Focus vs OmniFocus 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus
This app helps users improve concentration and productivity by breaking work into structured intervals with scheduled breaks. It offers task management, detailed statistics, and syncs across all Apple devices, including Apple Watch and widgets.
- Customizable Pomodoro timer
- Unlimited to-do lists
- In-depth productivity statistics
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app
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Do your best work. Focus helps you concentrate with timed focus sessions built on the Pomodoro technique, track your tasks and projects, and see real progress — across all your Apple devices. A calm, proven rhythm: plan, work, break, review. “[…] a tool that can genuinely make people more productive” – MacStories.net “[…] a must-have for anyone who finds themselves easily getting distracted or forgetting to take occasional breaks.” – iDownloadBlog.com I always use Focus when… … I need to start a deep-work session … I want to stop procrastinating and finally begin … I want to break a big project into focused sprints … I’m studying and need to concentrate … I want to protect my time from distractions … I want to build a daily focus habit … I want to see what I actually got done today … I want structure without a heavy, complicated system Benefits * Start focusing in seconds: pick a task, start a session, get to work * The proven Pomodoro rhythm — plan → work → break → review — that gives your attention somewhere to go * Sessions and tasks together: a focus timer plus real task, project, and time tracking (most apps split these into two) * See your progress: daily and weekly activity and goals make focus feel earned, never nagged * Restful breaks that are part of the rhythm, not slacking * Calm and encouraging — momentum, never hustle, grind, or guilt Features * Timed focus sessions with flexible session and break lengths * Tasks, projects, and time tracking * Daily and weekly activity and goals * In-app Learning: short, friendly guides you can apply as you read * Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island * Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight via App Intents * Seamless iCloud sync * Built-in accessibility * Privacy first: your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud * Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro * Handcrafted by real humans :-) Focus is free to start. Focus Pro unlocks everything with a 7-day free trial. Thanks for doing your best work with us! We’re always improving Focus. If you have feedback or an idea, we’d love to hear it. About us Focus is made by Jan & Kerstin, two independent app developers based in Germany. We built Focus for our own workdays — to concentrate, make real progress, and still keep things calm. Our goal: a productivity app that’s a joy to use every day. We built this tool for ourselves — and now we’d love to share it with you! Questions? We offer friendly support. Just drop us a note at support@meaningful-things.com and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can. Privacy & Terms https://meaningful-things.com/privacy https://meaningful-things.com/terms
OmniFocus 4
This task management application helps busy professionals organize and prioritize their work. It offers a unified interface across multiple Apple devices, allowing users to create, organize, and focus on tasks efficiently. A free trial is available.
- Unified interface across Apple devices
- Task creation and organization
- Perspectives Bar for navigation
- Focus mode for specific projects
- Secure, end-to-end encrypted sync
- Universal cross-platform purchase
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OmniFocus is powerful task management software for busy professionals. With tools to help tame the chaos, you can focus on the right tasks at the right time. Two-week free trial! OmniFocus 4 introduces a modernized, unified interface across Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Centered around your task outline, OmniFocus 4 brings a consistent experience, optimized for each device type, to all of your Apple devices. Easily create tasks anytime–from anywhere–and organize them with projects, tags, and dates. Quickly navigate OmniFocus on any device using the Perspectives Bar, Quick Open, and Back and Forward history. With Pro, use Focus to help focus your attention on specific projects or folders, and customize OmniFocus to only display the information most relevant to you. New to OmniFocus? The simple, efficient OmniFocus 4 interface will help you discover and implement a trusted system that works and grows with you. Upgrading from a previous version of OmniFocus? In OmniFocus 4, discover enhanced versions of all the powerful task management features you already rely on, along with new features that will level-up your workflow. Omni offers a free and secure sync service, protected with end-to-end encryption, ensuring only devices you authorize can access your data. And now, for the first time ever, OmniFocus is available as a universal cross-platform purchase: get full access to OmniFocus 4 on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro with a single license purchase. Accomplish more every day–anywhere you go–with OmniFocus 4.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: OmniFocus 4 at free with in-app purchases against Focus's subscription. Focus's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and OmniFocus 4 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus has 1.8K ratings behind it against 335, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Focus's written reviews are positive against 52% of OmniFocus 4's.
Focus ships an update every 10 days, OmniFocus 4 every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Focus | OmniFocus 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.0 (335 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better | 52.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 335 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meaningful Things GmbH & Co. KG | The Omni Group |
Customer experience
Focus
OmniFocus 4
User reviews
Focus
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Time tracking
- 👍 Minimalist design
- 🚀 Seamless cross-device sync
- 👍 Helpful for productivity
- 👍 Great for Pomodoro technique
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Forced to pay for basic functionality
OmniFocus 4
From 335 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Streamlined and better than ever
- 🔒 End-to-end encrypted
- 👍 Universal interface across devices
- 🚀 Powerful task management features
- 👍 Customizable perspectives
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy, crashes, and laggy
- 👎 Clunky and confusing user interface
- 👎 Degraded user interface compared to previous version
- 🐛 Sync issues and slow synchronization
- 👎 Lacks important features like time-sensitive notifications
Bugs and requests
Focus
Reported bugs
5 issues- Infinite intro screen
- Prompts to set up app on every open
- Timer resets unexpectedly
- Sync issues between iPhone, iPad, and Watch
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to duplicate tasks
- Calendar integration
- Background sounds
- Customizable timer lengths
- Automatic focus mode switching
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- More detailed analytics and reporting
OmniFocus 4
Reported bugs
6 issues- View options button not working consistently
- Custom perspectives not persisting in sidebar
- App crashing on launch
- Drag and drop functionality issues
- Incorrect task completion when adding new tasks
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- Inconsistent behavior when changing due dates
Requested features
6 requests- Markdown support in notes
- Gantt view for projects
- Ability to reorder perspectives in the sidebar
- Print to PDF with due dates and completed dates
- Natural language processing for task creation
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- Board view for projects
In-app purchases
Focus
- Focus - Monthly$6.991 Month
- Focus - 3 Months$14.993 Months
- Focus Yearly$19.991 Year
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- Focus Yearly$27.991 Year
- Focus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Focus Early Bird7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Focus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Focus Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Patron Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
OmniFocus 4
- Legacy Subscription$9.991 Month
- Legacy Subscription$99.991 Year
- Upgrade to v4 from v1-v3$37.49
- Upgrade v4 to Pro from v1-v3$37.49
- Unlock Standard (Mac Promo)$56.00
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- Unlock Standard$74.99
- Upgrade from Standard to Pro$74.99
- Upgrade to v4 Pro from v1-v3$74.99
- Unlock Pro (Mac Promo)$111.99
- Unlock Pro$149.99








