Comparison

FocusOffice vs App Usage Limiter

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

Head to head
About

FocusOffice

Features
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Struggling to stay focused when you're alone? Do you constantly check your phone instead of studying or working? FocusPomo turns focus into a game – and you’re not alone. Start a Pomodoro session by yourself or with up to 8 friends and work toward your goals together. During the session there’s only one rule: don’t leave the app β€” otherwise you’ll lose the session and your reward. Staying focused together has never been this motivating. WHY FOCUSOFFICE WORKS β€’ Focus together β†’ Start sessions with friends and motivate each other. β€’ Penalty system β†’ If you leave the app, your session may instantly end. No cheating. β€’ Earn Coffee Beans β†’ Get rewards for every successful focus session. β€’ Gamification β†’ Unlock new characters, backgrounds, room accessories and animations. β€’ Detailed statistics β†’ Track your focus time, streaks, and progress. β€’ Streak system β†’ Stay consistent and build your daily focus streak. β€’ Achievements & challenges β†’ Earn awards for staying focused regularly. β€’ Challenges -> Challenge friends and find out who is the best. β€’ Friends & community β†’ Compare your progress with coworkers, friends and people around the world. FEATURES β€’ Pomodoro timer and custom focus durations β€’ Focus sessions alone or with friends β€’ Reward system with Coffee Beans β€’ Unlockable characters, backgrounds and room accessories β€’ Relaxing focus sounds and atmosphere β€’ Streaks, statistics, and progress tracking β€’ Achievements and challenges β€’ Adjustable difficulty for higher rewards PERFECT FOR β€’ Studying β€’ Learning β€’ Homework β€’ Exam preparation β€’ Deep work β€’ Everyday productivity β€’ Office work β€’ Home office CONNECT WITH US Have ideas on how we can make FocusPomo even better? Whether it’s a feature request or feedback about your experience, we’d love to hear from you. Help us build the best focus timer in the world and help people stay productive. CONTACT 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

About

App Usage Limiter

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You already know how much time you want to give an app. Free Full Usage Limiter is what makes that decision stick. Pick an app, give it a daily budget, and when the budget runs out the app stops opening. That's it. No streaks, no coaching, no account to create. SET LIMITS THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY THINK β€’ Per app β€” give one app its own daily budget. β€’ Per folder β€” group several apps together and give them a single shared budget. Twenty minutes across all your social apps, however you split it. When the budget is gone, they all lock at once. TWO WAYS TO BE STOPPED Friction mode leaves a door, but makes you work for it. To buy back a few minutes you type out a full sentence by hand β€” pasting is rejected β€” and then sit through a countdown that restarts if you leave the app. Most of the time you'll close it instead. That's the point. Absolute mode has no door. When the time is gone, it's gone until midnight. An absolute limit also can't be loosened or deleted afterwards; you can only make it stricter. Choose it when you already know you'll negotiate with yourself later. IT NOTICES WHEN YOU KEEP TRYING Every time you hit the lock screen, the message changes. The first one is a gentle nudge. By the tenth it isn't gentle, and it tells you how many times you've tried today. Seeing that number is usually what breaks the loop. SEE WHAT YOU GOT BACK A weekly report shows how much less you used your phone compared to the same point last week β€” overall and app by app. Not a guilt chart. Just the hours you took back. BUILT TO BE BORING ABOUT YOUR DATA No account. No sign-up. No subscription. No ads. No analytics. No third-party code of any kind. There is no server, because there is nothing to send anywhere. Your limits live on your iPhone and nowhere else. Your usage numbers are read inside an isolated system extension that Apple does not let apps read from β€” which means even this app cannot see them. That's also why the main screen shows a progress bar rather than a live countdown: iOS genuinely does not allow it. HONEST LIMITATIONS β€’ Requires Screen Time permission. It's what makes blocking possible. β€’ Blocks can take up to a minute to appear after your time runs out. That's how iOS reports usage. β€’ Deleting this app removes every block, including absolute ones. Apple does not allow that door to be closed, and we'd rather tell you than pretend otherwise. Free, completely. There is no paid tier to upsell you to.

Screenshots

FocusOffice4 screens
App Usage Limiter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: App Usage Limiter at none against FocusOffice's 3. App Usage Limiter also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. FocusOffice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. App Usage Limiter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusOffice ships an update every 6 weeks, App Usage Limiter every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
FocusOffice versus App Usage Limiter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusOfficeApp Usage Limiter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size248 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManuel ReindlJAIME MANUEL SERRANO GONZALEZ

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FocusOffice

Subscriptions2
  • PomoOffice Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • PomoOffice Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • PomoOffice Lifetime$39.99
None

App Usage Limiter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusOffice free?
FocusOffice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is App Usage Limiter free?
App Usage Limiter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusOffice or App Usage Limiter have ads?
Neither FocusOffice nor App Usage Limiter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusOffice or App Usage Limiter?
FocusOffice ships an update every 6 weeks, and App Usage Limiter every 9 days. Most recently, FocusOffice was updated on October 5, 2026 and App Usage Limiter on October 6, 2026.

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