Comparison

Only Focus vs Cold Focus

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

Head to head
About

Only Focus

Features
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Only Focus is a beautifully crafted Pomodoro timer for students, creators, and professionals who want to build a real focus habit. Set a session, silence the noise, and watch your deep work add up โ€” one 25-minute block at a time. WHAT YOU GET - Pomodoro timer with smart presets (25/5, 50/10, custom) - Focus rooms: study live with friends in real-time and stay accountable - Premium themes: from minimal light to deep cinematic dark - Achievements & XP: turn consistency into progress you can see - Sound mixer: rain, cafรฉ, forest, white noise, and Lo-Fi Beats - Reports & coach insights: weekly trends, streaks, and gentle nudges DESIGNED FOR DEEP WORK Every detail โ€” typography, haptics, sound design โ€” is tuned to help you start faster and stay longer. No clutter, no dark patterns, no ads. Just a calm space to do your best work. TRUSTED BY STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS Only Focus is used by students preparing for exams, writers shipping drafts, developers in deep work blocks, and teams who want a shared focus ritual. Stay consistent, support your study routine, and build focus habits that hold up on the hard days too. DOWNLOAD AND BUILD YOUR FOCUS HABIT Download Only Focus today and turn focus into your default mode. Your future self will thank you. โ€” Premium subscription unlocks all themes, unlimited focus rooms, the full sound library, and advanced reports. Auto-renewing monthly or yearly; cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. See in-app links for Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mustafabaykal.com/onlyfocus/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://mustafabaykal.com/onlyfocus/privacy/

About

Cold Focus

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Your phone was designed by teams of engineers to hold your attention. One app standing against that has to be serious. Cold Focus is a calm, disciplined focus timer for students and anyone doing deep work. Start a session and the distractions get locked away. Not hidden behind your willpower. Actually blocked. No cheating your way out. Cold Focus is a subscription app. There is no limited free version: you get everything from day one. WHY COLD FOCUS IS DIFFERENT Most timers trust you to behave. This one doesn't have to. When you start a session, Cold Focus locks the apps that pull you away and watches for the little escapes: picking up your phone, bailing early. It keeps you honest, so the time you set aside actually becomes focused time. FOCUS SESSIONS - Set a session, put the phone down, go deep. - Distracting apps stay locked until you're done. - Optional penalties raise the stakes when you break focus, as gentle or as strict as you want. FOCUS SOUNDS - A calm ambient sound plays while your session runs, and keeps playing with the screen off or when you leave the app. - Rain, wind, a river, forest, brown and pink noise, or quiet music. Let them flow one after another, or pick one and stay there. - Mute it any time from the session screen. It mixes with your own music, so it never interrupts what you are already listening to. MEET STEVE Steve is your focus companion. Calm when you're locked in, honest with you when you drift. A little character, a lot of accountability. Focus doesn't have to feel cold and clinical. BUILD A DISCIPLINED IDENTITY - Keep streaks and climb through focus levels. - You're not just logging hours. You're becoming the kind of person who finishes what they start. SEE YOUR FOCUS CLEARLY - Clean weekly, monthly and yearly stats. - An AI focus coach reads your patterns and tells you, in plain language, where your attention is leaking and how to fix it. YOU'RE NOT ALONE See how many people are in a focus session right now, around the world. Quiet company for deep work. BUILT FOR THE ENEMY OF FOCUS Endless feeds, notifications, the reflex to check your phone every few seconds. Cold Focus is built to break that loop, for exams, deadlines, reading, or any work that deserves your full attention. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Everything above is included. No locked corners, no ads, no upsells inside the app. Subscribe monthly or yearly. It's never too late to take your attention back. Your focus data stays yours. We only sync what you allow. Cold Focus is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://coldfocusapp.github.io/coldfocus/terms-of-service.en.html Privacy: https://coldfocusapp.github.io/coldfocus/privacy-policy.en.html

Screenshots

Only Focus4 screens
Cold Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Only Focus and Cold Focus are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Only Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Cold Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Only Focus versus Cold Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnly FocusCold Focus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size66 MB241 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMUSTAFA BAYKALHASAN BURAK ERDIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Only Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Cold Focus

Subscriptions3
  • Cold Focus Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Cold Focus Premium (Yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Cold Focus Premium (Yearly)$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Only Focus free?
Only Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cold Focus free?
Cold Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Only Focus or Cold Focus have ads?
Neither Only Focus nor Cold Focus shows ads.

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