Comparison

Focus vs Flower

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

Head to head
About

Focus

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Focus: Study Timer helps you build a steady study routine without clutter or overwhelm. Use structured focus sessions, track your progress, and review your habits with clear, motivating insights. Whether you're preparing for exams, finishing assignments, or building a daily deep-work routine, Focus: Study Timer gives you a calm system to stay consistent. Features: • Start focused study sessions with flexible timer lengths • Use short and long breaks to maintain momentum • Track daily study time, completed sessions, and streaks • View detailed statistics and weekly trends • Review session history and past study patterns • Add subjects and labels to organize your sessions • Use calendar-based planning with Plan vs Reality timelines • Set daily goals and monitor your consistency • Export your study stats and share progress snapshots • Get local reminders to stay on track • Unlock premium to remove ad interruptions Focus: Study Timer is designed to feel simple, intentional, and supportive so you can spend less time managing your system and more time actually studying.

About

Flower

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Flower is a calm focus timer that turns every completed session into visible progress. Choose a duration, plant a flower, and put your attention back into the real world. When you complete a session, your flower grows. Keep focusing and you can collect rare flower fragments to unlock new species over time. Features: - Focus timer from 1 to 180 minutes - Lock-screen friendly sessions so you can put the phone away - Live Activity showing your remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Tags to label what each session was for - A growing garden that reflects completed focus sessions - Rare flower fragments after early successful sessions - Seasonal gifts tied to the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar - A solar term almanac showing the whole year at a glance - Daily, weekly, and monthly history - An achievement wall that tracks your long-term progress - Coins and a flower shop for long-term collection - Light, dark, and system appearance - Flower Plus: unlock premium flowers, advanced stats, iCloud sync, and future seasonal content with one lifetime purchase Flower is designed to be quiet, lightweight, and encouraging. It gives you a small ritual before focus and a visible reward after you finish.

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
Flower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flower at none against Focus's shown. Flower also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus ships an update every 3 days, Flower every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Focus versus Flower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusFlower
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRishikesh Govind山杰 韩

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus

One-time1
  • Focus:Study Timer Premium$4.99
1 purchases

Flower

One-time1
  • Flower Plus Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flower free?
Flower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus or Flower have ads?
Focus shows ads; Flower does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus or Flower?
Focus ships an update every 3 days, and Flower every 5 days. Most recently, Focus was updated on October 28, 2026 and Flower on October 28, 2026.

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