Splora vs Flows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Splora
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Turn your study and work sessions into an epic ocean adventure! Splora is a gamified Pomodoro timer designed to help you beat procrastination, stay focused, and build the ultimate pirate empire. Say goodbye to boring timers and distractions. With Splora, every minute you spend focusing earns you gold coins. Dock at uncharted islands, set your timer, and complete your tasks to conquer new territories! Will you be a simple deckhand, or will you rise to the rank of Pirate Lord of the High Seas? HOW IT WORKS: - Dock at an island on the world map. - Set your focus timer and start studying or working. - DO NOT leave the app! If you abandon the session, your progress is lost. - Complete the timer to conquer the island stage and earn Focus Coins (1 coin for every focused minute). FEATURES: - Gamified Productivity: Conquer islands by completing focus stages. The longer you focus, the harder the islands become to conquer. - Build Your Fleet: Spend your hard-earned gold to unlock diverse 3D ships, from the humble Coastal Dinghy to the legendary Phantom ship. - Decorate Captain's Island: Unlock your personal haven. Buy exclusive decorations, giant statues, and nature elements to make it truly yours. - Collect Pets: Need company while studying? Buy companions like the Pirate Parrot or the Wise Turtle to keep you motivated on your desk. - Immersive Soundscapes: Block out background noise with relaxing ambient sounds. - Track Your Progress: Check your Logbook to see your total focus hours, daily averages, and your current daily streak. Whether you're studying for an exam, writing code, or doing deep work, Splora brings the thrill of exploration to your desk. Set sail, Captain. The treasure of deep focus awaits!
Flows
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Most time trackers are built for billing. Flows is built for understanding your day. Tap a card to start tracking. Tap another to switch. That's it. No projects, no timers to manage, no descriptions to fill in. Create your own flows: broad categories like Deep Work, Meetings, Admin, Resting, whatever matches how you actually spend your time. Flows records it and shows it back to you in a way that makes sense at a glance. Because work isn't just what was on screen. And your day is more than a timesheet. DRIFTING Not every minute gets deliberately assigned. Step away. Forget to tap. Take a break. Lose half an hour. Flows doesn't treat that as a gap or a failure. It becomes Drifting, a built-in flow that quietly catches the time you didn't claim. Move it later if you want. Leave it if it belongs there. Most trackers punish missing time. Flows treats it as part of the day. (One reason it sits well with ADHD brains, and anyone who forgets to tap.) SEE YOUR WHOLE DAY AT ONCE The day-bar is a coloured ribbon showing every minute of your day in the flow it belongs to. No spreadsheets. No reports to decode. Just the shape of the day, visible at a glance. MEET DROPLET Droplet is the small companion who lives in your timeline. No dashboards to read โ Droplet notices the shape of your week and reflects it back in a sentence or two: which flows carried the days, when the drifting clustered, how the rhythm moved. Curious about something? Just ask. Ask Droplet answers from your own tracked time โ "how much did I flow this week?", "where did my time go?" โ in plain, warm language. Never a score. Never advice you didn't ask for. REFLECTIONS Zoom out to a week or a month and Flows shows its shape at a glance: a simple bar for each day, your flows laid out by rhythm, and a short reflection up top. Not "was this a good week?" Just "what kind of week was this?" FIX THINGS WITHOUT BREAKING ANYTHING Forgot to switch? Long-press a flow card to move time from one flow to another after the fact. Long-press any segment in the day-bar to see its history: what it was, what changed, and how it got there. Nothing is destructive. Corrections add clarity, they don't erase the past. FEATURES * One-tap tracking. Start and switch instantly. * Drifting. Built-in time for the moments you didn't claim. * The day-bar. See your whole day as a single timeline. * Droplet, a companion who reflects your week back to you. * Ask Droplet questions about your own time, in plain language. * Weekly and monthly Reflections that show the shape of your time. * Move time between flows after the fact. * Per-segment history and corrections. * Bridges. Flows asks what to do with gaps in your day. * A grace period for accidental taps. * No streaks. No guilt. Nothing to maintain. Ask Droplet and AI-written reflections need a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Everything else works on any supported device. WHAT FLOWS IS NOT * Not a productivity scoreboard. * Not a focus app that locks you out of things. * Not a billing tool with clients, invoices and hourly rates. * Not an automatic activity logger watching your screen. Flows is for people who finish the day and wonder where it went. A calmer way to track your time. Time flows. Know where. Privacy Policy: https://flowsapp.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Splora at none against Flows's 3. Splora also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Flows sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Splora asks for nothing beyond the download.
Splora ships an update every 4 days, Flows every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splora | Flows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matteo Avanzi | Paul Stanton |
In-app purchases
Splora
No in-app purchases
Flows
- Flows+ Monthly$9.991 Month
- Flows+ Annual$29.991 Year
- Flows+ Lifetime$69.99









