Comparison

Focus Quest vs Grade Tracker!

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

Head to head
About

Focus Quest

This app combines a study timer with RPG elements to help users improve self-control and reduce phone distractions. Earn in-game resources by focusing to train a hero and upgrade equipment, making productivity more engaging.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • RPG hero training
  • Equipment forging
  • Task and time management
  • In-game achievements and rewards
  • Phone addiction management
Features
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Have phone addiction? Want to improve self-control? Want to remove distraction? Let Focus Quest help! Focus Quest is a study timer and RPG mashup. Save Focusland by turning your focus time into resources to train the hero and upgrade the equipment. Begin your focus adventure, and let us help you manage time and stay focused on the most important things in life. A gamified focus app helps you better improve productivity, self-control, and concentration on study and work. Sometimes self-discipline is just not enough to keep us away from phones. This is when gamification comes in. The in-game achievements encourage users to stick with the app, better manage their time and get things done. FEATURES: * Beat phone addictions and stay in control, help you with study, uni, and work * Stay focused - Collect hero resources when you put down the phone and focus * Train hero - Use resources to train your hero * Forge gears - Collect gear materials to forge powerful gears * Save the world - Fight off monsters and bring time order back to Focusland * Records - Stay on track of the time you focused so that you can better plan your tasks * Rewards - gamified tasks and rewards help you stay on track of your focus goals SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS: Focus Pass offers USD $3.99 monthly subscription for accessing exclusive resources and premium features. End of trial and subscription renewal: This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy policy: https://site.shikudo.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://site.shikudo.com/terms-of-use

About

Grade Tracker!

This app helps students calculate their current grades and set targets for future assessments. It allows for customization of subjects, assessment groups, and offers visual themes. Developed by a student, it aims to be a useful tool for academic tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable subjects
  • Grade goals and targets
  • Customizable assessment groups
  • Light and dark themes
  • Color packs
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Grade Tracker calculates your grades and helps you know what you need on the next assessment to hit your grade targets. Features: - Customisable subjects - Grade Goals/Targets - 3 Awesome Color Packs - Customisable Assessment Groups - Light and dark themes Developed solo by a student in Australia! Hope the app is useful, thank you!

Screenshots

Focus Quest4 screens
Grade Tracker!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus Quest at 83% against Grade Tracker!'s 17%. Focus Quest also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (506 vs 10). Grade Tracker!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Focus Quest sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Grade Tracker! 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 Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Quest has 506 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Focus Quest's written reviews are positive against 17% of Grade Tracker!'s.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Focus Quest versus Grade Tracker!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus QuestGrade Tracker!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (506 ratings) — better1.9 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings506 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShikudoColleen Krishnan

Customer experience

Focus Quest

All ratings505 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative8.8%

Grade Tracker!

All ratings8 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Focus Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Training button not working during tutorial
  • Time not accurately tracked in some cases
  • Crashes on startup for some users

Requested features

6 requests
  • More music and white noise options
  • Ability to change character appearance
  • Longer storyline and quests
  • Offline mode or better sync capabilities
  • Pomodoro timer integration
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  • Ability to pause/resume focus sessions

Grade Tracker!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Focus Quest

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Pass$4.991 Month
  • Focus Pass Yearly7 Days trial$28.991 Year
One-time8
  • Stage Currency Pack 1$0.99
  • Stage Gear Pack 1$0.99
  • Weekly Pack 3$0.99
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  • Raid Pack 1$0.99
  • Monthly Pack 1$1.99
  • Gem 1$1.99
  • Weekly Pack 4$4.99
  • Gem 3$9.99
1 purchases

Grade Tracker!

One-time1
  • Grade Tracker Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Focus Quest free?
Focus Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grade Tracker! free?
Grade Tracker! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Quest or Grade Tracker!?
Focus Quest is rated higher. Focus Quest averages 4.7 out of 5 from 506 ratings, while Grade Tracker! averages 1.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Focus Quest or Grade Tracker! have ads?
Focus Quest shows ads; Grade Tracker! does not.

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