Comparison

PactPic vs Cold Focus

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

Head to head
About

PactPic

This app helps you build habits by leveraging social accountability. Create private groups with friends to set shared goals and check in daily with a photo, providing visual proof of your progress and fostering consistent streaks together.

Highlights
  • Photo check-ins for proof
  • Private group accountability
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Customizable shared habits
  • Streak building
  • Designed for ADHD brains
Features
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Solo habit tracking has a 95% failure rate. The missing ingredient isn't willpower — it's your friends. PactPic is the group habit tracker built around accountability that actually works: make a daily commitment, check in with a photo, and let your group see your progress in real time. Private groups, no ads, no noise. —— WHAT MAKES PACTPIC DIFFERENT • Photo check-ins — not checkboxes. Snap a photo, post it to your group, prove you did the thing. • Private groups, not a social feed. Your progress stays inside your group. No followers, no likes, no noise. • Group accountability — when three friends are all checking in, skipping feels different. • Built for ADHD brains. External accountability and visual proof replace willpower. You don't need to be motivated. You need a witness. • No ads. Ever. PactPic earns nothing from your attention — only your results matter. —— HOW IT WORKS 1. Create or join a private group 2. Set your shared habits (fitness, study, wellness, anything) 3. Check in daily with a photo 4. See your group's progress update in real time 5. Build the streak together —— PERFECT FOR • Morning routines you've tried and abandoned solo • Fitness and gym habits with a workout partner • Study groups staying consistent through a semester • Sobriety, nutrition, or wellness goals with trusted friends • Anyone with ADHD who needs external accountability, not more willpower —— No ads. No public feed. No pressure. Just your group, your habits, your proof. Build the habit. Snap the photo. Stay accountable — together.

About

Cold Focus

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Your phone was designed by teams of engineers to hold your attention. One app standing against that has to be serious. Cold Focus is a calm, disciplined focus timer for students and anyone doing deep work. Start a session and the distractions get locked away. Not hidden behind your willpower. Actually blocked. No cheating your way out. Cold Focus is a subscription app. There is no limited free version: you get everything from day one. WHY COLD FOCUS IS DIFFERENT Most timers trust you to behave. This one doesn't have to. When you start a session, Cold Focus locks the apps that pull you away and watches for the little escapes: picking up your phone, bailing early. It keeps you honest, so the time you set aside actually becomes focused time. FOCUS SESSIONS - Set a session, put the phone down, go deep. - Distracting apps stay locked until you're done. - Optional penalties raise the stakes when you break focus, as gentle or as strict as you want. FOCUS SOUNDS - A calm ambient sound plays while your session runs, and keeps playing with the screen off or when you leave the app. - Rain, wind, a river, forest, brown and pink noise, or quiet music. Let them flow one after another, or pick one and stay there. - Mute it any time from the session screen. It mixes with your own music, so it never interrupts what you are already listening to. MEET STEVE Steve is your focus companion. Calm when you're locked in, honest with you when you drift. A little character, a lot of accountability. Focus doesn't have to feel cold and clinical. BUILD A DISCIPLINED IDENTITY - Keep streaks and climb through focus levels. - You're not just logging hours. You're becoming the kind of person who finishes what they start. SEE YOUR FOCUS CLEARLY - Clean weekly, monthly and yearly stats. - An AI focus coach reads your patterns and tells you, in plain language, where your attention is leaking and how to fix it. YOU'RE NOT ALONE See how many people are in a focus session right now, around the world. Quiet company for deep work. BUILT FOR THE ENEMY OF FOCUS Endless feeds, notifications, the reflex to check your phone every few seconds. Cold Focus is built to break that loop, for exams, deadlines, reading, or any work that deserves your full attention. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Everything above is included. No locked corners, no ads, no upsells inside the app. Subscribe monthly or yearly. It's never too late to take your attention back. Your focus data stays yours. We only sync what you allow. Cold Focus is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://coldfocusapp.github.io/coldfocus/terms-of-service.en.html Privacy: https://coldfocusapp.github.io/coldfocus/privacy-policy.en.html

Screenshots

PactPic4 screens
Cold Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PactPic at every 8 days against Cold Focus's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, 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. PactPic sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cold Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PactPic ships an update every 8 days, Cold Focus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PactPic versus Cold Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPactPicCold Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB241 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDarren Clay LiemHASAN BURAK ERDIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PactPic

One-time2
  • Premium Monthly$4.99
  • Premium Yearly$34.99
3 purchases

Cold Focus

Subscriptions3
  • Cold Focus Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Cold Focus Premium (Yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Cold Focus Premium (Yearly)$59.991 Year

Questions

Is PactPic free?
PactPic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cold Focus free?
Cold Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PactPic or Cold Focus have ads?
Neither PactPic nor Cold Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PactPic or Cold Focus?
PactPic ships an update every 8 days, and Cold Focus every 2 weeks. Most recently, PactPic was updated on October 1, 2026 and Cold Focus on September 23, 2026.

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