Comparison

Refocus vs Stafn

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

Head to head
About

Refocus

This app helps you regain control of your digital life by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers various methods to limit screen time, set schedules, and track your usage, promoting better focus and productivity.

Highlights
  • Block any app or website
  • Strict Mode with multiple unblocking challenges
  • Set app timers and time limits
  • Schedule blocking for specific times
  • Location-based blocking
  • Screen time analytics
  • macOS app available
Features
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Refocus is an app blocker & website blocker that helps you limit screen time on apps! Refocus is easy to use, yet has powerful screen time control features: ▶ Various ways to restrict or lock apps and block websites. Choose what helps you focus! Block any app or site — from social media and games to messaging and news. ▶ "Strict Mode" feature prevents you from unblocking. Set a passcode, or use an NFC tag, or wait a duration (ex. 30 seconds), or do a copy text challenge, or utilize Pomodoro (limit unblocking to 5 times per day, for 25 minutes each, with a 5-minute cooldown between each unblock). ▶ Block for a specific duration (ex. app timer for 30 minutes). ▶ Block at specific times (ex. every weekday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM). ▶ Set app limits (ex. after 10 minutes of using Instagram, block it). Set an app time limit! ▶ Hide Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts in Safari. ▶ Block at the location you pick — whether it be home, work or school. ▶ View your daily, weekly and monthly Screen Time analytics. Use Refocus as a screen time tracker! ▶ Mac app that also lets you block apps and websites on macOS. ▶ And more! --- Visit www.refocusapp.co for more information. Terms of Use: - https://refocusapp.co/terms-of-use

About

Stafn

This app helps you track personal goals and challenges, offering flexible rule settings and progress visualization. It allows for custom challenges or curated ones, with options for strict or forgiving tracking methods. Built for real-life adaptability, it includes features like notes, mid-run rule changes, and a focus timer.

Highlights
  • Customizable challenges
  • Flexible rule settings
  • Progress visualization
  • Daily check-ins
  • Focus Timer
  • Weekly training plans
Features
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Stafn is a straightforward tracker for the goals you actually want to stick to: 75 Hard, 75 Soft, thirty days of writing, or something nobody's named yet. HOW IT WORKS Start with a curated challenge or build your own from scratch. Set your tasks, pick rest days if you want them, and choose how forgiving the rules are. Then check in once a day, usually in under a minute, and watch the streak build. THREE WAYS TO PLAY BY THE RULES Strict is true to the original 75 Hard format: miss one task and you start over at day one. Flexible keeps your history and progress even after a missed day, only the streak resets. Points-based asks you to hit a daily target instead of every single task, so no one thing can end your run. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Skip a day you genuinely can't make, without it counting as a miss. Add a note to any day worth remembering. Change tasks, rest days, or rules mid-run when your plan needs to change. Weekly training plans, starting with running, build mileage week to week with cutback and taper weeks built in. A standalone Focus Timer is there for any task that needs a clock, in or out of check-in. SEE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE NUMBERS Progress lays out your whole run on one screen: the streak, a day-by-day grid, and which tasks you are actually consistent with. Free to start, with a small ad or two along the way. A paid tier that removes them and unlocks unlimited trackers is coming soon. No subscriptions, ever, that is a promise Stafn is built around from day one.

Screenshots

Refocus4 screens
Stafn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stafn at none against Refocus's 17. Stafn also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Refocus's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Refocus sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Stafn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stafn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refocus has 12K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Refocus versus Stafn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefocusStafn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLabi, LLCDurell Blanks

Bugs and requests

Refocus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Blocking issues after phone restart
  • Inconsistent behavior when pausing/unpausing sessions
  • Crashing when trying to block apps in certain categories

Requested features

5 requests
  • Passcode or biometric lock to prevent bypassing
  • More advanced blocking options (e.g., math problems to unblock)
  • Ability to purchase a one-time license instead of subscription
  • Notification warnings before blocking sessions end
  • Search function to find apps to block more easily

Stafn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Refocus

Subscriptions9
  • Refocus Pro3 Days trial2 variants$7.991 Month
  • Refocus Pro3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Refocus Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Refocus Pro (Family)7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Refocus Pro$49.991 Year
  • Refocus Pro1 Month trial2 variants$49.991 Year
  • Refocus Pro7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
  • Refocus Pro1 Year trial$49.991 Year
  • Refocus Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • Reset Strict Mode$1.00
  • Reset Strict Mode$5.00
  • Reset Strict Mode$10.00
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  • Reset Strict Mode$50.00
None

Stafn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Refocus free?
Refocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stafn free?
Stafn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Refocus or Stafn?
Stafn is rated higher. Refocus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while Stafn averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Refocus or Stafn have ads?
Both Refocus and Stafn show ads.

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