Comparison

Focusing! vs Luna

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

Head to head
About

Focusing!

Features
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Focusing is a Pomodoro-based focus timer designed to help you build a sustainable work rhythm across iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch. [The sky outside, behind your timer] The app's background changes in real time based on your current weather and time of day. Sunny afternoon, starry night, rainy day — the atmosphere outside becomes part of your focus session. [Simple, visual, and satisfying] Three phases—Focus, Short Break, and Long Break—cycle automatically. The background fills down as time passes, so you can feel your progress at a glance without staring at numbers. [Focus-kun is with you] Your animated companion, Focus-kun, reacts to each phase and session state. Tap him during a focus session to log distractions—a small habit that helps you understand your own patterns. [Seamless across all your devices] Start on iPhone, glance at Apple Watch, check in on Mac. Timer state syncs in real time. Live Activity keeps your remaining time visible on Dynamic Island and Lock Screen without opening the app. [Track your progress (Pro)] Daily, weekly, and monthly stats charts show how your focus time adds up. Data syncs across devices via iCloud. [Go further with Pro] ・Fully customizable timer durations (5–120 min focus) ・3 built-in presets: Classic, Extended, Deep ・Stats graphs (daily / weekly / monthly) [Plans] ・Monthly and Yearly plans (auto-renewable subscriptions) ・Lifetime plan (one-time purchase) The timer itself is unlimited on the free plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.wherethereislike-thereislife.site/privacy-policy/

About

Luna

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Luna turns a smartphone you already own into a bedside sleep clock for your child, and puts you in control of it from your own phone. HOW IT WORKS Luna is one app with two modes. Install it on an old phone, stand it by your child's bed and pick Alarm Clock mode. Install it on your own phone and pick Parental Device mode. Pair the two with a 4 digit code and you are set up. WHAT YOUR CHILD SEES A big, clear clock and an animated moon character that shows whether it is still night or time to get up. A progress bar fills through the night, so a child who cannot yet read a clock can still see how much of the night is left. NIGHTLIGHT The edge of the screen glows in the colour you pick, from 12 presets. Set the brightness, and dim the clock itself so it does not light up the whole room. BEDTIME SCHEDULES Build repeating schedules: a bedtime, how long the night lasts and which days it applies to. Weeknights and weekends can be different. Each schedule turns the nightlight and the morning alarm on or off independently. NAPS Start a nap from your phone or from the clock itself. Anywhere from 1 to 180 minutes, with an optional nightlight and an optional alarm at the end. LISTEN AND ANSWER When your child calls out at night, hear the room from your own phone and answer them, without getting up. Tap Listen in and the room plays live. Put your phone away and the clock keeps listening for you, sending your phone a notification if the room gets loud, until you stop it. A small mark on the clock shows whenever its microphone is on. Nothing is recorded, and everything stays on your home Wi-Fi. WAKE-UP SOUNDS Seven alarm tones and eight wake-up music tracks. The volume ramps up gradually from silence, so nobody is startled awake. One tone is built into the app and works with no connection at all. MUSIC AND STORIES Send your own songs, lullabies and bedtime stories to the clock, as single files or a whole album in a zip. Luna reads the titles and the track order from the files, and everything copies over your Wi-Fi and stays on the clock, so it plays with no connection. Queue an album from your phone and run the playback from there: play, skip, seek, volume, and a stop timer that ends the music after the current track, after a delay, at the end of the playlist or at bedtime, fading out over the last minute. You decide what your child can do on the clock, control by control: hidden, daytime only or always. Albums and sounds carry a colour and a symbol, so a child who cannot read still picks the one they want. FITS A 3D PRINTED CASE Adjust the screen padding and the corner radius so the display lines up neatly inside a custom case. PRIVACY Your phone talks to the clock over your own Wi-Fi. The connection is encrypted, pairing is confirmed with a code shown on the clock, and there is no account to create. Your child's schedule, their nap, their nightlight, the sound of their room, the music you send and their name stay on your devices. None of it is sent to us and none of it is stored in the cloud. A noise alert only tells your phone that something was heard. FREE Luna is free. No ads, no subscription required, and every feature in the app today is available to everyone. You can chip in to support development if you want to, and it adds your first name to the supporters list in the app. It is a contribution, not an upgrade. Support is a one-off payment or a monthly one, and the monthly option renews every month at the price shown before you buy, until you cancel it in your App Store account settings. WHAT YOU NEED Two devices on the same Wi-Fi network: one to be the clock, one to control it. An old phone you no longer carry is exactly the point. Luna speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://luna-clock.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://luna-clock.web.app/privacy

Screenshots

Focusing!4 screens
Luna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Luna at every 11 days against Focusing!'s every 3 months. On price, ads, 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. Focusing! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Luna sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focusing! ships an update every 3 months, Luna every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Focusing! versus Luna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusing!Luna
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroyasu HiraiFlorian Paillard

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focusing!

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Luna

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Supporter$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Super Supporter$3.991 Month
One-time3
  • Supporter$1.99
  • Super Supporter$3.99
  • Luna Hero$8.99

Questions

Is Focusing! free?
Focusing! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Luna free?
Luna is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focusing! or Luna have ads?
Neither Focusing! nor Luna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focusing! or Luna?
Focusing! ships an update every 3 months, and Luna every 11 days. Most recently, Focusing! was updated on October 31, 2026 and Luna on October 31, 2026.

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