Comparison

Sharkspan vs FocusBalloon

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

Head to head
About

Sharkspan

This app aims to boost your daily motivation and make your life more exciting. Regular use is intended to provide a consistent source of inspiration and positive reinforcement.

Highlights
  • Daily motivation boosts
  • Life excitement enhancement
  • Inspirational content
  • Positive reinforcement
Features
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Your time is not running out somewhere far away. It is running out today. Sharkspan counts down the years you have left, then takes out the hours your day already costs - sleep, the commute, the feed. What remains is clean time: the part that is actually yours to spend. YOU SET THE NUMBER No quiz, no AI, no health data, no prediction. You enter your age and the age you expect to reach, and you change either one whenever you want. TODAY IS THE UNIT A lifetime is a statistic. The hours left before midnight are a decision. Sharkspan shows both, and only today's number ticks - because today is the only one you can still spend. WHAT YOU GET • Clean time - your remaining years, minus everything you spend every day • Spendings you own - your own list, to the minute, edited any time • Today - the hours, minutes and seconds left before midnight, live • Home Screen widget - the clean days left in this year, at a glance • A line a day - a real sentence by a real author, never a lecture • Twelve languages, plurals and all NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No tracking. No analytics. No network. Your age and your list stay on the device, and the privacy manifest says exactly that. FREE The app and the widget cost nothing. No subscription, no unlock, no ads. A shark that stops swimming dies. Move - you are on a clock.

About

FocusBalloon

Features
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Struggling to stay focused? Regular timers can feel boring, and it is easy to open another app before you even notice. Focus Balloon turns focus time into a journey. Set a focus duration, choose a reachable destination, and let your balloon take off. As you stay focused, the balloon moves across the map. When the session ends, you arrive at a new scenic spot and unlock it in your travel atlas. Focus Balloon includes 800+ locations around the world, from natural wonders and city landmarks to historic sites. Each completed focus session helps you travel farther and collect more places. It gives you a simple goal: Focus for a little longer, and reach the next destination. You can use Focus Balloon to: - Start studying, working, writing, or reading more easily - Turn abstract focus time into visible travel progress - Unlock an atlas of 800+ world locations - Reward completed sessions with scenic destinations - Review your daily, monthly, yearly, and all-time flight routes - Track focus time with tags and statistics - Use ambient sounds such as rain, waves, and campfire - Limit distracting apps during focus sessions with Screen Time permission Key features: - Balloon focus timer Your focus time becomes flight distance. The balloon moves toward your destination as the timer counts down. - 800+ world locations Complete focus sessions to reach new places and unlock clear scenic images. Unvisited locations remain blurred until you arrive. - Flight route history Look back at your focus journeys across today, this month, this year, and all time. - Focus statistics Review your focus duration, session count, trends, and tag distribution. - Focus tags Add tags such as study, work, reading, or meditation, or create your own categories. - Ambient travel sounds Choose from calming background sounds to help you settle into focus. - App blocking With iOS Screen Time permission, Focus Balloon can limit selected distracting apps during a focus session and restore access when it ends. Focus does not have to feel like forcing yourself through a timer. Give every session a place to reach. Focus Balloon: Measure the world with focus. Terms of Service: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DY0pkaWZyd1ZkSFpE Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DY2NZa1dyck9NSmdu Contact: wordunlock@163.com

Screenshots

Sharkspan4 screens
FocusBalloon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sharkspan at none against FocusBalloon's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FocusBalloon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sharkspan asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sharkspan versus FocusBalloon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSharkspanFocusBalloon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 67 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB915 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKostiantyn Herasimov嘉润 侯

In-app purchases

None

Sharkspan

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FocusBalloon

Subscriptions2
  • focusballon_month$3.991 Month
  • focusballon_year7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • alltime$39.99

Questions

Is Sharkspan free?
Sharkspan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FocusBalloon free?
FocusBalloon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sharkspan or FocusBalloon have ads?
Neither Sharkspan nor FocusBalloon shows ads.

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