Comparison

FocusFlight vs Focus Train

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

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About

FocusFlight

This app transforms focus sessions into immersive flight journeys, blocking distractions with an airplane mode feature. Track progress with flight logs and unlock membership cards as your focus time grows.

Highlights
  • Immersive flight experience timer
  • App and website blocking
  • 3D map and flight route visualization
  • Flight log and progress tracking
  • White noise and focus music
  • Customizable focus types
Features
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## Focus Timer ## App Blocker In a world full of distractions, FocusFlight offers a unique way to focus: turning every session into an immersive flight journey. From boarding and takeoff to staying focused in the air and landing at the end, FocusFlight combines aviation-inspired design with practical focus tools. It is more than a timer or app blocker — it is an experience that helps you avoid distractions, get into flow, and complete what matters. FocusFlight has been featured by the App Store as App of the Day. Whether you are studying, working, reading, or simply trying to put your phone down, FocusFlight helps you start with intention and end with a sense of completion. FOCUSFLIGHT FEATURES 【Immersive Flight Experience】 Opening FocusFlight feels like boarding a focus flight. Set your boarding pass, choose your task and focus duration, then begin your own deep focus journey. When the session ends, your flight lands safely with a clear sense of achievement. 【Airplane Mode, Block Distractions】 Turn on “Airplane Mode” to block distracting apps and websites during your focus session. Powered by Apple’s Screen Time integration, FocusFlight helps you stay away from interruptions and focus on what matters. 【3D Map Window View】 During your focus session, watch your journey through a 3D map window. As time passes, your flight moves across the world map, turning focus into a journey you can see and feel. 【3D Flight Routes】 Every focus session becomes a visualized flight route. See where you departed, where you are heading, and review the routes you have completed. 【Random Route Mode】 Not sure where to fly? Start with Random Route Mode. No need to choose a destination in advance — just begin focusing, and discover where you land when the session ends. 【FlightLog】 Every focus flight is saved in FlightLog. Review your departure city, landing city, focus duration, flight distance, and route history. 【Membership Cards & Flight Miles】 As your focus time and flight miles grow, you can unlock and upgrade your own membership cards. Each card marks your progress and gives your journey a stronger sense of identity. 【Multiple Map Modes】 FocusFlight offers 3D, satellite, and classic map modes. Explore routes and destinations from different perspectives, and enjoy traveling the world while staying focused. 【White Noise & Focus Music】 During each focus flight, you can turn on white noise or focus music to create a calmer environment for studying, working, or reading. From airplane ambience to soothing focus tracks, FocusFlight helps you enter a quieter, more focused state. 【Focus Records & Data Tracking】 Each session leaves a clear record, including your boarding pass, flight data, route, and focus duration. Use these records to review your focus habits and see the value of every session. 【Different Focus Types】 Choose focus types through seat options, such as study, work, reading, or creative time. Make every flight better matched to your current task, and make focusing more flexible and fun. SUBSCRIBE TO FOCUSFLIGHT • Subscription Plans: “FocusFlight All-Access Plan (Annual Auto-Renewal)” and “FocusFlight All-Access Plan (Monthly Auto-Renewal)”; • Subscription Type: Auto-renewable subscription; • Subscription Price: $18.99/year / $3.99/month; • Cancel Subscription: To cancel your subscription, go to iPhone Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions, and select “FocusFlight All-Access Plan (Annual Auto-Renewal)” or “FocusFlight All-Access Plan (Monthly Auto-Renewal)” to cancel. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the subscription period ends, the subscription will automatically renew. • Renewal: The Apple ID associated with the auto-renewable subscription will be charged through your App Store account within 24 hours before each billing period ends to extend the subscription. • Terms of Service, including subscription policies: https://focus.flights/terms • Privacy Policy: https://focus.flights/privacy

