Comparison

Curiosity Quench vs Focused

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Curiosity Quench

This app helps you reduce endless scrolling and reclaim your time. It guides you to discover and act on your interests with personalized plans, curated content, and actionable steps. Spend less time on your phone and more time doing what you love.

Highlights
  • Discover interests
  • Save topics
  • Generate action plans
  • Curated videos and articles
  • Follow through with steps
  • Reduce screen time
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Replace your screen time with life time. Bye bye endless scrolling, hello Curiosity Quench: Built to help you scroll less and do more of the things you actually enjoy. Discover what you love doing and do it using our custom curated, actionable plans for YOUR unique curiosities and interests. - Explore and find what interests you - Save the topic(s) that peak your curiosity - Generate a curated plan to help you take ACTION - Watch videos and read articles that were hand selected for you - Do the thing: follow the steps and watch content curated to help you follow through. - Do more of the things that you actually enjoy and forget about checking your phone 24/7 - Reduce screen time and scroll less in the process. Scroll less, live more. Terms of use and service: https://www.curiosityquench.com/tos READY TO QUENCH?

About

Focused

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Get more done and reclaim your attention. Block distracting apps, stay focused on your goals, and build productive habits. Whether you're studying, brainstorming, working, or simply trying to spend less time on your phone, Focused helps you stay on track. How it works Create a task and give it a name. Select the apps or categories that you want to block. Set a duration for your focus session. Start the session and stay committed to your goal. Focused offers two subscription plans to unlock premium features. Monthly Plan – $0.99 per month Yearly Plan – $4.99 per year Both plans give you full access to all premium features. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage your subscription and disable auto-renewal anytime in your App Store Account Settings. Privacy Policy https://app.notion.com/p/Privacy-Policy-for-Focused-Block-distractions-3b0058016d28803b9dd9fc0c2a761d53?source=copy_link Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Curiosity Quench4 screens
Focused3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Curiosity Quench at 3 against Focused's 1. Curiosity Quench also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Curiosity Quench sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Focused sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Curiosity Quench versus Focused: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuriosity QuenchFocused
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (210 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings210 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjack ingramRubban Iftikhar

Bugs and requests

Curiosity Quench

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Honestly really cool app, but the swipe right just doesn't seem to work
  • Mine keeps saying that it'll give me a credit every 20 hours but it isn't
  • The custom video generation doesn't work
  • When setting up the app, I scrolled for so long trying to find anything related to motorsports in general, and anything motorsport related I have to pay for
  • It gets you stuck there and I couldn't tap the button or anything to get past and had to reload the app

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add skateboarding to the list of interests
  • Add filters when generating a plan like a free filter or an at home filter or a filter for activities with friends

Focused

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Curiosity Quench

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Premium$1.497 Days
  • Monthly Premium 2$2.991 Month
  • Premium Access$3.991 Month
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  • 3 Month Premium$9.993 Months
  • Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Quench Credits$0.99
  • 99 Quench Credits$3.99
  • Lifetime Premium$44.99
2 purchases

Focused

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Curiosity Quench free?
Curiosity Quench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focused free?
Focused is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Curiosity Quench or Focused have ads?
Neither Curiosity Quench nor Focused shows ads.

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