Mofu vs OpenFocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mofu
This app uses a gentle approach to help you build focus habits. It features cute companions and a calming atmosphere to make study or work sessions more enjoyable and productive. Track your progress visually and customize your focus sessions to fit your needs.
- Cross-device focus timer (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
- Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island integration
- Visual progress tracking with growing 'pasture'
- Companion pets to accompany focus sessions
- Multiple focus modes (Normal, Strict, Whitelist, Flow)
- Ambient sounds for a calming atmosphere
- Detailed session history and statistics
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mofu is a cozy Pomodoro focus timer for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One Mofu Pro unlock works across all your devices, so you can focus with the same gentle companion wherever you study or work. Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island keep your focus visible outside the app. Check today, weekly, and monthly progress from widgets, follow an active timer on the Lock Screen, and glance at Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models. Start a focus session, stay with your pet, and turn every completed block of time into visible progress in your pasture. Mofu is designed for people who want to build better focus habits without pressure. Instead of filling your day with guilt, streak anxiety, or complicated task systems, Mofu gives you a calm timer, a cute companion, and a soft reason to come back. Why people love Mofu: - Focus across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Begin a Pomodoro session on the device that fits your moment. Mofu is built for focused time at your desk, on the sofa, or on the go. - One unlock for every device Mofu Pro supports iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so your premium focus setup can follow you across your Apple devices. - Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island Keep your focus progress visible without opening the app. Add widgets for quick progress checks and follow active sessions from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island. - Grow your focus pasture Each completed session adds to your progress. As your focus count grows, your pets can level up with new visual stages, making your effort feel more alive over time. - Focus with a cute companion Choose your pet, set your timer, pick a tag, and begin. Your companion stays with you through every session and makes focus feel a little less lonely. - Choose the focus style that fits you Normal Mode for flexible sessions Strict Mode for stronger discipline Whitelist Mode to help reduce distractions Flow Mode for open-ended focus - Create a calming atmosphere Play ambient sounds while you study or work and make your focus sessions feel more peaceful. - Look back on your progress View your session history, revisit past focus moments, and see how your time grows across days, weeks, months, and years. Mofu is useful for studying, reading, deep work, exam prep, creative flow, and daily habit building. It helps you protect attention in a way that feels warm, simple, and easy to return to. Mofu Pro Mofu offers optional premium features through auto-renewable subscriptions and a lifetime purchase. Pro features include: - Additional companion pets - Additional widgets - Premium ambient sounds - Advanced statistics - Full timeline access - Custom focus tags - Strict Mode - Whitelist Mode Subscription information: - Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period - You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2Nl5WOAdsl7JW-0Opf9xk5877KEBFiylG_pY5qtHuI/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-C0SuhCIz3JrOPR71KiTo4HOlsmi2-lCJ5fGtCuFqEE/edit?usp=sharing Contact: lsysun1@gmail.com
OpenFocus
This minimal timer app starts counting down the moment it's opened, offering a distraction-free way to manage focus and break intervals. It provides customizable durations, multiple visual themes, and optional features like long breaks and daily goals, all without ads or in-app purchases.
- Instant start timer
- Customizable focus/break durations
- Optional long breaks
- 7 color themes
- 4 timer faces
- Lock Screen & Dynamic Island integration
- Reliable alarms
Read full descriptionHide full description
OpenFocus is a minimal pomodoro timer that starts the moment you open it. Free, forever. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No subscription. Setup-free at launch — yet there when you want to tune it. — Features — Starts instantly The focus timer is already counting down by the time the screen appears. No start button. No mode to pick. Custom focus and break durations Default is the classic 25/5. Open the settings sheet (when stopped) to set focus (5–90 min) and break (5–30 min) independently, in 5-minute steps. Long break (optional) Pomodoro Technique–style long break. After every Nth completed focus (configurable, 2–8), the break extends to 3× its normal length. Off by default. 7 color themes Choose from mono, ink, sea, forest, sand, rose, dusk. The chosen theme applies app-wide and also to the Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island. 4 timer faces Pick how the countdown looks: ring (default hairline), digital (bedside-clock LCD), flip (mechanical split-flap tiles), or analog (single-hand). Digital and flip can rotate to landscape with a tap — handy when you prop the phone up on a desk. Adjust on the fly Settings open mid-session too. Color, face, daily goal, and keep-awake change instantly. Focus and break durations stay locked until you fully stop the timer, so the running countdown never desyncs from what you see. Daily session counter The app counts completed focus sessions per day (auto-resets at midnight). Optionally set a daily goal (1–20) to see progress like "today · 3 / 8" — leave it at 0 and only the count is shown. Keep screen awake (optional) When on, the screen stays on while the timer is in the foreground. Useful for the "place phone on desk and watch the countdown" workflow, without changing your device-wide auto-lock. Auto phase switching When focus ends, break begins. When break ends, focus begins. The cycle continues without you touching the screen. Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Built on iOS Live Activities. Check the remaining time from your Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island without opening the app. Beautifully animated Each theme has its own focus and break colors. Smooth color crossfades on phase change, subtle haptics, Apple-grade SF Symbol morphing — every transition feels native. Reliable alarms Powered by iOS 26 AlarmKit. Notifies you at the end of every focus and break interval, even in the background, even on silent. Privacy first We don't collect anything. Settings and timer state are stored only on your device. No network requests, no analytics, no tracking. — Best for people who — • Want to try the pomodoro technique without setup overhead • Like a single tap to start — but still want to tune their own cadence and look • Are tired of cluttered timer apps • Believe in minimal tools done well — Not for people who — • Need statistics or reports • Want task management built in OpenFocus is built by subtraction, not addition. Minimal at first. Quietly customizable when you ask for it.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenFocus at 5.0 against Mofu's 4.0. OpenFocus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Mofu's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Mofu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. OpenFocus asks for nothing beyond the download.
OpenFocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Mofu | OpenFocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Songyu Li | YOSHIKI KOAKUTSU |
Customer experience
Mofu
OpenFocus
In-app purchases
Mofu
- Tomo Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Tomo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Tomo Pro Lifetime$9.99
OpenFocus
No in-app purchases









