Comparison

Lusco ® vs Focus Home

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

Head to head
About

Lusco ®

Features
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Your phone is loud. Lusco makes it quiet. Lusco is the cure to digital distraction — a minimalist home screen system that replaces app icon clutter, badge counts, and infinite scroll with calm, beautifully designed widgets. You decide what stays. Everything else fades away. WHY LUSCO Most of us don't have a phone problem. We have a home screen problem. Every glance at a chaotic grid of icons is an invitation to open the apps that drain our focus, our time, and our peace. Lusco strips it down to the essentials — just the apps you actually need, in a layout that feels like a deep breath. WHAT YOU GET - Minimalist home screen widgets — text-first, icon-light, designed to disappear into your wallpaper - Up to 5 customizable pages — each holds your most-used apps so you can launch them in one tap - Date, time, and weather widgets — gentle, glanceable, never demanding - A real "dumb phone" feel — no badges, no notifications screaming for attention, no infinite grid DESIGN THAT DISAPPEARS Lusco isn't another launcher trying to add features. It's a launcher trying to subtract them. - Choose any background color and text color - Pick from beautiful typography options - Adjust font size, alignment, line spacing, and text case - Hide widget names for the cleanest possible look - Tint icons or remove them entirely — your call ONBOARDING THAT MEANS SOMETHING Lusco starts with a few honest questions about your phone habits. Not to judge — to personalize. You'll see your life in weeks, choose what you want back (focus, time, peace of mind), and set up your minimalist home screen in under three minutes. PRIVACY FIRST Lusco doesn't track you. Your apps, your style, your data — all stored locally on your device. We are not in the attention business. We are in the opposite business. WHO IT'S FOR - People tired of doomscrolling - People who tried digital detox apps and bounced off them - People who want a "dumb phone" without buying one - Designers, writers, creatives who want a home screen that respects their attention - Anyone whose phone has started feeling like a job GET YOUR FOCUS BACK Download Lusco. Set it up in three minutes. Watch your home screen get quiet — and your mind follow. — Lusco. Calm phone, focused mind. Terms of service: https://nowaymobile.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://nowaymobile.com/privacy

About

Focus Home

This app transforms your phone's home screen into a calm, text-first interface designed to reduce mindless scrolling. Set daily intentions, create custom profiles for different contexts, and add friction to distracting apps to help you be more present and productive.

Highlights
  • Text-first launcher interface
  • Single daily intention setting
  • Customizable launcher profiles
  • Distraction blocking with delays
  • Focus session timers
  • Progress tracking dashboard
  • Lock-screen widgets
Features
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Your phone should serve your day, not steal it. Focus Home replaces the chaos of your home screen with a calm, text-first launcher built to slow down the moments that lead to mindless scrolling. Set a single daily intention that follows you across the launcher, dashboard, and lock screen widget — a quiet reminder of what actually matters before you open another feed. Whether you want to be more present with family, focus deeper at work, or simply spend less time staring at glass, Focus Home turns your phone into a tool for living instead of a slot machine for your attention. Build custom launcher profiles for work, home, faith, or study, and let them switch automatically based on your schedule. Mark the apps that pull you off track as distracting and Focus Home adds friction before they open: a customizable delay timer, reflection prompts like "Why are you opening this?", and optional daily launch limits or time budgets you actually keep. Start a Focus Session (25, 45, 60, or 90 minutes) when you need to lock in, add lock-screen widgets to launch your essentials with a single tap, and watch your progress in a built-in dashboard tracking focus score, pickups, avoided launches, and distracting opens — so you can see your habits change. Upgrade to Focus Home Premium for $1.99/month to unlock the full experience: unlimited launcher profiles, custom daily intentions, custom reflection prompts, advanced analytics, lock-screen widgets, automation, iCloud sync, and a beautiful set of premium themes including Warm Paper, Midnight, Forest, Sunset, Ocean, Ink, Rose, and Sage. Whether you stay on the free tier or go premium, every feature is built around one promise: fewer pickups, fewer regretted opens, and more of the life you actually want to be living. Download Focus Home and take your attention back today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lusco ®3 screens
Focus Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lusco ® at 13.0 against Focus Home's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Lusco ® sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Focus Home sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Lusco ® versus Focus Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLusco ®Focus Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoway Mobile OUWILLIAM BARRY AGNEW

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lusco ®

Subscriptions2
  • Lusco® Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Lusco® Yearly Premium$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lusco® Lifetime Access$24.99
1 purchases

Focus Home

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Home Premium$1.991 Month

Questions

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

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