Comparison

Onboard vs FocusRide

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

Head to head
About

Onboard

Features
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Onboard โ€” Gamify Your Focus, Master Your Time Turn your focus time into virtual travel experience. Stay productive, beat procrastination, and level up your work sessions โ€” one journey at a time. Feeling distracted? Struggling to stay on task? Onboard transforms your work and study time into immersive journeys by train. Every session takes you further, helping you focus deeply while making progress visible and fun. FEATURES: 1. Gamified Focus Sessions: Each session is a train trip โ€” the more you focus, the farther you travel. 2. Custom Timer Options: Select your focus duration and destination โ€” stay engaged for short or long sessions. 3. Advanced Statistics and Trends Track your focus trends, see your focus grow. 4. Assign Tags for your Journeys Journeys can be assigned to multiple tags, stay organised for your task 5. Random journeys Get unlimited random journeys whenever you like, just pick your focus time and start. Focusing has never been easier. 6. Ambient Sounds & Visuals: Rainy day or snowy trip? We got it all! Immerse yourself in calming travel sounds and beautiful journey animations. 7. Journey History: Track your past journeys, tags pattern, focus streaks and much more โ€” build a habit of deep work. ## Perfect for: Students, professionals, creatives, or just people trying to focus. Try this if you have difficulty in focusing, it calms your mind and make time and progress visible. Perfect for anyone wanting to beat distractions and enjoy productive flow. ##Onboard PRO Unlock: - Unlimited customisation of your starting station - Access to premium ambient sounds (more coming soon) - Enjoy unlimited journeys, unlimited retry of random journeys - Advanced statistics and trends - Unlock exclusive features for life (Lifetime option available) #Subscribe to Onboard PRO for $6.99/month, $19.99/year (auto renewal) or Onboard PRO Lifetime for $29.99 Terms of Use: https://codeshaft.app/onboard/terms Privacy Policy: https://codeshaft.app/onboard/privacy

About

FocusRide

Features
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Tired of boring Pomodoro timers? Welcome to FocusRide, where your deep work and study sessions fuel a global road trip! Set your timer, put your phone down, and watch your vehicle travel to exciting new cities while you get things done. TRAVEL THE WORLD BY FOCUSING Stay off your phone and your car moves forward. Every minute of focus brings you closer to your next destination, from New York to Tokyo, Paris to Istanbul, and beyond! AESTHETIC POMODORO TIMER A premium, dark-mode inspired timer designed for deep focus. Customize your session lengths for work, studying, reading, or coding. UNLOCK UNIQUE VEHICLES Earn miles by staying focused and use them to unlock classic muscle cars, sleek sports cars, and legendary vehicles in your garage. STRICT MODE (ANTI-DISTRACTION) Built-in Do Not Disturb integrations ensure you stay in the zone. Leave the app, and your car stops. True focus is rewarded. TRACK YOUR JOURNEY Review your driving history. See exactly how many hours youโ€™ve focused and which cities youโ€™ve discovered along the way. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mberktas.com/terms

Screenshots

Onboard4 screens
FocusRide4 screens

Verdict

The call

Onboard and FocusRide are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Onboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and FocusRide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Onboard versus FocusRide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnboardFocusRide
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.415.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChyi Xiang OngMuhammet Ali Berktas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Onboard

Subscriptions2
  • Onboard Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Onboard Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Onboard Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

FocusRide

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Ride Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Focus Ride Pro Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Onboard free?
Onboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusRide free?
FocusRide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Onboard or FocusRide have ads?
Neither Onboard nor FocusRide shows ads.

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