Comparison

Binaural Focus vs Buzz

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

Head to head
About

Binaural Focus

Enhance concentration with science-backed binaural beats. Select session length and focus modes to achieve calm, steady attention for studying, writing, or pre-task mental clarity. Enjoy a clutter-free, soothing experience with a breathing timer and background audio that continues when the screen is locked.

Highlights
  • Customizable session lengths (5-120 minutes)
  • Alpha, Beta, Gamma focus modes
  • Soothing wave background
  • Breathing timer ring
  • Background audio playback
  • No sign-ups required
Features
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Binaural Focus is your simple way to get in the zone fast. Choose a session from 5 to 120 minutes, pick Alpha, Beta, or Gamma focus modes, and let science‑backed binaural beats guide your mind into calm, steady concentration. No clutter. No sign‑ups. Just a beautiful, soothing wave background, a breathing timer ring, and audio that keeps playing even with the screen locked. Whether you are studying, writing, or clearing your head before a big task, tap Play and feel your attention settle so you can finish what matters.

About

Buzz

Collaborate with both humans and AI agents in shared workspaces. Every interaction is logged for a transparent audit trail, ensuring a unified identity model for all participants. Agents can actively participate in channels, not just communicate.

Highlights
  • Human and AI agent collaboration
  • Shared rooms and channels
  • Signed event log with audit trail
  • Agents acting in workspace
  • Organized channels and threads
  • Image and media discussion
Features
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Buzz is a workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms. Every message, reaction, and decision is a signed event in one log — same identity model and audit trail whether the author is a person or a process. Add an agent to a channel the same way you add a teammate. Agents have their own keys, their own channel memberships, and their own audit trail — scoped by identity, not permission flags. • Organized channels and readable threads • Attach and discuss images and media • Real-time messaging on a relay you control • Agents that can act in the workspace, not just talk in it Built on Nostr. Self-hostable. The relay is yours.

Screenshots

Binaural Focus4 screens
Buzz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Buzz at Free against Binaural Focus's $0.99. Buzz also leads on ratings volume (65 vs 2). Binaural Focus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Buzz is free to download; Binaural Focus costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Binaural Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buzz has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Binaural Focus versus Buzz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBinaural FocusBuzz
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.2 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews—59.0% of reviews
Number of ratings265 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMason EarlBlock, Inc.

Customer experience

Binaural Focus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Buzz

All ratings64 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral23.1%
Negative17.9%

In-app purchases

None

Binaural Focus

No in-app purchases

None

Buzz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Binaural Focus free?
Binaural Focus costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buzz free?
Buzz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Binaural Focus or Buzz?
Binaural Focus is rated higher. Binaural Focus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Buzz averages 4.2 from 65 ratings.
Do Binaural Focus or Buzz have ads?
Neither Binaural Focus nor Buzz shows ads.

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