Comparison

Focus Tower vs Dovilo

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

Dovilo

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Plan with your AI. Hand work to agents. Grow your city. Dovilo is a to-do list, a focus timer and a city builder in one app. Finished tasks and focus sessions earn bricks, and bricks build an isometric city: a record of the work you actually did. Plan with your AI Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok, then ask it to plan your day, an event or a project. For example: "Plan Mia's birthday party on Saturday in Dovilo." "Break my move next month into weekly tasks in Dovilo." The plan arrives in your Dovilo inbox with a notification. Connecting is free; approving a plan needs Pro. • Review each item: keep it, edit it or drop it. Nothing is added or changed until you approve. • Choose which lists each AI can see, or disconnect it from your phone at any time. • There is no delete tool: no AI can delete your tasks. AI Agents Part of Dovilo Pro. Give a coding agent like Claude Code or Cursor its own key and the projects it may work on. It connects over MCP from any computer, takes AI tasks from those projects and reports back. • Follow its steps and notes on your phone, and answer its questions there. • Schedule AI tasks, or repeat them daily, weekly or monthly. • Ask your chat AI to turn an idea into AI tasks; each one waits for your approval. • An agent sees only its own projects. It never sees your personal list and cannot create or delete tasks. Tasks and focus My Day, Important, Planned, Flagged and your own lists, with due dates, reminders, repeat and notes. Focus with a single session, a Pomodoro cycle (25 minutes on, 5 off) or a session tied to one task; the timer keeps running with the phone locked. Ambience 6 full-screen focus scenes. Default is free; Rainy City, Midnight, Dusk, Snow and Fog come with the Focus Ambience Pack, with 16 sound layers such as rain, fireplace, café and brown noise, three at a time. Build Spend bricks on houses, offices, parks and roads and place them on your map. Nothing decays, and no streak punishes you for a quiet week. Free, with no ads Unlimited tasks, lists and focus sessions, the starter city, basic statistics, dark and light themes and 5 languages. Works offline. No ads on any plan. Dovilo Pro • Plan with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok and approve the plan in Dovilo • AI Agents like Claude Code and Cursor work through 15 AI tasks a month • Dovilo Desktop for Windows and Mac • Cloud sync across your devices • Focus Ambience Pack: 5 scenes and 16 sound layers • Full City Package: every building and upgrade • Advanced statistics • +6 build permits a day • Snooze a reminder for 30 minutes from the notification AI features need a Dovilo account (sign in with Apple or Google). Adding a custom app to your AI chat app depends on that app's plan and region. Dovilo Pro: monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. 7-day free trial on the monthly and yearly plans for new subscribers. A subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://dovilo.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://dovilo.app/privacy/ Built by one engineer in Istanbul. Questions reach him directly: support@dovilo.app ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Claude Code and Cursor are trademarks of their owners. Dovilo is independent and not affiliated with them.

Screenshots

Focus Tower4 screens
Dovilo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Tower at none against Dovilo's 10. Focus Tower also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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. Dovilo sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Focus Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Tower ships an update weekly, Dovilo monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Tower versus Dovilo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TowerDovilo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB108 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMichal CilindzSelahaddin Akgun

In-app purchases

None

Focus Tower

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Dovilo

Subscriptions2
  • Dovilo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Dovilo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time8
  • Daily Permit Boost$0.99
  • +10 AI Tasks$0.99
  • Brick Boost$1.99
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  • +30 AI Tasks$1.99
  • +75 AI Tasks$3.99
  • Focus Ambience Pack$4.99
  • Full City Package$4.99
  • Dovilo Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Focus Tower free?
Focus Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dovilo free?
Dovilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Tower or Dovilo have ads?
Neither Focus Tower nor Dovilo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Tower or Dovilo?
Focus Tower ships an update weekly, and Dovilo monthly. Most recently, Focus Tower was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dovilo on November 5, 2026.

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