Comparison

Fly Into Focus vs Focus Train

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

Head to head
About

Fly Into Focus

This app transforms focus sessions into a visual journey, using an aircraft's progress to motivate users. It helps reduce distractions by encouraging system focus settings and building strong concentration habits through custom durations and a sense of completion.

Highlights
  • Visual flight progress timer
  • Encourages system focus settings
  • Customizable focus durations
  • Distraction-free design
  • Builds focus habits
  • Data tracking and analysis (Pro)
Features
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Fly Into Focus: Focus Timer helps you lock into deep concentration, whether you're grinding through work deadlines or cramming for final exams. In a world full of constant notifications and distractions, staying focused is harder than ever. Fly Into Focus turns your focus time into a meaningful journey, inspired by the clarity and commitment of a real flight. A FOCUS JOURNEY YOU CAN SEE - Set your focus duration and begin your flight - Watch your aircraft move forward as your session progresses - Stay motivated by following a visual journey instead of a plain timer Your goal is simple: stay on board until landing. REDUCE DISTRACTIONS BEFORE TAKEOFF - Fly Into Focus gently encourages system focus settings such as Focus Mode - Build a distraction-free environment while keeping full control in your hands - Support intentional habits without forcing system changes BUILD STRONG FOCUS HABITS - Set custom focus durations - Stay committed to your session - Experience a sense of completion after each flight - Strengthen concentration over time and build lasting focus habits CALM, MINIMAL, AND PURPOSEFUL DESIGN - Smooth flight progress animation - Minimal distractions on screen - A calm environment for better concentration Everything is designed to support your attention. PERFECT FOR DAILY USE Use Fly Into Focus for: - Studying - Deep work - Reading - Creative tasks - Mindful time Whether you need to focus for 10 minutes or several hours, Fly Into Focus keeps you on course. STAY PRESENT AND COMMITTED Starting is easy. Staying focused is the real challenge. Fly Into Focus helps you stay committed by turning each session into a meaningful experience. Once your journey begins, you are encouraged to remain present and avoid interruptions. IMPORTANT NOTES - Fly Into Focus encourages the use of system focus features to reduce distractions - Some features depend on device settings and user permissions - Fly Into Focus does not directly control system modes such as Airplane Mode TAKE OFF NOW Your attention is valuable. Fly Into Focus helps you protect it, train it, and use it with intention. Start your flight and reach deeper focus today. PRO FEATURES Unlock Fly Into Focus Pro for more advanced planning tools: - Unlimited Flights - Data Tracking & Analysis - Unlimited Scenarios - No Ads --- We'd love to hear from you! Feedback & Support: sps-team@needodo.com Privacy Policy: https://api-cle.needodo.com/acchtml/focus/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://api-cle.needodo.com/acchtml/focus/terms.html

About

Focus Train

This app transforms focus sessions into engaging train journeys. Stay concentrated to travel farther, collect trip stamps, and unlock new routes. It offers a visually appealing and rewarding alternative to traditional timers.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with train journeys
  • Collect trip stamps and unlock new routes
  • Live Ticket on Lock Screen
  • One-tap widget for instant boarding
  • Customizable themes and train colors
  • Baggage blocking for distraction management
  • Native iOS design with haptics and Live Activities
Features
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Stop negotiating with yourself about when to start. FocusTrain turns every focus session into a train journey. You board, the train rolls while you work, and the deeper you go the farther it travels. By tonight you won't have "tried to focus" — you'll have a route on a map showing exactly where your attention took you. NOTHING DIES IF YOU LOOK AWAY Most focus apps motivate you with guilt: leave the screen and your tree withers, your streak burns, a number shames you. FocusTrain is built the other way around. Glance away and your train simply waits at the platform. Come back and it rolls on. It is the rare focus timer with no punishment mechanic at all — which is exactly why people who quit every other timer stay with this one. YOUR CONCENTRATION BECOMES SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE Every session you finish prints a boarding pass and inks a stamp in your book. Stations multiply, new routes and scenery unlock, the streak grows. Six months from now you won't have a bar chart you never open — you'll have a railway you built yourself, one session at a time. No other Pomodoro timer leaves you holding something worth keeping. IT STARTS AT YOUR STATION, NOT A GENERIC ONE During setup FocusTrain finds the real station nearest you and makes it your home stop. Add your own stations for the places that actually matter — your desk, your library, your café. The map is yours, not stock artwork. A TIMER YOU ACTUALLY OPEN 25 minutes, 50 minutes, or any length you set. Board in one tap from a Home Screen widget, keep a live ticket running on your Lock Screen, and see how far you have left without unlocking. Calm, quiet, no nagging. MAKE THE RIDE YOURS Unlock the full set of themes and train color palettes, dial in any custom HEX, add your own stations, and ride the Silent Car. Baggage blocking keeps distractions off the train, so the only thing on board is your attention. IT FEELS GOOD, AND THAT IS THE POINT 120Hz scrolling, haptics, Live Activities, a Home Screen widget, full Dark Mode, complete Dynamic Type. A true native iOS app, not a web wrapper. An app that feels this good is an app you will still open tomorrow — and tomorrow is the only thing that makes focus compound. IF ANY OF THIS IS YOU • You sit down to study and lose the first forty minutes to your phone. • Your best work only happens in long blocks, and every interruption costs you an hour. • ADHD makes starting the hardest part, and shame-based apps make it worse. • You've deleted three focus timers already because opening them felt like one more chore. WHAT STAYS YOURS Your trips, stats, and records never leave your device. No account required. No data collection. Location is used exactly once, during setup, to suggest your nearest station. Free to download. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, and German. The platform is clear. All aboard. Privacy Policy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Fly Into Focus4 screens
Focus Train4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus Train at 95% against Fly Into Focus's 33%. Focus Train also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (4 vs 2). Fly Into Focus's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 5) and 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. Fly Into Focus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Focus Train sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus Train holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Fly Into Focus's written reviews are positive against 95% of Focus Train's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fly Into Focus ships an update weekly, Focus Train every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fly Into Focus versus Focus Train: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly Into FocusFocus Train
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB43 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShenZhen Niddles Technology Co., Ltd.帅 陈

Customer experience

Fly Into Focus

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Focus Train

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fly Into Focus

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$99.99
6 purchases

Focus Train

Subscriptions4
  • FocusTrain Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • FocusTrain Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • FocusTrain Premium Quarterly$9.993 Months
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  • FocusTrain Premium Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$24.99
  • FocusTrain Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Fly Into Focus free?
Fly Into Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Train free?
Focus Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fly Into Focus or Focus Train?
Focus Train is rated higher. Fly Into Focus averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Focus Train averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Fly Into Focus or Focus Train have ads?
Neither Fly Into Focus nor Focus Train shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fly Into Focus or Focus Train?
Fly Into Focus ships an update weekly, and Focus Train every 6 days. Most recently, Fly Into Focus was updated on October 25, 2026 and Focus Train on October 31, 2026.

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