HackMIT vs Goldfish Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HackMIT
Access the latest event information and personalize your schedule for a major technology event. Stay informed about all activities and make the most of your experience.
- Customizable schedule
- Up-to-date event details
- Login functionality
- Personalized experience
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We're proud to announce HackMIT's official app! Login to customize your schedule and get the most up-to-date event details.
Goldfish Focus
Record study sessions as satisfying timelapses to visualize your effort. Track study hours, build streaks, and share progress with a community of students for accountability. Visualize your academic journey with clean analytics.
- Study session timelapses
- Track study hours and habits
- Build and maintain streaks
- Community sharing and accountability
- Academic journey profile
- Progress visualization
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Study smarter. Show your work. Goldfish turns study sessions into timelapses. Short, satisfying videos that capture the hours you put in. Record yourself working, build a streak, and share your sessions with a community of students who are putting in the same effort. Think of it like Strava, but for your GPA. Track what actually matters: Watch your study hours, streaks, and habits build over time with clean analytics that tell you exactly where your time goes. Make progress visible: A timelapse of an hours-long study session becomes a 30-second video. Post it. Let people see the work, not just the results. Study with people who get it: Follow friends and classmates who are grinding through the same stuff you are. Goldfish is built for students who want accountability without the noise. Your data, your story: Build a profile that reflects your academic journey: your major, your goals, your habits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HackMIT at 11.0 against Goldfish Focus's 18.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HackMIT against 5.0 for Goldfish Focus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 19 respectively.
| Parameter | HackMIT | Goldfish Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | TRISTAN CROSS CHOI |
Customer experience
HackMIT
Goldfish Focus
In-app purchases
HackMIT
No in-app purchases
Goldfish Focus
No in-app purchases
