Finding Focus vs Phone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finding Focus
This app helps users improve their concentration and reduce stress. It offers scientifically-backed training methods developed by researchers to enhance productivity. Achieve more with less effort through focused attention.
- Focus training
- Stress reduction
- Productivity enhancement
- Scientifically-backed methods
- University research
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As the world gets more and more distracted, training your ability to focus can set you apart. Finding Focus helps you get more done with less stress. Created by scientists at UT Austin. Backed by five years of university research.
Phone
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How long can you leave your phone alone? Phone-Free is more than a countdown. Choose a duration, set your phone down, and go do something that matters. Pick it up, leave the app, lock the screen, or end the challenge early—and the challenge fails. STRICT CHALLENGES • On-device motion sensing detects when your iPhone is picked up • Leaving the app, locking the screen, or ending early counts as a failure • Quick choices for 15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes • Custom challenges from 1 to 240 minutes MAKE TIME FOR LIFE • Focused work • Reading • Meditation • Mealtime • Sleep SEE EVERY ATTEMPT • Keep successful and failed challenges on your device • View daily results in a monthly calendar • Build a success streak • Share a result after completing a challenge PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Free with no ads • No account or sign-in • No backend, analytics, or tracking • Motion samples are processed only on your device and are never stored or uploaded • Challenge records stay on your iPhone Put down your phone. Take back your time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Phone at every 4 days against Finding Focus's fortnightly. Finding Focus's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Finding Focus ships an update fortnightly, Phone every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finding Focus | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (109 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Mrazek | 上海启明无界科技有限公司 |
In-app purchases
Finding Focus
No in-app purchases
Phone
No in-app purchases
