PureStudy vs FocusMakers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PureStudy
This app helps users focus on their studies by providing a timer and tracking their focused study time. It includes features like a confirmation prompt to prevent accidental session endings and automatic resumption of focus sounds after calls. The app also offers widget updates and bug fixes for improved stability.
- Focus timer with confirmation prompt
- Automatic focus sound resumption
- Real-time study time tracking
- Widget for quick progress updates
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
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이번 버전에서 개선된 점 - 공부 종료를 누르면 확인 창이 떠요. 실수로 눌러도 세션이 바로 끝나지 않아요. - 전화나 시리로 멈췄던 집중 사운드가 통화가 끝나면 자동으로 다시 재생돼요. - 위젯의 순공시간이 더 빠르게 갱신돼요. - 소소한 버그를 고치고 안정성을 높였어요. 늘 순공야르를 사용해 주셔서 감사합니다.
FocusMakers
This app uses your camera to accurately track your actual study time, distinguishing it from passive desk time. It offers features like task planning, group study sessions, and app blocking to enhance focus. You can also create time-lapse videos of your study sessions and compete on leaderboards.
- AI-powered focus time tracking
- Task planning and scheduling
- Group study sessions
- Distracting app blocking
- Study time-lapse video creation
- Daily, weekly, and monthly rankings
- Ambient study sounds
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You sat at your desk for 8 hours. How much of that was real studying? FocusMakers uses your camera to count only the time you actually focused, and records it as your focus time. Start right away without signing up. Sign in with Kakao, Google or Apple to keep your records. ● Track total study time, focus time and focus rate - see in numbers that 8 hours at your desk was really 6 hours of focus ● Plan subjects and tasks by date in the planner - use repeats and the weekly view, and move unfinished tasks to another day ● Create a group or join a public one, and study with up to 6 people with cameras on ● Get a time-lapse video when you finish - save it to Photos or share it straight to Instagram Reels ● Block distracting apps while you study - they show a lock screen and unlock as soon as you finish ● See daily, weekly and monthly rankings for focus time, focus rate and time slot ● A calendar keeps your daily focus time and focus rate, and 5 minutes a day keeps your streak going ● Set an important exam date as a countdown and check the days left on Home every day ● Play ambient sound while you study - pick white noise, rain, café sounds or lo-fi music and focus Camera video for focus analysis and time-lapse photos never leave your device. Made for - Anyone tired of timing their study by hand - Students preparing for entrance exams, civil service exams or certifications on their own - People who study at cafés and libraries - Anyone who keeps reaching for their phone while studying - People who stay motivated studying alongside others - Anyone who works harder with a ranking to climb - Anyone who wants to record and share their study sessions Permissions [Required] - Camera: analyzes your study on the device to measure study time automatically and makes your time-lapse. Analysis video is never saved, and time-lapse photos stay on your device. [Optional] - Photos: used to save time-lapse videos to Photos. Everything else works without it. - Microphone: used to talk with members in group study rooms. Never recorded or saved. - Screen Time: used to turn on app blocking. Which apps you choose never leaves your device. - Tracking: used to measure ad performance. Every feature works without it. Contact: breathless.youth@gmail.com Support: https://focusmakers.app/support Terms: https://focusmakers.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://focusmakers.app/privacy Made by the breathless-youth team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusMakers at none against PureStudy's 2. FocusMakers also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). PureStudy's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. PureStudy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. FocusMakers asks for nothing beyond the download.
PureStudy ships an update every 4 days, FocusMakers every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PureStudy | FocusMakers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 182 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | chanhyeok choi | Sangjae Kwon |
Customer experience
PureStudy
FocusMakers
In-app purchases
PureStudy
- PureStudy Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- PureStudy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
FocusMakers
No in-app purchases








