Comparison

Focus Aura vs Focus Garden

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

Head to head
About

Focus Aura

This app gamifies focus sessions by growing virtual plants. Stay on task to nurture your garden, or lose focus and watch your plants wilt. Collaborate with friends and track your productivity progress.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with plant growth
  • Social focus sessions with friends
  • Multiple focus modes (Strict, Lenient, Ambient)
  • Customizable Pomodoro cycles
  • Collect and grow rare plants
  • Build daily focus streaks
  • Progress tracking and weekly reviews
Features
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Turn focus into a habit you actually look forward to. Focus Aura makes deep work feel rewarding โ€” and beautiful. Plant a seed, start a focus session, and watch it grow into a stunning plant every time you stay on task. Lose focus, and your plant wilts. A gentle nudge to keep going. FOCUS WITH FRIENDS Add friends with a personal invite link or code. See your focus week next to theirs, spot who is focusing right now, and cheer them on mid-session. Friends see your time and your level โ€” never your tasks. A STUNNING SPACE TO FOCUS We obsessed over every detail. A calm dark interface, soft glowing animations, and a living garden that's a genuine pleasure to open. Focus Aura doesn't just track your time โ€” it makes the experience feel like a tiny moment of calm in your day. THREE FOCUS MODES Strict โ€” leave the app and your plant dies. Maximum discipline. Lenient โ€” step away for up to 15 seconds. Real life, with stakes. Ambient โ€” pure focus, no penalties. REAL POMODORO CYCLES Set your session and break lengths, choose how many sessions come before a long break, and let the app keep the rhythm for you. COLLECT BEAUTIFUL PLANTS Earn coins as you focus, then spend them in a gorgeous shop: Rare seeds across five rarity tiers โ€” from Common to Legendary A Seed of the Month, available only while the month lasts Each plant beautifully rendered, with its own name and story Ambient sounds: Rain, Forest, Ocean, Cafรฉ, Fireplace, Space Color themes: Cyberpunk, Solar Flare, Dark Matter, and more A GARDEN THAT NEEDS YOU Water your plants once a day for bonus coins. Walk away mid-session and your plant wilts โ€” it comes back to life with your next finished session. BUILD STREAKS, STAY CONSISTENT Keep your daily streak alive with at least one focus session a day. Save it with a Streak Freeze when life gets busy. TASKS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Create focus tasks for work, study, sport, or reading. Set session goals, make them recurring, and earn bonus coins on completion. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Beautiful insights show your weekly focus, best streaks, and the times of day you focus most. Every Sunday, a Weekly Review sums up what changed โ€” plus AI-powered analysis of your productivity. FITS THE REST OF YOUR PHONE Lock screen and home screen widgets, tinted with your plant's own colors Live Activities and the Dynamic Island keep the timer one glance away Focus is logged as mindfulness minutes in Apple Health UNLOCK FOCUS AURA PRO Go further with Pro: 2ร— coins on every session + bigger streak bonuses (up to +50%) Expand your garden from 2 to 6 active plots Higher chance of rare, epic & legendary seeds Custom session lengths (5โ€“180 min) & unlimited tags AI productivity insights + full session history Exclusive plants, premium themes & 50% off music Free automatic Streak Freeze No daily coin cap (free users: 500/day) Pro is available monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial. Plant your first seed today. Your garden โ€” and your focus โ€” start now. Terms of Use (EULA): https://focusaura.app/terms.html

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Focus Garden

Features
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Plant your focus. Grow your discipline. Focus Garden is a Pomodoro-style focus timer wrapped in a calming garden world. Start a session, and a plant grows. Build a streak. Watch your garden expand. Three lush biomes, smart streak shields, and a Lock Screen widget that keeps you in the zone, even when your phone is in your pocket. Built for students cramming for finals, writers chasing deadlines, professionals fighting distraction, and anyone who would rather grow a small forest than scroll one more time. WHY FOCUS GARDEN Three Garden Biomes Mystic Grove (free), Sun Oasis, and Monsoon Canopy. Each biome has its own plants, palette, and ambience. The plants you grow are saved per biome, so your garden grows in three different worlds at once. Wall-Clock Timer Lock the phone, switch to music, take a quick call. Your session keeps going. We track real time, not screen time, so the moment you start is the moment that counts. Streak Shield (Premium) One slip should not undo a month of consistency. Premium gives you a daily shield that protects your streak when life gets in the way. Use it when you need it. Let it stack when you do not. Detailed Insights (Premium) A 12-week activity heatmap, hour-of-day breakdown, week-over-week comparison, and a per-biome time split. See exactly when you do your best work and where your time really goes. Custom Alarm Sounds Pick from four hand-picked tones, including Garden Bell, Forest Whisper, Morning Dew, and Twilight Chime, that play when your session completes, even with the app fully closed. Live Activity Widget (iOS 16.1 and later) Your active session lives on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with a live countdown, plus Pause, Resume, and Cancel buttons right there. No more unlocking just to check the timer. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick your biome. 2. Set the duration, from 1 to 240 minutes. 3. Tap Start. A plant begins to grow. 4. When the alarm rings, the plant joins your garden. Build a streak. Watch your heatmap fill in. Premium unlocks the streak shield and detailed insights to keep you going. PRICING Focus Garden is free forever in Mystic Grove. Premium unlocks the other two biomes, the streak shield, and detailed insights. Weekly: 1.99 USD per week. Monthly: 2.99 USD per month. Annual: 19.99 USD per year, which is about 1.66 USD per month and a 50 percent saving over Monthly. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions. PRIVACY-FIRST No accounts, no emails, no ads. Your focus history is stored only on your device. We do not sell your data. Ever. Privacy Policy: https://www.zenbyte.app/focus-garden/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://www.zenbyte.app/focus-garden/terms-of-service.html A NOTE FROM US Focus Garden is a productivity companion, not a clinical or medical tool. Streaks, shields, and insights are motivational gamification, not diagnostic or scientifically validated measurements. Made with care by ZenByte. Questions or feedback: support@zenbyte.app

Screenshots

Focus Aura4 screens
Focus Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

Focus Aura and Focus Garden are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Aura sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Focus Garden sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Aura ships an update monthly, Focus Garden every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Focus Aura versus Focus Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus AuraFocus Garden
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthly โ€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size54 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitri RoscaZENBYTE DIJITAL TEKNOLOJILER LIMITED SIRKETI

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Aura

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Access7 Days trial$23.991 Year
3 purchases

Focus Garden

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Aura free?
Focus Aura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Garden free?
Focus Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Aura or Focus Garden have ads?
Neither Focus Aura nor Focus Garden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Aura or Focus Garden?
Focus Aura ships an update monthly, and Focus Garden every 6 weeks. Most recently, Focus Aura was updated on October 14, 2026 and Focus Garden on October 12, 2026.

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