Comparison

Focus vs Somatic

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

Head to head
About

Focus

Practice mindfulness and meditation using eye movements with augmented reality. Track your progress and sync mindful minutes to your health data. Enjoy relaxing music and engaging games designed for mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Eye-controlled focus and meditation
  • Augmented Reality eye tracking
  • Mindful minute tracking
  • HealthKit synchronization
  • Relaxing music
  • Flip Game
Features
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Focus is controlled entirely using your eyes.Practice focus and meditation through eye movements. Focus use Augmented Reality to tracking eyes, aims at physical and mental care through integrating meditation and focus into an app. How it Works: - The dot show where you're looking on the screen. - Docile thoughts through focusing one dot and listening relax music in one minute. - Record mindful minutes to 'Health'. - Support Widget. - Enjoy emptying yourself. - Enjoy Flip Game. Matters needing attention: - Focus has been connected to HealthKit,which can synchronize meditation time to 「Health」. If your have any issues or some advices, email us at lbechomt@163.com. We're always looking to improve!

About

Somatic

Features
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Somatic is a calm, beautifully simple guided breathing app. Pick a rhythm, follow a gentle animated orb that paces every inhale and exhale, and let your breath settle your mind. BREATHE WITH INTENTION • Proven patterns — Box Breathing, 4-7-8, Coherent, and Equal Breathing • Build your own rhythm with custom inhale, hold, and exhale timing • A flowing orb and soft cues guide each phase so you can close your eyes and follow along CUES THAT FIT YOU • Choose your chime sound — Tone, Chime, or Wood — and set its volume • Gentle per-phase haptics with adjustable strength • Prefer silence? Turn any cue off and breathe to the visual alone KEEP GOING, HANDS-FREE • A Live Activity shows your current phase and countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Sessions keep running with the screen locked or the app in the background • Calls and other audio pause your session automatically, then pick up where you left off SEE YOUR PRACTICE • Review every session in a clean history with mindful minutes and completion stats • Set a weekly goal and watch your streak grow • Sessions can sync to Apple Health as mindful minutes Whether you need a moment of focus before a meeting or a slow wind-down before sleep, Somatic gives you a quiet, screen-light way to come back to your breath.

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
Somatic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Somatic at every 3 days against Focus's every 10 days. Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus ships an update every 10 days, Somatic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus versus Somatic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusSomatic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer荣煜 罗Gregory Foster

In-app purchases

None

Focus

No in-app purchases

None

Somatic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Somatic free?
Somatic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus or Somatic have ads?
Neither Focus nor Somatic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus or Somatic?
Focus ships an update every 10 days, and Somatic every 3 days. Most recently, Focus was updated on October 24, 2026 and Somatic on October 7, 2026.

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