Comparison

Workle vs Garda

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

Head to head
About

Workle

This app helps you understand your study habits by tracking work sessions and visualizing your concentration in real-time. Record sessions as timelapses, review focus scores, and build better habits for improved productivity.

Highlights
  • Real-time focus tracking
  • Study session timelapses
  • Focus score visualization
  • Productivity insights
  • Habit building tools
  • Progress tracking
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Study Smarter. Understand Your Focus You can spend hours studying without knowing how much of that time you're actually focused. Workle helps you understand your study habits by tracking your work sessions and turning your focus patterns into insights you can learn from. SEE YOUR FOCUS IN REAL TIME Discover how your concentration changes throughout a study or work session. Workle tracks your focus using your device's camera and visualizes your attention patterns. TURN STUDY SESSIONS INTO TIMELAPSES Record your sessions with the Workle timelapse camera. Capture your progress, review your sessions, and share your study timelapses. UNDERSTAND YOUR PRODUCTIVITY Go beyond hours spent at your desk. Review your focus scores, identify when your concentration drops, and discover patterns across your sessions. BUILD BETTER STUDY HABITS Track your sessions, maintain streaks, set goals, and see your progress over time. MAKE YOUR EFFORT VISIBLE Whether you're preparing for exams, studying at university, coding, or working on a project, Workle helps you understand how you work and build more consistent focus habits. Start tracking your focus with Workle. Privacy Policy: https://www.workle.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Garda

This app gamifies focus sessions by growing a virtual garden. Completing focus periods plants and nurtures digital flora, while neglect causes them to wither. Collect over 40 unique plant species and track your progress with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Virtual garden growth
  • Focus session timer
  • Plant collection (40+ species)
  • Detailed statistics
  • Garden customization
  • Distraction-free focus
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Garda is a productivity app that turns your concentration into a living garden. Every focus session you complete plants and grows a real plant in your personal garden — neglect your focus and your plants wither away. With over 40 unique plant species to collect and grow, every session feels rewarding. Discover rare flowers, towering trees, lush succulents, and more as you build the garden of your dreams — one focused minute at a time. Pick the plants you want to grow, set your focus timer, and watch your garden come to life. Detailed statistics track your total focus time, daily streaks, session history, and overall progress so you always know how far you've come. Your garden is yours. Arrange it, expand it, and fill it with the plants you've unlocked through real, distraction-free focus. Privacy Policy: https://healthwellnessapps.com/garda/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Workle4 screens
Garda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Garda at daily against Workle's every 11 days. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Garda sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Workle against 5.0 for Garda. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workle ships an update every 11 days, Garda daily. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Workle versus Garda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkleGarda
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolomon AsadHealth & Wellness Apps Limited

Customer experience

Workle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Garda

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Workle

Subscriptions3
  • Workle Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly (Special Offer)1 Year trial$34.991 Year
  • Workle Premium Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Garda

Subscriptions2
  • Garda Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Unlimited Annual Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Workle free?
Workle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Garda free?
Garda is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workle or Garda?
Workle and Garda are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Workle or Garda have ads?
Neither Workle nor Garda shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workle or Garda?
Workle ships an update every 11 days, and Garda daily. Most recently, Workle was updated on November 8, 2026 and Garda on October 31, 2026.

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