Comparison

Gear vs Focus

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

Head to head
About

Gear

A modern, privacy-focused web browser designed for enthusiasts. It offers powerful extension support, on-device AI features, and advanced tools for enhanced productivity and a personalized browsing experience.

Highlights
  • Powerful extension engine
  • Unlimited AI features
  • Adaptive dark mode
  • Intelligent translator
  • Built-in content filter
  • Professional developer tools
  • Immersive reader mode
Features
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"A new browser with a nice design and advanced features that will appeal to enthusiasts." - LifeHacker Gear is a modern browser built with powerful web extensions, on-device intelligence, minimal design, and strong privacy protection to provide an exclusive browsing experience and empower productivity. # Powerful Extension Engine The first web browser to support both Web Extension and UserScript, designed for high performance and seamlessly integrated with the browser, providing unlimited possibilities. # Unlimited AI Features Powered by an on-device large language model, the AI features enhance the browsing experience with groundbreaking privacy protection. # Adaptive Dark Mode An advanced intelligent algorithm delivers a refined dark mode with improved visual comfort and better power efficiency. # Intelligent Translator Translate web pages with an intelligent engine optimized for accuracy and natural fluency. # Built-in Content Filter 250,000+ deeply optimized rules to block ads and trackers for faster loading speed and privacy protection. # Professional Developer Tools Inspect elements, view resources, analyze performance, and debug with a complete set of on-device developer tools. # Immersive Reader Mode Listen, translate, or summarize content with a clean, immersive reading experience. # Flexible Gear Player A modern media player with Picture-in-Picture, subtitles, and AirPlay support. # Designed for the latest iOS Features Supports the latest iOS features, including default browser, Widgets, Handoff, Spotlight search, and more. -------- If you have any recommendations for Gear, please contact us at contact@gear4.app. # Official website https://gear4.app # Social Media X.com: @GearBrowser Facebook: facebook.com/GearBrowser Reddit: reddit.com/r/GearBrowser/ # Privacy Policy https://gear4.app/privacy # Terms of Service https://gear4.app/tos

About

Focus

Enhance your browsing with a customizable video player, powerful ad blocker, and advanced reading tools. Enjoy hands-free page turning, web translation, and script support for a personalized online experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable video player
  • Userscript support (JavaScript, Tampermonkey)
  • Advanced reading mode
  • Hands-free auto page turning
  • Powerful ad blocking
  • Web translation
  • Bookmark syncing
Features
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【Video Mode】 Customizable player supporting floating video, playback speed control, picture-in-picture, DLNA and AirPlay casting, and one-click screen lock. 【Userscripts】 Supports both JavaScript and Tampermonkey 5.3.0 syntax. After years of user feedback, Focus has greatly improved compatibility with various scripts, ensuring more scripts run smoothly on Focus. 【Reading Mode】 The best reading mode on iOS, supporting automatic preloading of the next page, font size, line height, margin adjustments, and webpage theme selection. Supports text filtering and regular expression rule filtering. 【Auto Page Turning】 Hands-free page turning for novels, comics, or forums. Supports search engines like Baidu, Google, Bing, and Yandex. Try it out now! 【Redirect Blocker】 Can block malicious app redirects within webpages. 【Custom Homepage】 Add your favorite websites to the homepage and set a personalized browser homepage. 【Web Translation】 Super fast translation, making it easy to understand any webpage and breaking down language barriers. 【Ad Blocking】 Powerful ad-blocking feature supporting AdBlock Plus and AdGuard syntax. Includes ad tagging, webpage blacklists, and custom ad rules. 【Bookmark Sync】 Import bookmarks from Safari, Chrome, and Alook into Focus and export Focus bookmarks to those browsers, ensuring seamless bookmark syncing. 【URL Scheme】 Open URLs via Shortcuts: FocusBrowser://search?url=search term or link. 【Other Features】 Supports iPad, iCloud bookmark sync, dark mode, incognito mode, ad marking mode, fingerprint/FaceID login, feedback, and full-screen mode. 【Privacy & Security】 Focus respects your privacy. Incognito mode doesn’t save browsing history, cache, or cookies.

Screenshots

Gear4 screens
Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Focus at 4.7 against Gear's 4.0. Focus also leads on ratings volume (4.9K vs 249) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). Gear's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gear sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus has 4.9K ratings behind it against 249, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Gear's written reviews are positive against 54% of Focus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gear ships an update every 5 days, Focus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gear versus Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGearFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (249 ratings)4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews — better53.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2494.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBinary Gear LLC庆彬 邓

Customer experience

Gear

All ratings249 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive55.3%
Neutral17.0%
Negative27.7%

Focus

All ratings4,932 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral9.0%
Negative37.2%

User reviews

Gear

From 249 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful features
  • 🔒 Secure browsing
  • 👍 Minimalist design
  • 👍 Customizable dark mode
  • 🚀 Efficient performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with extensions
  • 🔒 Paid subscription for core features
  • 🐛 Crashes and stability problems
  • 🐛 Slow page loading
  • 🐛 Confusing user interface

Focus

From 4.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast download speeds
  • 👍 Useful features
  • 💡 Powerful script support
  • 🔒 Effective ad-blocking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and reloading issues
  • 🔋 Draining battery life
  • ⛔ Removal of download functionality

Bugs and requests

Gear

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Extensions not working
  • Inability to open certain websites
  • Inconsistent dark mode behavior
  • Difficulty managing bookmarks and history

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more extensions and userscripts
  • Improve tab management and browsing experience
  • Provide more customization options
  • Optimize performance and stability
  • Offer a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

Focus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incompatibility with certain websites
  • Inconsistent script performance
  • Inability to export bookmarks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add mute tab button
  • Implement desktop mode
  • Improve video playback controls
  • Restore video download feature

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gear

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Pro Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Semi-annually Pro Subscription7 Days trial$14.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Gear free?
Gear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gear or Focus?
Focus is rated higher. Gear averages 4.0 out of 5 from 249 ratings, while Focus averages 4.7 from 4.9K ratings.
Do Gear or Focus have ads?
Neither Gear nor Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gear or Focus?
Gear ships an update every 5 days, and Focus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gear was updated on September 29, 2026 and Focus on October 1, 2026.

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