Comparison

Focus Pocus vs Screen Time Control

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Magical Pomodoro timer
  • Balanced work and rest sessions
  • Unlockable witch and wizard characters
  • Productivity enhancement
  • Themed focus sessions
Features
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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?

About

Screen Time Control

This app transforms your to-do list into screen time. Complete tasks to earn logs, which you can then use to extend your allowed usage of distracting apps. When your screen time runs out, those apps are blocked until you earn more time by being productive.

Highlights
  • Task and habit creation with custom rewards
  • Screen time management with app blocking
  • Interactive flame companion with mood states
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable screen time limits and app selection
  • Private by design, no cloud sync or tracking
Features
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Stop doomscrolling. Earn your screen time instead. Burn turns your to-do list into screen time. Get things done, earn logs, and feed them to Burn, a little flame who lives on your phone. Scroll too much and Burn's fuel runs out, and so do your distracting apps. No willpower required. Just a flame worth keeping lit. HOW IT WORKS • Start each day with a screen time budget you choose • Scrolling the apps you pick burns through it, minute by minute • Hit zero and those apps lock • Finish tasks to earn logs • Feed logs to Burn: every log buys 10 more minutes GET STUFF DONE • Give every task its own log reward, so big jobs pay more • Daily, weekday, or custom repeating tasks for your habits • Plan Today, Tomorrow, and the days ahead • Sort tasks into color-coded categories • Shake to undo if you tap too soon A FLAME WORTH KEEPING LIT • Burn reacts to your day: happy when you're on track, worried when time runs low, out cold when it's gone • Tap, pet, and drag logs in to feed him • Dozes off at night with a sleepy face • Keep Burn lit at midnight to build your streak YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Choose exactly which apps and categories burn fuel • Everything else stays open • Set your own daily budget • No account, no sign-in, no ads. BURN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • 13 flame colors, each with a matching app icon • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a task list you can check off without opening the app • Live Activity: watch your fuel count down in the Dynamic Island • Low fuel warnings before your apps lock • Screen Time Insights: see which apps ate your time, by day, week, and month Burn uses Apple's Screen Time to track and limit only the apps you choose. What you do in them never leaves your device.

Screenshots

Focus Pocus3 screens
Screen Time Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Focus Pocus at 5.0 against Screen Time Control's 4.7. Screen Time Control's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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. Focus Pocus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Screen Time Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus Pocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Pocus ships an update every 3 months, Screen Time Control every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus Pocus versus Screen Time Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus PocusScreen Time Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVocal LLCVincent Nguyen

Customer experience

Focus Pocus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Screen Time Control

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Pocus

One-time1
  • Focus Pocus Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Screen Time Control

One-time1
  • Burn+$9.99

Questions

Is Focus Pocus free?
Focus Pocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Pocus or Screen Time Control?
Focus Pocus is rated higher. Focus Pocus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Screen Time Control averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Focus Pocus or Screen Time Control have ads?
Neither Focus Pocus nor Screen Time Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Pocus or Screen Time Control?
Focus Pocus ships an update every 3 months, and Screen Time Control every 3 weeks. Most recently, Focus Pocus was updated on October 16, 2026 and Screen Time Control on October 11, 2026.

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