Comparison

Focus Flower vs ACTO Start

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

Head to head
About

Focus Flower

This app uses a charming, minimal focus timer to help you stay on task and build consistent habits. Watch a flower grow in real-time as you complete focus sessions, unlocking new varieties through dedication and unique achievements. It offers a distraction-free, gamified approach to productivity.

Highlights
  • Minimal focus timer
  • Customizable Pomodoro-style timer
  • Real-time flower growth animations
  • Unlockable flowers with achievement conditions
  • Focus history calendar
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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Focus Flower is a charming minimal focus timer and productivity app designed to help you stay on task, beat distractions, and build consistent work and study habits. Start a session in seconds. Set your custom time from minutes to hours, stay focused, and watch your flower grow in real time. Gentle progress animations keep you aware of time without breaking your flow. Every focus session grows your collection. Unlock new flowers through consistency, patterns, and hidden conditions: some are easy, others take dedication. Can you discover them all? Great for achievement hunters: make your work into a game! (hints are in the gallery screen) No clutter. No ads. No subscriptions. No distractions. Just a clean, calm space to focus. Whether you’re studying, doing deep work, or building better daily habits, Focus Flower helps you stay in flow and turns your focus into something visible and rewarding. Key Features • Simple focus timer for productivity or relaxation goals • Custom pomodoro-style timer: minutes to hours • Real-time flower growth with soothing animations • Restart, pause, or quit timers anytime • Minimal interface with Dark Mode • Calendar with complete focus history and unlocks • Notifications to support your routine • Dozens of unlockable flowers through unique achievement conditions • ZERO ADS: completely distraction-free Focus Flower is the calm, gamified productivity timer that feels like a peaceful garden instead of another to-do list. Perfect for students, professionals, and anyone who wants an ad-free way to track focus time and build lasting habits. Download Focus Flower today and start growing your personal flower collection, one focused bloom at a time.

About

ACTO Start

Features
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ACTO is a one-time purchase of $4.99 that unlocks all features forever. Start before motivation arrives. ACTO is a minimal app for one specific moment: when you know what you should do — but can't start. No streaks. No gamification. No artificial motivation. ACTO helps you take responsibility for the next small action and begin anyway. WHAT'S INCLUDED ($4.99 ONE-TIME) - Unlimited timer sessions - Lock screen widget - Tomorrow's Action planning - All future updates HOW IT WORKS - Name the task you're avoiding - Identify what's blocking you - Start with just 2 minutes - Decide whether to continue or stop — consciously That's it. ACTO removes friction, not effort. You act — the app stays out of the way. WHY ACTO IS DIFFERENT Most productivity apps try to push you. ACTO does the opposite. It assumes you already know what matters. Action belongs to the human, not the app. Small, deliberate starts beat forced motivation. The app is designed to fade into the background as your self-command strengthens. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Use ACTO for studying, writing, work tasks, personal responsibilities — anything you're postponing. Whether you stop after 2 minutes or continue longer — the choice is yours. No illusions. No dependency. ACTO doesn't promise transformation. It gives you a clean starting point. Again and again. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/gogosholo/ACTO-Privacy-Policy

Screenshots

Focus Flower4 screens
ACTO Start4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Flower at none against ACTO Start's 1. Focus Flower also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). ACTO Start's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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. ACTO Start sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focus Flower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Flower ships an update every 3 weeks, ACTO Start every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus Flower versus ACTO Start: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus FlowerACTO Start
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSilo Interactive LLCAhmed Oogle

In-app purchases

None

Focus Flower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ACTO Start

One-time1
  • ACTO Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Focus Flower free?
Focus Flower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACTO Start free?
ACTO Start is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Flower or ACTO Start have ads?
Neither Focus Flower nor ACTO Start shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Flower or ACTO Start?
Focus Flower ships an update every 3 weeks, and ACTO Start every 2 months. Most recently, Focus Flower was updated on October 24, 2026 and ACTO Start on October 25, 2026.

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