Comparison

Focushaus vs Monolith

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

Head to head
About

Focushaus

This app uses a Bauhaus-inspired design to provide a Pomodoro timer for focused work sessions. It offers live activities, streak widgets, and motivational achievements to help users stay productive and track their progress across various devices.

Highlights
  • Bauhaus-inspired design
  • Pomodoro timer with customizable sessions
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Streak widgets for Home and Lock Screens
  • Motivational achievements and stats
  • Multi-device support including iPhone Duo and iPad
Features
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Focus with bold design, not distractions. Focushaus is a Pomodoro timer inspired by the Bauhaus: strong colors, clean geometry, and huge, easy-to-read numbers. Work in focused 25-minute sessions, take short breaks between them, and enjoy a longer break after every four. It's the proven way to get more done with less mental fatigue. YOUR TIMER, EVERYWHERE • Live Activities show the countdown on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and in StandBy. • In StandBy, the timer goes full screen with huge Bauhaus numbers you can read from across the room. • Start your next session or break, or reset the timer, right from the Lock Screen. • Cycle dots show where you are in your set of four. • Glance at the timer on Apple Watch in the Smart Stack. • The timer keeps running even if iOS closes the app in the background. STREAK WIDGETS • Focus Streak widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. • See your current streak, today's sessions, and the last 7 days at a glance. • Start a focus session with one tap from the medium widget. BUILT FOR iPHONE DUO AND EVERY SCREEN • Unfold your iPhone Duo to see your timer and stats side by side. • Stand it up half-folded like a tent, and the numbers turn so you can read them from your desk. • Lock it in the tent pose and StandBy turns it into a full-screen focus clock. • A full-screen timer on iPhone and iPad, in any orientation on iPad. STAY MOTIVATED • More than 50 achievements for streaks, milestones, full cycles, early mornings, late nights, weekends, seasons, and comebacks. • Daily streaks that keep you coming back. • Stats that show your focus time day by day and week by week. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Gentle notifications when a session or break ends. • Old "session finished" alerts clear themselves once you start again. • Haptic feedback for a satisfying, tactile feel. • Light and dark appearance. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a 25-minute focus session. 2. Work until the timer ends. 3. Take a short break. 4. After four sessions, enjoy a long break. Whether you're studying, writing, coding, or tackling any task that needs real attention, Focushaus gives your day a simple, beautiful rhythm.

About

Monolith

Features
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Every study session you finish raises a block. The tower grows, stays there, and in three months it tells your whole story in a single image. Monolith is a focus timer with no forests, no mascots and no rewards for things you didn't do. HOW IT WORKS • Pick 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes, and the subject. • While the clock runs, the block's mold hangs above your tower and fills with that subject's light. You watch progress, not a number. • At zero the block drops, crowns the tower and stays for good. THE RULE Leave the app mid-session and that session doesn't build: it leaves a visible gap, the outline of a block that never happened. No red punishment, no lecture. There's a 20-second grace, because a notification isn't a distraction. YOUR CITY Every month is a tower, and months stack into a skyline you read at a glance: which subject ate your hours, which weeks you missed, how far you've come. SHARING A vertical frame with your city, your hours and your subjects. What you see on screen is exactly the image that gets exported. ACTUALLY FREE Studying and building is never charged. Monolith Pro unlocks five materials for your monolith, sessions of any length you want, unlimited subjects, full history and high-resolution sharing. No accounts, no sign-up: your study data lives on your iPhone. SUBSCRIPTION Monolith Pro is offered as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. The price is shown in the app in your currency before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple account on confirmation, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in iOS Settings → your account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://monolith-nine-beta.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://monolith-nine-beta.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Focushaus3 screens
Monolith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Monolith at Free against Focushaus's $2.99. Monolith also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Focushaus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#184 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Monolith is free to download; Focushaus costs $2.99 up front. Monolith sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Focushaus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focushaus ships an update monthly, Monolith every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Focushaus versus Monolith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocushausMonolith
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#184 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaldemar OsmalaBenjamin Gonzalez

In-app purchases

None

Focushaus

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Monolith

Subscriptions3
  • Monolith Pro (Weekly)$2.997 Days
  • Monolith Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Monolith Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Focushaus free?
Focushaus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monolith free?
Monolith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focushaus or Monolith have ads?
Neither Focushaus nor Monolith shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focushaus or Monolith?
Focushaus ships an update monthly, and Monolith every 3 weeks. Most recently, Focushaus was updated on November 14, 2026 and Monolith on November 10, 2026.

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