Comparison

Focusity vs Shinun

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

Shinun

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Shinun helps you remember what you study, with flashcards you make yourself and spaced repetition that schedules your reviews. Free: one deck, five cards in it, two study sessions a day. Pro removes those limits for a one-time purchase, with no subscription. Study offline, without an account and without ads. SEE WHERE YOUR ANSWER DIFFERS • Type the answer instead of guessing whether you were close • Each answer is marked correct, almost correct or wrong • Accents and small typos in longer words are forgiven. Letters that differ are underlined IMPORT AND EXPORT • Paste a list: Shinun detects the separators and shows a preview before anything is saved • CSV and TSV files from a spreadsheet or your files • Text decks from .apkg files, with a field mapping step • Export your decks • Share a deck as a read only link. Only that deck is uploaded, and only when you tap Share HEBREW AND MIXED TEXT • Each side of a card has its own text direction, so Hebrew on the front and English on the back both read correctly • Hebrew, Arabic and Latin script can share one card SPACED REPETITION • FSRS, a modern scheduling algorithm, runs on your phone • Four grades, each showing when the card will come back • Cards you miss come back in the same session • A forecast of what falls due over the next 30 days • Retention and review statistics STUDY OFFLINE • Everything works offline except sending or opening a shared link • No account. Your decks stay on your phone • A home screen widget with the number of cards due today • Siri and Shortcuts can start a review or tell you how many cards are due • Light and dark themes, 15 languages, and a card text size you set per deck WHAT PRO ADDS • All four study modes are free: flip, typed answers, multiple choice and match. So are FSRS scheduling, stats, every import option, export and the small widget • Pro: unlimited decks, cards and sessions, reverse cards, a custom retention target, and the medium and Lock Screen widgets • On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence and iOS 26 or later, Pro can also turn a paragraph of notes into cards on the device, in the languages Apple Intelligence supports • Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Restore it on your other devices with the same store account Starter decks to begin with: 1,000 common Hebrew words, Hebrew example sentences, and 1,000 words each of Spanish, French and Arabic, all with English answers. The free version copies the first five cards of a starter deck; Pro copies the whole deck.

Screenshots

Focusity4 screens
Shinun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focusity at none against Shinun's 1. Focusity also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Shinun sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focusity asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Focusity versus Shinun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusityShinun
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeir VakninBen Basha

In-app purchases

None

Focusity

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shinun

One-time1
  • Shinun Pro$9.99

Questions

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

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