Emberglow vs Sea Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emberglow
This app transforms screen breaks into an RPG adventure. Lock your phone to send your hero on quests, and return to discover unfolding stories and rewards. It encourages reducing screen time and reconnecting with real life.
- Digital detox RPG
- Progress happens offline
- Mindful design, no ads
- Branching storylines
- Co-op quests
- Reflection journal
- Screen time control
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Put down your phone and watch your hero rise. Emberglow turns screen breaks into epic adventures. Lock your phone, send your hero on a quest, and return to discover the unfolding story of Vaedros. The less you use your phone, the more present you become in your own life, and the more your hero grows. Reduce screen time, break phone addiction, and enjoy real life with a digital detox RPG. THE ONLY GAME THAT REWARDS YOU FOR NOT PLAYING IT Your hero’s journey unfolds only when you’re off-screen. Lock your phone and step away. Your character continues their path through the hand-painted realm of Vaedros. When you return, you’ll find new story chapters, choices, and rewards. In this way it’s not punishment for using your phone. Instead, it’s a calm invitation to reduce screen time and reconnect with real life. A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOCUS GAME While other screen time apps track minutes, emberglow rewards stillness. Each quest becomes a mindful ritual where you get a moment to pause, breathe, and regain digital wellbeing. Perfect for study sessions, procrastination problems, creative breaks, or whenever you need to manage screen time without pressure. A QUEST FOR MENTAL CLARITY & DIGITAL WELLBEING Explore atmospheric tales that mirror your inner balance. Choose how your story unfolds and reflect on your progress. These moments of stillness become powerful tools for self-care, focus, and calm. And this makes emberglow ideal for players seeking therapeutic games or calm games for anxiety and phone addiction. EMBERGLOW GAME FEATURES: · Digital detox RPG: progress only happens while offline · Mindful design: no ads, no distractions, only reflection · Branching storylines: every quest and choice shapes your journey · Co-op quests: take a screen break together with a friend · Reflection journal: optional post-quest journaling for mental clarity · Screen time control: gently limit use without guilt or judgment · Narrated chapters: immersive storytelling and guided calm · Dopamine detox loop: the longer you stay off, the stronger you grow WHY EMBERGLOW If you’ve ever felt trapped in: • Doomscrolling that drains your focus • Phone addiction that steals your time • Screen fatigue that clouds your mind In short: emberglow offers a better path to digital detox. Here it’s not about restriction, it’s about reconnection. Play emberglow if you want to: ► Build lasting focus and productivity for work ► Restore your digital wellbeing ► Find calm, balance, and space to breathe Go offline, not astray. Discover your calm, restore your focus, and let your story unfold in the only screen break game that rewards peace, not punishment. Play emberglow for FREE. Terms of Service: https://www.emberglowapp.com/terms
Sea Focus
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Focus like the ocean — calm, deep, and steady. Sea Focus is an ocean-themed focus timer and task app that turns every work session into a guided underwater journey. Instead of a generic countdown, you start with a simple ritual: choose a route, pick your station, set a focus mode, add sound, and cast off into deep work. Use Sea Focus for study, writing, reading, deep work, and distraction-free focus blocks throughout the day. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Start route-based sessions like Lagoon Route, Reef Edge, and Open Current - Choose a focus mode: Focus, Study, Work, Read, Write, or your own - Attach a task with subtasks and tags for lightweight task tracking - Layer in ambient sound like Ocean Waves and White Noise - Switch between live route graphics, ocean videos, and your own backgrounds - Build a Pomodoro flow with auto-breaks and "Another round?" - Block distracting apps with Focus Shield during active journeys - Track streaks, daily minutes, weekly charts, monthly trends, and best streak - Set daily goals with a visual progress ring - See your countdown on Live Activities, widgets, and StandBy - Get a gentle daily reminder to start your next session FREE - Preset routes (25, 45, 60 min) - 2 ocean biomes and 2 sounds - Up to 3 tasks and 3 tags - 7 days of history, basic stats, and streaks - Daily reminders and Home Screen widgets SEA FOCUS PRO - Custom durations (5–120 min) - All biomes and depth zones - All premium sounds - Unlimited tasks and tags - Full history and advanced stats - Focus Shield distraction blocking - Custom focus modes - Custom photo and video backgrounds - Live Activity, daily and weekly goals If you want a focus app that feels more immersive than a plain Pomodoro timer but still works as a practical daily tool, Sea Focus is built for that middle ground. TERMS & CONDITIONS Use of Sea Focus is subject to your agreement to: - Apple's Standard End-User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Our Terms of Service: https://kidomido.com/terms-of-use - Our Privacy Policy: https://kidomido.com/privacy-policy SUBSCRIPTION Sea Focus Pro is an auto-renewable subscription that unlocks all premium biomes, sounds, Focus Shield app blocking, custom backgrounds, full history, and advanced stats. You can cancel anytime by turning off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings. This must be done at least 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. Cancellation takes effect the day after the current period ends, and you return to the free tier. Contact us with any feedback at info@kidomido.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Emberglow at every 2 weeks against Sea Focus's every 5 months. Emberglow also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Emberglow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Sea Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Emberglow ships an update every 2 weeks, Sea Focus every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emberglow | Sea Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vaedros Software | Cevahir Turgut |
In-app purchases
Emberglow
- unQuest Circle Monthly$3.991 Month
- unQuest Circle Annual$29.991 Year
- unQuest Circle Lifetime Access$79.99
Sea Focus
- Weekly: Ocean Focus Timer Weekly$3.997 Days
- Monthly: Deep Work Focus Monthly$6.991 Month
- Ocean Focus Deep Work Shield Yearly$24.991 Year









