieve focused work sessions using the Pomodoro technique. It features adjustable timers, a growing nature scene for motivation, and a simple task list. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with no ads or tracking.
- Adjustable Pomodoro timers
- Growing 'Focus Garden' for motivation
- Lightweight task list
- Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Live Activity
- Ambient sound options
- History and calm stats
- Daily calming quotes
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Calm Focus is a beautifully simple Pomodoro timer that helps you do focused work. Start a focus session, watch the hourglass and ring wind down, then take a mindful break. Each completed session grows a peaceful nature scene, your quiet, long term motivation. No points, no streaks to stress over, no gamified pressure. Just calm, consistent progress. FEATURES • Focus, Short Break, and Long Break timers with adjustable durations • A living “Focus Garden” that grows one session at a time • Gentle, optional ambient sound (a soft ticking clock and nature soundscapes), off by default, one tap to enable • Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Live Activity so you can glance at the countdown without unlocking • A lightweight task list to line up what you’ll focus on • History and calm stats to see your rhythm over time • A daily calming quote • Thoughtful accessibility: Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, and VoiceOver support PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign in, no tracking, no ads, and no network required. Calm Focus works on iPhone and iPad.
Diple
A focused writing and organization tool for Markdown notes, journals, and plain text. Capture ideas with speech-to-text, track changes with version history, and export to various formats. Organize your library with folders and access protection.
- Markdown and plain text editing
- Speech to Text input
- Version History tracking
- Folder organization
- Export to Word and PDF
- Password/Biometric folder protection
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Diple brings your notes, writing, and reading together. Capture an idea, keep a journal, or work on a longer draft in Markdown or plain text, then gather your documents into Collections and shape them into a work of your own. Markdown and Plain Text • Switch between Live, Immersive, Preview, and Source modes for writing and reading • Use Markdown headings, lists, to-do lists, tables, links, code blocks, and more • Sum values, add or delete rows and columns, and scroll wide tables • Insert images from Photos or Files to bring words and pictures together • Jot down ideas in plain text or capture them with Speech to Text Collections and Reading • Organize related documents with covers, chapters, numbering, and your own reading order • Browse the table of contents, read across documents, and pick up where you left off Document Links • Type [[Document Name]] to link documents and jump between them with a tap • See which documents mention the current one in Backlinks Themes, Fonts, and Writing Paper • Explore ink-inspired, classic, and other themes with Light or Dark appearance • Write and read in a variety of fonts, and keep the same font in PDF, Word, HTML, and image exports • Choose Writing Paper for editing and reading, or create your own from images • Change the app icon to make your writing space your own Export and Share • Export to Markdown, TXT, Word, PDF, HTML, or reading-layout images, and save images to Photos • Export a Diple Document to import on another device with images and videos intact • Export documents in batches or as whole folders, or combine a collection into one file Version History • Revisit your edits, compare changes, and restore the content you need • Lock important versions to preserve milestones and prevent automatic cleanup Organization and Search • Create folders and nested folders to organize notes, journals, and drafts • Search document titles and content to find what you need • Use find and replace to update repeated text • Recover deleted documents from Trash Access Protection • Add password, Face ID, or Touch ID verification to folders or Collections • Enable Trash protection to require biometrics for documents from protected folders Biometric verification is handled by the system. Diple never accesses or stores face or fingerprint data. Data Backup • Back up documents, folders, Collections, and version history, then restore on this or another device • Add a password and hint, or export backups for storage and device transfers • Merge on restore with restore rules, and lock backups against accidental deletion Data Migration • Move everything or just what you select to Diple on a nearby device, keeping local images, notes, version history, and folder protection • After Face ID or Touch ID verification, data is encrypted and sent device to device, never via our servers • Migration doesn't use iCloud or take up iCloud storage Spotlight Search, Siri, and Shortcuts • Search document titles, content, and Collection names with Spotlight • Use Siri and Shortcuts to create or open documents, append text, or open Collections • Manage access in Settings; protected content stays hidden from Spotlight and Siri Available in 32 interface languages. Diple Pro offers monthly and yearly subscriptions and a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices and available trial offers are shown on the purchase screen. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. If you receive a free trial, the subscription renews at the displayed price when it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of that period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime purchases do not renew. Terms of Use: https://michaelsilvester.github.io/journal/diple-terms-of-use/?lang=en Privacy Policy: https://michaelsilvester.github.io/journal/diple-privacy-policy/?lang=en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calm Focus at none against Diple's 3. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Diple sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Calm Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Calm Focus against 5.0 for Diple. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Calm Focus | Diple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kryphion, LLC | 云强 林 |
Customer experience
Calm Focus
Diple
In-app purchases
Calm Focus
No in-app purchases
Diple
- Diple Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Diple Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Diple Pro Lifetime$29.99









