Focus Cat vs Cat Hourglass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Cat
Enhance your productivity with a charming feline companion. This app offers a customizable focus timer, an intuitive task list, and a fun decision-making tool to help you stay on track with your studies, work, or daily chores.
- Customizable focus timer
- Intuitive task list
- Random decision maker
- Premium themes
- Multiple cat breeds
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【Stay Focused with Your Guardian Cat】 Struggle with distractions? Meet Focus Cat, your ultimate companion for productivity and time management. Whether you're studying, working, or managing daily chores, your cute cat is always there to keep you on track. Key Features: Effective Focus Timer: Customize focus sessions and watch your cat stay by your side. Intuitive Task List: Effortlessly record and organize your to-do items with a clean, professional interface. Fun Decision Maker: Can't decide? Let the cat help you make choices with a random decider. Premium Themes: Unlock beautiful themes and various cat breeds to customize your personal workspace. Perfect For: Students aiming for better study efficiency. Professionals practicing Deep Work. Anyone who loves cats and wants a healing, productive experience. Download Focus Cat today and turn your goals into reality with your new feline friend!
Cat Hourglass
Enhance focus with a charming cat companion and rewarding gameplay. Earn fish by completing timed sessions to unlock custom rewards, track progress with detailed statistics, and enjoy offline functionality. Syncs seamlessly between iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Customizable focus sessions
- Earn fish for rewards
- Detailed focus statistics
- iPhone and Apple Watch sync
- Offline functionality
- Screen Time restrictions
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Turn focused time into small rewards with a cat by your side. Choose an illustrated hourglass for a countdown, or use an open-ended timer as drops of water slowly wear away a stone. Earn fish by completing focus sessions, then exchange them for rewards you set yourself. • Custom tasks, durations and rewards, with one-off or repeating schedules • Four hourglasses, a water-and-stone scene and long-term achievement badges • Real focus records, task breakdowns, heatmaps and a fish jar you can shake • Focus sessions and records shared between iPhone and Apple Watch • Optional Screen Time restrictions, phone-stillness detection and wrist-flip controls • Multiple languages, with light and dark appearances Sign in with Apple is required on first use. Afterwards, local timers and records work offline; this app’s tasks, records and reward ledger sync when connected. Phone-rest detection and wrist gestures require foreground sensor sampling. Basic timers and records are free. Premium unlocks additional hourglasses, advanced statistics, all widgets, task categories and Night Owl mode. Choose an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app. Restore purchases from the membership page and cancel automatic renewal anytime in Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cat Hourglass at none against Focus Cat's shown. Cat Hourglass also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Focus Cat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cat Hourglass sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Cat ships an update fortnightly, Cat Hourglass every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Cat | Cat Hourglass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHING-HAO FAN | QUN LIN |
Customer experience
Focus Cat
Cat Hourglass
In-app purchases
Focus Cat
- Pro Full Unlock$1.99
Cat Hourglass
- Monthly Premium$2.001 Month
- Annual Premium$6.991 Year
- Cat Hourglass Lifetime$10.49
- Cat Hourglass Lifetime$14.99









