Comparison

Forest vs FocusFlow

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

Head to head
About

Forest

Develop good habits by growing virtual trees. Successfully completing focus sessions cultivates a thriving digital forest, while missed sessions result in dead trees. This app encourages self-discipline through a gamified approach to habit formation.

Highlights
  • Grow virtual trees for completed habits
  • Develop good habits
  • Gamified self-discipline
  • Track habit completion
  • Build a digital forest
Features
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Punch in forest is a learning self-discipline punch in app, which can help you form good habits. -Choose a sapling you like -Choose the habits you want to develop -Punch in 7 days and you'll get a tree -Of course, if you don't clock in according to the set time, the sapling will die and you will get a dead tree -Continue to complete the established clock, you will have a forest Mr. Ye Shengtao, a famous educator in China, said, "it's better to have a good habit if you accumulate thousands and millions". This sentence is given to every user. I hope the clock in forest can help you develop more and more good habits. [punch in forest - description of VIP automatic subscription service] 1. Subscription service: punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous monthly package (1 month), punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous quarterly package (3 months), punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous half a year (24 months) 2. Subscription price: 18 yuan / month for continuous monthly products, 40 yuan / quarter for continuous quarterly products, and 128 yuan / year for continuous semi annual products 3. Payment: after the user confirms the purchase and pays, it will be credited to the iTunes account 4. Apple's iTunes account will deduct fees within 24 hours before expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be postponed for one subscription cycle 5. To unsubscribe, please open the Apple phone "Settings" - > enter the "iTunes Store and app store" - > click "Apple ID", select "view Apple ID", enter the "account settings" page, click "subscription", select the punch in watermark camera - Super punch in King member to unsubscribe. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, the subscription will be automatically renewed 6. Punch in forest membership agreement: https://prdimages.growup.link/forestConfig/senlin_ vip.html Punch in forest user agreement: https://prdimages.growup.link/forestConfig/senlin_ userAgreement.html

About

FocusFlow

Enhance productivity with a focus timer, habit tracker, and to-do list. Set custom focus plans, track habit completion, and manage daily tasks. Features include widgets, reminders, and cloud data backup for seamless synchronization.

Highlights
  • Focus timer with customizable durations and sound scenes
  • Habit tracking with daily, weekly, and monthly cycles
  • To-do list management with repeating frequencies
  • Desktop widgets for quick access
  • Detailed focus and habit statistics
  • Cloud data backup and multi-device sync
  • Privacy protection with password lock
Features
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◆ Stay focused and develop habits. Focusing makes us more efficient and good habits make our lives happier. Whether at work or at school, when you want to improve efficiency, focus can often get half the result with twice the effort. Focusing on what you expect will certainly make a difference. The reason why a person is excellent is because there are excellent habits behind it. Many times, we can't see how powerful the habits are, but at the critical moment we will understand the power of habits. FocusFlow is carefully designed with focus, habit, and to-do modes, so you can see at a glance the daily focus, habit, and to-do situation, allowing you to develop focus and good habits in a more targeted way. ◆ What are the features of FocusFlow? - Widgets: Support iOS 14 to add widgets to your desktop - Focus: Create a focus plan with a frequency of daily, weekly, weekly x days, monthly x days - Focus statistics: study, work, exercise, reading, different categories of clear focus time - Focus countdown: choose a focus duration of 5-180 minutes and choose different sound scenes to start focusing - Habits: create good habits to be cultivated with a frequency of daily, weekly, x days per week, x days per month cycles - Habit statistics: the number of days each habit has been completed and the percentage of pie charts for each habit at a glance - Habit log: you can choose different Emoji emoji and support uploading pictures - Today's to-do list: You can create a to-do list with repeating frequency - Customized bottom bar: Focus, Habits, and To Do bottom bar can be swapped - Data backup: automatic data backup in the cloud, multi-device synchronization - Focus/habit reminder: Timed reminder according to the created reminder time - Privacy protection: Password lock to protect your private data ◆ My website Code Power Studio: https://www.maliquankai.com (Occasionally share various resources of product/design) Code force all open resource site: https://design.maliquankai.com (Product/designer/independent developer's resource library) ◆ Contact me Your suggestions are vital to us, any questions and suggestions, write in the comment section or contact me. E-mail: larry@maliquankai.com Microblog: @Larry_Dev Zhihu: @Larry Twitter: @Larry About the subscription service of FocusFlow Premium The service is a subscription-based fee service, you can choose to use the service on a yearly or buyout basis. The premium version (per year) is a subscription-based fee service, which means you will pay in advance for future subscription usage. Currently you can choose to use the service on a yearly basis. Towards the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription will automatically renew by default, unless you cancel the automatic renewal yourself, or we cancel the service. - Fees. We currently offer a standard service price for the service of ¥18 per year with a ¥45 buyout, which is subject to change during promotional periods. When a price adjustment occurs, the new fee will be incurred on your next subscription cycle. - Refunds. Current subscriptions and one-time buyout fees will not be refundable. Please be sure to ensure that the feature service meets your needs. - Cancellation of subscriptions. To cancel a renewal subscription, please operate the cancellation at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel by: Open System Settings - Click on Apple ID - Click on Subscriptions - Select FocusFlow Premium and cancel your subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.maliquankai.com/habit-en Privacy Policy: https://www.maliquankai.com/habit-privacy-policy-en

Screenshots

Forest4 screens
FocusFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FocusFlow at none against Forest's shown. FocusFlow also leads on ratings volume (215 vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Forest's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Forest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and FocusFlow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FocusFlow has 215 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Forest's written reviews are positive against 87% of FocusFlow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forest ships an update monthly, FocusFlow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Forest versus FocusFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForestFocusFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (215 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4215 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer青青 陈世超 李

Customer experience

Forest

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FocusFlow

All ratings215 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive87.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Forest

Subscriptions3
  • 打卡森林月度会员3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 打卡森林季度会员$5.993 Months
  • 打卡森林年度会员$19.491 Year
2 purchases

FocusFlow

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Habit(by year)$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Focus Habit (permanent)$5.99

Questions

Is Forest free?
Forest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusFlow free?
FocusFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forest or FocusFlow?
Forest is rated higher. Forest averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while FocusFlow averages 4.6 from 215 ratings.
Do Forest or FocusFlow have ads?
Forest shows ads; FocusFlow does not.
Which is updated more often, Forest or FocusFlow?
Forest ships an update monthly, and FocusFlow every 6 weeks. Most recently, Forest was updated on June 1, 2026 and FocusFlow on September 17, 2026.

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