Focus5 vs other to-do and focus apps
Compare Focus5 with Todoist, Sunsama, TickTick, Motion, Things 3 and Notion. Prices, features, and which one to pick.
What makes Focus5 different
Most to-do apps hold your work and then leave the hardest part to you: opening the list every morning and deciding what to start. Focus5 does that part for you.
Add as many tasks as you like. When you want to work, open Focus. It puts one task on screen with a timer already running, and it picks the order: today’s tasks first, then anything still open from before, then what is coming up. You see 5 at a time, and finishing one pulls the next in. You are working inside two minutes without deciding anything.
It costs $29 once and there is no monthly plan. Full pricing is here, and if the hard part of your day is starting rather than remembering, read Focus5 as a focus app for ADHD. There are also pages on Brain Dump, which turns what you say into sorted tasks, and on the focus timer, which is already running when the task appears. Each comparison below covers prices, features, and who each app is better for.
Focus5 vs Sunsama
Sunsama costs $204 a year and connects to 21 other tools. Focus5 costs $29 once and shows you 5 tasks at a time, one at a time, in the right order.
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Focus5 vs Todoist
Todoist organises your whole list from $5 a month. Focus5 costs $29 once and shows you 5 tasks at a time so you never decide what to do next.
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Focus5 vs TickTick
Both apps have a focus timer. TickTick costs $35.99 a year and leaves you to choose what to work on. Focus5 costs $29 once and chooses for you.
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Focus5 vs Motion
Motion uses AI to build your calendar, from $19 per person a month. Focus5 costs $29 once and just queues your tasks in order, 5 on screen at a time.
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Focus5 vs Things 3
Neither app charges a subscription. Things 3 is Apple only and costs up to $79.97 across devices. Focus5 is $29 once for every device, with a focus queue Things does not have.
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Focus5 vs Notion
Notion makes you build your own task system. Focus5 gives you one you cannot change, and a Focus mode that decides what you do next.
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Focus5 vs Microsoft To Do
Microsoft To Do is free and syncs with Outlook. Focus5 costs $29 once and adds a Focus mode that queues your tasks and times them.
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Focus5 vs Google Tasks
Google Tasks is free and sits inside Gmail. Focus5 costs $29 once and adds a Focus mode that picks your next task and times it.
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Focus5 vs Trello
Trello shows all your work on a board at once. Focus5 shows 5 at a time and one on screen, in an order it picks for you.
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Focus5 vs ClickUp
ClickUp runs a whole company’s work. Focus5 runs your next hour: it picks the next task and starts the timer.
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Focus5 vs Superlist
Both apps let you add tasks by talking. Superlist is $59 a year. Focus5 is $29 once and adds a Focus mode that queues them and times them.
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