Comparison

Blob vs Focus Monke

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

Head to head
About

Blob

This app encourages users to spend less time on their phones by rewarding phone-free time with in-app progress. Users can grow a virtual companion and decorate its world, with options to block distracting apps and track phone usage habits.

Highlights
  • Grow virtual companion and world
  • Earn XP from phone-free time
  • Block distracting apps
  • Customizable companion and home
  • Track phone usage trends
  • Widget support for home screen
Features
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Grow a little world by spending less time on your phone. Blob turns time away from your phone into growth for a companion and a home you make your own. Read another chapter, enjoy a conversation, or get on with your day. Your time away gives you something to come back to. TIME OFF YOUR PHONE, VISIBLE PROGRESS Earn XP from phone-free time during waking hours and watch your companion evolve through 30 levels. No timer to start or app to keep open. KEEP APPS BLOCKED, GROW FASTER Earn a separate XP bonus during waking hours while your selected apps stay protected. Temporary unlocks and protection pauses pause the bonus; XP already earned stays yours. FOUR PATHS TO DISCOVER Choose and hatch a companion from one of four worlds: Woodland, Celestial, Tidal, or Ember. Watch them evolve into new forms and unlock belongings to decorate their world as they grow. A HOBBY AND A WORLD OF FINDS Give your companion a name and choose gardening, foraging, or collecting. Earn discoveries through time away, then return to see what they’ve found. Collect keepsakes and arrange their home your way. A PAUSE BEFORE YOU SCROLL Add protection to distracting apps. Solve a math challenge for temporary access, or leave the app blocked and keep your time. Adjust challenge settings and schedules to suit your habits. KEEP YOUR PROGRESS CLOSE Bring your companion to your Home Screen with widgets. See your daily activity, weekly trends, and streaks as you build a healthier relationship with your phone. Prefer a simpler dashboard? Switch to Blob Minimal in Settings while keeping your app protection and saved progress. Phone-free growth requires Screen Time access. Progress updates when Screen Time data is available; estimates are labeled in the app. Growth pauses during your chosen sleep hours. Use Blob for free with app protection, a complete companion world, and basic insights. Pro adds unlimited protected apps, schedules, additional worlds, detailed insights, and 2× XP compared with Free. Prices and any trial terms are shown before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://spammusubitech.github.io/prof-blob/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://spammusubitech.github.io/prof-blob/terms/

About

Focus Monke

This app uses a gamified approach to the Pomodoro technique, turning focus sessions into underwater dives. Earn rewards and build a vibrant reef by staying focused, with distracting apps automatically blocked. It's designed for those who struggle with distractions and need gentle encouragement.

Highlights
  • Gamified Pomodoro timer
  • App blocking via Screen Time
  • Reef building and fish collection
  • Reward system with bananas and bonuses
  • Streak tracking without guilt
  • Customizable app blocking
Features
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Your focus grows a tiny ocean. Focus Monke is a pomodoro timer with a heart. Every focus session is a dive: press start and Monke, a little guy in a big brass diving suit, takes his submarine down. He stays down as long as you stay focused. Surface at the end, and the reef you're building is a little more alive than you left it. HOW A DIVE WORKS - Pick your time, press START. That's the whole job. A classic 25-minute pomodoro, a two-hour deep session, whatever the day needs. - Your distracting apps go quiet. Focus Monke uses Apple's Screen Time to block apps for exactly as long as you're diving. When you surface, they come back. No willpower required. - Finish the dive and the good part happens: bananas, a spin of the bonus wheel, and sometimes a brand-new fish. BUILT FOR DISTRACTED BRAINS If your brain treats "just five minutes of scrolling" as a legally binding contract, welcome aboard. Focus Monke was made for the easily distracted, ADHD very much included. Short sessions still count. Rewards land every single time, not someday. No shame, no productivity sermons. Just a monke who believes in you. YOUR REEF Every fish in your aquarium was earned by focusing. Commons, rares, a few legends from the deep. Each one is hand-drawn and swims around your reef like it has somewhere to be. Feed them bananas. Name your tank. Take a selfie with Monke. It's your ocean, and you made it out of homework. DIVE TOGETHER Focus is easier when someone else is also focusing. Join a session and your monke takes a seat in the sunken ship alongside up to nine other divers, timers running, everyone quietly at work. Dive in at 2am and there's still a crew to sit with. Nobody can message you. Nobody can distract you. Just the quiet, specific comfort of a room where everyone is doing the thing they came to do. Leave whenever you like. The ship keeps sailing. DRESS UP YOUR MONKE Tap Monke and the dressing room opens. Hats, hair, glasses, beards, earrings, costumes, backgrounds, and diving gear that gets stranger the deeper you go. Every item is bought with bananas, and bananas come from focusing. There is nothing to buy with real money in there, ever. Your look follows you into the submarine, onto your stats, and into the ship next to everyone else's. STREAKS WITHOUT GUILT Show up and your streak grows, with milestones actually worth reaching. Miss a day and nobody yells at you. The reef is the reason to come back, not a red badge. CERTIFIED DIVER Focus Monke is free to use. Going Certified supports one small developer and one small monke, and unlocks: - 3x bananas and bigger bonuses after every dive - Choose exactly which apps get blocked, or let a dive block them all - The gold diving suit (Monke looks fantastic in it) - Special items in the shop And thanks to Certified Divers, there are no ads. For anyone. Ever. Certified Diver is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. GOOD QUESTIONS - Does it work offline? Yes, everything except group sessions. Airplane mode is honestly great for focusing. - Do I need an account? No. Open the app, start a dive. - Where does my data go? App blocking runs entirely on your device through Apple's own Screen Time. We never see what you do on your phone, and nothing is sold to anyone. Group sessions share just what the crew can see: your diver name, your flag, your monke's look. THE SMALL PRINT, WARMLY Hand-drawn art. One developer. One monke doing his best. If Focus Monke helps, tell a friend. The reef grows one dive at a time, and so does this little app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focusmonke.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Blob4 screens
Focus Monke4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blob at 5.0 against Focus Monke's 4.6. Focus Monke's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Blob sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Focus Monke sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blob holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blob ships an update weekly, Focus Monke every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Blob versus Focus Monke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlobFocus Monke
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings416 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size714 MB300 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpam Musubi TechnologiesBen Haun

Customer experience

Blob

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Focus Monke

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Blob

Subscriptions8
  • Blob Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Annual Extreme Discount$6.991 Year
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  • Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Annual Discount$9.991 Year
  • Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Blob Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Annual$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Blob Lifetime$15.99
  • Blob Lifetime$24.99
4 purchases

Focus Monke

Subscriptions3
  • Certified Diver Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Certified Diver Annual$9.991 Year
  • Certified Diver Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Certified Diver Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Blob free?
Blob is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Monke free?
Focus Monke is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blob or Focus Monke?
Blob is rated higher. Blob averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Focus Monke averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Blob or Focus Monke have ads?
Neither Blob nor Focus Monke shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blob or Focus Monke?
Blob ships an update weekly, and Focus Monke every 8 days. Most recently, Blob was updated on November 9, 2026 and Focus Monke on November 5, 2026.

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