Comparison

FocusLapse vs Focus Jungle

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

Head to head
About

FocusLapse

Record your study or work sessions as time-lapse videos. This app helps reduce phone distractions and provides a visual log of your effort. Review your progress with animated overlays and history tracking.

Highlights
  • Record study/work sessions as time-lapse videos
  • Animated analog clock overlay
  • Front and rear camera support
  • Adjustable video speed
  • Focus history and progress graphs
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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FocusLapse turns your study, work and reading sessions into time-lapse videos and a personal focus log. Set down your phone and start focusing. Recording yourself at work can help you stay with the task in front of you. Turn a long session into a short video, then look back and see the effort you put in. Features • Record time-lapse videos while you focus • Review your focus time in charts • Add a rating and a note to each session • Delete unwanted sessions and remove their time from your totals • Switch between front and rear cameras • Choose video orientation, clock design and study-time display before recording • Combine multiple time-lapse videos into one highlight video • Save finished videos to Photos • Check your focus time in a widget Keep a visual record of your study or work routine. You can share your finished videos through your usual social apps. Free to use, with no ads or account required. Videos, focus records, ratings and notes stay on your device and are not sent to the developer's servers. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and French. The app follows your device's preferred languages.

About

Focus Jungle

Features
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The Best Study Tracking App. Focus Jungle turns study into a game you actually want to come back to. Run a timer, log your hours, challenge friends, join a guild and build a streak that moves you up the leaderboard. For solo deep work, last-minute exam revision or a study grind with friends, Focus Jungle gives every focused minute a reason to count. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Use quick 15, 30, 45 and 60-minute sessions, or switch to Stopwatch Mode for longer deep-work sessions. • Add focus sounds, choose a study tag and make each session fit the task in front of you. MAKE STUDY SOCIAL • Challenge friends in Focus Battles and see who can stay consistent. • Join Plant Together sessions, or join a guild to contribute hours and chase the next rank as a team. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARDS • Compare your focus time with friends, your guild and the global community. • Show up consistently, move up the rankings and make your study hours count. SEE THE WORK ADD UP • Track total focus time, time by tag, daily consistency, peak study times and long-term progress. • Earn XP, coins, ranks and rare plant rewards as you complete sessions and protect your streak. Focus Jungle is for students who are tired of studying alone and want a timer with accountability, competition and momentum. Start your next session. Make it count.

Screenshots

FocusLapse4 screens
Focus Jungle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FocusLapse at none against Focus Jungle's shown. Focus Jungle's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusLapse ships an update fortnightly, Focus Jungle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FocusLapse versus Focus Jungle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusLapseFocus Jungle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB133 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developercocon Godo KaishaJared Hall

In-app purchases

None

FocusLapse

No in-app purchases

None

Focus Jungle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusLapse free?
FocusLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Jungle free?
Focus Jungle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusLapse or Focus Jungle have ads?
Focus Jungle shows ads; FocusLapse does not.
Which is updated more often, FocusLapse or Focus Jungle?
FocusLapse ships an update fortnightly, and Focus Jungle weekly. Most recently, FocusLapse was updated on October 16, 2026 and Focus Jungle on October 4, 2026.

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