Comparison

Focus vs Joypic

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

Head to head
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.

About

Joypic

Features
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Joypic is a multi-purpose iOS browser focused on browsing, material collection, and image processing. It helps you organize images and other materials more efficiently while browsing, and manage local files securely on your device. With multiple search engines, full-page screenshots, image tools, a local material library, and privacy protection, Joypic is your everyday assistant for collecting and managing visual content. [Key features] [Multi-engine browser] - Fast browsing experience powered by WebKit - Built-in search engines such as Google, Baidu, and Bing, with quick switching - Tab management, bookmarks, and browsing history for quick access to frequent sites - Full-page screenshots to save complete web pages for notes, references, or archiving [Material collection and organization] - Detect images and other resources on web pages to help you collect materials quickly - Save collected images to a local material library for easier browsing and organization - Search and sort files to keep your materials clear and structured - Preview common image and media formats, and remember playback progress so you can continue later [Image toolbox] - Image compression: adjust size and quality to balance clarity and file size - Format conversion: convert between JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and more - Image cropping: freeform and preset ratio cropping for social posts and image editing - Images to PDF: combine multiple images into one PDF for study materials or work documents - AI image processing: intelligent enhancement and optimization. Some features use third-party AI services. See the Privacy Policy for details. [Local material library] - Manage collected images and local files in one place - Sort and filter by time, type, or name - Move, copy, and delete files in batches for faster organization - Preview multiple media formats to quickly confirm content [Security and privacy] - Protect app access with Face ID / Touch ID or a passcode - Optional app lock to help prevent unauthorized access - No account registration is required in this version, and personally identifiable information is not collected - No ads or third-party analytics SDKs in this version. Any future changes will be described in the Privacy Policy. [Design and experience] - Light and dark mode support, following the system appearance - Interface support for Chinese and English Joypic helps you browse the web, collect materials, and organize everyday content more efficiently while staying compliant with local laws and website terms of use. Please use all features in accordance with applicable laws and the terms of the websites you visit. [Terms of Use] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ [Privacy Policy] https://qutu.joypic.app/cn/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
Joypic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus at every 3 weeks against Joypic's every 5 weeks. Focus also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Joypic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus ships an update every 3 weeks, Joypic every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus versus Joypic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusJoypic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB71 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developer庆彬 邓贤 罗

Bugs and 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

Joypic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$5.99
2 purchases

Joypic

Subscriptions2
  • 趣图浏览器 Pro (月度订阅)$6.991 Month
  • 趣图浏览器 Pro(年度订阅)$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Joypic free?
Joypic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus or Joypic have ads?
Neither Focus nor Joypic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus or Joypic?
Focus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Joypic every 5 weeks. Most recently, Focus was updated on October 12, 2026 and Joypic on October 1, 2026.

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