Comparison

Focus Traveller vs winnow

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

Head to head
About

Focus Traveller

This app helps users stay focused during work or study sessions by using a gamified timer. Users can collaborate with friends in real-time, track their progress, and enjoy immersive environments and curated audio to enhance concentration.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • Collaborative study groups
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable audio
  • Home screen widgets
  • Immersive environments
  • Multitask friendly mode
Features
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Do you struggle to stay concentrated when you’re working alone? Do you find yourself wishing for a study buddy to keep you motivated late at night? Focus Traveller is a productivity timer designed to help you find your flow. The longer you focus, the higher your traveller climb. Together, we get things done. Invite up to 10 friends to form a Focused Travel Group. Support one another, hold each other accountable, and reach new heights together. Key Features: Seamless Transitions: Effortlessly switch between focus sessions and rest periods. Flexible Modes: Choose between a traditional countdown or an open-ended stopwatch. Group Expeditions: Start a journey with friends and stay focused in real-time together. Curated Audio: Connect to Apple Music to play your personal focus tracks. Progress Tracking: Comprehensive daily logs to help you monitor your growth. Quick Access Widgets: Start a session directly from your Home Screen. Immersive Environments: Choose from various seasonal scenes to match your mood. Dark Mode: Increase your immersion and reduce eye strain with a sleek dark interface. Multitask Friendly: Use "General Focus Mode" to stay productive even when switching to other apps. Focus Status: Keep the Focus Traveller screen visible to let classmates or colleagues know you’re focusing Behind the Scenes The stunning animations, illustrations, and character designs are crafted by award-winning artist Kuan Hung Chen. Follow his work on Instagram @jimmykuang and stay updated with us @focustravellerco. Focus Traveller Pro features are available as a monthly subscription or as a one-time purchase. Your iTunes account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription & turn off auto-renew. To restore all your previous purchases use the "Restore Purchased" button located at the bottom of the subscription button in the Pro popup page or go to the Focus Traveller Settings to tap on "Restore Purchased" Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

winnow

This task management app encourages focused productivity by limiting tasks per day, week, month, and year. It helps users connect daily actions to long-term ambitions with a structured approach to avoid overcommitment.

Highlights
  • Limited tasks per time period
  • Yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily views
  • Task notes and attachments
  • Link tasks to long-term goals
  • Focus zone for daily tasks
  • Automatic rollover of unfinished tasks
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Winnow is a task app that argues against the way task apps work. Most hand you infinite lists, no direction and no limits. Winnow gives you four main pages (year, month, week, day) with adjustable limits on each to restrain overcommitment. You set the year's ambitions, shape the month around them, build the week, and arrive at today with a clear picture of what to do. Forward motion, by design. The day itself has two parts: a pool of tasks built from your weekly intentions plus anything that needs doing, and a focus zone you pull them into deliberately. The rest waits. Anything unfinished rolls forward. Tomorrow is always a fresh start. Each task or intention can carry its own note, a private scratchpad that stays attached until you detach it. Loose notes dissolve after seven days. Bookmark the ones worth keeping, the rest clear quietly, taking any clutter with them. Link any task upward to the week, month or year, so perspective never gets lost. You're not just writing 500 words, you're finishing the book. Winnow is built around an opinion: that most productivity apps mistake feature volume for usefulness, and that what people actually need is a structure that resists overcommitment and reconnects daily work to longer-term ambition. One purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Focus Traveller4 screens
winnow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Traveller at Free against winnow's $7.99. winnow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Focus Traveller is free to download; winnow costs $7.99 up front. Focus Traveller sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. winnow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Traveller ships an update every 2 months, winnow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Focus Traveller versus winnow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus Travellerwinnow
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size571 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWEI JEN CHEN6064

Customer experience

Focus Traveller

All ratings3,933 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews904 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative5.6%

winnow

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Focus Traveller

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Random data resets
  • Inconsistent time tracking
  • Landscape mode issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add pomodoro timer functionality
  • Introduce more background options
  • Allow manual time entry/editing
  • Implement Lock Screen widget
  • Add ability to block distracting apps

winnow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Focus Traveller

Subscriptions3
  • Focus Traveller Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Focus Traveller Pro Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Focus Traveller Pro Yearly3 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time7
  • Seal$0.99
  • Fox$0.99
  • Corgi$0.99
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  • Bear$1.99
  • Tiger$1.99
  • Caty$1.99
  • Life Time Access$14.99
None

winnow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Traveller free?
Focus Traveller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is winnow free?
winnow costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Traveller or winnow have ads?
Neither Focus Traveller nor winnow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Traveller or winnow?
Focus Traveller ships an update every 2 months, and winnow weekly. Most recently, Focus Traveller was updated on October 17, 2026 and winnow on October 6, 2026.

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