Focus Bubble vs FocusMon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Bubble
This app helps you reclaim your attention by blocking distracting apps during focused work or study sessions. Collaborate with friends in real-time, holding each other accountable to stay on task and build better focus habits together.
- Collaborative focus sessions
- Real-time participant tracking
- Powerful app blocking
- Customizable app restrictions
- Solo focus mode
- Session code sharing
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FocusBubble - Focus Together, Stay Accountable Your apps are designed to steal your attention. Take it back—together. COLLABORATIVE FOCUS SESSIONS Stop fighting distractions alone. Create or join focus sessions with friends using a simple code. See who's focusing in real-time and hold each other accountable. When you know others are counting on you, you're more likely to stay locked in. POWERFUL APP BLOCKING Select which apps and categories to block, then lock in. Your selected apps become completely inaccessible during focus mode—no exceptions, no workarounds. When locked, blocked apps show a shield screen until you unlock. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose apps to block 2. Create or join a session 3. Lock in and focus STAY CONNECTED • Share simple session codes with friends • See live participant updates • Track who's actively focusing • Get notifications to stay motivated FOCUS MODES • Solo Focus: Block distractions on your own terms • Collaborative Focus: Join sessions and focus together • Customizable blocking: Choose exactly which apps to restrict PRIVACY & SECURITY Your data stays private. We only use Screen Time permissions to enforce your focus sessions. Sign in securely with Apple to sync sessions across devices. Perfect for students, remote workers, and anyone who wants to reclaim their attention and build better focus habits—together. Download FocusBubble and start focusing with purpose. --- Requires iOS Screen Time permissions to block apps during focus sessions.
FocusMon
This app gamifies phone-free time by opening a rift where monsters appear as long as you stay focused. Collect, evolve, and battle monsters using shards earned from focused sessions. Engage in turn-based battles with friends and players worldwide, and grow stronger together with your monster companions.
- Gamified focus sessions
- Monster collection and evolution
- Turn-based monster battles
- Live Activity timer
- Friend trading and pacts
- Daily and weekly goals
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When you want to put your phone aside and focus on what matters in real life, you start a focus session in FocusMon. The moment you start, a rift opens. As long as you stay focused, monsters emerge from the rift for you to catch. If you can't resist the urge to use your phone and leave the app, the session breaks and the rift closes empty — you get no monsters. So during a session you can't do anything else on your phone without losing your progress. The more often you set the phone down, the more monsters you collect — and the better you use your time. STAY FOCUSED • A focus session only runs while you stay in the app. Leave early and you walk away with nothing. • A Live Activity shows the running timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you don't need to open the app to check on it. • Turn your focused time into a growing collection instead of screen time. COLLECT, EVOLVE, TRADE • Over 100 unique monsters, each with three evolution stages, plus rare Mythic monsters. • Monsters level up and evolve using the shards you earn while focusing. • Trade monsters with your friends and complete your Archive. BATTLE FRIENDS AND PLAYERS WORLDWIDE • Train your monsters through your focus time and fight in turn-based battles. • Play casually against friends or climb the ranked ladder from Bronze to Champion. • Make a focus pact with a friend: one shared goal, and if you both finish, you both get rewards. GROW STRONGER TOGETHER WITH YOUR MONSTERS • Your buddy monsters level up during your focus sessions. • Unlock exclusive looks, items, and rewards for them, and make them stronger. • Daily goals, a weekly board, and a Rifter Pass reward regular focus. It's never too late to spend less time on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus Bubble at 5.0 against FocusMon's 3.0. Focus Bubble also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. FocusMon sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Focus Bubble asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus Bubble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Bubble | FocusMon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 665 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Abraham Mangona | Fynn Loosen |
Customer experience
Focus Bubble
FocusMon
In-app purchases
Focus Bubble
No in-app purchases
FocusMon
- FocusMon+7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- FocusMon+ (Yearly)$22.991 Year
- Raid Key$0.99
- Emote Pack — Savage$0.99
- Emote Pack — Party$0.99
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- Emote Pack — Meme$0.99
- 250 Sprite Shards$0.99
- Key Bundle$1.99
- Rift Pass – Ember Season$2.99
- Rift Pass — Season 0$2.99
- 1,250 Sprite Shards$3.99
- 2,500 Sprite Shards$8.99









