Comparison

Be Focused Pro vs Reminders

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

Head to head
About

Be Focused Pro

This app helps you stay focused and productive by breaking down tasks into timed intervals with short breaks. It offers task management, customizable timers, progress tracking, and cross-device synchronization. Achieve your goals with structured work sessions.

Highlights
  • Task creation and management
  • Customizable work and break intervals
  • Progress tracking and reports
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Staying on task seems is a real challenge for our screen-bound generation. The Be Focused lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks. It’s a surprisingly effective way to retain motivation and focus. Create tasks, configure breaks and track your progress throughout the day, week or custom period. Use Be Focused on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac — everything stays perfectly in sync. Task Management • Create and manage tasks • Add notes and due dates to tasks • Organize tasks with tags and filters • Paste task lists from other apps Timer Control • Start, pause, or skip intervals • Auto-start the next interval (optionally) • Plan intervals needed for task completion and track accuracy • Manage completed intervals Timer Customization • Set durations for work sessions, short and long breaks • Define number of intervals before a long break • Set a daily goal for completed intervals • Assign different timer settings to individual tasks Reports • View detailed reports to monitor your progress • Export your data in CSV format Sounds and Notifications • Chronometer ticking sound with adjustable frequency • Variety of alarm sounds • Interactive notifications • Adjustable volume for alarms and chronometer Integration • Sync across all your devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) * • Integration with Focus Matrix to manage tasks using urgent/important principle ** • Integration with Shortcuts app to automate workflow Quick Access • Widgets for Lock Screen and Home Screen • Live activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Control to start or stop the timer from the Lock Screen, Controls Center, or Action Button Automation • Integration with Shortcuts app (control tasks and timers via Shortcuts app) • Automate Shortcuts execution on events in Be Focused app Device Support • Apple Watch support • Also available for Mac • Dark and Light mode support * Sync with Mac requires Be Focused Pro for macOS, sold separately. ** Integration with Focus Matrix requires the Pro version of Focus Matrix, sold separately.

About

Reminders

Seamlessly integrate your to-do lists and reminders directly into your calendar app. Organize your day with a structured planner and home screen widgets for quick access. Enjoy offline syncing and robust privacy protection.

Highlights
  • Calendar integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Structured day planner
  • Offline syncing
  • Siri integration
  • Customizable sync schedules
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Keep using the Reminders and Calendar apps that you know and love - now with seamless integration. Effortlessly view your reminders directly within the Calendar app, enhancing your productivity and organisation. Stay organized effortlessly with the to do list widget, your go-to tool for quick task tracking and reminders—access your to do list widget right from your home screen and stay on top of everything. Plan every hour with precision using our structured day planner, helping you break down goals into manageable steps with a clear, visual structured day planner layout. Build the perfect schedule for productivity and balance—edit your schedule in real time and sync tasks from your structured day planner directly into your daily schedule. Sync when you want inside the app, or schedule your own syncing patterns in Shortcuts. From every time you exit Reminders, to when you charge your device, you can be in charge of the syncing schedule to suit your needs with support for Shortcut Automations. Prefer to control things manually? You can do so even more effortlessly using Siri or interactive Home Screen widgets. Want to hide some reminders from Calendar? Add $nocal or $nocalendar to the title or notes of your reminder so that you stay in control of what appears in Calendar. All syncing is done offline, on your device. No cloud servers are used and no data ever leaves your device, so your privacy is always protected. Verify for yourself by running the app whilst in Airplane Mode. Want to take advantage of this app on other devices? If you use an iCloud, calDAV or Exchange calendar, your reminders will already be synced to your calendar on all your other devices. If you prefer to store your calendars locally, this app is available on all your other devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. Terms of use: https://zipoapps.com/remindertocalios/terms/ Privacy policy: https://zipoapps.com/remindertocalios/privacy/

Screenshots

Be Focused Pro4 screens
Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Reminders at Free against Be Focused Pro's $19.99. Reminders also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Be Focused Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, 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

Reminders is free to download; Be Focused Pro costs $19.99 up front. Reminders sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Be Focused Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Be Focused Pro against 4.5 for Reminders. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Be Focused Pro has 3K ratings behind it against 97, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Be Focused Pro's written reviews are positive against 52% of Reminders's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Be Focused Pro ships an update every 5 months, Reminders every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Be Focused Pro versus Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBe Focused ProReminders
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (3K ratings) — better4.5 (97 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews — better52.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3K — better97
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys IevenkoZipoApps

Customer experience

Be Focused Pro

All ratings2,972 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews495 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative11.5%

Reminders

All ratings82 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative38.1%

User reviews

Be Focused Pro

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helps stay focused
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Keeps me on track
  • 👍 Great for productivity
  • 🚀 Customizable timers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🐛 Notifications not working as expected
  • 🐛 Timers not always accurate
  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
  • 🐛 Resets progress randomly

Reminders

From 97 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and functional
  • 🚀 Syncs reminders to calendar
  • 💡 Offline functionality
  • ✨ Useful for time boxing
  • ✅ Works as advertised

Room to improve

  • 💸 Subscription model introduced
  • 💰 Unexpected price increase
  • 👎 Bait-and-switch tactics
  • 😠 Money grabbing developers
  • 📉 App became obsolete

Bugs and requests

Be Focused Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Timers not working correctly
  • Notifications not triggering on silent mode
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to set custom timers per task
  • Option to skip or pause breaks
  • Integration with Apple Watch complications
  • Better reporting and analytics
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  • Ability to import tasks from other apps

Reminders

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • Reminders re-syncing after deletion
  • Full-screen ads after payment
  • Broken Shortcuts automation
  • Cannot restore previous purchases
  • Ads in purchased versions
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  • Everything is duplicated
  • Calendar entries duplicated
  • App crashes on opening
  • Syncs only locally
  • Does not sync to Google Calendar
  • Last sync label always shows 'never'
  • 00:00 reminders shown as all-day events
  • Sync deletes and re-adds all reminders
  • Reminders duplicated in calendar
  • App doesn't open on Mac without crashing
  • Error syncing
  • Entries always show as 30 minutes and reset
  • Reminders created twice in calendar
  • Regular appointments not fully transferred
  • Duplicate entries when loading on multiple devices
  • Cannot transfer entries made on Mac to all devices
  • Calendar and Outlook restricted
  • Not all calendars can be synced

Requested features

9 requests
  • Two-way sync between reminders and calendar
  • Ability to choose specific reminder lists to sync
  • Option to change the name of the created calendar
  • Ability to drag reminders in the calendar to organize
  • Select existing calendar for reminders
Show 4 more
  • More aesthetic hashtag alternative
  • Exclude reminders without time from syncing as all-day events
  • Fix Shortcuts automation errors
  • Sync changes made in calendar back to reminders

In-app purchases

None

Be Focused Pro

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Reminders

Subscriptions16
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$2.997 Days
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  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Premium features3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium features3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium features3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Be Focused Pro free?
Be Focused Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reminders free?
Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Be Focused Pro or Reminders?
Be Focused Pro is rated higher. Be Focused Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Reminders averages 4.5 from 97 ratings.
Do Be Focused Pro or Reminders have ads?
Reminders shows ads; Be Focused Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Be Focused Pro or Reminders?
Be Focused Pro ships an update every 5 months, and Reminders every 6 weeks. Most recently, Be Focused Pro was updated on October 19, 2026 and Reminders on October 16, 2026.

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