Focus Timer & Keeper vs Cat Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Timer & Keeper
Enhance concentration and productivity by gamifying focus sessions. Grow virtual plants by staying away from your phone, motivating you to achieve study or work objectives. Track progress with history and statistics.
- Virtual plant growth for focus sessions
- Variety of plant seeds
- Customizable focus objectives
- Study and work focus modes
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Phone distraction avoidance
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Increase your productivity and concentration with this free app. If you want to stay focused or away from your phone, this app is for you. Main features: - Plant a seed to grow a plant. If you achieve the objective of staying focused without picking up your phone, the plant will grow - Different plant seeds to choose from (cacti, flowers, etc.). Enjoy and customize it to your liking! - All kinds of uses and applications: For studying, working, meeting with friends, etc. All for disconnecting from your phone to focus on what is important. - Improve your productivity while studying or at work, no longer being constantly distracted by your phone. - Motivate yourself to continue improving your productivity by achieving points and viewing your history and statistics in the application.
Cat Flow
This app uses a cat-themed interface to help users improve focus and build disciplined habits. It offers a companion-style focus mode where virtual cats protect your time, and immersive scenified spaces for concentration. Detailed data review helps track progress and unlock new cats and scenes.
- Companion-style focus with virtual cats
- Scenified spaces for immersive focus
- Customizable times, scenes, and themes
- Multidimensional focus data review
- Unlockable cats and scenes
- Gravity sensor for focus session triggers
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Do you love adorable cats? Want better focus and less reliance on your phone? Let CatBox cats accompany you, training your concentration and building disciplined habits, growing with you along the way! CatBox Flow is the second app in the official CatBox series. It's a cat-themed focus and meditation app that hopes to have cute cats by your side to help manage your time. In a scenified space, put down your phone and focus on what matters most. Companion-style Focus, where the cats stay with you and protect your time! Companion-style focus: • Take back control of your time while focusing. • Cats will stay with you and protect your time. • After 30 seconds, the gravity sensor will trigger a stop setting to help the cat guard your time. • Various cats are available for subscription and individual purchase! Scenified space: • Immersive, scene-based spaces with cats to focus on what matters. • Customize different times, scenes, and themes to build personal habits. • A wide range of scenes are available for subscription or individual purchase. Multidimensional data review: • Detailed focus data with the cats by your side to review. • Unlocking cats and scenes lets different cats protect different data for you. Master, put down your phone now and let the cats accompany you in focusing! Future Features: Deep focus mode Cat training system Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://nicolecat.com/cat/privacy.html https://nicolecat.com/cat/terms.html Contact Us If you're having fun, feel free to contact us anytime: support@nicolecat.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus Timer & Keeper at 4.8 against Cat Flow's 4.0. Focus Timer & Keeper also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2). Cat Flow's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 32 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Focus Timer & Keeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cat Flow sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Timer & Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Timer & Keeper has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Focus Timer & Keeper ships an update every 32 months, Cat Flow fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Focus Timer & Keeper | Cat Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KoruApps | Nicole Cat |
Customer experience
Focus Timer & Keeper
Cat Flow
In-app purchases
Focus Timer & Keeper
- Remove Ads$1.99
Cat Flow
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$11.991 Year
- Bella$0.99
- Gizmo$0.99
- Toby$0.99
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- Simba$1.99
- Lucky$1.99
- Coco$1.99
- Loki$1.99
- Forest$2.99
- Sky$2.99
- Moonnight$2.99
- Jingle$2.99
