Focus Tree vs prettysmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Tree
This app helps students stay focused during study sessions by blocking distractions and offering study timers. It also includes flashcards with spaced repetition for effective learning and allows users to study with friends by growing shared virtual gardens.
- Focus sessions with distraction blocking
- Study timers and Pomodoro sessions
- Flashcard creation and spaced repetition
- Shared virtual gardens for group study
- Progress tracking and accountability with friends
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#1 Focus App for Students (2M+ users) Can’t stop checking your phone when you should be studying? Focus Tree helps you stay focused, study smarter, and get better grades together. FOCUS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME Start a focus session and block distractions automatically. Use study timers or Pomodoro sessions to stay consistent and productive. STUDY SMARTER WITH FLASHCARDS Create and review flashcards that actually stick. Use spaced repetition to remember more and ace your exams. STAY MOTIVATED WITH FRIENDS Join shared gardens with classmates or friends. Each time you focus, you add new blocks to your garden and design it your way. Work together, track each other’s streaks, and stay accountable. SEE REAL RESULTS Students who focus daily with Focus Tree report higher grades, stronger habits, and less stress. Focus Tree: study better, together. Privacy Policy: https://focustree.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://focustree.app/terms
prettysmart
This app locks distracting applications and requires users to study flashcards to unlock them. It uses AI to generate flashcards from notes and implements a spaced repetition system to optimize learning. Track your study progress and reclaim your screen time.
- AI-generated flashcards from notes
- App locker linked to study progress
- Spaced repetition scheduling (FSRS)
- Track study time conversion
- Offline study mode
- Deck sharing
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prettysmart blocks distracting apps until you study. Review your flashcards to earn time on Instagram, TikTok, games, or whichever apps keep pulling you away from your work. Create flashcards from your notes, organize them by subject, and work through your reviews. You choose which apps to block, and studying earns you time to use them. CREATE FLASHCARDS Write your own cards or use AI to generate them from PDFs, lecture notes, and textbook photos. Import existing cards with CSV, or share decks with classmates. Add images and format your text to make cards easier to read. For visual subjects, use image occlusion to hide parts of an image and practice recalling what’s underneath. It’s useful for anatomy diagrams, maps, and anything you need to recognize by sight. STUDY AND REMEMBER prettysmart uses FSRS spaced repetition to schedule reviews based on how well you remember each card. You can follow your daily reviews or use Cram Mode for extra practice before an exam. Your flashcards are available offline, so you can study without an internet connection. KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED Group related topics into subdecks, sort your cards, and archive decks you’re no longer studying. Choose charms for your decks and customize the app with colors and light or dark mode. EARN YOUR SCREEN TIME Review flashcards to add minutes to your screen time budget. Using your selected apps spends those minutes. When your budget runs out, the apps are blocked until you earn more by studying. SUBSCRIPTION A subscription is required to access most features. A free trial is available so you can try prettysmart before subscribing. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://pretty-smart.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: prettysmart at none against Focus Tree's shown. prettysmart also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Focus Tree's advantage is ratings volume (5.7K vs 18). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Tree sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and prettysmart sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
prettysmart holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Tree has 5.7K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Focus Tree's written reviews are positive against 100% of prettysmart's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Tree | prettysmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.7K ratings) | 4.9 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.7K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focus Labs | Stanislav Urban |
Customer experience
Focus Tree
prettysmart
Bugs and requests
Focus Tree
Reported bugs
4 issues- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Notifications not working as expected
- Account recovery issues when changing devices
- Screen time feature not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Allow pausing of study sessions
- Provide more tiles/rewards for longer study sessions
- Add option to choose different tile designs
- Improve compatibility with larger devices like iPads
prettysmart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus Tree
- Focus Tree Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Focus Tree Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Coin Pack$0.99
- Coin Pack$4.99
- Coin Pack ($9.99)$9.99
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- Coin Pack ($19.99)$19.99
- Coin Pack ($49.99)$49.99
- Coin Pack ($99.99)$99.99
prettysmart
- Pro Access (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Pro Access (Monthly)$11.991 Month
- Pro Access$14.991 Year
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- Pro Access7 Days trial$28.991 Year
- Pro Access3 Days trial$28.991 Year
- Pro Access (Annual)1 Month trial$28.991 Year
- Pro Access (Annual)3 Days trial$45.991 Year









