Comparison

Focusity vs Slate

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

Head to head
About

Focusity

Features
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A to-do list tells you what to do. Focusity tells you when. Import your timetable and your assignments — from Moodle, a spreadsheet, or a PDF of your exam schedule — and within minutes you have a weekly study plan that built itself: around the free time you actually have, in the hours you actually focus best. ā–  A weekly plan that builds itself • The engine lays out study blocks by due date, difficulty, and the hours each assignment really needs. • Set the times of day you focus best — morning, afternoon, evening or night — and the schedule is built around them. • Drag a block to a different time and the rest of the plan updates immediately. ā–  Fell behind? There is a plan B • Every missed class or assignment moves to one catch-up board, with a free slot already found for it. • Tap "Reschedule" and it goes back into your week — no rebuilding from scratch. • Mark something done in one tap, without leaving the board. ā–  Everything imports itself • Pull courses, assignments, exams and grades straight from Moodle, from a CSV or spreadsheet, or from a PDF exam timetable. • Duplicates are detected and filtered automatically. • Start in minutes, without typing in a single class by hand. ā–  Ready for the exam, with no surprises • Prep plans that are built backwards from the exam date. • Grade and credit tracking in one place, with a retake simulator. • A reminder arrives when an assignment moves into the danger zone — not on the morning of the exam. ā–  Keep the rhythm • A focus timer for every study block. • XP, streaks and a productivity score that turn consistency into a habit instead of an act of willpower. • Your streak is protected automatically — one freeze accrues each week, for the day when it simply is not possible. ā–  Built to be understood • The scheduling engine is algorithmic and transparent: you can always see why an hour was chosen, and change it by hand. • Works in English and Hebrew, with real right-to-left support in both. • Your data is yours — no ads, no selling data, and account deletion from inside the app. Less mess in your week. More time to study. Free to download, no credit card.

About

Slate

Features
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Slate keeps your classes, exams and deadlines in one calm place and makes sure you actually show up. TODAY, AT A GLANCE See what's happening right now with a live card: how long is left, where it is, and a Join button for online classes. Mark attendance with one tap and keep a running tally per class. CLASSES THAT REPEAT Add a class once with its weekdays, time, room or meeting link, colour and icon. It shows up on the right days in Today, in the Day and Week schedule, and in the Up Next widget. EXAMS AND DEADLINES Exams get a countdown. Assignments, forum posts and anything with a due date become reminders. Upcoming groups everything by day so you always know what's next. REMINDERS THAT LAND Choose several reminders per event , 15 minutes before, at class time, a day before an exam. Class-time and exam-time alerts are Time Sensitive, so they can break through Focus. REAL ALARMS (iOS 26) Turn any class or exam into an alarm. It rings like the Clock app - through Silent mode and Focus - at the moments you pick: before, at, or even after the start. UNIVERSITY SYNC Connect your university's Moodle account once - elearning.org.bd is set up by default, and any other Moodle site works - and Slate pulls your assignments, quizzes and deadlines into your schedule with reminders, then keeps them in sync. It's read-only and your login lives only in the iOS Keychain. BUILT FOR IPHONE Home Screen widget, dark mode, a Liquid Glass tab bar on iOS 26, native pickers and haptics. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No analytics, no ads, no trackers. Your data is stored on your iPhone and never sent to us. Delete the app, or use Delete All Data, and it's gone. Slate is an independent app and is not affiliated with any university or with Moodle.

Screenshots

Focusity4 screens
Slate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Slate at daily against Focusity's every 5 days. Focusity's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focusity ships an update every 5 days, Slate daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Focusity versus Slate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusitySlate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeir VakninMUSABBIR AL MOMIT

In-app purchases

None

Focusity

No in-app purchases

None

Slate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focusity free?
Focusity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slate free?
Slate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focusity or Slate have ads?
Neither Focusity nor Slate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focusity or Slate?
Focusity ships an update every 5 days, and Slate daily. Most recently, Focusity was updated on October 15, 2026 and Slate on October 16, 2026.

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