5Goals vs Focus Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5Goals
This app helps you establish and track five daily goals to build accountability and foster lasting change. Visualize your progress with an interactive calendar and metrics, and maintain motivation through streak tracking. Your data remains private and offline.
- Track up to 5 daily goals
- Interactive progress calendar
- Visualize goal tracking habits
- Streak tracking for motivation
- Adjustable and editable goals
- Offline and private data storage
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5Goals is the tracker for your 5 daily goals. Having 5 daily goals is the first step towards holding yourself accountable and making progress over time. View your progress over time using the interactive progress calendar and visualize your goal tracking habits using the built-in metrics.* Small daily goals for a lasting change. - Keep an eye out on which goals you're falling behind on. - See your streaks for a positive feedback loop so you can stay on top of your goals. - Adjust and edit your daily goals by replacing low priority ones with higher priority goals. Completely offline and private so you can track your goals with peace of mind. Your goals and habits stay on your device. * PROGRESS CALENDAR AND METRICS REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SUBSCRIPTION Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Focus Timer
Enhance your concentration with a minimalist focus timer. Customize session lengths, enjoy ambient sounds, and track your progress to achieve deep work for studying, coding, or creative projects.
- Customizable focus sessions (5-120 min)
- Distraction-free interface
- Session history tracking
- Ambient background sounds
- Smart break reminders
- Dark mode support
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MVAT Focus helps you achieve deep work with a beautiful, distraction-free focus timer. Features: - Customizable focus sessions from 5 to 120 minutes - Clean, minimal interface designed to keep you in the zone - Session history to track your productivity - Ambient background sounds for concentration - Smart break reminders - Dark mode optimized Whether you're studying, coding, writing, or working on creative projects, MVAT Focus provides the perfect environment for sustained concentration. Free tier includes 25-minute sessions. Upgrade to Pro for sessions up to 120 minutes and advanced features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 5Goals at every 3 days against Focus Timer's every 2 months. 5Goals also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. 5Goals sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Focus Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 5Goals against 5.0 for Focus Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5Goals has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
5Goals ships an update every 3 days, Focus Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5Goals | Focus Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AMAN Labs LLC | Ariel Agor |
Customer experience
5Goals
Focus Timer
In-app purchases
5Goals
- Unlimited Weekly$1.997 Days
- Unlimited Monthly$5.991 Month
- Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Focus Timer
- MVAT Focus Pro$0.99
