Comparison

Melt Focus vs Refocus

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

Head to head
About

Melt Focus

This app helps individuals with ADHD overcome procrastination and focus on tasks. It offers a unique visual timer and blocks distracting apps, rewarding the act of starting a task, even if it's for a short duration. Progress is tracked through streaks, providing visual proof of consistency.

Highlights
  • App blocking for focus
  • Visual timer with melting bunny
  • One task displayed at a time
  • Streak tracking for consistency
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • No punishment for stopping early
Features
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You don't need more motivation. You need a way to start without it. Melt Focus is the ADHD focus app that works on even the lowest-energy days. ADHD brains get overwhelmed trying to remember everything, then to choose what to do next, and then actually do it. We take all three off your plate. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS With Melt Focus, earn screen time by focusing or doing your work. Apps that distract or steal focus are blocked by default. Focus for as little as 10 minutes. Get rewarded with sunshine to intentionally spend on screen time. Scroll guilt free until the timer runs out. Protect your focus against mindless doomscrolling and get more done. You dump all your tasks into the app. Every single one. Brain dump complete. Working memory gets a break. We show you one frozen task at a time. Just one. No scrolling through a list, no decision fatigue, no paralysis. A cute bunny is trapped in ice, and she's your visual timer. Start a melt focus session, and she starts melting free. That's it. You watch the ice melt. You see time moving. You have proof you're making progress. Even if it doesn't feel like it yet. Plus we protect your dopamine by letting you choose what apps you want to block while focusing. WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT No punishment for stopping early. Most focus apps guilt you into finishing. We don't. If you quit after 3 minutes, your streak still counts. Because for ADHD brains, starting IS the whole battle. We reward the moment you decided to begin. One task at a time. Brains were never meant to hold 47 things at once. So we hold them for you. We pick the next thing. You just do it. A bunny melts instead of a timer ticking. Watching numbers count down is boring. Watching a cute frozen bunny slowly come to life? That hits different. Your brain actually wants to keep going. No willpower required. Block social apps and earn the scroll: instagram, tiktok, and the rest can't pull you out of focus anymore. Built for your worst days, not your best. Other apps work great when you're already motivated. Melt Focus works for the days when getting started feels impossible. That's when you need it most. That's when it works best. **Your session follows you everywhere.** Once you start a melt, the bunny lives on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island — progress bar, countdown, all of it. No need to reopen the app to remember you're mid-session. Your phone becomes the accountability, not the distraction. _all of the above features require an active subscription_ WHO THIS IS FOR → Students who wait until 2am to start the essay and hate themselves for it → Professionals who stare at their to-do list for 30 minutes then do none of it → Anyone with ADHD who's tired of productivity apps that assume you can "just start" YOUR DAILY STREAK TRACKER Every day you start (even for one minute), it counts. Your Melt History shows daily, weekly, and yearly streaks so you can see the pattern: you're more consistent than you think. Proof that momentum is building, one melt at a time. WHAT PEOPLE SAY AFTER USING IT "I finally stopped dreading my task list." "It's the first app that doesn't make me feel worse about myself." "The bunny is the only reason I started studying today and honestly? It worked." START THE TIMER. FREE THE BUNNY. Your tasks remember themselves. Your streak builds itself. And the only decision you have to make is: do I want to watch some ice melt today? p.s. the answer is always yes lol. _note: melt focus requires an active subscription; no features are available without one_ Download Melt Focus. Start your first melt. Terms of Use: https://legal.meltfocus.com/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://legal.meltfocus.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Refocus

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Refocus helps you stay on task with science-backed focus techniques designed specifically for ADHD minds. FEATURES: • Customizable focus timers with Pomodoro and custom intervals • Gentle break reminders that don't disrupt your flow • Focus session tracking and statistics • Calming ambient sounds to enhance concentration • Daily and weekly focus goals • HealthKit integration — log Mindful Minutes and see how exercise impacts your focus • Beautiful, distraction-free interface • Widget support for quick timer access Whether you're studying, working, or creating, Refocus gives you the structure you need without feeling restrictive. Start a session, enter your flow state, and watch your productivity soar. Built with love for the ADHD community. No accounts required, no data collected — just you and your focus. Terms of Use: https://si-huynh.github.io/refocus/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://si-huynh.github.io/refocus/privacy/

Screenshots

Melt Focus4 screens
Refocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Melt Focus and Refocus are too close to call on the numbers: across 4 compared parameters — price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Melt Focus sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Refocus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melt Focus ships an update fortnightly, Refocus monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Melt Focus versus Refocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelt FocusRefocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone — better—
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimitless Labs LLCSi Huynh

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Melt Focus

Subscriptions8
  • Melt Focus All Access$2.997 Days
  • Melt Focus All Access$5.991 Month
  • Melt Focus All Access$6.997 Days
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  • Melt Focus All Access$9.997 Days
  • Melt Focus All Access3 Months trial$24.993 Months
  • Melt Focus All Access$29.991 Year
  • Melt Focus All Access3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Melt Focus All Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Refocus

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Pro$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Melt Focus free?
Melt Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Refocus free?
Refocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which is updated more often, Melt Focus or Refocus?
Melt Focus ships an update fortnightly, and Refocus monthly. Most recently, Melt Focus was updated on September 24, 2026 and Refocus on September 14, 2026.

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