Comparison

Focus Blinks vs Terrible Focus

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

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About

Focus Blinks

This app helps you conquer procrastination and master your time using the Pomodoro Technique. It offers customizable timers, detailed analytics to track your progress, and a minimalist, ad-free interface designed for deep work and study.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timers
  • Calming alert sounds
  • Auto-starting timers
  • Focus history tracking
  • Daily, weekly, monthly progress charts
  • Minimalist, ad-free interface
  • Light and dark themes
Features
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Tired of distractions derailing your day? Reclaim your focus, conquer procrastination, and master your time with Focus Blinks. In a world built to steal your attention, our app uses the proven Pomodoro Technique to help you achieve deep work and find your flow. But Focus Blinks is more than just a timer. It's your personal productivity analyst, providing the data you need to understand and improve how you work, one focused session at a time. WHY YOU'LL LOVE FOCUS BLINKS: The Classic Pomodoro Timer, Perfected * Fully customizable timers for focus sessions, short breaks, and long breaks. * Choose from a selection of clean, calming alert sounds. * Auto-starting timers keep you in a seamless workflow without interruption. Powerful Statistics & Analytics * Don't just work—work smarter. Track your focus history with beautiful, easy-to-read charts. * Visualize your daily, weekly, and monthly progress to stay motivated. * Identify your most productive patterns and build a powerful work habit. Minimalist & Distraction-Free * Enjoy a gorgeous, 100% ad-free interface designed to keep you in the zone. * Customize your experience with both light and dark themes. * * A simple, intuitive design that gets out of your way. PERFECT FOR: * Students preparing for exams and writing papers. * Professionals looking to optimize productivity. * Writers & Creatives looking to enter a state of flow. * Anyone with ADHD seeking a structured tool to aid concentration. * And anyone ready to build a better relationship with their work! Stop letting your to-do list control you. It's time to build a better work habit. Download FocusBlinks today and rediscover what you can achieve!

About

Terrible Focus

This app uses a unique approach to focus by locking your phone while a virtual potato companion builds a home. Your focus directly contributes to their progress, creating a sense of shared accomplishment without pressure or punishment. It offers a gentle, human-made experience designed to reduce phone-related anxiety.

Highlights
  • Phone locking focus timer
  • Virtual companion progress
  • Hand-drawn art and animations
  • Pause sessions without penalty
  • Dynamic, evolving environment
  • No streaks or user comparison
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Every app wants something from you. The potato just wants to build a home. They've found a clearing in the forest and need your help. How It Works The potato suggests two tasks. Do you want to "Build the Bed" or "Water the Garden"? Pick one. Set your timer anywhere from 5 to 120 minutes. Your phone locks. While you focus on whatever you actually need to do, the potato works on what you picked. Every minute you focus is a minute they work. When you come back, you see what was built. The potato tries out the new bed. Sits in the chair you made together. Uses the workbench. The Potato Doesn't Die Take a week off? The potato's fine. They don't get sad. They don't punish you. They're just there when you get back, wandering around, reading by the water, living their life. Need to pause mid-session? Tap "Give me a minute." The potato takes a break too. Your life is allowed to exist. The potato doesn't track streaks or compare you to other users. Coming back after a break feels like reuniting with a friend, not admitting defeat. A World That Actually Lives The potato wakes up with the sun. Works on projects. Gets tired. Sleeps at night. You can start a focus session at 2 AM and they'll wake up, ready to work. The clearing changes too. Nature slowly reclaims the edges. Things get a bit messy and need tidying. It becomes more lived-in over time, not frozen in place. This isn't a pet begging for attention. It's a companion who has their own thing going on but genuinely can't build without your focus. Hand-Drawn, All of It Every sprite, every animation, every element was drawn by hand. Hours at a drawing tablet, trying to make something that felt real. You can tell a person made this. The roughness is intentional. What Happens When You Finish After a couple weeks of regular sessions, you'll finish the Home Pack. The clearing becomes a cozy, complete home. The last thing you build is a bridge that reveals a path leading somewhere else. Want to see what's beyond? You can buy the next pack. Want to stay in the clearing? The home is complete. You can keep it tidy, spend time with the potato, or just be in the space you built together. Who This Is For You're tired of fighting your phone. Other focus apps feel like punishment. You want something wholesome that doesn't make you feel worse. Streaks give you anxiety. You need a tool that gets that you're human. What This Isn't This isn't a productivity tracker. Not a habit app. Not a virtual pet demanding you check in daily or it dies. Not gamification pretending to make focus fun. It's just a place where putting your phone down feels like helping someone who needs you. Apps want your attention, your data, your engagement. The potato just wants to finish the table.

Screenshots

Focus Blinks4 screens
Terrible Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Focus Blinks at 3 against Terrible Focus's 1. Focus Blinks also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Focus Blinks against 5.0 for Terrible Focus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Blinks versus Terrible Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus BlinksTerrible Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB40 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCrazinnCode Lab, LLCVerena Ortlieb

Customer experience

Focus Blinks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Terrible Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Focus Blinks

No in-app purchases

None

Terrible Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Blinks free?
Focus Blinks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Terrible Focus free?
Terrible Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Focus Blinks or Terrible Focus?
Focus Blinks and Terrible Focus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Focus Blinks or Terrible Focus have ads?
Neither Focus Blinks nor Terrible Focus shows ads.

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