Minimal Launcher vs Boost Focus Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minimal Launcher
This app offers an extremely minimalist home screen experience, designed to reduce distractions and encourage mindful phone usage. It allows you to curate a select list of essential apps and utilize widgets to break phone habits.
- Minimalist home screen
- Curated app list
- Home screen widgets
- Reduces phone habits
- Encourages mindful usage
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The most Simple Home Screen you can imagine. It’s on point: that’s actually the app’s name, it’s just “ . ” a dot – a point. Add your most important + least distracting apps within the app. Download + set the wallpaper. Remove all apps from your dock. And add both the small + large widget to your home screen. It’s super minimalistic. You gonna love it. It breaks your phone habits. Makes you think twice what you actually want to do with your phone. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Pro version purchase options: lifetime unlock or super cheap monthly subscription
Boost Focus Timer
Enhance your productivity with a customizable focus timer and habit tracker. Utilize a proactive AI agent to assist with goals and tasks. This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools to help you stay organized and achieve your objectives.
- Customizable focus sessions
- Habit tracking
- Goal setting
- Proactive AI agent assistance
- Fully customizable productivity tools
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Start focus sessions, track habits, goals, and get help from proactive AI -- fully customizable productivity app, just ask the AI agent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boost Focus Timer at 100% against Minimal Launcher's 33%. Boost Focus Timer also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Minimal Launcher's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Minimal Launcher sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Boost Focus Timer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Minimal Launcher ships an update every 6 weeks, Boost Focus Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Launcher | Boost Focus Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | riedel.wtf apps S.L. | Jacob Beauchamp |
Customer experience
Minimal Launcher
Boost Focus Timer
Bugs and requests
Minimal Launcher
Reported bugs
3 issues- Apps disappearing from widget after update
- Shortcuts not working as expected
- Inability to add widgets to home screen
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more default iOS apps (e.g. Camera, Photos, Clock)
- Allow more widget configurations
- Option to change font size and style
- Randomize app order in widgets
Boost Focus Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minimal Launcher
- on point pro$0.991 Month
- on point | lifetime unlock$9.95
Boost Focus Timer
- Boost Focus Timer Subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Boost Focus Timer Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Rocket Timer Animation$2.99
- Battery Timer Animation$2.99
Questions
Is Minimal Launcher free?
Is Boost Focus Timer free?
Do Minimal Launcher or Boost Focus Timer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Minimal Launcher or Boost Focus Timer?
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