Comparison

魂旅 vs Focus Faraway

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

Head to head
About

魂旅

Experience virtual travel from your device. Choose destinations, select vehicles, and explore locations with your avatar. Capture photos at scenic spots and discover points of interest.

Highlights
  • Virtual cloud travel
  • Avatar exploration
  • Vehicle selection
  • Location discovery
  • In-app photography
  • White noise integration
  • Idle gameplay
Features
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肉体在上班,灵魂仍可出游万里! 魂旅是一款虚拟云旅游App,已获得 App Store 编辑推荐 & 小红书浪漫主义奖。 使用方法: ①你可以指定想去的旅游地点,然后就会产生一个“分身”代替你去旅游。 ②选载具(自行车,摩托车,房车等),选好载具后App会根据你的载具的移动速度,来判断你到了哪里。 ③路途中可以点选地点跳转小红书查看。 ④到达景点后可以自由拍照。 “关于GTASA我最深刻的印象就是帮助那个老神棍烧掉田地前往旧金山那一关,游戏里正是下着暴雨的夜晚,破面包车里只听得见神棍的絮絮叨叨和播放中的《free bird》,这时我的窗外也下起了雨,虚拟与现实完成了诡异的交汇,最后到达旧金山时天刚蒙蒙亮,隐藏雾气中的城市正如同CJ迷茫的未来,我想我这一辈子都不会忘记这个世界了。” ———我想重现这种感觉。 使用条款: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 隐私政策: https://www.touringsoul.com/privacy.html

About

Focus Faraway

Transform focus time into a virtual road trip. Earn miles by staying offline and explore detailed virtual landscapes inspired by real journeys. Discover local stories and plan future adventures.

Highlights
  • Focus time converted to virtual travel distance
  • Six distinct travel modes (walking, driving, etc.)
  • Detailed virtual travel journal entries
  • Real-world locations and local details
  • Plan future real-world trips based on virtual discoveries
  • No pressure focus, rewards presence
Features
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Want to put your phone down, yet keep getting pulled back by endless feeds? Dream of distant mountains, coast roads, and open skies, but find yourself at a desk? Focus Faraway is a different kind of focus app: a quiet self-discipline road movie. It does not only record focus time. It turns every offline act of restraint into online miles across a virtual world. The app is inspired by the real 39,580 km road-trip documentary "1Mao1Young Around China". It avoids shallow check-ins and tourist filters. Instead, it uses grounded human observation, local food details, and real geography to help you find calm while your virtual self moves through wide, generous landscapes. Start a focus session, put the phone aside, and return to life. In the virtual world, "you" pack a bag and begin the next leg. Core features: 1. Focus becomes distance Choose a destination, such as the epic counterclockwise route around the edge of China. Every minute you stay focused offline becomes more kilometers on your virtual journey. 2. Six ways to travel Match the route to your state of mind: Walking or cycling for slow, deep work and creative writing. Hitchhiking or motorcycling for uncertain, intense bursts. Driving or RV travel for long, immersive work sessions and electric-camping road energy. 3. Real places, not empty check-ins When you stop focusing, you receive a travel journal from the road. It may lead you under the stars near Arxan, into a snowy Burqin snack shop, through a difficult moment in the Turpan desert, or to a family-run restaurant hidden in an old Wenshan street. 4. Virtual miles can seed real trips If a view, dish, market, or local story catches you, open its real coordinate in your map app and save it for a future journey. Why Focus Faraway? No-pressure focus: you do not need to stare at a number. The more present you are in real life, the farther your virtual footsteps go. Deep travel content: each story is shaped by practical observation, food memory, local texture, and care for nature. Discipline feels less lonely: every stop is like opening a time capsule from somewhere far away. Choose a travel mode and start focusing. Leave the screen to discipline. Let the soul return to the road. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

魂旅4 screens
Focus Faraway4 screens

Verdict

The call

魂旅 and Focus Faraway are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 魂旅 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Focus Faraway sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

魂旅 ships an update every 9 days, Focus Faraway every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
魂旅 versus Focus Faraway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter魂旅Focus Faraway
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangzhou Black Box Network Technology Co., Ltd.Li Wei

Customer experience

魂旅

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%

Focus Faraway

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

魂旅

Subscriptions2
  • 魂旅 - 月度通行证$3.991 Month
  • 魂旅 - 年度通行证7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • 魂旅 - 无界通行证$169.99
2 purchases

Focus Faraway

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership$4.991 Year

Questions

Is 魂旅 free?
魂旅 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Faraway free?
Focus Faraway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 魂旅 or Focus Faraway have ads?
Neither 魂旅 nor Focus Faraway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 魂旅 or Focus Faraway?
魂旅 ships an update every 9 days, and Focus Faraway every 5 days. Most recently, 魂旅 was updated on November 4, 2026 and Focus Faraway on October 31, 2026.

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