# Apex: Focus Racing — The study timer that races

> The study timer that races (iPhone/iPad app by Nour Zaki.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apex-focus-racing/id6784372545 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nour Zaki](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780739541)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-10
- Data updated: 2026-07-31
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apex-focus-racing/id6784372545/reviews.md

## What is Apex?

Every study session is a race.

Apex turns focus into a racing game. Pick your team, pull up to the grid on a real circuit, set what you want to finish — and when the lights go out, the only way to win is to actually do the work.

THE RACE
• 24 real circuits, drawn from real track geometry — kerbs, start lights, the lot
• Your car laps while you focus; pause and it parks
• AI rivals race you for position — they keep driving while you procrastinate, so P1 has to be earned
• Virtual Safety Car breaks: freeze the whole field, take a breather, nobody gains
• Parc fermé mode calls you out if you sneak off to another app mid-race (locking your phone is always fine)

THE CHAMPIONSHIP
• Every week is one round on the race calendar — your focused minutes are your race distance
• Championship points, season standings, and a champion crowned at the end of the year
• A career ladder from Karting Rookie to World Champion Material, built from your real hours and streaks

RACE YOUR FRIENDS
• Live duels: one shared race clock for your whole lobby, everyone's cars moving on everyone's track in real time
• Monthly team leaderboard — every racer on your team pools focus minutes
• Drivers' championship and a friends board with shareable racer codes

BUILT FOR FOCUS
• Live Activity on the lock screen with a working pause button — study with your phone face down
• Pit wall telemetry: when you actually focus, your stint lengths, your finish rate, and honest engineer's notes computed from your real data
• Race history with the tasks you finished and the ones that carry over to your next grid
• Works fully offline — sign in only if you want the live leaderboards

No ads. Your data is never sold.

Lights out — and away you go.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://light4646.github.io/caduceus-legal/apex/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Annual | $19.99 | per year |
| Monthly | $3.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apex Pro — Lifetime | $34.99 | one-time |
| Apex Pro Lifetime | $24.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.1 — 2026-07-29

Your settings now follow you. Team, driver name, sounds, haptics, and your habits list sync across your Apple devices through iCloud — no account needed. Set up a new device and Apex feels like yours within seconds.

Also in this update: streaks now end honestly when you take days off (no more frozen streak counts), deleting a habit removes it everywhere, and races synced from another device now keep their full details.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-07-28

Your races now follow your account. Sign in on any device — or reinstall — and your race history, stats, and focus time appear automatically. Races you did before signing in are backed up to your account the first time you sign in.

Also: clearer Restore Purchases messages, plus reliability fixes.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-07-25

This update is all bug fixes and polish.

• Fixed a crash that could close the app when opening a crew.
• Apex Pro now sticks after a restore: your Pro status survives relaunching the app, and it is remembered per account, so signing in and out no longer mixes it up. Expired subscriptions are handled correctly instead of being read as a lost purchase.
• Fixed a blank screen that could appear on the sign-in screen.
• Home and the race screen now agree about what is unlocked, so Pro-only circuits, endurance races and rival counts no longer appear selected when they are not.
• Fixed the back button when picking your team from Settings.
• The custom race length now remembers exactly what you set after a relaunch.
• Corrected "1 lap" and "1 race" wording.
• The privacy policy link on the Pro screen opens again.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-15

NEW: Engineer radio - your race engineer calls lights-out, overtakes, the halfway check-in and the chequered flag, with real radio crackle.
NEW: Race with your crew - crewmates appear live on your track, plus an ON TRACK NOW strip on home.
NEW: Chequered-flag finish ceremony and screen protection during long races.
NEW: Email verification on sign-up, and clear errors for already-registered emails.
FIXED: Purchases are now verified with Apple and restore reliably across devices.
FIXED: Account deletion and back navigation from widgets.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-10

No release notes.

## More apps by Nour Zaki

- [Caduceus - MCAT Arena](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/caduceus-mcat-arena/id6780739539)
- [Crown - DAT Arena](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crown-dat-arena/id6783618704)

All apps by Nour Zaki: https://appshunter.io/developer/6780739541

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