Steam Focus vs Focus Cat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steam Focus
This app helps you reduce screen time by blocking distracting applications and using focus timers. It offers a calming ritual for activities like reading, writing, or pursuing hobbies, turning focused time into a peaceful habit.
- Block distracting apps
- Pomodoro and open-ended timers
- Cozy animated focus spaces
- Customizable timer appearance
- Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
- Daily routine reminders
- Session insights and patterns
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Make time for what matters. Steam Focus is your cosy café escape for reading, studying, writing, practising a hobby, or simply spending less time on your phone. Choose a space, settle in, and start a timed or open-ended focus session. FOCUS, AT YOUR OWN PACE Use a Pomodoro or count-up timer, customise its appearance, and reflect on your sessions through your history and Focus Journey. Live Activities, Dynamic Island and daily reminders help you stay connected to your routine. FOCUS CONNECT Make time together in invitation-only groups. Members can see the session topics and focus time you choose to share. Control sharing and friend notifications, and report or block someone from Focus Connect settings. A LITTLE COMPANY Bring Kira, your free café companion, along for your focus time, or unlock Pluto. Your companion keeps you company during your session. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Choose cosy animated cafés and ambient sounds. Set up Auto Protect to block selected distracting apps during focus sessions. CHOOSE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU Start with the included cafés, sounds and Kira. Explore Pro membership, or buy individual cafés, sounds and Pluto with a one-time purchase. An individual purchase permanently unlocks that item only. It does not start a subscription or include Pro membership. Pro provides access to included premium content while your membership is active. Restore purchases in Settings → Subscriptions → Restore Purchases. Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Focus Cat
This app helps you build healthier phone habits by rewarding focused sessions with in-app currency. Use earned coins to temporarily unlock distracting apps, while maintaining streaks and keeping a virtual cat happy.
- Guard distracting apps
- Earn coins for focus sessions
- Unlock apps with earned coins
- Track daily streaks
- View bypass history
- Daily goals and achievements
- Collectible cat companions
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Focus Cat helps you build better phone habits with a simple loop: focus first, earn screen time, and keep your cat happy. Choose the apps you want to guard, start a focus session, and earn coins when you complete it. Use those coins to unlock guarded apps for a limited time when you actually need them. If you bypass your guard, your streak resets and your cat gets sad. If you stay consistent, your streak grows and your cat thrives. Features: - Guard distracting apps with Screen Time - Complete focus sessions to earn coins - Spend coins to temporarily unlock guarded apps - Track your daily streak and weekly progress - View bypass history so you can see what pulled you away - Daily goals and achievements for extra motivation - Cute collectible cat companions Focus Cat is built for people who want a gentler, more playful way to reduce mindless scrolling and protect their attention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Steam Focus at 5.0 against Focus Cat's 4.0. Focus Cat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Steam Focus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Focus Cat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Steam Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Steam Focus ships an update every 6 days, Focus Cat every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steam Focus | Focus Cat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robot Dreams LTD | Jedidiah Kyle Julian |
Customer experience
Steam Focus
Focus Cat
In-app purchases
Steam Focus
- Marrakech Café$2.99
- Lisbon Café$2.99
- Halloween Café$2.99
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- Cape Town Café$2.99
- Space Café$2.99
- Rain Forest$2.99
- Ocean Waves$2.99
- River$2.99
- Fireplace$2.99
- Thunderstorm$2.99
Focus Cat
- Lifetime Access$2.99









