Comparison

FocusPad vs GenR

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

Head to head
About

FocusPad

This app helps you improve focus and productivity by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers features like interactive widgets, progress insights, and customizable focus scenarios to help you achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Screen Time Integration
  • Interactive Widget
  • Charts and Insights
  • Dark Mode
  • White Noise
  • Customizable Focus Scenarios
Features
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Are you tired of being constantly disrupted by your phone and struggling to focus on what truly matters? If so, Focuspad is the solution you have been looking for. The average person checks their phone 144 times a day and spends over 4 hours on it. No wonder it’s difficult to focus with full attention. But with Focuspad, you can develop better focusing habits and stay undisturbed during your dedicated focus sessions. Key Features of Focuspad • Screen Time Integration: Connect Focuspad to your Screen Time and limit the usage of distracting apps and websites. By setting boundaries and allocating dedicated focus time, you can train your brain to stay focused and avoid constant interruptions. • Interactive Widget: Easily track your progress and stay motivated throughout the day. Whether you are working on a project, studying for an exam, or simply trying to stay focused, the interactive widget helps you stay on track and achieve your goals. • Charts and Insights: Gain valuable insights into your productivity and identify areas for improvement. Analyze your habits and patterns to make informed decisions about optimizing your time and achieving your goals more efficiently. • Dark Mode: Work comfortably at night or in low-light environments with Focuspad’s dark mode. Avoid the harsh glare of your screen and stay focused on your tasks. • White Noise: Enhance your concentration in noisy environments with Focuspad's white noise feature. Drown out distractions and create a peaceful atmosphere to boost your productivity. • Standby Mode: Stay focused and maintain your productivity even when your device is in standby mode. • Customizable Focus Scenarios: Tailor your focus sessions to your specific needs with customizable focus scenarios. Whether you’re working, studying, or relaxing, create the perfect environment to maximize your productivity. Focuspad is not just an app—it's a comprehensive tool designed to help you enhance your focus, be productive, and achieve your goals. Download Focuspad today and take your focus and productivity to the next level. With its powerful features and intuitive interface, Focuspad is the ultimate tool for anyone looking to achieve more and be their best self. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

GenR

This app helps users manage their screen time to improve focus, efficiency, and well-being. It offers features to block apps, set time limits, and monitor usage patterns. The goal is to find a healthier balance between digital life and personal development.

Highlights
  • Quick Session app blocking
  • Scheduled app blocking
  • Daily app time limits
  • Real-time usage monitoring
  • Detailed usage analytics
  • Deep Mode for strict blocking
  • Whitelist for essential apps
Features
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GenR is an ADHD-friendly app blocker and website blocker for focus, screen time, productivity, and better phone habits. Use GenR to block apps and websites you keep opening. Set screen time limits. Stay focused and productive during work, study, sleep, or daily routines. When social media, games, news, shopping, short videos, or other distracting apps keep pulling you away, GenR helps you block them before another quick check turns into more scrolling. Use GenR to: • Block apps during work, study, deep focus, bedtime, or quiet time • Block distracting websites that interrupt work, study, reading, or sleep • Set screen time limits for social media, games, entertainment, news, shopping, and short video apps • Reduce repeated app opening, social media checking, late-night scrolling, and doomscrolling • Build better screen time habits, focus habits, and productivity habits • Check screen time stats, pickups, notifications, and app usage Core features: Focus Sessions Start a focus session and block apps right away. Choose an app group, set a block duration, and GenR keeps those apps blocked while you work, study, read, write, or rest. Scheduled Blocking Create blocking schedules for the times you need focus most. Block apps and websites during class, work hours, morning routines, bedtime, or any repeated focus routine. App Limits Set daily screen time limits for social media, games, entertainment apps, or any app that takes too much time. When the limit is reached, GenR blocks the app automatically. Website Blocker Block distracting websites along with distracting apps. Use the website blocker for social media websites, news websites, shopping websites, video sites, or any website that breaks your focus. Custom App Groups Create app groups for social media, entertainment, study distractions, work distractions, or bedtime distractions. Switch between app groups depending on your focus session. Whitelist Keep important apps available while other apps and websites are blocked. Use Whitelist for calls, messages, maps, music, calendar, or tools you still need. Screen Time Stats View screen time, pickups, notifications, and app usage to understand which apps and websites interrupt your focus most. Deep Mode Use Deep Mode when you do not want to quit early. Make app blocking and website blocking harder to bypass during important focus time. GenR is a simple app blocker and screen time tool for ADHD users, students, remote workers, and anyone who wants fewer distractions, less social media checking, better productivity, and more focused time. Block apps and websites when you need to focus. Come back when you choose.

Screenshots

FocusPad4 screens
GenR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GenR at 4.4 against FocusPad's 4.0. GenR also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). FocusPad's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. FocusPad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and GenR sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GenR holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GenR has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of FocusPad's written reviews are positive against 79% of GenR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusPad ships an update every 2 weeks, GenR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FocusPad versus GenR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusPadGenR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better79.3% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuizhou Kingtog Technology Co., LtdGeeknova

Customer experience

FocusPad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GenR

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative6.9%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FocusPad

Subscriptions2
  • FocusPad Focus Time Month$3.991 Month
  • FocusPad Focus Time Year7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • FocusPad Focus Lifetime Pro$9.99
4 purchases

GenR

Subscriptions3
  • GenR PRO (Monthly Plan)$4.991 Month
  • GenR PRO (Annual Plan)$24.991 Year
  • GenR PRO (Annual Plan)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • GenR PRO (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is FocusPad free?
FocusPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GenR free?
GenR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FocusPad or GenR?
GenR is rated higher. FocusPad averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while GenR averages 4.4 from 8 ratings.
Do FocusPad or GenR have ads?
Neither FocusPad nor GenR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusPad or GenR?
FocusPad ships an update every 2 weeks, and GenR every 3 weeks. Most recently, FocusPad was updated on November 4, 2026 and GenR on November 12, 2026.

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