Bear With Me vs Leveling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bear With Me
This app helps you stay focused by timing your work sessions and resetting your progress if you switch to other applications. Earn cookies as a reward for your concentration and minimize distractions from social media and other apps.
- Set focus timers
- Progress resets on app switching
- Collect cookies for focus
- Minimize distractions
- Study and work aid
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Bear With Me. Open this app, set the time, and focus. If you switch apps, your progress resets. Simple. Collect cookies for being focused. The Bear With Me focus timer keeps you away from your daily distractions such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Focus your energy on studying, working, earning.
Leveling
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Leveling is a focus timer for studying, working and reading, with a pixel RPG adventure that grows alongside you. Turn focused minutes into character progress, equipment and rewards. CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS SESSION Pick a 5, 10, 15, 25 or 50-minute dungeon and get started. Use short sessions to begin a task or longer sessions when you want to stay immersed. Add tags to organize your sessions. LEVEL UP THROUGH REAL EFFORT Earn experience and gold through focus sessions. Develop your character, collect weapons and outfits, and unlock titles. Your daily effort becomes visible progress in a cozy pixel-art world. SEE YOUR STUDY AND WORK TIME Review your session history and daily, weekly and monthly focus totals. See how small sessions add up over time. MEET FELLOW ADVENTURERS Add friends by their friend ID, manage incoming requests and see which friends are focusing now. Discover active adventurers through friend recommendations. Friends requires signing in. START SMALL, KEEP GROWING Try guest mode to begin an adventure, or sign in to sync your progress across devices. Whether you are preparing for exams, working on a project or making time to read, build a routine one session at a time. Choose a dungeon. Start your focus timer. Grow your hero.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Leveling at 13.0 against Bear With Me's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bear With Me ships an update weekly, Leveling every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bear With Me | Leveling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Uphill Journey, LLC | dokyung yun |
In-app purchases
Bear With Me
No in-app purchases
Leveling
No in-app purchases









