Sweet Time vs FocusValley
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sweet Time
This app uses the Pomodoro technique to help you focus, gamifying the experience by letting you build and manage a pixel-art sweet shop. Earn coins by completing focus sessions and baking treats to unlock new desserts.
- Pomodoro timer (25/30 min)
- App blocking during focus
- Bake virtual desserts
- Build and manage a sweet shop
- Track focus statistics
- Unlock new desserts
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Sweet Time is a focus tool that combines time management with light gamification elements. Using the Pomodoro technique, it guides users to stay engaged and productive during each focus session — while gradually building and running their very own pixel-art sweet shop. Focus that's not just effective, but genuinely fun and rewarding. 【Core Features】 1. Pomodoro Timer A 25 or 30-minute focus countdown. While a session is running, other apps on your phone cannot be used. 2. Bake a Treat Complete a Pomodoro, craft a dessert. Every session, something sweet. 3. Run Your Sweet Shop Complete sessions, bake treats, sell them — earn coins and unlock more desserts in your collection. 4. Focus Stats Track your daily and weekly focus time at a glance, helping you build a lasting focus habit.
FocusValley
This app provides a shared virtual farm environment where users focus simultaneously on tasks. Grow virtual crops, earn in-app currency, and customize your avatar while blocking distracting applications. It offers a unique, gamified approach to productivity and focus.
- Shared virtual focus farm
- Gamified task completion
- In-app currency and rewards
- Avatar customization
- Distracting app blocking
- Pomodoro timer
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Focusing alone is hard. So don't. FocusValley is a live farm where everyone is focusing at the same time. Pick a crop, set your timer, and grow together. No chatting, no distractions. Just quiet company. YOU GROW WHEN YOU FOCUS Pick a crop. Start as a seed. Every minute you stay focused, you grow and earn coins and diamonds. YOU'RE NOT ALONE Everyone is here to focus and grow. Don't have to talk to anyone. You just know they're there. Invite your friends to grow side by side. Either way, you're not doing this by yourself. DRESS UP, STAND OUT, SHOW OFF Spend your coins and diamonds on hats, eyes, hand gestures, and rare skins. Every session gets you closer to something new. Mix and match however you want. Make it yours. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Block social media, games, anything that pulls you away. It uses Apple's Screen Time, so once you start, you can't undo it. NO SCROLLING ON YOUR BREAK Toss paper balls at your neighbors, see who's still going, then get back to it. ANY LENGTH COUNTS Staring at something you can't start? Promise yourself 5 minutes. Just getting warmed up at minute 25? Keep going. Either way, you grow. THE FARM IS ALIVE Tap the chicken or the dog. Shake the trees. This is your FocusValley. Explore it. WHY FOCUSVALLEY A new fun way to focus. FocusValley rewards you for showing up. Working around ADHD, studying for an exam, doing deep work, or just trying to put the phone down. Whatever brought you here, there's a spot for you. Privacy Policy: https://focusvalley.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://focusvalley.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sweet Time at 5.0 against FocusValley's 4.3. Sweet Time also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Sweet Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FocusValley sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sweet Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Sweet Time's written reviews are positive against 50% of FocusValley's.
Sweet Time ships an update fortnightly, FocusValley every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sweet Time | FocusValley |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sherry Zhu | Lucid Hour |
Customer experience
Sweet Time
FocusValley
In-app purchases
Sweet Time
- 常驻扩展包1$1.99
FocusValley
- Carrot Skin$1.99
- Banana Tree Skin$1.99
- Green Asparagus Skin$1.99
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- Crazy Tomato Skin$1.99
- Orange Tree Skin$1.99
- Saffron Skin$2.99
- Pumpkin Skin$2.99
- Broccoli Skin$2.99
- Shine Muscat Skin$2.99
- White Truffle Skin$2.99
