Comparison

Focus vs Time Log

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

Head to head
About

Focus

Features
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Make time for what matters, one focused session at a time. Focus brings a Pomodoro timer, tasks, and useful progress tracking together on your iPhone. GIVE EACH SESSION A PURPOSE Choose what you want to work on, then start the timer. Keep reading, writing, revision, and everyday work in a simple task list. Add daily time goals to the tasks you want to make room for. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Use a Pomodoro timer with focus periods and breaks, adjust the durations to suit your day, or switch to the stopwatch when you want to count up. Pause, resume, or end a session as your plans change. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME WENT Review your sessions and weekly focus time. See time by task and follow your progress toward a daily goal, so your next session starts with a clearer picture. KEEP YOUR TIMER IN VIEW Follow an active session with Live Activities on your iPhone. On supported iPhone models, your timer can also appear in the Dynamic Island. BRING YOUR DEVICES TOGETHER Use Focus on iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch. Sync your Focus data through your private iCloud database when iCloud is available. Local features work without creating a Focus account. Start with one task. Make a little time. Build from there.

About

Time Log

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Track time spent studying, creating and reading with Start and Stop. Time Log is a simple activity tracker for understanding how you spend your own time. START WITH AN ACTIVITY NAME Add an activity with just a name. Tap Start to save its starting time and see the elapsed time. Switching to another activity ends the current session and starts the next at the same instant. Only one activity runs at a time. DAILY AND WEEKLY TOTALS ON HOME See today’s total and the current week, starting Monday, without opening a separate dashboard. Tap an activity to review its totals and history. Sessions crossing midnight are split across the days they overlap. ADD AND CORRECT PAST SESSIONS Forgot to record a session? Add it in History. Edit start and end times, change the activity or delete a record. Overlapping sessions are rejected to avoid double counting. Archive activities while keeping their history. RESTORE WHEN YOU RETURN Time includes screen lock, app closure and device restarts until you stop. When you return, elapsed time is calculated from the saved starting time. A reminder appears for long sessions so you can check for a forgotten stop. Your activity records stay on your device. No account or proprietary server sync. Free to use with a small banner ad. Recording works even when ads are unavailable. See the privacy policy for advertising SDK data processing. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. Dark mode follows your device setting. Daily totals use the device’s current time zone. Manual clock changes cannot always be detected. OS backup restoration is not guaranteed. Designed for personal activity records, not attendance verification, payroll or invoicing.

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
Time Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Focus at none against Time Log's shown. Focus also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). Time Log's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus ships an update daily, Time Log every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Focus versus Time Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusTime Log
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily β€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyush DeolaseeDOTNULL Co.,Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Focus

No in-app purchases

None

Time Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Log free?
Time Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus or Time Log have ads?
Time Log shows ads; Focus does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus or Time Log?
Focus ships an update daily, and Time Log every 9 days. Most recently, Focus was updated on October 29, 2026 and Time Log on October 31, 2026.

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