SocialFocus vs Boost Focus Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SocialFocus
Take back control of your attention by selectively hiding distracting elements on popular social media and video websites. Customize your browsing experience by concealing feeds, recommendations, shorts, and more. A PRO version offers advanced features for dedicated users.
- Hide feed, shorts, and related videos
- Block comments and other elements
- Customizable settings per site
- Startup settings
- Import/Export settings
- Hotkey configuration (PRO)
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Hide distractions on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, LinkedIn, Gmail and take back control of your attention! While we acknowledge the distracting and engrossing nature of these sites, completely blocking them is not always feasible due to the valuable content they offer. This Safari extension allows you to selectively hide attention-grabbing components on each site. For instance, on YouTube, you have the option to conceal recommended videos, shorts, comments, and more. Similarly, on Facebook and Instagram, you can hide the feed, reels, stories, and other elements. The same goes for each supported site. Furthermore, SocialFocus offers an array of supplementary features, including Startup Settings, Import / Export and more. Users who want to support the development of the project can additionally subscribe to the PRO version. The PRO version will give access to some additional features that are not available in the standard version, such as hotkey configuration, settings synchronization and some others. NOTE: This extension does NOT work with the apps, it works only for websites while using the Safari browser. Terms Of Use: https://socialfocus.app/tos/
Boost Focus Timer
Enhance your productivity with a customizable focus timer and habit tracker. Utilize a proactive AI agent to assist with goals and tasks. This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools to help you stay organized and achieve your objectives.
- Customizable focus sessions
- Habit tracking
- Goal setting
- Proactive AI agent assistance
- Fully customizable productivity tools
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Start focus sessions, track habits, goals, and get help from proactive AI -- fully customizable productivity app, just ask the AI agent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Boost Focus Timer at Free against SocialFocus's $4.99. Boost Focus Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (100% vs 59%). SocialFocus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (314 vs 2). On in-app purchases, monetization model, 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
Boost Focus Timer is free to download; SocialFocus costs $4.99 up front. SocialFocus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Boost Focus Timer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Boost Focus Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SocialFocus has 314 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of SocialFocus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Boost Focus Timer's.
SocialFocus ships an update monthly, Boost Focus Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SocialFocus | Boost Focus Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (314 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 314 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #34 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yevhen Tretiakov | Jacob Beauchamp |
Customer experience
SocialFocus
Boost Focus Timer
Bugs and requests
SocialFocus
Reported bugs
4 issues- Instagram suggested posts not getting blocked
- Facebook feed not loading properly with extension enabled
- YouTube Shorts still visible in recommendations
- LinkedIn promoted posts no longer getting blocked
Requested features
6 requests- Add more options to block specific features on TikTok
- Ability to block open in app requests for Instagram
- Option to grayscale sites for less distraction
- Add support for more social media platforms (e.g. Discord, BlueSky)
- Ability to schedule social media blocks
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- Sync settings across devices and profiles
Boost Focus Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SocialFocus
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99
Boost Focus Timer
- Boost Focus Timer Subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Boost Focus Timer Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Rocket Timer Animation$2.99
- Battery Timer Animation$2.99
