Comparison

Monocle for Reddit vs Focus for Reddit

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

Head to head
About

Monocle for Reddit

Browse and interact with Reddit content in a fast, lightweight, and customizable way. Create personalized feeds, enjoy a powerful media player, and manage multiple accounts with advanced posting and messaging features.

Highlights
  • Customizable Smart Feeds
  • Fast media player with Picture-in-Picture and AirPlay
  • Multi-account support
  • Full Markdown composer
  • Multi-window support
  • Dark Mode support
  • Low Data Mode
Features
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Monocle offers a comprehensive experience browsing and interacting with Reddit. It is lightweight, fast and aims to make content consumption easy. With Smart Feeds you can create your own customized feeds by selecting topics, setting the sort order and adding a variety of filters. You chose what you want to see. And of course you can also post in your favorite topics, engage in discussions and message your friends. Features: - Switch back and forth between multiple topics without losing your scroll position - Customize content feeds by creating Smart Feeds that can also be shared with others - Super fast media player for showing images, videos and GIFs (full-screen mode available) - Video and GIF scrubbing, Picture-in-Picture, AirPlay®, and more! - Full Dark Mode support - Extensive Contextual Menus integration - Multi window support - view multiple topics and post simultaneously or side by side with you favorite apps! - Share and save images, videos and GIFs - Search for any topics or posts - Search for posts in topics - Full Markdown rendering with tappable links - Today widget showing currently trending posts - Low Data Mode support and much more! If you purchase Monocle Pro you also get the following features: - Add one or more Reddit accounts - Fast and easy account switching - Subscribe to your favorite topics - Full Markdown composer for posting, commenting and messaging - Post text, links, images, GIF (selected videos are automatically converted to GIFs) and drawings made directly on the device - Submit replies to posts and comments - Edit your posts and comments - Upvote/downvote posts and comments - Save posts and comments to read later - Message inbox - Message other users Privacy Policy: https://bastian.codes/privacy-policy/monocle Terms And Conditions: https://bastian.codes/terms-and-conditions/monocle

About

Focus for Reddit

An unofficial, open-source Reddit browser offering a unique, customizable interface. It supports offline browsing, multi-account access, and advanced content filtering. Enjoy a rich viewing experience with various layout options and powerful moderation tools.

Highlights
  • Multi-account and guest mode support
  • Highly customizable themes and design
  • Full offline capability with automatic syncing
  • Advanced content filtering system
  • Rich viewing modes (compact, card, gallery)
  • Powerful moderation suite
  • Ad-blocking for websites (Pro)
Features
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Focus for Reddit is a feature-packed, open-source(Based on open source software Slide which is unavaliable and no longer maintained now), unofficial browser for Reddit. Focus has a unique and beautiful design that is easy to use and contains tons of customization options. Highlights: • Support multi-accounts and guest mode • Gorgeous and unique design that is both pleasing to the eye, extremely easy to use, and fully configurable with thousands of theme combinations • Fully offline-capable! Sync your subreddits and comments automatically, and enjoy Reddit where you don't have internet • Powerful gestures settings for submissions and comments • Support for many content sites, including Imgur albums, v.redd.it, Streamable.com • Most feature-rich and easy to use moderation suite on iOS • Many view types including compact mode for dense information display and beautiful card layout for enjoying photos • Gallery and shadowbox modes (pro) give you a new way to view your favorite subreddits • Sync your Focus settings between all your iCloud devices • Theme choices include a beautiful true black AMOLED theme, sepia theme, blue theme, and white theme • Powerful filter system to block out what you don’t want to see • View and delete your browsing history, or turn off history completely to go incognito • Ad-Block in websites (Pro) • Optimized for iPad viewing with configurable columns and popup comment views (Pro) -- Subscription Details -- • Monthly and annual subscriptions are available • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period • Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription • Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-focus-reddit/

Screenshots

Monocle for Reddit4 screens
Focus for Reddit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Monocle for Reddit at freemium against Focus for Reddit's subscription. Monocle for Reddit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (3.7 vs 3.3). Focus for Reddit's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 20%) and ratings volume (43 vs 14). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Monocle for Reddit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus for Reddit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monocle for Reddit holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 43 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Monocle for Reddit's written reviews are positive against 31% of Focus for Reddit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monocle for Reddit ships an update every 2 weeks, Focus for Reddit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Monocle for Reddit versus Focus for Reddit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonocle for RedditFocus for Reddit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (14 ratings) — better3.3 (43 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews31.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1443 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB51 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBastian Kohlbauer婉 万

Customer experience

Monocle for Reddit

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%

Focus for Reddit

All ratings43 ratings
Positive53.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative34.9%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral10.3%
Negative58.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Monocle for Reddit

One-time1
  • Monocle Pro$4.99
2 purchases

Focus for Reddit

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Monocle for Reddit free?
Monocle for Reddit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus for Reddit free?
Focus for Reddit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monocle for Reddit or Focus for Reddit?
Monocle for Reddit is rated higher. Monocle for Reddit averages 3.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Focus for Reddit averages 3.3 from 43 ratings.
Do Monocle for Reddit or Focus for Reddit have ads?
Focus for Reddit shows ads; Monocle for Reddit does not.
Which is updated more often, Monocle for Reddit or Focus for Reddit?
Monocle for Reddit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Focus for Reddit fortnightly. Most recently, Monocle for Reddit was updated on October 29, 2026 and Focus for Reddit on October 23, 2026.

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