Comparison

FocusTrain vs Focus Train

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

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About

FocusTrain

Features
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Every minute of focus is a kilometer traveled. Focus Train transforms your work sessions into real train journeys across Europe, turning productivity into something you'll actually look forward to. You choose your route. You select your seat. You board. Before each session, open the interactive map, pick your origin and destination, and receive your digital ticket. While you work, an animated landscape scrolls past: dense forests, snow-capped peaks, European cities, and Mediterranean coasts glide by your window at the exact pace of your focus. Nothing and no one can interrupt you. Focus Train automatically blocks the apps that distract you most during the journey, thanks to Screen Time integration. Your mind stays on the trip until you reach your destination — no detours, no temptations. Every arrival is a real achievement. Collect stamps in your virtual passport for every completed route, accumulate kilometers traveled, and build daily streaks that reflect your consistency. Your session history reminds you, with clarity and pride, how far you've come. Track your journey at all times. With Live Activity support, your trip progress appears directly on your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island, without needing to open the app. The journey continues, even while you're working. A universe of landscapes to explore. Choose from eight distinct settings — forest, mountain, city, coast, desert, snow, and more — each designed to wrap your focus in calm, detail, and visual beauty that invites you to stay. Focus Train is not just another timer. It's a different way of understanding work: the idea that effort deserves a reward, that every session has a destination, and that arriving is always worth it. Board the train. Your next journey starts now.

About

Focus Train

This app transforms focus sessions into engaging train journeys. Stay concentrated to travel farther, collect trip stamps, and unlock new routes. It offers a visually appealing and rewarding alternative to traditional timers.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with train journeys
  • Collect trip stamps and unlock new routes
  • Live Ticket on Lock Screen
  • One-tap widget for instant boarding
  • Customizable themes and train colors
  • Baggage blocking for distraction management
  • Native iOS design with haptics and Live Activities
Features
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Stop negotiating with yourself about when to start. FocusTrain turns every focus session into a train journey. You board, the train rolls while you work, and the deeper you go the farther it travels. By tonight you won't have "tried to focus" — you'll have a route on a map showing exactly where your attention took you. NOTHING DIES IF YOU LOOK AWAY Most focus apps motivate you with guilt: leave the screen and your tree withers, your streak burns, a number shames you. FocusTrain is built the other way around. Glance away and your train simply waits at the platform. Come back and it rolls on. It is the rare focus timer with no punishment mechanic at all — which is exactly why people who quit every other timer stay with this one. YOUR CONCENTRATION BECOMES SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE Every session you finish prints a boarding pass and inks a stamp in your book. Stations multiply, new routes and scenery unlock, the streak grows. Six months from now you won't have a bar chart you never open — you'll have a railway you built yourself, one session at a time. No other Pomodoro timer leaves you holding something worth keeping. IT STARTS AT YOUR STATION, NOT A GENERIC ONE During setup FocusTrain finds the real station nearest you and makes it your home stop. Add your own stations for the places that actually matter — your desk, your library, your café. The map is yours, not stock artwork. A TIMER YOU ACTUALLY OPEN 25 minutes, 50 minutes, or any length you set. Board in one tap from a Home Screen widget, keep a live ticket running on your Lock Screen, and see how far you have left without unlocking. Calm, quiet, no nagging. MAKE THE RIDE YOURS Unlock the full set of themes and train color palettes, dial in any custom HEX, add your own stations, and ride the Silent Car. Baggage blocking keeps distractions off the train, so the only thing on board is your attention. IT FEELS GOOD, AND THAT IS THE POINT 120Hz scrolling, haptics, Live Activities, a Home Screen widget, full Dark Mode, complete Dynamic Type. A true native iOS app, not a web wrapper. An app that feels this good is an app you will still open tomorrow — and tomorrow is the only thing that makes focus compound. IF ANY OF THIS IS YOU • You sit down to study and lose the first forty minutes to your phone. • Your best work only happens in long blocks, and every interruption costs you an hour. • ADHD makes starting the hardest part, and shame-based apps make it worse. • You've deleted three focus timers already because opening them felt like one more chore. WHAT STAYS YOURS Your trips, stats, and records never leave your device. No account required. No data collection. Location is used exactly once, during setup, to suggest your nearest station. Free to download. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, and German. The platform is clear. All aboard. Privacy Policy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms.html

Screenshots

FocusTrain4 screens
Focus Train4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusTrain at none against Focus Train's 5. Focus Train's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Focus Train sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. FocusTrain asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FocusTrain versus Focus Train: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusTrainFocus Train
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALBERTO PEREZ GUIJARRO帅 陈

In-app purchases

None

FocusTrain

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Focus Train

Subscriptions3
  • FocusTrain Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • FocusTrain Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • FocusTrain Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$19.99
  • FocusTrain Premium$24.99

Questions

Is FocusTrain free?
FocusTrain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Train free?
Focus Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FocusTrain or Focus Train have ads?
Neither FocusTrain nor Focus Train shows ads.

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