Comparison

Shinka vs FocusFlow Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Shinka

This app gamifies focus sessions, helping users build concentration habits. Users keep their phone away from distractions to earn experience for a growing companion, making productivity rewarding.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions
  • Companion evolution
  • XP and coin rewards
  • Leaderboard challenges
  • Distraction avoidance
  • Daily focus habit building
Features
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Train your focus. Evolve your Shinka. Take back control of your attention and turn focus into progress. Shinka is a gamified focus timer designed to help you stay concentrated while your companion grows with you. Every time you complete a focus session, your Shinka earns experience and evolves. The longer you stay focused, the more your Shinka progresses. Start a focus session and keep your phone away from distractions: - If you stay focused, your Shinka gains XP and becomes stronger. - If you leave the app or break your focus, your Shinka stops evolving. This simple system helps you build real concentration habits while making productivity fun and rewarding. Shinka helps you stay focused longer, reduce distractions from your phone, and build a daily focus habit. Whether you're studying, working, or creating, Shinka helps you enter deep focus sessions and improve your productivity. Choose your companion and start your focus journey. As you complete sessions you will earn XP and coins, level up your Shinka, unlock evolutions, and watch your companion grow with your progress. Your focus becomes visible through your Shinka’s evolution. Shinka encourages you to avoid distracting apps during your focus sessions so you can stay in the zone and protect your concentration. Stay present, stay focused, and watch your progress grow. Compare your progress with other players and climb the leaderboard. Challenge yourself and see who can stay focused the longest. Shinka transforms focus into a rewarding experience. Instead of fighting distractions, you train your attention and watch your companion evolve with you. Take back control of your attention and build a real focus habit, one session at a time. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FocusFlow Focus Timer

Features
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FocusFlow is the ADHD-friendly Pomodoro that blocks distractions only while you focus. Start a session, watch Instagram and TikTok disappear, finish, get them back — no all-day parental-controls guilt. WHY FOCUSFLOW • Actually finish what you started — apps you pick are blocked only for the length of your focus block, then unlock automatically. • No more "just five more minutes" — Flowtime lets you run open-ended sessions when you're already in the zone. • Built for brains that need momentum, not marathons — ADHD mode ships 15-minute focus blocks with frequent 3-minute breaks. • Zero setup friction — no signup, no account, no email. Open the app, hit start. • Your data stays yours — session stats live on-device, never uploaded. FEATURES • Pomodoro timer with adjustable focus / short break / long break • Flowtime — open-ended count-up focus sessions (Plus) • Focus Shield — session-scoped app blocking via Screen Time (Plus) • ADHD mode — 15/3-minute preset cycle • Live Activity + Dynamic Island — glance at your progress from the lock screen • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Streaks, weekly bar chart, all-time stats • Ambient focus sounds — lo-fi, brown noise, nature, binaural, classical • Apple Watch companion — run a session from your wrist (Plus) • Background-accurate timer that keeps time when you switch apps or lock FOR WHOM • People with ADHD who bounced off every other productivity app • Students cramming for exams • Designers, writers, developers in flow • Anyone who has ever opened Instagram "for one second" mid-task WHAT MAKES FOCUSFLOW DIFFERENT Every other blocker asks you to shield apps for the entire day and hope your willpower holds. FocusFlow shields only for the length of your session. Blocking turns on when you start, off when the timer ends. That's it. Combined with Flowtime — where the timer counts up instead of down — you get a system that respects real deep-work rhythms instead of forcing you into rigid 25-minute chunks. PRICE The core Pomodoro timer, stats, streaks, widgets, and Live Activity are free forever. FocusFlow Plus adds Focus Shield app blocking, Flowtime open-ended sessions, and the Apple Watch companion. Try Plus with a 7-day free trial. Focus is hard. FocusFlow makes it easier. Questions or feedback: ayoub.bouziane4@gmail.com — Terms of Use: https://getfocusflow.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://getfocusflow.io/privacy

Screenshots

Shinka4 screens
FocusFlow Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Shinka and FocusFlow Focus Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Shinka sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and FocusFlow Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Shinka versus FocusFlow Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShinkaFocusFlow Focus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimple. Studio ParisAZAD Consulting

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Shinka

Subscriptions7
  • Shinka Pro Weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Shinka Pro Weekly7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Shinka Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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  • Shinka Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Shinka Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Shinka Pro Yearly$44.991 Year
  • Shinka Pro Yearly$89.991 Year
3 purchases

FocusFlow Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • FocusFlow Plus (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • FocusFlow Plus (Yearly)$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • FocusFlow Plus (Lifetime)$49.99

Questions

Is Shinka free?
Shinka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusFlow Focus Timer free?
FocusFlow Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shinka or FocusFlow Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Shinka nor FocusFlow Focus Timer shows ads.

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