Comparison

Video Speed Controller vs Focus

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

Head to head
About

Video Speed Controller

Control the playback speed of any video on websites directly within your browser. This utility allows for easy adjustment of video speed, enhancing your viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Control video playback speed
  • Works on any website video
  • Safari extension
  • Open source
Features
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A Safari port version of an MIT open source Chrome extension(https://github.com/igrigorik/videospeed) for controlling the video speed of any video in a website. And the app is also open source in https://github.com/Kyle-Ye/Video-Speed-Controller

About

Focus

Enhance your browsing with a customizable video player, powerful ad blocker, and advanced reading tools. Enjoy hands-free page turning, web translation, and script support for a personalized online experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable video player
  • Userscript support (JavaScript, Tampermonkey)
  • Advanced reading mode
  • Hands-free auto page turning
  • Powerful ad blocking
  • Web translation
  • Bookmark syncing
Features
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【Video Mode】 Customizable player supporting floating video, playback speed control, picture-in-picture, DLNA and AirPlay casting, and one-click screen lock. 【Userscripts】 Supports both JavaScript and Tampermonkey 5.3.0 syntax. After years of user feedback, Focus has greatly improved compatibility with various scripts, ensuring more scripts run smoothly on Focus. 【Reading Mode】 The best reading mode on iOS, supporting automatic preloading of the next page, font size, line height, margin adjustments, and webpage theme selection. Supports text filtering and regular expression rule filtering. 【Auto Page Turning】 Hands-free page turning for novels, comics, or forums. Supports search engines like Baidu, Google, Bing, and Yandex. Try it out now! 【Redirect Blocker】 Can block malicious app redirects within webpages. 【Custom Homepage】 Add your favorite websites to the homepage and set a personalized browser homepage. 【Web Translation】 Super fast translation, making it easy to understand any webpage and breaking down language barriers. 【Ad Blocking】 Powerful ad-blocking feature supporting AdBlock Plus and AdGuard syntax. Includes ad tagging, webpage blacklists, and custom ad rules. 【Bookmark Sync】 Import bookmarks from Safari, Chrome, and Alook into Focus and export Focus bookmarks to those browsers, ensuring seamless bookmark syncing. 【URL Scheme】 Open URLs via Shortcuts: FocusBrowser://search?url=search term or link. 【Other Features】 Supports iPad, iCloud bookmark sync, dark mode, incognito mode, ad marking mode, fingerprint/FaceID login, feedback, and full-screen mode. 【Privacy & Security】 Focus respects your privacy. Incognito mode doesn’t save browsing history, cache, or cookies.

Screenshots

Video Speed Controller4 screens
Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Focus at 4.7 against Video Speed Controller's 3.6. Focus also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (4.9K vs 21). Video Speed Controller's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads 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. Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Video Speed Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus has 4.9K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Video Speed Controller's written reviews are positive against 54% of Focus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video Speed Controller ships an update every 18 months, Focus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Video Speed Controller versus Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Speed ControllerFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (21 ratings)4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews53.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings214.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer絮雷 叶庆彬 邓

Customer experience

Video Speed Controller

All ratings21 ratings
Positive61.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Focus

All ratings4,932 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral9.0%
Negative37.2%

Bugs and requests

Video Speed Controller

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Focus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incompatibility with certain websites
  • Inconsistent script performance
  • Inability to export bookmarks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add mute tab button
  • Implement desktop mode
  • Improve video playback controls
  • Restore video download feature

In-app purchases

None

Video Speed Controller

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is Video Speed Controller free?
Video Speed Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Video Speed Controller or Focus?
Focus is rated higher. Video Speed Controller averages 3.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Focus averages 4.7 from 4.9K ratings.
Do Video Speed Controller or Focus have ads?
Neither Video Speed Controller nor Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Video Speed Controller or Focus?
Video Speed Controller ships an update every 18 months, and Focus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Video Speed Controller was updated on October 14, 2026 and Focus on October 18, 2026.

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