Comparison

Focus Quest vs Memo in the Sky

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

Memo in the Sky

Features
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When something is done, you don't just delete it. You burn it. Things to do. Things to remember. Things you want kept in plain sight for a while. What you write becomes a wooden plank and floats in a blue sky. It stays there until you are finished with it. When you are, hold the plank under your finger. It smolders, catches fire, burns through, and falls away as ash. A checkbox turns grey. A line slips quietly off a list. That is not much of an ending. So the ending is the part I made large. Once it burns, nothing is left You burned it, so nothing remains. I chose burning rather than deleting because that needs no explanation. No history is kept of what you wrote or what you burned. What remains is in your own mind instead, clearly, for a while. That is how I meant it to work. This is a place for things you only need to hold briefly. Anything you will need to look back on later, write somewhere else. It connects to nothing No calendar. No reminders. No notifications. No due dates, no repeats, no tags, no sharing. If you need any of that, use an app that has it. This one is for people who find those things more of a nuisance than a help. Who want to feel only what their own hands did — wrote it, moved it, burned it — and nothing beyond that. There is almost no button Touch the empty sky and wait a moment. A plank appears. Touch a plank and hold still. It begins to burn. Pull a plank sideways, then move it up or down. The order changes. Double-tap a plank. You can rewrite it. The only things resembling buttons are the small wooden plank you press to commit what you have written, the × that lets you stop, and a small cloud that opens a guide. The cloud appears at the top right when the app opens, and otherwise stays out of sight above the screen. Pull the screen down and it comes back at any time. There is no sound No sound effects. This is something you may open in front of other people. Everything you feel comes through vibration. As the fire approaches, the trembling under your finger grows stronger. While it is still trembling, you can turn back. When it stops, you cannot. Nothing leaves your phone What you write is stored only on your iPhone. The app makes no network connection of any kind. No one, including me, can see what you wrote. iPhone only.

Screenshots

Focus Quest4 screens
Memo in the Sky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Quest at Free against Memo in the Sky's $0.99. Focus Quest also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Memo in the Sky's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Focus Quest is free to download; Memo in the Sky costs $0.99 up front. Focus Quest sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Memo in the Sky asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Quest ships an update every 2 months, Memo in the Sky every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Focus Quest versus Memo in the Sky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus QuestMemo in the Sky
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (506 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings506 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShikudo Co., Ltd.HARUHIKO ONO

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

Memo in the Sky

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
None

Memo in the Sky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Quest free?
Focus Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memo in the Sky free?
Memo in the Sky costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Quest or Memo in the Sky have ads?
Focus Quest shows ads; Memo in the Sky does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Quest or Memo in the Sky?
Focus Quest ships an update every 2 months, and Memo in the Sky every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Quest was updated on November 7, 2026 and Memo in the Sky on October 31, 2026.

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