Comparison

Focus Tower vs Focus Together

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

Focus Together

This app pairs you with another user for anonymous, timed focus sessions. Avatars walk together, creating a visual record of your shared concentration time. Earn points to customize your avatar and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Anonymous buddy matching
  • Avatars walk together
  • Lock Screen countdown
  • Focus diary and timeline
  • Avatar customization
  • Customizable focus categories
Features
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Focus Together — focus longer, together You sit down to focus, and five minutes later you're reaching for your phone. That's what happens when you're on your own. When someone next to you is focusing too, the flow comes naturally. But you can't always go to the library or call a friend. Focus Together gives you that someone. Start a session and you're connected with another person who wants to focus right now, and your two avatars walk side by side through the scenery for the same length of time. Your avatar walks for as long as you focus, and the distance you cover becomes your record. There's no chat. Only nicknames are shown, and no personal information is revealed. No social pressure — just the same time, spent together. ■ How it works · Anonymous buddy matching Set a time and start, and you're automatically matched with someone who chose the same length. If no one is available, you start solo after a moment, so you never waste time waiting. · Avatars that walk together While you focus, your avatar and your buddy's walk side by side. Even with your phone face down, the time left shows on the Lock Screen, so you don't need to keep checking. · A record of what you focused on What you focused on today, and for how long, builds up like a diary along the path you walked. It's not just a timer that counts minutes — it's a timeline of your focus. · A growing journey and dress-up Earn Focus points as you focus. Use them to buy outfits or adopt pets for your avatar, and see your buddies and total focus time in Stats. ■ Made for you if · You keep checking your phone while studying or working · Focusing alone feels awkward or stifling · Plain timers get boring before long · You want small wins every day ■ Good to know · Time presets: 15 / 25 / 50 minutes (or set your own, from 5 to 120 minutes) · Categories: Work / Study / Reading / Creative work / Exercise / Chores / Hobbies / Other (you can create your own) · Lock Screen countdown: iOS 16.2 or later (Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro or later) · Sign-in is Sign in with Apple only. Because matching is anonymous, we keep data to a minimum, such as your session in progress. · Available in English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, and Korean — the app follows your device language. ■ Pro subscription (optional) · No ads, and 3× completion rewards right away. A Pro-exclusive pet, up to 2 buddies per session, and up to 30 custom categories. · Monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account, and the subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. · Terms of Use: https://focustogether.app/terms/ · Privacy Policy: https://focustogether.app/privacy/ Focus longer, together.

Screenshots

Focus Tower4 screens
Focus Together4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus Together at 100% against Focus Tower's 50%. Focus Together also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Focus Tower's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Tower ships an update every 9 days, Focus Together every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Tower versus Focus Together: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TowerFocus Together
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal CilindzFunnyeve

Customer experience

Focus Tower

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

Focus Together

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Focus Tower

No in-app purchases

None

Focus Together

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Tower free?
Focus Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Together free?
Focus Together is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Tower or Focus Together have ads?
Focus Together shows ads; Focus Tower does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Tower or Focus Together?
Focus Tower ships an update every 9 days, and Focus Together every 3 days. Most recently, Focus Tower was updated on September 25, 2026 and Focus Together on October 1, 2026.

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