Focus Quest vs Little While Pomodoro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Gamified focus timer
- RPG hero training
- Equipment forging
- Task and time management
- In-game achievements and rewards
- Phone addiction management
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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
Little While Pomodoro
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Little While is a Pomodoro focus timer built around cycles of work and rest. Set your focus and break lengths, loop them automatically, follow the countdown from your Lock Screen, and see your focus time add up on a monthly calendar. FOCUS + REST CYCLES The Pomodoro method works because effort is paired with a real break. Set a focus block from 1 to 120 minutes and a rest period from 0 to 120 minutes. When focus ends, Little While alerts you and moves straight into rest, so the break is part of the plan instead of an afterthought. AUTOMATIC LOOPS Turn on Loop and the next focus block starts as soon as rest ends. Focus and rest repeat until you stop, and every completed cycle is counted, so a whole morning of deep work runs from a single tap. A PAUSE THAT KEEPS YOU GOING Pausing is intentionally short. A paused timer shows a one-minute countdown and then resumes on its own, so a quick interruption never quietly turns into an abandoned session. When you are truly done, stop the run and your progress is saved. HISTORY AND CALENDAR Every run is saved with its time, theme, progress, and completed cycles. A monthly calendar marks each day with a dot sized by how much you focused, and you can swipe back through past months to see your streaks. Delete any run you don't want to keep. PLAYFUL THEMES - Mr Smiles: a cheerful smiley face that bounces around your screen while you work. Grab him and flick him off the walls. - He Loves Me: a hand-drawn daisy that drops its petals one by one as the minutes pass. He loves me... he loves me not. Prefer to keep it simple? There's a minimal countdown too. LOCK SCREEN AND DYNAMIC ISLAND Live Activities show your remaining time and whether you are in focus or rest on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so your phone can stay face down while you work. ALERTS YOU WON'T MISS On iOS 26 or later, Little While schedules system alarms for the end of each focus and rest period that sound even in Silent mode or a Focus, and you can dismiss them right from the alert. Otherwise it uses local notifications when permitted. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Your settings and history stay on your device. Includes VoiceOver support, adjustable duration controls, and Reduce Motion support. Requires iOS 18 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Little While Pomodoro at none against Focus Quest's 10. Little While Pomodoro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Focus Quest's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Focus Quest sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Little While Pomodoro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus Quest ships an update every 2 months, Little While Pomodoro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Quest | Little While Pomodoro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (506 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 506 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shikudo Co., Ltd. | GRAHAM ALLAN OTTE |
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
Little While Pomodoro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus Quest
- Focus Pass$4.991 Month
- Focus Pass Yearly7 Days trial$28.991 Year
- 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
Little While Pomodoro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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