PawFocus vs Build Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PawFocus
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PawFocus turns focus sessions into a playful cat-collection game. Set custom timers, tag each session, and keep your phone perfectly still—any shake triggers a warning, and a second movement ends your session. Collect black cats for success and white cats for failure each week. Features 1. Custom Timers & Tags Create sessions of any length and label them (e.g. “Study,” “Reading”). 2. Gyroscope Movement Detection First shake shows a warning; shake again and the session fails. 3. Weekly Cat Collection Earn black cats on success or white cats on failure to build your weekly menagerie. 4. Progress Reports Visualize daily, weekly, or monthly trends with intuitive charts. 5. Themes & Dark Mode Choose light, dark, or custom color schemes to match your style.
Build Things
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Go from idea to name, domain, fonts, colors in 30 seconds.
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Verdict
PawFocus and Build Things are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PawFocus ships an update daily, Build Things every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PawFocus | Build Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sisi Huang | Erik Nelson |
In-app purchases
PawFocus
No in-app purchases
Build Things
No in-app purchases
