FocusOffice vs Deepwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusOffice
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The office you actually want to show up to. Working alone is hard. No colleagues, no one noticing whether you showed up, no reason to push a little harder. FocusOffice gives you all of that back. Clock in, work alongside friends, bet a coffee on who focuses more, and get paid in Beans to build your own space. CLOCK IN Every day starts at the punch clock. Set a Pomodoro, a custom timer or a stopwatch, pick your focus mode and get to work. • Strict – one life. Leave the app and the session is over. • Balanced – three lives. • Flexible – leave whenever you need to, without a penalty and without Beans. YOUR COWORKERS Add friends and see who's putting in the hours. Start a group session with up to 8 people and sit at the same table. Step out of the app and everyone sees your empty chair. In Strict mode the team shares three lives, so if one person slacks off, everyone pays. OFFICE BETS Every office has them. Challenge a friend: • Time Goal – focus a set number of hours within a few days • Battle – first to reach the target wins • Streak – hit your hours every day without breaking the chain • Ranking – most hours wins Then set the stakes: loser buys coffee, loser buys lunch, Beans, or a deal you write yourself. Reminders tell you exactly where you stand before the deadline. COMPANY-WIDE COMPETITIONS Global challenges are open to everyone. Climb the public leaderboard, hit the goal and win your share of the Bean pot. PAYDAY Every session pays you in Beans. Spend them on furniture, characters and backgrounds and turn an empty room into a space that feels like yours. BUILD A CAREER Earn career badges for points earned and days you showed up. Track your focus time and streak by day, week and all time. THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE Work to Office Day, Rainy Day, Calm River, Morning Forest or Cozy Fire, or play your own Apple Music during sessions. BRING YOUR TEAM Invite friends and you'll both get Beans after their first session. PERFECT FOR Studying, homework, exam preparation, deep work, office work, home office and everyday productivity. FOCUSOFFICE PLUS Try Plus free for 7 days, then choose monthly or yearly. Plus unlocks: • Full focus statistics • Challenges and bets with friends • All characters • All backgrounds • More focus sounds Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. CONNECT WITH US Have an idea for making FocusOffice better? Feature requests and feedback are always welcome. Email: pomooffice@magenta.de Instagram: @pomooffice X (Twitter): @pomooffice LEGAL Terms of Use: https://pomooffice.carrd.co/#terms Privacy Policy: https://pomooffice.carrd.co/#privacy See you at the office :)
Deepwell
This app provides a dedicated space for uninterrupted deep work sessions of one to four hours. It tracks your focused time, identifies your peak work periods, and offers a journal of your activities. A monthly letter summarizes your work habits and suggests intentions for the future.
- Uninterrupted deep work blocks
- Focus time tracking and journaling
- Rhythm map for peak work times
- Monthly work reflection letters
- Siri and widget integration
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island support
- Apple Health integration
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deepwell is a calm home for real focus. Instead of chopping your day into tiny fragments, you begin a block: one to four hours of uninterrupted attention. deepwell protects it while it runs, and you commit it when you're done, with a short note on what you did. No guilt, no red badges. When life interrupts, pause, and when you come back the block returns every paused minute to you. Stop early if you have to. Every honest minute still counts. Watch your months fill with green squares that deepen the more you focus. Your deep work records and your longest unbroken stretch of focus are tracked. Watch a rhythm map that shows exactly when you work best and get a searchable journal of everything you've ever worked on. And finally once a month, deepwell reads your month and writes you a letter. Not a stats readout, but a personal note about how you actually worked, what kept pulling you away, and how the month compared to the last, ending with one small intention for the month ahead. Everything syncs across your iPhone and the web. On iPhone, begin a block hands-free with Siri, the Action Button, Control Center or straight from a widget. Follow it live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, hear a gentle chime when time is up, and log focused time to Apple Health as mindful minutes. Each week, a short reflection on your week is written entirely on your device, and never leaves it. Focus you can measure and be quietly proud of. Come do your deepest work with deepwell.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deepwell at none against FocusOffice's 3. Deepwell also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. FocusOffice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Deepwell asks for nothing beyond the download.
FocusOffice ships an update every 6 weeks, Deepwell every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FocusOffice | Deepwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Reindl | Advait Namboodiri |
In-app purchases
FocusOffice
- PomoOffice Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PomoOffice Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- PomoOffice Lifetime$39.99
Deepwell
No in-app purchases









