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Fokus vs Sunsama: your day scheduled for you, hosted in the EU

For people weighing Sunsama who want the schedule built for them, their data hosted in the EU and their day on their wrist.

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The three differences

  1. Hosted in the EU, not in the United States

    Sunsama’s privacy policy says your information is transferred to, stored in and processed in the United States. Fokus is EU-hosted and GDPR compliant, and your content is never sold or used to train AI models.

  2. A schedule built for you, not one task at a time

    Sunsama’s help centre starts auto-scheduling one task at a time: you press X on a task or choose “Add to calendar”. Fokus builds the whole schedule from your deadlines, priorities and energy, and rebuilds it when your day moves.

  3. Your day on your wrist and on your desk

    Sunsama’s App Store and Google Play listings describe its mobile app as a companion to the desktop app, not a standalone replacement, and its home page lists apps for iOS, iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux. Fokus also runs on Apple Watch, shows your day on a reTerminal Sticky e-paper display and turns pages written in a Huion Note X10 into notes. Both devices are sold by their makers.

Feature by feature

Feature Fokus Sunsama
Hosted in the EU
Yes

No

Stored and processed in the United States

A schedule built for you
Yes

No

Auto-scheduling starts one task at a time

An Apple Watch app
Yes

No

Its App Store listing names iPhone and iPad

Works with an e-paper display and a paper notebook
Yes

reTerminal Sticky and Huion Note X10

No

Its home page lists phone, tablet and computer apps

Free during the public beta
Yes

No

14-day trial, no free forever plan

Two-factor authentication
Yes

Plus App Lock: PIN, Face ID or fingerprint

Yes

With an authenticator app

Daily rituals and a focus timer
Yes

Yes

Pricing

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Fokus

Free during the public beta

  • No credit card required.
  • After the beta: Pro at €15 a month billed yearly, or €19 billed monthly.
  • Add-ons such as Meeting Scribe are billed per workspace.

Sunsama

$17 per month, billed yearly

  • $22 a month when billed monthly.
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card required.
  • No free forever plan, according to its pricing page.
Start Free No credit card required — free during the public beta.

Questions and answers

Is Fokus a good alternative to Sunsama?
Yes. Both give you daily planning rituals and a focus timer. Fokus also builds the schedule for you from your deadlines, priorities and energy, is EU-hosted, runs on Apple Watch, and is free during its public beta, no credit card.
Does Sunsama schedule tasks automatically?
Sunsama’s help centre describes auto-scheduling per task: you press X on a task or choose “Add to calendar”, and its auto-rescheduler never touches meetings. Fokus builds a schedule for all your tasks around your meetings and rebuilds it when your day moves.
Where do Fokus and Sunsama host my data?
Fokus is EU-hosted and GDPR and CCPA compliant. Sunsama’s privacy policy says your information is transferred to, stored in and processed in the United States.
Does Fokus have phone and watch apps?
Yes. Fokus has apps for iPhone, Android and Apple Watch. On the phone you capture tasks, events, notes and objectives, start a focus timer from a task and talk to Captain Fokus. On the watch you tick tasks, run the timer and capture. Sunsama’s store listings describe its mobile app as a companion to the desktop app, and its App Store listing names iPhone and iPad.
How do the prices compare?
Fokus is free during its public beta, no credit card. After the beta, Pro is €15 a month billed yearly or €19 billed monthly. Sunsama is $17 a month billed yearly or $22 billed monthly, after a 14-day trial.