Focus vs Focus Watch
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
Focus Watch
Enhance productivity with a task planning and focus timer. Track your progress with insightful charts and receive background notifications. Sync sessions across devices for seamless workflow management.
- Task planning and management
- Customizable work and break timers
- Background session timer with alarms
- Progress tracking with insightful charts
- Cross-device session syncing
- Apple Watch support
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Focus Watch is a perfect tool for those who strive for performance, now with AppleWatch support! It helps you in planning the tasks you need to accomplish, staying focused on them while running the sessions timer and analysing your progress with insightful charts. Focus Watch perfectly works in background mode, so you can start the timer and switch to any other app - you'll be notified with an alarm when the session ends. Key features: • Full control on the Focus timer - start, pause, resume, stop with just a single tap. • Customize the length of work sessions, short break, and long break. • Activate long break whenever is more suitable for you with just a single tap. • Receive alarm notifications even when the app is running in the background. • Manage the list of tasks you plan to work on. • Sync tracked sessions between your devices. • Track your progress with insightful charts, see how many sessions you've spent for any separate task in any given day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Focus Watch at free with in-app purchases against Focus's subscription. Focus Watch also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 57%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Focus's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 110). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Focus sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Focus Watch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus has 1.8K ratings behind it against 110, 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 83% of Focus Watch's.
Focus ships an update every 10 days, Focus Watch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus | Focus Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.8K ratings) | 4.7 (110 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 110 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| 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, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meaningful Things GmbH & Co. KG | Andrii Zborovskyi |
Customer experience
Focus
Focus Watch
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
Focus Watch
From 110 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🚀 Increases productivity
- 👍 Helps stay focused
- 👍 Good for time management
- 👍 Works well with Apple Watch
Room to improve
- 👎 Customization options lacking
- 👎 Inconsistent notifications
- 👎 Alarm volume too low/inaudible with earphones
- 👎 Watch app limited (viewer only)
- 👎 No watch face complications
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
Focus Watch
Reported bugs
7 issues- Break mode doesn't work
- Reset counter button doesn't work
- Inaccurate history data (missing days)
- Alarm doesn't sound through earphones
- Notifications are inconsistent
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- App force closes when clicking on tasks
- No alarm even when enabled and volume up
Requested features
11 requests- Allow customization of time chunks (e.g., 50 min work, 10 min break)
- Add a ticking sound option
- Improve alarm volume and persistence
- Enable independent use of the Apple Watch app with full functionality
- Add Apple Watch face complications
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- Make timer visible on the phone's lock screen
- More customization options for color themes
- Option to disable pauses
- Manually sort to-do list items
- Add due-date property for to-do list items
- Improve handling of marking a task as 'done' mid-tomato
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
Focus Watch
- Focus Watch Pro Version$1.99









