Flower vs Focus Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Flower
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Flower is a calm focus timer that turns every completed session into visible progress. Choose a duration, plant a flower, and put your attention back into the real world. When you complete a session, your flower grows. Keep focusing and you can collect rare flower fragments to unlock new species over time. Features: - Focus timer from 1 to 180 minutes - Lock-screen friendly sessions so you can put the phone away - Live Activity showing your remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Tags to label what each session was for - A growing garden that reflects completed focus sessions - Rare flower fragments after early successful sessions - Seasonal gifts tied to the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar - A solar term almanac showing the whole year at a glance - Daily, weekly, and monthly history - An achievement wall that tracks your long-term progress - Coins and a flower shop for long-term collection - Light, dark, and system appearance - Flower Plus: unlock premium flowers, advanced stats, iCloud sync, and future seasonal content with one lifetime purchase Flower is designed to be quiet, lightweight, and encouraging. It gives you a small ritual before focus and a visible reward after you finish.
Focus Buddy
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Focus Buddy helps you stay consistent with deep work, study, and daily routines. Use flexible Pomodoro study timers, ADHD-friendly focus flows, and simple habit tracking to build concentration and momentum every day. What you can do: - Start focused work sessions with customizable Pomodoro lengths - Plan study blocks and breaks with clear visual guidance - Track habits, streaks, and completed focus sessions - Use a supportive buddy-style experience to reduce distraction and stay on task Subscription Information Some features require a subscription to access premium content and advanced AI functionality. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/lmaktstudio/Privacy-Policy-2b98d972f8dd807ab42de7b4f8dbefbd
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flower at every 5 days against Focus Buddy's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Flower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus Buddy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flower ships an update every 5 days, Focus Buddy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flower | Focus Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days โ better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ๅฑฑๆฐ ้ฉ | Lingga Kusuma Sakti |
In-app purchases
Flower
- Flower Plus Lifetime$1.99
Focus Buddy
- Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
- Yearly Premium$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$24.99








