Sona Mobile vs Finding Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sona Mobile
This mobile application grants users access to the Sona Systems platform. It is designed for participants, researchers, and principal investigators, requiring the specific URL of a Sona site for functionality.
- Access Sona Systems
- For participants
- For researchers
- For principal investigators
- Requires Sona site URL
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This app provides access to Sona Systems for users of the system. It works for participant users, researchers and principal investigators. You will need to know the URL of your Sona site in order to use this app.
Finding Focus
This app helps users improve their concentration and reduce stress. It offers scientifically-backed training methods developed by researchers to enhance productivity. Achieve more with less effort through focused attention.
- Focus training
- Stress reduction
- Productivity enhancement
- Scientifically-backed methods
- University research
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As the world gets more and more distracted, training your ability to focus can set you apart. Finding Focus helps you get more done with less stress. Created by scientists at UT Austin. Backed by five years of university research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Finding Focus at 91% against Sona Mobile's 20%. Finding Focus also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Finding Focus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finding Focus has 109 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Sona Mobile's written reviews are positive against 91% of Finding Focus's.
Sona Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Finding Focus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sona Mobile | Finding Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (109 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 109 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sona Systems | Michael Mrazek |
Customer experience
Sona Mobile
Finding Focus
In-app purchases
Sona Mobile
No in-app purchases
Finding Focus
No in-app purchases
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