Comparison

Focal vs Resist

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

Head to head
About

Focal

This app offers a simple and intuitive meditation timer with customizable sound and color options. Track your progress with detailed statistics and a habit calendar to visualize your journey. Its clean design promotes focus during your meditation sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable sounds
  • Customizable colors
  • Statistics tracking
  • Habit calendar
  • Clean design
Features
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Welcome to Focal! An innovative and easy to use meditation timer. The app features customizable sounds and colors, stats tracking, and a habit calendar that visualizes your progress. The clean and seamless design makes it easier than ever to stay focused on your practice. Happy meditating with Focal!

About

Resist

Features
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Resist counts the cravings you survive, not the days you go without. One bad night doesn't erase a month of work. Most quit apps put a streak on the home screen. Relapse once and it drops to zero, as if the weeks before it never happened. Resist keeps a different number: every craving you sat through and came out the other side of. That number never resets — not for a relapse, not for anything. Use it to step away from smoking, drinking, or gambling. When a craving hits, you open the app and breathe through it with your own reasons in front of you. Everything you log stays on your iPhone. HOW IT WORKS Pick what you're stepping away from smoking, alcohol, or gambling and when you stopped. When a craving arrives, tap "I'm having a craving." Breathe through a guided session while the timer runs and your own reason is quoted back to you. Mark how it went: you made it through, or you gave in. Either way it's logged, without judgement. Over time, your resisted count, your patterns and your recovery timeline build up. KEY FEATURES • A lifetime craving count that never resets, relapse or not • Guided box-breathing sessions with a live timer and haptic pacing • Your own written reasons shown to you mid-craving, when you actually need them • Craving log with intensity, trigger and notes — resisted or not • Insights: craving heatmap by day and hour, most common triggers, average intensity, six-week trend • Recovery timeline with real, habit-specific milestones — heart rate, carbon monoxide, lung function, liver, sleep • Money saved and time recovered, with three-month and one-year projections • Relapse logging that restarts the clock and leaves your count alone • Switch between smoking, alcohol and gambling without losing progress • Quit goals — 30, 90, 180, 365 days, or your own • Optional daily check-in and milestone notifications, never streak nagging • Export everything you've logged as a CSV PRIVACY FIRST • No account, no sign-in, no servers • Everything you log is stored on this device only • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs • Deleting the app deletes all of it IMPORTANT Resist is a wellness and lifestyle app. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, including nicotine, alcohol, or gambling dependence. Alcohol withdrawal in particular can be dangerous and sometimes needs medical supervision. If you are stopping heavy drinking, or you are worried about your health, please speak to a qualified healthcare professional. SUBSCRIPTION Resist Pro — $2.99 / month, auto-renewing. What Resist Pro unlocks: Guided craving sessions - breathing, timer, and your reasons in front of you Free, with or without a subscription: • Your full history, insights, heatmap and trends • Recovery timeline, money saved and time recovered • Relapse logging, quit goals, notifications and CSV export New users receive 3 days of full access on first install, no payment required. After that, an active subscription is required to start a guided craving session. Everything else in the app keeps working, and your count stays exactly where it is. The paywall is shown in-app and can always be dismissed. Subscription details: • Length: 1 month, auto-renewing • Price: $2.99 / month (local equivalent shown on the subscription screen) • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase • The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID account settings on the App Store Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://skilja95.github.io/resist-privacy/

Screenshots

Focal4 screens
Resist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focal at none against Resist's 1. Focal also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Resist sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Focal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focal versus Resist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocalResist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB2 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBenjamin MajkutMilivoje Skiljevic

In-app purchases

None

Focal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Resist

Subscriptions1
  • Resist: The Urge$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Focal free?
Focal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Resist free?
Resist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focal or Resist have ads?
Neither Focal nor Resist shows ads.

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