Cat Flow vs PuppyFocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Flow
This app uses a cat-themed interface to help users improve focus and build disciplined habits. It offers a companion-style focus mode where virtual cats protect your time, and immersive scenified spaces for concentration. Detailed data review helps track progress and unlock new cats and scenes.
- Companion-style focus with virtual cats
- Scenified spaces for immersive focus
- Customizable times, scenes, and themes
- Multidimensional focus data review
- Unlockable cats and scenes
- Gravity sensor for focus session triggers
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Do you love adorable cats? Want better focus and less reliance on your phone? Let CatBox cats accompany you, training your concentration and building disciplined habits, growing with you along the way! CatBox Flow is the second app in the official CatBox series. It's a cat-themed focus and meditation app that hopes to have cute cats by your side to help manage your time. In a scenified space, put down your phone and focus on what matters most. Companion-style Focus, where the cats stay with you and protect your time! Companion-style focus: • Take back control of your time while focusing. • Cats will stay with you and protect your time. • After 30 seconds, the gravity sensor will trigger a stop setting to help the cat guard your time. • Various cats are available for subscription and individual purchase! Scenified space: • Immersive, scene-based spaces with cats to focus on what matters. • Customize different times, scenes, and themes to build personal habits. • A wide range of scenes are available for subscription or individual purchase. Multidimensional data review: • Detailed focus data with the cats by your side to review. • Unlocking cats and scenes lets different cats protect different data for you. Master, put down your phone now and let the cats accompany you in focusing! Future Features: Deep focus mode Cat training system Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://nicolecat.com/cat/privacy.html https://nicolecat.com/cat/terms.html Contact Us If you're having fun, feel free to contact us anytime: support@nicolecat.com
PuppyFocus
This app offers a unique Pomodoro timer experience with a virtual puppy companion that grows and interacts with you. Earn rewards to decorate its home and utilize focus modes to minimize distractions and track your progress.
- Virtual puppy companion with animated interactions
- Reward system for decorating puppy's home
- Strict and Whitelist modes to block distracting apps
- Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly focus statistics
- Customizable puppy name and home decorations
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Trying to study or work, but keep reaching for your phone? Still scrolling when it is time to sleep? Let PuppyFocus help you protect your attention during the day and gently put your phone down at night. PuppyFocus brings focus timers, app blocking, scheduled sleep blocking, and cozy puppy companionship into one iOS app. Complete a valid focus session to earn rewards, collect toys, rugs, beds, and more, and turn your pup's room into a warmer home with every focused minute. Now available in five languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. 【New in 1.3.2: Focus Timeline】 Focus Timeline: Review your focus history by day, two days, or week. Sessions are color-coded by task tags so you can see exactly where your time went. Manually log sessions you completed without the timer. Overnight and overlapping records are displayed clearly. Free for all users — no Pro required. 【Why PuppyFocus?】 Two ways to focus: Use the countdown timer for Pomodoro sessions, exam prep, and fixed-length tasks, or the stopwatch for reading, writing, and creative work. Break settings, focus rounds, interval reminders, and automatic cycles are also available. Block distracting apps: Strict Mode blocks other apps and websites during a session, while Whitelist Mode keeps only what you need, helping you stop mindless scrolling. A puppy that stays with you: Give your pup a name and enjoy different animations and messages while resting, focusing, succeeding, failing, or taking a break. Every session feels a little less difficult to start. Earn rewards for focusing: Complete valid sessions to earn Kibble, while Pro members can also collect Bones. Discover more than 90 toys, rugs, bowls, toy boxes, beds, and other room items. Sleep Blocking for better nights (Pro): Set the days and hours you want to wind down, and PuppyFocus will automatically limit distracting apps and websites. Choose Strict Mode or Whitelist Mode, with multiple whitelist presets for different routines. If you need your phone unexpectedly, your pup will ask you to pause and reflect first. Unlock 15 achievement trophies: Celebrate focus streaks, total focus time, completed sessions, room collections, and feature exploration. Your pup can even wear an unlocked trophy. See your progress over time: Review focus time, completed sessions, rewards, and tag distribution by day, week, month, or year with clear trends and calendar heatmaps. Keep progress close: Check the timer from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island, use the landscape desk clock, receive background notifications, and sync focus records, rewards, and room setup across your Apple devices with iCloud. Focus → earn rewards → decorate your pup's home → unlock trophies → wind down on time. PuppyFocus makes focusing and resting feel lighter, warmer, and worth repeating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PuppyFocus at 5.0 against Cat Flow's 4.0. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Cat Flow sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PuppyFocus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PuppyFocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cat Flow | PuppyFocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 447 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicole Cat | 晟润 管 |
Customer experience
Cat Flow
PuppyFocus
In-app purchases
Cat Flow
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$11.991 Year
- Bella$0.99
- Gizmo$0.99
- Toby$0.99
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- Simba$1.99
- Lucky$1.99
- Coco$1.99
- Loki$1.99
- Forest$2.99
- Sky$2.99
- Moonnight$2.99
- Jingle$2.99
PuppyFocus
- PuppyFocus Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- PuppyFocus Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- PuppyFocus Pro$1.99
- Lifetime Pro$39.99








