Comparison

Focus Pet vs Mago Student

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

Head to head
About

Focus Pet

This app gamifies focus sessions by rewarding users with virtual currency and pet growth for completing study or work intervals. It offers collaborative focus rooms, customizable habitats, and tools for habit tracking and journaling.

Highlights
  • Gamified Pomodoro timer
  • Virtual pet growth and customization
  • Collaborative focus rooms
  • Habit tracking and journaling
  • Customizable habitats and backgrounds
  • Ambient soundscapes
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Focus for 25 minutes. Come back to a pet that grew because you did. Focus Pet Study Timer turns study sessions into progress you can see. Start a Pomodoro, put the phone down, and every focused minute earns coins, XP and a streak worth protecting. A POMODORO TIMER THAT STICKS • Pomodoro (25/5), free timer or stopwatch • Your own focus and break lengths • Tag every session by what you're working on • Link a session to a task and tick it off the moment you finish • Daily goals, reminders and a full screen with nothing to tap • Live Activity keeps the countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island STUDY WITH FRIENDS, IN REAL TIME Focus Rooms let you work next to people instead of alone. • Start or join a room of up to 4 people • Shared sessions with synced Pomodoro rounds and breaks • Everyone's pets sit together in the same habitat • Bonus coins when you finish together • Invite by link or straight from your friends list A PET THAT NOTICES • A growing cast of pets to unlock, each with its own animations • Raise one from baby to young to adult • Rare color variants and a shop full of accessories • Focus and it's happy. Disappear for days and it isn't. BUILD A PLACE WORTH COMING BACK TO • Habitats from a cozy room to a space station • Backgrounds and furniture for every mood • Drag anything anywhere, flip it, resize it • Better habitats pay bigger coin and XP bonuses on every session THE REST OF YOUR DAY • Calendar with tasks, repeats and reminders • Habit tracker with streaks and milestones • Journal with mood tracking and daily prompts • Meditation and breathing exercises for the gaps in between PROOF YOU'RE IMPROVING • Focus time by day and week • Your peak hours, best days and completion rate • Records for your longest session and best day • Achievements, streaks and streak freezes for the day life gets in the way SOUNDS THAT SHUT THE WORLD OUT Rain, forest, cafe, lo-fi and more pick one and let the room disappear. FOCUS PET PREMIUM • No ads • Bonus coins every day and after long sessions • Exclusive pets, backgrounds and ambient sounds • A full-year focus heatmap, monthly summaries and mood insights • Your complete session history, not just the last few • Unlimited pauses mid-session WHO IT'S FOR Students and exam prep, remote workers, developers, designers, writers and researchers — anyone working in Pomodoro rounds, time blocks or deep work sessions. Syncs to the cloud, in light or dark mode. Download Focus Pet Study Timer and turn every focused minute into something you can see. Terms of Use: https://www.mooderbaylabs.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mooderbaylabs.com/privacy-policy

About

Mago Student

Features
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Mago Student is an interactive collaboration hub designed to transform the way you learn and work together. Whether you are in a physical classroom or joining remotely, Mago provides a shared digital canvas for real-time whiteboarding, instant file sharing from OneDrive or Google Drive, and high-quality video conferencing. It simplifies group projects by letting you launch educational apps and collaborate on content simultaneously, turning every lesson into a dynamic, hands-on experience.

Screenshots

Focus Pet4 screens
Mago Student2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mago Student at none against Focus Pet's 9. Mago Student also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Focus Pet's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price and iOS requirement 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 Pet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Mago Student asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Pet ships an update every 3 days, Mago Student every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Pet versus Mago Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus PetMago Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrhun Arda KayaRe Mago Ltd

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Focus Pet

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • All premium. Save 58% vs monthly.7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time7
  • 750 Focus Coin$0.99
  • Focus Pet - Study Timer$0.99
  • 2000 Focus Coins$1.99
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  • Focus Coins 1200$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$2.99
  • 5000 Focus Coins$3.99
  • Focus Coins 3000$3.99
None

Mago Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Pet free?
Focus Pet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mago Student free?
Mago Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Pet or Mago Student have ads?
Focus Pet shows ads; Mago Student does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Pet or Mago Student?
Focus Pet ships an update every 3 days, and Mago Student every 10 days. Most recently, Focus Pet was updated on November 5, 2026 and Mago Student on October 31, 2026.

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