Focus Pocus vs Bear With Me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Pocus
This app uses a magical theme to implement the Pomodoro technique, helping users balance focused work sessions with breaks. Unlock a collection of witches and wizards as you improve your productivity.
- Magical Pomodoro timer
- Balanced work and rest sessions
- Unlockable witch and wizard characters
- Productivity enhancement
- Themed focus sessions
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Focus Pocus is a magical Pomodoro timer that helps you enchant your work sessions and conjure the perfect balance of productivity and rest. A coven of witches and wizards waits to aid you in your spell casting. Can you unlock them all?
Bear With Me
This app helps you stay focused by timing your work sessions and resetting your progress if you switch to other applications. Earn cookies as a reward for your concentration and minimize distractions from social media and other apps.
- Set focus timers
- Progress resets on app switching
- Collect cookies for focus
- Minimize distractions
- Study and work aid
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Bear With Me. Open this app, set the time, and focus. If you switch apps, your progress resets. Simple. Collect cookies for being focused. The Bear With Me focus timer keeps you away from your daily distractions such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Focus your energy on studying, working, earning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bear With Me at none against Focus Pocus's 1. Bear With Me also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Focus Pocus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bear With Me asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Focus Pocus against 5.0 for Bear With Me. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Focus Pocus ships an update every 3 months, Bear With Me weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Pocus | Bear With Me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vocal LLC | Uphill Journey, LLC |
Customer experience
Focus Pocus
Bear With Me
In-app purchases
Focus Pocus
- Focus Pocus Premium$0.99
Bear With Me
No in-app purchases
