Comparison

Sprint Focus vs Rain, From Below

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

Head to head
About

Sprint Focus

This app helps you focus on completing three daily tasks by breaking them down into short, timed sprints. It offers customizable sprint lengths and task types, with a simple interface designed for easy habit building and sustained effort.

Highlights
  • Select three tasks from a daily menu
  • Customizable sprint lengths (3-20 minutes)
  • Timed, task, and count-based sprints
  • Personalized task menu creation
  • Daily completion and time tracking
  • Morning notification for task candidates
Features
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Choose three things from today's five and finish them in short sprints. Sprint Focus combines the pomodoro idea, sprint training and habit building into one timer that is deliberately small — small enough that starting never feels like a decision. TODAY'S MENU, GENERATED FOR YOU Five items are drawn from the menu you keep switched on: studying, reading, exercise, tidying, idea work, anything you like. You pick three. SPRINTS OF 3 TO 20 MINUTES - 3 minutes times 3 sets (standard) - 5 minutes times 5 sets (hard) - Or a fully custom setup Choose between timed sprints, task sprints and count-based tasks. YOUR OWN MENU Add whatever you want: "read for 10 minutes", "five ideas", "tidy for 3 minutes". HISTORY AND PROGRESS Daily completions and total time are recorded, so the habit has something to lean on. A MORNING NUDGE A 9am notification tells you today's candidates are ready. WHO IT SUITS - Anyone who wants to concentrate on study or exam prep - People building a habit a little at a time - Anyone trying to keep reading or tidying going - People who bounce off complicated task managers - Anyone who finds short bursts easier to sustain Strict, but easy to keep going. Doing three things a day is enough to start moving.

About

Rain, From Below

Features
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Lie five metres down in a freshwater lake and watch the rain arrive from underneath. Every drop writes its own ring on the surface and drags a puff of air under with it. The sky fits into a bright disc above you - that is what water does to light - and around it the surface turns to mirror. A sandy bank rises toward shore with eelgrass swaying and lily pads floating overhead. A school of small fish drifts through; larger ones cruise past; now and then a turtle, an eel or a yabby wanders by. The sound is what a hydrophone would hear: the ringing of air bubbles, shifted down to where you can hear it, thickening into a roar when the rain comes on heavy. Distant thunder in a storm, wind across the surface, a boat passing far off. Nothing here is a recording. The scene is generated live, so ten hours run without a loop, and the fish never repeat. WHAT YOU CAN CHANGE • Three modes: Sleep (dim, calm, quiet), Focus, Showcase • Time of day on a 24-hour slider, or let it follow the real clock - dawn, overcast, dusk, night with a moon that matches tonight's phase • Rain, hail or snow; storms with lightning and thunder • Waves from glass-calm to a rolling swell; four kinds of water • How many fish, how much eelgrass, lily pads, creatures, birds, insects • A timer up to ten hours or an end time, with a fade-out or a wake-into-dawn ending • Lock-screen play/pause; keeps playing with the screen off Made for sleeping, studying and sitting still. PRO Pro adds the reef, the river and the pool, seasons, Match the sun, the sound mixer and the night programme. It is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription (A$2.99 a month or A$19.99 a year in Australia; prices differ by country), or a one-off lifetime unlock (A$39.99). Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://frombelowstudios.netlify.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sprint Focus3 screens
Rain, From Below4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sprint Focus at none against Rain, From Below's 3. Sprint Focus also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Rain, From Below sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sprint Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprint Focus ships an update every 5 days, Rain, From Below every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sprint Focus versus Rain, From Below: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprint FocusRain, From Below
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerseiya kawanoJack Johnson

In-app purchases

None

Sprint Focus

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Rain, From Below

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Pro$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Sprint Focus free?
Sprint Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rain, From Below free?
Rain, From Below is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sprint Focus or Rain, From Below have ads?
Neither Sprint Focus nor Rain, From Below shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sprint Focus or Rain, From Below?
Sprint Focus ships an update every 5 days, and Rain, From Below every 4 days. Most recently, Sprint Focus was updated on October 11, 2026 and Rain, From Below on October 26, 2026.

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