Focus To vs To do list
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus To
This app combines a Pomodoro timer with task management to boost productivity. Organize tasks, set reminders, and track your focused work sessions with detailed reports. Syncs across all your devices for seamless management.
- Pomodoro timer with customizable lengths
- Task and project organization
- Recurring tasks and reminders
- Detailed time tracking reports
- Cross-platform synchronization
- White noise for focus
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Focus To-Do combines Pomodoro Timer with Task Management, it is a science-based app that will motivate you to stay focused and get things done. It brings Pomodoro Technique and To Do List into one place, you can capture and organize tasks into your todo lists, start focus timer and focus on work & study, set reminders for important tasks and errands, check the time spent at work. It's the ultimate app for managing Tasks, Reminders, Lists, Calendar events, Grocery lists, checklist, helping you focus on work & study and tracking your working hours. Focus To-Do syncs between your phone and computer, so you can access your lists from anywhere. How it works: 1. Pick a task you need to accomplish. 2. Set a timer for 25 minutes, keep focused and start working. 3. When the pomodoro timer rings, take a 5 minute break. Key Features: - Pomodoro Timer:Stay focused and get more things done. Pause and resume Pomodoro Customizable pomodoro/breaks lengths Notification before the end of a Pomodoro Support for short and long breaks Skip a break after the end of a Pomodoro Continuous Mode - Tasks Management: Task Organizer, Schedule Planner, Reminder, Habit Tracker, Time Tracker Tasks and projects: Organise your day with Focus To-Do and complete your to do, study, work, homework or housework you need to get done. Recurring tasks: Build lasting habits with powerful recurring due dates like "Every Monday". Reminders: Setting a Reminder ensures you never forget important things ever again, you can set up recurring due dates to remind you each and every time. Sub-tasks: Break down your task into smaller, actionable items or add a checklist . Task Priority: Highlight your day’s most important To-Do with color-coded priority levels. Estimated Pomodoro Number: Estimate the workload or set a goal. Note: Record more detailed about the task. - Report: Detailed statistics of your time distribution, tasks completed. Support the calculation of the total time of Focus Time. Gantt Chart of the Focus Time. Statistics on completed To Do. Statistics on time distribution of project. Trend chart of the completed To Do and the focus time. - All-Platform synchronization: View and manage your goals wherever you are for better goal achieving. Support seamless synchronization within iPhone、Mac、iPad、Apple Watch and other major platforms. - Various Reminding: Focus Timer finished alarm, vibration reminding. Various white noise to help you focus on work & study. - Daily/Weekly/Monthly Report View all of your tracked time in a calendar view. - Support prevention of screen lock: Check the pomodoro time left by keeping the screen on. Contact Us: support@focustodo.net, reply within 24 hours. Website: http://www.focustodo.cn Pomodoro ™ and Pomodoro Technique ® are registered trademarks of Francesco Cirillo. This app is not affiliated with Francesco Cirillo. Users have been focused on our app for 200 million hours, join us and we help you to be focused and increase your productivity, reduce procrastination and anxiety.
To do list
This app helps you organize tasks and track progress towards your goals. Break down large objectives into manageable steps and monitor your achievements to foster better work habits and clarity.
- Create and manage tasks
- Break down goals into key indicators
- Set completion cycles
- View progress and time control
- Develop good working habits
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To do list will help you follow up on everything you want to accomplish, which will help you to master all the workflows and be more clear about how to accomplish your goals. You can also create a list of tasks at any time, do not worry about forgetting the task. This software can help you develop good working habits as ! Special feature: 1 set work: add your own tasks 2. Break down the target: set the key indicators , and select the cycle to be completed 3. View progress: at any time to see the progress of the target, is conducive to the control of time The decomposition of their goals, step by step, more conducive to achieve! Subscription : - After subscribing, you can use the advanced features of the To do list - The subscriptions are $0.49 weekly, $1.49/monthly and $3.99/quarterly - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - You can read our privacy policy at https://www.camoryapps.com/zhangli/privacy_policy/okr_en.html - You can read our Terms of Service at https://www.camoryapps.com/zhangli/service/okr_en.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication *Price are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus To at 80% against To do list's 17%. Focus To also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 18 months). To do list's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Focus To sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and To do list sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus To holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus To has 15K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Focus To's written reviews are positive against 17% of To do list's.
Focus To ships an update every 5 weeks, To do list every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus To | To do list |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Tomato Software Technology Co., Ltd. | Wuhan Yousigan Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Focus To
To do list
Bugs and requests
Focus To
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pomodoro timer not working correctly
- Data/progress resets randomly
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Calendar integration
- Ability to pause/resume Pomodoro sessions
- More customization options
- Improved Apple Watch app functionality
To do list
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus To
- Focus To-Do Premium$1.99
- 3 Months$3.99
- Lifetime$11.99
To do list
- Weekly subscription$0.497 Days
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Quarterly subscription$3.993 Months









