Comparison

Focus Tower vs Arrowz AI

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

Head to head
About

Focus Tower

This app helps you build productive habits and overcome distractions using the Pomodoro technique. Plan tasks, set focus timers, and build virtual towers to visualize your progress. Earn rewards and unlock new themes to stay motivated and get more done.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Task planning
  • Gamified tower building
  • Unlockable themes and rewards
  • Distraction blocking
  • Progress statistics
Features
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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.

About

Arrowz AI

This journaling system guides users to analyze complex thoughts and emotions by helping them think causally. It provides symbols to map relationships between ideas and offers definitions of emotions to aid in management and achieve clarity.

Highlights
  • Causal thinking guidance
  • Symbol-based relationship mapping
  • Emotion definitions
  • Thought analysis
  • Emotional management
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Arrowz is a journaling system that guides you to think causally, helping you analyze complex thoughts and emotions to achieve clarity. A collection of symbols is provided to help you create causal relationships between ideas–––It’s our secret sauce for clear thinking. Moreover, we offer 15 expert-backed definitions of pleasurable and displeasure emotions to help you manage their influence on you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://arrowznotes.com/privacypolicy We’re always striving for well-being. One causal arrow at a time.

Screenshots

Focus Tower4 screens
Arrowz AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Arrowz AI at 100% against Focus Tower's 50%. Arrowz AI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). Focus Tower's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). 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. Arrowz AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Focus Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arrowz AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrowz AI has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Focus Tower's written reviews are positive against 100% of Arrowz AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Tower ships an update every 9 days, Arrowz AI every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Focus Tower versus Arrowz AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TowerArrowz AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings323 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.115.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal CilindzArrowz

Customer experience

Focus Tower

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Arrowz AI

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Focus Tower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Arrowz AI

Subscriptions1
  • Arrowz Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Focus Tower free?
Focus Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrowz AI free?
Arrowz AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Tower or Arrowz AI?
Arrowz AI is rated higher. Focus Tower averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Arrowz AI averages 5.0 from 23 ratings.
Do Focus Tower or Arrowz AI have ads?
Neither Focus Tower nor Arrowz AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Tower or Arrowz AI?
Focus Tower ships an update every 9 days, and Arrowz AI every 3 months. Most recently, Focus Tower was updated on September 25, 2026 and Arrowz AI on June 5, 2026.

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