Comparison

Focustown vs FocusVille

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

Head to head
About

Focustown

Collaborate with global users in charming low poly environments to boost your focus. Choose your ideal study setting, join real-time sessions, and earn rewards to personalize your experience. Stay motivated and achieve your goals with dedicated focus timers.

Highlights
  • Cozy study environments
  • Study with real people globally
  • Earn coins and customize character
  • Study sessions with friends
  • Built-in focus timer
Features
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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/

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FocusVille

Features
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FocusVille turns your focus time into a little life you grow, and now your friends can sit at the same table. Start a focus session and a tiny friend grows with you: baby, child, teen, adult. Every focused minute turns into coins, a cozier room and a life that slowly takes shape: a job, a salary, a bike, a house with a garden, and one day a seaside villa or an island of your own. Made calm on purpose. No noise, no pressure, no punishment for stopping early, and nothing you have earned is ever taken away. Just a soft, rewarding loop that makes it easier to start, especially if starting is the hard part for you. • Shared Table: study at the same table as your friends. The table has one fire that lights when everyone does a session that day. If someone gets up, their chair stays empty; if a friend isn't there, their session from yesterday sits beside you; ring the bell to call someone who hasn't come. No chat. • Focus coach: a weekly target built from your own sessions, your best hour and day, and one tactic each week. With FocusVille+, daily pace and your road to exam day. • Companion trips: after a session your companion heads out and returns hours later with a gift; every new place adds a postcard. • Subjects and exam plan: link sessions to subjects, see your week per subject and your focus quality. With FocusVille+, a daily target per subject. • Places: café, library, fireside, forest, night, garden and snow. Each place comes with its own scene and sound, and your friend studies there with you. The rainy window is now free for everyone. Try every Plus place free for one session. • Promise: promise yourself 1, 2 or 3 sessions (Easy, Medium or Hard) for today or tomorrow, and earn coins when you keep it. Add some of your coins if you like and they come back multiplied. Pick an hour and get a reminder. Keep 7 in a row for a bonus and a Promise cup for your room. • Your friend's form: your last 7 days of focus show on your character. When Fresh, sessions earn 10% more coins. Need time off? Take a break for 3, 7 or 14 days. Want more challenge? Optional Hard mode: a neglected friend gets sick and their salary is halved, until a few good days bring them back. • Your scene while you focus: during a session, your lock screen and home screen widget show the scene you picked and your friend with a live countdown (iOS 17 and later). Dim the screen and the scene stays softly visible. • Focus Journey: a one-time ticket for a 30-stop path. Every day you reach your minutes you move one stop, collecting room items you can't buy in the shop. • Big goals: a bike, a house with a garden, a sports car, a seaside villa and a private island, each with a new window view. The villa and the island open rooms of their own. • Seasonal trips with postcards, 15 new room items and a quote of the day. • Strict Mode (iOS 18 and later): lock the apps that distract you while your session runs. Free, with no daily limit • Exam and deadline countdown with your weekly focus time • Look after your friend: water, meals, a kitchen to fill and pets you name yourself • Jobs, salary, achievements and a story to unlock • Works offline. Signing in is optional, and your progress is yours FocusVille+ (optional: a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, a one-time Lifetime purchase, or Exam Season: 90 days, paid once, never renews) adds a 4-person Shared Table whose place opens for everyone at it, the focus coach's daily pace and exam road, every place with its scene and sound, Hard lock and Scheduled lock (iOS 18 and later), the weekly report (your first one is free), free streak repair, unlimited breaks for your friend and 20% more coins in coin packs. Coins are earned by focusing; optional coin packs are just a shortcut. Coins have no cash value. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focus-ville.vercel.app/privacy Light the candle. Grow your world.

Screenshots

Focustown4 screens
FocusVille4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FocusVille at none against Focustown's shown. Focustown's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Focustown sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and FocusVille sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focustown ships an update daily, FocusVille every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Focustown versus FocusVille: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocustownFocusVille
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.7K — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecond Round Inc.Emre Omer Yldz

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Focustown

Subscriptions4
  • Foucstown Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Foucstown Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Foucstown Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Foucstown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time6
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Pocketful Golden Beans$0.99
  • Purchase Coffee Boost$0.99
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  • Sack of Golden Beans$2.99
  • Bucket of Golden Beans$9.99
  • Bucket of Golden Beans$19.99
10 purchases

FocusVille

Subscriptions3
  • FocusVille+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • FocusVille+ Yearly Offer$19.991 Year
  • FocusVille+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Handful · 1,000 coins$0.99
  • Pouch · 3,200 coins$2.99
  • Focus Journey$4.99
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  • Chest · 7,500 coins$5.99
  • Exam Season$11.99
  • Treasure · 20,000 coins$12.99
  • Hoard · 50,000 coins$24.99

Questions

Is Focustown free?
Focustown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusVille free?
FocusVille is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focustown or FocusVille have ads?
Focustown shows ads; FocusVille does not.
Which is updated more often, Focustown or FocusVille?
Focustown ships an update daily, and FocusVille every 10 days. Most recently, Focustown was updated on November 12, 2026 and FocusVille on November 11, 2026.

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