Garden Timer vs Focusleaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garden Timer
This app transforms focus sessions into a growing virtual garden. Each completed focus period contributes to the evolution of your persistent garden world, offering a unique visual representation of your productivity. Ambient soundscapes enhance deep work sessions.
- Persistent virtual garden growth
- Dynamic Island and Lock Screen integration
- Ambient soundscapes for focus
- Detailed focus analytics (Pro)
- Landscape Desk Mode (Pro)
- Ad-free experience (Pro)
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Every time you focus, something grows. Garden Timer turns your focus sessions into a cherry blossom garden that remembers every minute you put in. Not a disposable plant that resets. A living world that evolves — bare branches to first buds to full bloom — all built by you showing up. Set your timer. Put the phone down. When you come back, your garden has grown. WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT Other focus apps grow a single tree and forget it. Garden Timer builds a persistent world across every session. Your garden is yours — it accumulates, it changes, it reflects how far you've come. That's not a gimmick. That's the thing that makes you open the app again tomorrow. YOUR FOCUS, ALWAYS VISIBLE Start a session and your timer appears on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. Glance at your phone without picking it up. See your time counting down, your garden stage progressing, right there. No need to unlock. No temptation to open anything else. SOUNDS THAT ACTUALLY HELP Rain on leaves. Morning birds. A quiet stream. Not a generic white noise loop — ambient soundscapes designed to pair with the garden you're growing. Put your headphones in and disappear into deep work. BUILT FOR iOS 26 Liquid Glass interface. Smooth crossfade animations between growth stages. Native SwiftUI from the ground up — this isn't a web app stuffed into a shell. It feels like it belongs on your phone because it was built for your phone. GARDEN PRO Unlock every garden scene with 12 growth stages, all ambient sound packs, unlimited session history, detailed focus analytics, landscape Desk Mode, and an ad-free experience. Start with a free trial. The people who build something every day are the ones who show up again. Your garden is proof you did. Privacy Policy: https://jmrely.github.io/gardentimer-site/privacy.html Support: https://jmrely.github.io/gardentimer-site/support.html
Focusleaf
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Focusleaf is a Pomodoro study timer that grows a plant while you focus. Plant a seed, start a 25-minute session and watch it grow through 5 stages, from seed to bloom. Leave the app for more than 10 seconds and it wilts. Every finished session adds a plant to your garden, so your focus becomes something you can see. A PLANT THAT GROWS WHILE YOU FOCUS • Pomodoro-style sessions: 25 minutes of focus, then a 5-minute break • A hand-drawn plant grows through 5 visible stages during every session • Leave early and it wilts, shown kindly, with no guilt trip • Locking your phone does not count as leaving • A notification when your plant is grown and when your break is over YOUR GARDEN OF FOCUS • Every finished session adds a plant to your garden • Browse your garden by day or by week • See how many plants you have grown, minutes focused and species collected 12 SPECIES TO COLLECT • Clover, mint, fern, cherry, monstera, sunflower, lavender, tulip, rose, bamboo, olive and daisy • Each one has its own leaves, colors and blooms FOCUSLEAF PRO • Unlimited plants every day (free plan grows 3 a day) • All 12 plant species (free plan includes clover) • Custom focus sessions from 10 to 120 minutes and custom breaks • Tags such as study, work, reading and writing, plus your own • Detailed stats by day and by tag • No ads No account needed. Your sessions and garden stay on your device. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Focusleaf Pro is available as a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://functional-thrill-31c.notion.site/Focusleaf-Privacy-Policy-3e7f8e9da76b818fbd57c21310b3deba
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Garden Timer at none against Focusleaf's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Garden Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Focusleaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Garden Timer ships an update weekly, Focusleaf every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garden Timer | Focusleaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ely Martinez | Mehmet Akif ERGANI |
In-app purchases
Garden Timer
- Garden Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Garden Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Garden Pro$49.99
Focusleaf
- Focusleaf Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- Focusleaf Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Focusleaf Pro Lifetime$34.99









