Cingulo vs Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cingulo
This app helps you address emotional challenges and cultivate self-awareness through scientifically-backed psychological techniques. It offers tools for managing stress, anxiety, and improving focus, and can be used independently or alongside professional therapy.
- Emotional issue tackling
- Self-awareness growth
- Mental fitness tests
- Self-discovery sessions
- SOS distress techniques
- Daily journaling
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Tackle your emotional issues and grow self-awareness all by yourself. Based on over 15 years of scientific research and clinical knowledge about the human mind, the app uses state-of-the-art approaches from modern psychology and personal development methods. Cingulo has been recognized as an innovative and accessible tool for personal growth and mental wellness, with thousands of users reporting rapid and significant changes in their lives. You can use it independently or as a complement to psychotherapy or coaching. You can take your first mental fitness test for free. Paid features include: - Unlimited Mental Fitness Tests: periodic and science-based test to assess your emotions, traits and behaviors and track their progress. - Self-discovery Sessions: a wide and rich content with hundreds of techniques to help manage anxiety, stress, self-esteem, insecurity, depression, focus, attitude, relationships, and more, including guided meditation sessions. - SOS: effective techniques for quickly resolving acute moments of distress, with practices that also assist with insomnia problems. - Journal: a space to record daily highs and lows and reflect on the lessons learned. -------------- Terms of Use: https://accounts.cingulo.com/terms.html
Focus
Engage in over 30 expert-designed brain games to enhance memory, concentration, and mental agility. This app offers personalized daily cognitive workouts and tracks your progress with detailed statistics, helping you overcome brain fog and keep your mind sharp.
- 30+ expert-designed brain games
- Personalized daily cognitive workouts
- Memory, attention, and logic training
- Progress tracking with statistics
- Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- Relaxing and Zen activities
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Focus - Train Your Brain: Your Daily Cognitive Workout Beat brain fog and boost your IQ! Focus - Train Your Brain brings you 30+ expert-designed brain games to boost your memory, concentration, and mental agility. Stimulate your cognitive skills with a personalized daily mental training program! Put your abilities to the test with fun and challenging brain training games designed in collaboration with psychologists and neuroscience professionals. Whether you want to overcome brain fog or simply keep your mind sharp, Focus is your perfect daily brain trainer. Cognitive Stimulation for All Ages Inside Focus, you'll find a wide variety of exercises to stimulate every cognitive area: * Memory games * Attention and focus challenges * Coordination exercises * Logical Reasoning puzzles * Visual Perception challenges * Relaxing and Zen activities Take your brain training to the next level with interactive challenges, including activities suitable for different cognitive needs. Track Your Progress Monitor your cognitive evolution with our personalized statistics and metrics: * Detailed Progress Tracking: Access weekly, monthly, or yearly statistics. * Cognitive Summary: See your average scores from your daily workouts. Key Features of Focus * Daily cognitive workouts tailored to you. * Over 30 fun and stimulating brain training games. * Easy-to-use, intuitive interface. * Free to play, with optional subscription for premium content. Download Focus - Train Your Brain today and make expert-designed brain training part of your daily routine! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cingulo at 93% against Focus's 48%. Cingulo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). Focus's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Cingulo sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Focus sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cingulo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 703 and 869 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Cingulo's written reviews are positive against 48% of Focus's.
Cingulo ships an update every 8 days, Focus weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cingulo | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (703 ratings) — better | 4.8 (869 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better | 48.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 703 | 869 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 272 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CINGULO S.A. | Tellmewow |
Customer experience
Cingulo
Focus
User reviews
Cingulo
From 703 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Insightful and informative
- 👍 Accurate mental test results
- 👍 Powerful EQ tool
- 👍 Practical and useful
- 👍 Therapy/meditation app
Room to improve
- 🐛 App not working in Australia
- 👎 Not suitable for those with disabilities or trauma
- 💰 Steep subscription price
Focus
From 869 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent games and features
- 🤓 Helps with thinking and concentration
- 💡 Great for mental health and challenging the brain
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app freezes and crashes
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches, including issues with specific games
- 🕰️ Insufficient time to complete challenges
- 💸 Expensive subscription, not worth the price
Bugs and requests
Cingulo
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues, unable to access account
- App crashing or freezing on some devices
Requested features
2 requests- Add support for other languages (e.g. English)
- Allow users to choose when notifications appear
Focus
Reported bugs
3 issues- App won't open or get past loading screen
- Games not functioning correctly or providing blank screens
- Inconsistent performance, app freezing or crashing
Requested features
4 requests- Remove timer option for more flexibility
- Improve app stability and reduce bugs
- Add more games and categories
- Improve responsiveness and loading times
In-app purchases
Cingulo
- Cingulo Premium$12.991 Month
- Cíngulo Premium7 Days trial$14.496 Months
- Cíngulo Premium7 Days trial$16.996 Months
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- Cíngulo Premium7 Days trial$20.996 Months
- Cíngulo Premium7 Days trial$29.996 Months
- Cíngulo Premium$34.991 Year
- Cíngulo Premium$39.991 Year
- Cíngulo Premium7 Days trial$48.991 Year
- Cingulo Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Cíngulo Premium7 Days trial$104.991 Year
Focus
- Focus Pro, 1 week3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Focus Pro, 1 week$1.997 Days
- Focus Pro, 1 month7 Days trial2 variants$5.991 Month
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- Focus Pro, 1 month3 Months trial$5.991 Month
- Focus Pro, 1 year7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- IQ Test Score$1.99
- Enneagram Test Score$1.99
- ADHD Test Score$1.99









