Comparison

Fishtank vs FocusBalloon

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

Head to head
About

Fishtank

Enhance your concentration with a unique approach to productivity. This app gamifies focus sessions, allowing you to build a virtual aquarium filled with discovered fish. Earn rewards and track your progress as you stay on task.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus session lengths
  • App blocking for distraction prevention
  • Ambient background options
  • Progress tracking
  • Earn mystery lootboxes
  • Discover and collect rare fish
  • Virtual aquarium simulation
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Dive into a new way of staying focused with Fishtank, where every focused moment helps you build your own mesmerizing aquatic world. This isn't just another focus app – it's a delightful blend of productivity and collection that turns your dedication into discovery. - Choose your focus session length - App blocking feature keeps you on track - Beautiful ambient backgrounds - Elegant progress tracking - Earn mystery lootboxes upon completing focus sessions - Discover fish of varying rarities - Watch your collected fish swim freely in your tank

About

FocusBalloon

Features
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Struggling to stay focused? Regular timers can feel boring, and it is easy to open another app before you even notice. Focus Balloon turns focus time into a journey. Set a focus duration, choose a reachable destination, and let your balloon take off. As you stay focused, the balloon moves across the map. When the session ends, you arrive at a new scenic spot and unlock it in your travel atlas. Focus Balloon includes 800+ locations around the world, from natural wonders and city landmarks to historic sites. Each completed focus session helps you travel farther and collect more places. It gives you a simple goal: Focus for a little longer, and reach the next destination. You can use Focus Balloon to: - Start studying, working, writing, or reading more easily - Turn abstract focus time into visible travel progress - Unlock an atlas of 800+ world locations - Reward completed sessions with scenic destinations - Review your daily, monthly, yearly, and all-time flight routes - Track focus time with tags and statistics - Use ambient sounds such as rain, waves, and campfire - Limit distracting apps during focus sessions with Screen Time permission Key features: - Balloon focus timer Your focus time becomes flight distance. The balloon moves toward your destination as the timer counts down. - 800+ world locations Complete focus sessions to reach new places and unlock clear scenic images. Unvisited locations remain blurred until you arrive. - Flight route history Look back at your focus journeys across today, this month, this year, and all time. - Focus statistics Review your focus duration, session count, trends, and tag distribution. - Focus tags Add tags such as study, work, reading, or meditation, or create your own categories. - Ambient travel sounds Choose from calming background sounds to help you settle into focus. - App blocking With iOS Screen Time permission, Focus Balloon can limit selected distracting apps during a focus session and restore access when it ends. Focus does not have to feel like forcing yourself through a timer. Give every session a place to reach. Focus Balloon: Measure the world with focus. Terms of Service: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DY0pkaWZyd1ZkSFpE Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DY2NZa1dyck9NSmdu Contact: wordunlock@163.com

Screenshots

Fishtank4 screens
FocusBalloon4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fishtank and FocusBalloon are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Fishtank sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and FocusBalloon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fishtank versus FocusBalloon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishtankFocusBalloon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB915 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiajun Zhang嘉润 侯

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fishtank

One-time4
  • Platinum Lootbox$0.99
  • Unlock Backgrounds$1.99
  • Speed Boost$1.99
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  • 10x Platinum Lootboxes$6.99
3 purchases

FocusBalloon

Subscriptions2
  • focusballon_month$3.991 Month
  • focusballon_year7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • alltime$39.99

Questions

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

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