Comparison

Focus vs Habit Comp

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Habit Comp

Features
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Compete → Complete → Get comped. Habit Comp is a habit tracker that keeps score in money. You decide what each habit is worth, check it off when it is done, and the earnings pile into a balance that is yours to cash out. Every week is a round against the best week you have ever had. EVERY WEEK IS A ROUND Today leads with what this week has earned and how far it is from your best finished week. Seven dots for the seven days, and one line for today: what you have earned, and what is still to earn. PUT A PRICE ON EVERY HABIT Daily, weekly or monthly. Worth money, worth points, or simply tracked. Measured habits ("30 pages", "64 fl oz"), a timer for anything counted in minutes, limits you stay under ("at most two coffees"), and slip-ups that cost you. Caps keep the week inside the allowance you set. CHECKS ITSELF OFF FROM APPLE HEALTH Steps, exercise minutes, workouts, water, protein, sleep and mindful minutes can check a habit off for you. Log water or a meditation here and it can be saved into Apple Health too, and it is never counted twice. COMPETE WITH FRIENDS Join a comp: a coach sets the habits and the points, everybody links the habits they already keep, and the same check-ins score the board. Points are points, never money. Weekly standings, a final result, and a record of every rule change for everyone to read. CONSEQUENCES YOU OWE YOURSELF Miss the workout, owe fifty crunches. A penalty is work, not money. The app keeps the ledger of what is owed and what you have paid off. BADGES, RECORDS AND RECAPS Streaks counted in a habit's own period, personal records, a trophy case, and a recap of the week that only says what is true. ON YOUR WRIST AND YOUR HOME SCREEN An Apple Watch app with a press that records the habit, a home-screen widget with the week's grid, a watch complication with today's count, and a Live Activity for a running timer with Pause and Resume on the lock screen. YOUR MONEY STAYS YOURS Habit Comp never connects to a bank and never moves money. It keeps the score; you pay yourself from money you already have and write it down. Every amount is a signed, permanent ledger entry, so the balance can never drift from its history. Free to use. Sign up with an email address, and your habits, your week and your earnings stay in step across your iPhone, iPad and the web.

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
Habit Comp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Habit Comp at none against Focus's 9. Habit Comp also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Focus sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Habit Comp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus ships an update every 10 days, Habit Comp every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus versus Habit Comp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusHabit Comp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB29 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMeaningful Things GmbH & Co. KGSotoprograming, LLC

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

Habit Comp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Focus

Subscriptions9
  • 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
None

Habit Comp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Comp free?
Habit Comp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus or Habit Comp have ads?
Neither Focus nor Habit Comp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus or Habit Comp?
Focus ships an update every 10 days, and Habit Comp every 2 days. Most recently, Focus was updated on October 15, 2026 and Habit Comp on October 10, 2026.

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