Comparison

Focus Tower vs Focustown

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

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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

Focustown

Features
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Can't stop reaching for your phone? Turn your focus into something you can watch grow. FocusTown is a gamified deep-work timer: every focus session you finish earns coins that build a cozy pixel town, block by block. Stay off your phone, and a tiny hamlet slowly becomes a thriving city. Pay once and it's yours forever — no subscription, no ads, and nothing about you is ever collected. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a focus session — Pomodoro-style or a custom length. 2. Put your phone down and do the work. 3. Earn coins for every session you complete. 4. Spend them to build and upgrade houses, libraries, parks and more. WHY YOU'LL STICK WITH IT — See your progress: abstract "focus time" becomes a town you can actually look at and feel proud of. — Build real habits: streaks and gentle momentum keep you coming back, day after day. — Calm by design: no social feeds, no attention-grabbing notifications, no endless scroll. — Your data stays yours: the app collects nothing. Nothing to leak, nothing to sell. — Pay once: unlock everything with a single one-time purchase — never a subscription. FEATURES — Flexible focus timer for work, study, reading, writing or mindfulness. — A cozy town builder with unique, beautifully styled buildings to collect and arrange. — Clear statistics: track daily, weekly and monthly focus trends. — Ambient sounds to help you settle in and block out distractions. WHO IT'S FOR Students revising for exams, remote workers fighting distraction, writers chasing flow, and anyone who wants to reclaim their attention — without renting their tools by the month. Plant your first building today and watch FocusTown grow. Questions or ideas? Reach us through the support link on our App Store page.

Screenshots

Focus Tower4 screens
Focustown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Tower at none against Focustown's 1. Focustown's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Focustown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focus Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Tower ships an update weekly, Focustown every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Tower versus Focustown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TowerFocustown
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal CilindzALEXANDAR VINCENT PAULRAJ

In-app purchases

None

Focus Tower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Focustown

One-time1
  • Unlock Focustown Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Focus Tower free?
Focus Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focustown free?
Focustown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Tower or Focustown have ads?
Neither Focus Tower nor Focustown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Tower or Focustown?
Focus Tower ships an update weekly, and Focustown every 5 days. Most recently, Focus Tower was updated on October 11, 2026 and Focustown on October 7, 2026.

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