Focus Tower vs Focus Arcana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Pomodoro technique timer
- Task planning
- Gamified tower building
- Unlockable themes and rewards
- Distraction blocking
- Progress statistics
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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.
Focus Arcana
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Focus Arcana turns Pomodoro sessions into a rewarding focus adventure, completely free. Choose an intention, start a focus session, and build progress that feels tangible. Every completed session earns XP and coins, strengthens your streak, and grows a collection of heroes from three fantasy realms. FEATURES - Focus, short-break, and long-break timers with a clear animated countdown. - Daily goals, XP levels, streaks, and session history. - Work, study, and creative tags with a 12-week activity heatmap. - A tactile summoning gate: drag a sealed card downward to reveal a hero. - Collect goddesses, heroes, and smallfolk from Asterra, Elyrion, and Kharvane. - Build a bond with your selected companion by focusing together. - Optional rain, cafe, white-noise, and lo-fi ambience. - Local-first progress stored on your device. No login, subscription, or in-app purchase is required. Every current feature is available for free.
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Verdict
Focus Tower and Focus Arcana are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Focus Tower | Focus Arcana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Cilindz | YUAN SHENG LIN |
In-app purchases
Focus Tower
No in-app purchases
Focus Arcana
No in-app purchases









