Comparison

Steam Focus vs TAKIPORO

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

TAKIPORO

Features
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Focus by the fire. TAKIPORO is a Pomodoro focus timer where you sit by a pixel-art campfire. Put your phone down, watch the fire, and give one thing your full attention for 25 minutes. ■ Focus by the campfire • Pomodoro: 25 minutes of focus, 5 minutes of rest (change the times freely) • The crackle of the fire, with insects, a stream, birdsong and waves to mix in • Six places to camp, from the forest and a southern beach to a starlit lake — at night or in the early morning • A daily reminder at the time you choose ■ Finish a focus, cook a camp meal • Every focus you complete cooks a camp meal • Your meals collect in the Cookbook: 48 dishes, from toasted marshmallows to beach-grilled spiny lobster • Earn acorns as you focus and gather camp gear such as fire pits and pots ■ Lock distracting apps • Keep the apps you choose locked while you focus (uses Screen Time) • See how much you used your phone this past week ■ Records • Look back on today's focus, your total, and what you focused on ■ TAKIPORO Premium • Premium stages: the Hill Above the City, the Snowy Highland and the Rainy Jungle • Mix ambient sounds freely • Lock as many apps as you like • Weekly, monthly and yearly charts • Premium-only camp meals Choose a monthly plan, a yearly plan (with a 3-day free trial) or a one-time purchase. Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel during the free trial and you won't be charged. You can cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. No ads. For study, work, reading, exams and creative work. Light the fire and start today's focus. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://takiporo.rowser-ames.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Steam Focus4 screens
TAKIPORO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: TAKIPORO at 3 against Steam Focus's 1. TAKIPORO also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Steam Focus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and TAKIPORO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steam Focus ships an update every 6 days, TAKIPORO weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steam Focus versus TAKIPORO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteam FocusTAKIPORO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobot Dreams LTDHIKARU KAWASAKI

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Steam Focus

One-time10
  • 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
3 purchases

TAKIPORO

Subscriptions2
  • プレミアム(月額)$1.991 Month
  • プレミアム(年額)3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • プレミアム(買い切り)$29.99

Questions

Is Steam Focus free?
Steam Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TAKIPORO free?
TAKIPORO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Steam Focus or TAKIPORO have ads?
Neither Steam Focus nor TAKIPORO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steam Focus or TAKIPORO?
Steam Focus ships an update every 6 days, and TAKIPORO weekly. Most recently, Steam Focus was updated on November 5, 2026 and TAKIPORO on October 31, 2026.

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