Focus Aura vs Plant Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Aura
This app gamifies focus sessions by growing a virtual garden. Stay on task to nurture your plants, or watch them wilt if you get distracted. Collaborate with friends and block distracting apps to enhance productivity.
- Virtual plant growth for focus sessions
- Focus with friends and cheer each other on
- Block distracting apps
- Customizable Pomodoro cycles
- Collect rare seeds and beautiful plants
- Build and maintain focus streaks
- Progress tracking and weekly reviews
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Turn focus into a habit you actually look forward to. Focus Aura makes deep work feel rewarding — 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 — 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 — it makes the experience feel like a tiny moment of calm in your day. THREE FOCUS MODES Strict — leave the app and your plant dies. Maximum discipline. Lenient — step away for up to 15 seconds. Real life, with stakes. Ambient — pure focus, no penalties. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Social media, games, news — choose what steals your attention and Focus Aura locks it for the session. Apps unlock on their own the moment the session ends. Built on Apple's Screen Time: we never see which apps you picked — your list stays on your device. 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 — 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, Café, 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 — 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 — 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 — with buttons to end a session or a break Focus is logged as mindfulness minutes in Apple Health UNLOCK FOCUS AURA PRO Go further with Pro: 2× 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 (5–180 min) & unlimited tags AI productivity insights + full session history Exclusive plants, premium themes & 50% off music Free automatic Streak Freeze Block any number of apps and whole categories 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 — and your focus — start now. Terms of Use (EULA): https://focusaura.app/terms.html
Plant Focus
This app helps you stay focused by gamifying your sessions. As you avoid distractions, virtual plants grow in your digital greenhouse, and a cute mouse character cheers you on. Customize your garden and unlock achievements for sustained concentration.
- Gamified focus sessions
- Virtual plant growth
- App blocking
- Customizable greenhouse
- Achievement tracking
- Streak tracking
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Focus timers help you stay on task and balance work with healthy breaks. Plant Focus lets you do all that while growing a cozy greenhouse at the same time. Plant Focus turns your focus sessions into a thriving greenhouse of your own design. Every time you put your phone down and lock in, your plants grow, and Phil, your resident mouse hype-man, is there to cheer you on. Don't worry about days off. Your plants won't wilt while you're away, because it's never too late to jump back into good habits! HOW IT WORKS * Start a focus session, then study, work, or just be present, whatever you need. * Earn seeds from focus sessions and trade them for new plants, or splurge on a cosmetic for Phil. * Watch your plants grow from sprouts to full bloom as you stay dedicated. * Unlock achievements, earn medals, and track your stats. MAKE IT YOURS * Customize every plant so it's exactly the one YOU want. * Curate your greenhouse to your taste with skins, floors, skies, suns, and fancy hats for Phil. STAY OFF YOUR PHONE, FOR REAL Plant Focus uses Apple's Screen Time tools to block distracting apps during your session, so your greenhouse grows while you stay away. PLANT PRO Free to to grow, go Pro to grow faster: Unlock 2x seeds, 1.5x growth speed, and extra greenhouses with a Plant Pro subscription. Stop doom-scrolling. Start growing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plant Focus at 100% against Focus Aura's 50%. Plant Focus also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Focus Aura's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Focus Aura sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Plant Focus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Aura ships an update monthly, Plant Focus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Aura | Plant Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dmitri Rosca | DaKenn LLC |
Customer experience
Focus Aura
Plant Focus
In-app purchases
Focus Aura
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Plant Focus
- Plant Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Moon$1.99
- Cloudy Sky$1.99
- Galaxy$1.99
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- Night Sky$1.99
- Overgrown Greenhouse$1.99
- Checker Floor$1.99
- Brick Floor$1.99
- Wood Floor$1.99
- Graffiti Floor$1.99









