Focus Traveller vs FocusVille
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Traveller
Enhance concentration and motivation with a unique timer that gamifies productivity. Track your progress, collaborate with friends in real-time, and enjoy immersive environments to stay focused.
- Gamified focus sessions
- Real-time group focus
- Progress tracking
- Customizable environments
- Music integration
- Home screen widgets
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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/
FocusVille
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FocusVille turns your focus time into a little life you grow, and now your friends can sit at the same table. Start a focus session and a tiny friend grows with you: baby, child, teen, adult. Every focused minute turns into coins, a cozier room and a life that slowly takes shape: a job, a salary, a bike, a house with a garden, and one day a seaside villa or an island of your own. Made calm on purpose. No noise, no pressure, no punishment for stopping early, and nothing you have earned is ever taken away. Just a soft, rewarding loop that makes it easier to start, especially if starting is the hard part for you. • Shared Table: study at the same table as your friends. The table has one fire that lights when everyone does a session that day. If someone gets up, their chair stays empty; if a friend isn't there, their session from yesterday sits beside you; ring the bell to call someone who hasn't come. No chat. • Focus coach: a weekly target built from your own sessions, your best hour and day, and one tactic each week. With FocusVille+, daily pace and your road to exam day. • Companion trips: after a session your companion heads out and returns hours later with a gift; every new place adds a postcard. • Subjects and exam plan: link sessions to subjects, see your week per subject and your focus quality. With FocusVille+, a daily target per subject. • Places: café, library, fireside, forest, night, garden and snow. Each place comes with its own scene and sound, and your friend studies there with you. The rainy window is now free for everyone. Try every Plus place free for one session. • Promise: promise yourself 1, 2 or 3 sessions (Easy, Medium or Hard) for today or tomorrow, and earn coins when you keep it. Add some of your coins if you like and they come back multiplied. Pick an hour and get a reminder. Keep 7 in a row for a bonus and a Promise cup for your room. • Your friend's form: your last 7 days of focus show on your character. When Fresh, sessions earn 10% more coins. Need time off? Take a break for 3, 7 or 14 days. Want more challenge? Optional Hard mode: a neglected friend gets sick and their salary is halved, until a few good days bring them back. • Your scene while you focus: during a session, your lock screen and home screen widget show the scene you picked and your friend with a live countdown (iOS 17 and later). Dim the screen and the scene stays softly visible. • Focus Journey: a one-time ticket for a 30-stop path. Every day you reach your minutes you move one stop, collecting room items you can't buy in the shop. • Big goals: a bike, a house with a garden, a sports car, a seaside villa and a private island, each with a new window view. The villa and the island open rooms of their own. • Seasonal trips with postcards, 15 new room items and a quote of the day. • Strict Mode (iOS 18 and later): lock the apps that distract you while your session runs. Free, with no daily limit • Exam and deadline countdown with your weekly focus time • Look after your friend: water, meals, a kitchen to fill and pets you name yourself • Jobs, salary, achievements and a story to unlock • Works offline. Signing in is optional, and your progress is yours FocusVille+ (optional: a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, a one-time Lifetime purchase, or Exam Season: 90 days, paid once, never renews) adds a 4-person Shared Table whose place opens for everyone at it, the focus coach's daily pace and exam road, every place with its scene and sound, Hard lock and Scheduled lock (iOS 18 and later), the weekly report (your first one is free), free streak repair, unlimited breaks for your friend and 20% more coins in coin packs. Coins are earned by focusing; optional coin packs are just a shortcut. Coins have no cash value. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focus-ville.vercel.app/privacy Light the candle. Grow your world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FocusVille at every 10 days against Focus Traveller's every 6 weeks. FocusVille also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 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
Both are free to download. Focus Traveller sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and FocusVille sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Traveller ships an update every 6 weeks, FocusVille every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Traveller | FocusVille |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 532 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WEI JEN CHEN | Emre Omer Yldz |
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
FocusVille
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus Traveller
- 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
- 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
FocusVille
- FocusVille+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- FocusVille+ Yearly Offer$19.991 Year
- FocusVille+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Handful · 1,000 coins$0.99
- Pouch · 3,200 coins$2.99
- Focus Journey$4.99
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- Chest · 7,500 coins$5.99
- Exam Season$11.99
- Treasure · 20,000 coins$12.99
- Hoard · 50,000 coins$24.99
Questions
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