Focus Tower vs VStudy

Most focus timers hand you a number at the end of the week. This one hands you a city. Set the timer and put the phone down. Every finished session lays another floor on your tower. Put a roof on it and the whole tower moves into a city you build — where it stands for good and pays you rent every day. BUILT ON THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE Work in one focused block, rest, repeat. Twenty-five minutes on, a short break, a longer one after four — the rhythm people have used since the 1980s, except here each block leaves a floor behind. BUILT FOR ATTENTION THAT WANDERS Starting is the hard part, so the app makes starting small: one block, 25 minutes, a reward you can see at the end of it. The shield takes the temptation off the table instead of asking you to out-argue it, and a session survives a locked screen — so a wobble costs you nothing. If you have ADHD, that is usually the combination that finally sticks. Focus comes from the rhythm, not from willpower. BLOCK WHAT PULLS YOU AWAY — FREE, ALWAYS • Shut selected apps for the length of a session, using Apple's own Screen Time • Keeps working with the screen locked and outside the app • No limit on how many, no paywall on blocking — ever THE TIMER • Pomodoro presets (10 / 25 / 45 min) or any length you like • Automatic cycles: focus → break → focus, a long break after four • Name the session — every floor remembers what you built it for • Lock your screen and the session keeps running. Nothing is lost. • Your floor rises on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island WHAT YOU KEEP • 6 towers to unlock, each with its own world and music • 6 lands to settle, 12 plots to a city • Finished towers pay daily rent in coins • 32 achievements, from your first floor to a city on every land • Daily streaks with streak protection • Towers, cities and history sync through your own iCloud PROOF YOU DID THE WORK • Export every session as a CSV spreadsheet — date, task, minutes, coins • Or as a printable PDF table, with your totals across the top • Export your city as a picture and show someone what a month of focus looks like • Your tower and streak on a home screen widget, your session on the Lock Screen Useful for a thesis log, for billable hours, or simply for proving to yourself that the week happened. FAIR AND PRIVATE • Free. One-time purchases only — no subscription • No ads. No accounts. No trackers. • We collect nothing. Your sessions stay on your device and in your iCloud. Put the phone down. Build something.

Feel like you constantly lose motivation? Need an app to boost your efficiency? Want to have something adorable to accompany as you study? Look no further with our app, VStudy! VStudy is a study buddy app that motivates students to study while gamifying the process too! It follows our mascot, Valkey, who gives users constant encouragement to study and accomplish their tasks. As you study, you will be rewarded with coins to purchase items in the store. Receive encouragements, track your priorities and time yourself as you work on your task. With this app, you can study in a fun and relaxed environment. Features: • Encouragements to motivate you on your journey • Stop Watch to track how long you have been studying • Change in wallpaper after very hour studied • Coins given for every 10 minutes of studying • Todo-list to keep track of your tasks • Progress Report to show how long you have been studying in total • Coloured Circular Progress Bar to show your progress • Store to purchase items with coins you have earned. These items include special mascots costumes, collectables and more! View your purchases and collect all items as soon as possible. This app was created by Kaitlyn Tay, Lindsey Choo, Vanisha Krishna and Tan Yun Jun under the 2022 Swift Accelerator Programme.