Focustown vs Focus Friend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focustown
This app provides a virtual study environment where users can focus alongside others globally in cozy, low-poly settings. Earn in-app currency to customize your avatar and stay motivated through shared focus sessions.
- Cozy study environments
- Study with real people globally
- Earn coins and customize avatar
- Study with friends
- Built-in focus timer
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Study with people from all over the world in a cozy low poly environment. Focustown helps you achieve your dreams one focus session at a time. Pick your vibe — a cozy cafe or a quiet library — and join a server where you can sit next to real people studying in real time. Whether you're a student grinding for exams or a working professional tackling your next big project, you're never alone on your journey. FEATURES: • Cozy Study Environments – Choose between beautifully designed cafes and libraries to set the perfect study mood. • Study With Real People – Join servers and focus alongside others from around the world in real time. • Earn Coins & Customize – Complete focus sessions to earn coins and decorate your character with fun accessories. • Study With Friends – Start sessions with your real friends and hold each other accountable. • Focus Timer – A built-in study timer to keep you on track and make every session count. Focustown was built to inspire millions of students and working professionals — reminding them that they're not alone in their journey to make a dent in this universe. Your dreams are worth every focus session. Start yours today. Similar apps include: Forest, Focus Tree, Flora, or Study Bunny Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Focus Friend
This app offers a guilt-free daily planner designed for ADHD brains. It combines task management with neurodivergent focus strategies like body doubling and energy tracking to help users build momentum and complete tasks.
- Body doubling and study buddies
- Energy-based planning
- Visual focus timers with ambient noise
- Zero-overhead task boards
- Smart task suggestions
- On-device privacy
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Focus Friend is the guilt-free daily planner built specifically for the ADHD brain. If standard to-do lists leave you feeling overwhelmed, paralyzed, or burnt out, you are in the right place. We combine task management with proven neurodivergent focus strategies—like body doubling and energy tracking—so you can finally build momentum and get things done. WHY IT WORKS FOR ADHD: Body Doubling & Study Buddies: Can't start a task? Work alongside a virtual study buddy or a real-time "Work With Me" video right inside the app to instantly break through task paralysis. Energy-Based Planning: Stop forcing productivity. Track your energy levels to spot your natural focus windows and work when your brain is actually ready. Visual Focus Timers: Combat time blindness with simple, color-coded focus sessions and ambient background noise (brown noise, lo-fi, coffee shop). Zero-Overhead Task Boards: Triage your day fast. Sort tasks into High, Medium, or Low priority, or simply drop them into Morning, Afternoon, or Evening buckets. No complex scheduling required. Smart Task Support: Let on-device intelligence suggest categories and urgency so you don't have to overthink it. PRIVACY FIRST Your brain dump is safe. Your task data stays securely on your device, with smart suggestions running locally for maximum privacy. Important: Focus Friend is a productivity and self-management app. It is not a medical app and does not provide diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice. PREMIUM & PRICING Focus Friend offers a free version to help you get started with limited daily tasks. Ready to go all in? Start a 7-day free trial of Focus Friend Premium (yearly plan) to unlock unlimited tasks, advanced tracking, and our full library of body-doubling features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shubhamjada.github.io/privacy/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Focus Friend at none against Focustown's shown. Focus Friend also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Focustown's advantage is ratings volume (9K vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Focustown sells 22 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Focus Friend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Friend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focustown has 9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Focustown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Focus Friend's.
Focustown ships an update daily, Focus Friend every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focustown | Focus Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Second Round Inc. | Shubham Jada |
Customer experience
Focustown
Focus Friend
In-app purchases
Focustown
- Foucstown Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Foucstown Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Foucstown Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Foucstown Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Foucstown Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- Foucstown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Foucstown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Pocketful Golden Beans$0.99
- Purchase Coffee Boost$0.99
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- Single Coffee Boost$0.99
- Handful of Golden Beans$0.99
- Sack of Golden Beans$2.99
- Bag of Brown Beans$3.99
- Bucket of Golden Beans$3.99
- Super Boost Pack$3.99
- Sack of Golden Beans$3.99
- Bucket of Brown Beans$9.99
- Cart of Brown Beans$9.99
- Bucket of Golden Beans$9.99
- Bucket of Golden Beans$19.99
- Cart of Golden Beans$39.99
Focus Friend
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year