About

Focus Train

This app transforms focus sessions into engaging train journeys. Stay concentrated to travel farther, collect trip stamps, and unlock new routes. It offers a visually appealing and rewarding alternative to traditional timers.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with train journeys
  • Collect trip stamps and unlock new routes
  • Live Ticket on Lock Screen
  • One-tap widget for instant boarding
  • Customizable themes and train colors
  • Baggage blocking for distraction management
  • Native iOS design with haptics and Live Activities
Features
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Stop negotiating with yourself about when to start. FocusTrain turns every focus session into a train journey. You board, the train rolls while you work, and the deeper you go the farther it travels. By tonight you won't have "tried to focus" — you'll have a route on a map showing exactly where your attention took you. NOTHING DIES IF YOU LOOK AWAY Most focus apps motivate you with guilt: leave the screen and your tree withers, your streak burns, a number shames you. FocusTrain is built the other way around. Glance away and your train simply waits at the platform. Come back and it rolls on. It is the rare focus timer with no punishment mechanic at all — which is exactly why people who quit every other timer stay with this one. YOUR CONCENTRATION BECOMES SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE Every session you finish prints a boarding pass and inks a stamp in your book. Stations multiply, new routes and scenery unlock, the streak grows. Six months from now you won't have a bar chart you never open — you'll have a railway you built yourself, one session at a time. No other Pomodoro timer leaves you holding something worth keeping. IT STARTS AT YOUR STATION, NOT A GENERIC ONE During setup FocusTrain finds the real station nearest you and makes it your home stop. Add your own stations for the places that actually matter — your desk, your library, your café. The map is yours, not stock artwork. A TIMER YOU ACTUALLY OPEN 25 minutes, 50 minutes, or any length you set. Board in one tap from a Home Screen widget, keep a live ticket running on your Lock Screen, and see how far you have left without unlocking. Calm, quiet, no nagging. MAKE THE RIDE YOURS Unlock the full set of themes and train color palettes, dial in any custom HEX, add your own stations, and ride the Silent Car. Baggage blocking keeps distractions off the train, so the only thing on board is your attention. IT FEELS GOOD, AND THAT IS THE POINT 120Hz scrolling, haptics, Live Activities, a Home Screen widget, full Dark Mode, complete Dynamic Type. A true native iOS app, not a web wrapper. An app that feels this good is an app you will still open tomorrow — and tomorrow is the only thing that makes focus compound. IF ANY OF THIS IS YOU • You sit down to study and lose the first forty minutes to your phone. • Your best work only happens in long blocks, and every interruption costs you an hour. • ADHD makes starting the hardest part, and shame-based apps make it worse. • You've deleted three focus timers already because opening them felt like one more chore. WHAT STAYS YOURS Your trips, stats, and records never leave your device. No account required. No data collection. Location is used exactly once, during setup, to suggest your nearest station. Free to download. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, and German. The platform is clear. All aboard. Privacy Policy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms.html

Screenshots

FocusFlight4 screens
Focus Train4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: FocusFlight at 9.9K against Focus Train's 5. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. FocusFlight sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Focus Train sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus Train holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FocusFlight has 9.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of FocusFlight's written reviews are positive against 95% of Focus Train's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusFlight ships an update every 5 days, Focus Train weekly. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FocusFlight versus Focus Train: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusFlightFocus Train
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.9K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews95.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.9K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size260 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCement Planet LTD帅 陈

Customer experience

FocusFlight

All ratings9,918 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews1,001 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.5%

Focus Train

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

Bugs and requests

FocusFlight

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Developer unresponsive to user feedback and inquiries

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more realistic flight simulation elements (e.g., flight paths, altitude, speed)
  • Rotate trends page to horizontal layout for better global view
  • Allow customization of aircraft types and interface

Focus Train

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

FocusFlight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually3 Days trial$18.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime$18.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime$33.99
6 purchases

Focus Train

Subscriptions4
  • FocusTrain Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • FocusTrain Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • FocusTrain Premium Quarterly$14.993 Months
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  • FocusTrain Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$39.99
  • FocusTrain Premium$49.99

Questions

Is FocusFlight free?
FocusFlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Train free?
Focus Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FocusFlight or Focus Train?
Focus Train is rated higher. FocusFlight averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.9K ratings, while Focus Train averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do FocusFlight or Focus Train have ads?
Neither FocusFlight nor Focus Train shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusFlight or Focus Train?
FocusFlight ships an update every 5 days, and Focus Train weekly. Most recently, FocusFlight was updated on November 13, 2026 and Focus Train on November 13, 2026.

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