Comparison

PurrrrrFocus vs Anchorly

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

Head to head
About

PurrrrrFocus

Enhance your focus and build better habits with a calming, companion-driven productivity app. Track your time, earn rewards, and unlock new companions and themes in a serene, Zen-inspired environment. Ideal for study, work, and mindful daily routines.

Highlights
  • Calm visual environment
  • Interactive cat companion
  • Focus modes with app restrictions
  • Detailed focus statistics
  • Habit trend tracking
  • Unlockable companions and themes
Features
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Focus is not just productivity—it’s about creating calm, meaningful moments with a companion by your side. PurrrrrFocus is a focus timer and Pomodoro productivity app. It helps you stay focused, build better habits, and manage your time across study, work, rest, and daily life. Your Zen-inspired space and soft companion make every session a calm and enjoyable ritual. Each focus session is more than a timer. You track your focus, earn Treats, unlock companions, themes, and ambient sounds, and gradually grow a meaningful connection with your companion—turning everyday focus into a mindful, rewarding experience. >>> What makes PurrrrrFocus different? 【Personalized Focus Space】 • Calm Visual Environment: A calm, Eastern-inspired focus space designed to reduce visual noise and help you settle into deep focus. • Living Zen Scene: Soft Chinese-inspired visual themes shape the atmosphere of your session. • Gentle Motion & Sound: Your companion moves quietly through a serene garden-like space, paired with calming sounds like purring, temple ambience, and koto music. 【A Gentle Companion】 • Quiet Companionship: One selected companion stays with you during each focus session, offering a calm presence without distraction. • Emotional Motivation: If you end a session early, your companion gently reacts, encouraging you to try again next time. • Growth & Rewards: Earn Treats to unlock new companions, themes, and ambient sounds, and make each session more meaningful over time. • Courtyard Collection: Discover new items and surprises in the courtyard you share with your companion, and watch your little world grow over time. • Companion Profiles: Each companion has its own story, personality, appearance, and expressions to unlock as your Intimacy grows. You can also give your companion a name of your own. 【Focus Modes with Flexible Control】 • Relaxed Mode: Switch apps freely during focus sessions with no penalties. • Challenged Mode: App switching reduces Treats earned, helping you stay aware of distractions. • Whitelist Mode (iOS 16+): Only selected apps remain available during focus sessions, while others are restricted using iOS Screen Time. 【Focus Statistics & Insights】 • Focus Summary: Reflect on each session with a multi-dimensional summary of your time, task details, and earned rewards. Export and share beautiful summary cards to celebrate your progress and invite friends to focus together. • Habit Trends: Explore how your focus changes over time through daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly visual charts. • Focus Pattern: Understand how your focus is distributed across different task types and discover your most focused hours of the day. • Timeline: See your focus sessions with details on focus duration and interruptions, and add notes or reflections to any session. • Focus Stories: Look back on your focus journey through beautiful weekly and monthly recaps, bringing together your focus time, companions, and milestones. 【Other Features】 • Dual Timer Modes: Pomodoro timer & Count-Up timer • Live Activity & Dynamic Island support for real-time focus tracking • Always-On Screen during focus sessions for uninterrupted focus tracking • Quick Start from the idle screen to begin focus instantly • Task Customization: set task types, focus durations, break rules, and reminder intervals • Treats Store for redeeming companions, themes, and ambient sounds • Achievement Badges across 3 categories • Alternative App Icons • Companion notification sounds for focus reminders 【Privacy First】 PurrrrrFocus works fully offline with no account, no tracking, and no ads. All your focus data stays on your device, giving you a private and distraction-free space to focus. >>> Download PurrrrrFocus and turn everyday focus into a calmer, more meaningful ritual. Terms of use: https://louisbuilds.me/purrrrrfocus/terms-of-service-en.html Privacy Policy: https://louisbuilds.me/purrrrrfocus/privacy-policy-en.html

About

Anchorly

Features
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Feel stuck? Can’t start a task? Meet Anchorly - your gentle focus companion that helps you actually begin and finish tasks. No pressure. No guilt. Just a simple way to get things done. Why Anchorly works: Most productivity apps are overwhelming. Anchorly is different. It helps you: - start tasks without overthinking - stay focused with a simple timer - build momentum step by step - feel good about small wins And yes - you're not alone. Your cute penguin companion keeps you going. What you can do: - Start a focus session in seconds - Use a simple, distraction-free timer - Track your active task - Stay engaged with visual progress Designed for real life (and ADHD-friendly) Anchorly is perfect if you: - struggle with procrastination - get distracted easily - feel overwhelmed by big tasks - need a gentle push to start Built to feel calm, not stressful No complex systems. No pressure to be perfect. Just open the app… and begin. Start small. Stay consistent. Download Anchorly and take the first step.

Screenshots

PurrrrrFocus4 screens
Anchorly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anchorly at none against PurrrrrFocus's 6. Anchorly also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). PurrrrrFocus's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. PurrrrrFocus sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Anchorly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PurrrrrFocus ships an update every 2 weeks, Anchorly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
PurrrrrFocus versus Anchorly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPurrrrrFocusAnchorly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer聪 陈Diana Brik

In-app purchases

6 purchases

PurrrrrFocus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time4
  • Koto$1.99
  • Plumeo$2.99
  • Hidden Temple$2.99
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  • Lifetime Access$14.99
None

Anchorly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PurrrrrFocus free?
PurrrrrFocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anchorly free?
Anchorly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PurrrrrFocus or Anchorly have ads?
Neither PurrrrrFocus nor Anchorly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PurrrrrFocus or Anchorly?
PurrrrrFocus ships an update every 2 weeks, and Anchorly daily. Most recently, PurrrrrFocus was updated on October 21, 2026 and Anchorly on October 28, 2026.

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