Comparison

SELECT 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

SELECT

Features
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SELECT is a hyper-minimalist launcher app designed to free you from home-screen information overload and "choice fatigue". It was built to reduce cognitive load and improve daily efficiency for people with ADHD and anyone losing time to app hunting or notification surfing. ■ Why "minimalist"? The average iPhone home screen has 80+ apps lined up. "Wait, where was that one?" "I tried to open this, but got distracted by something else..." These "tiny decision fatigues that happen every time you look" quietly chip away at a day's worth of focus. SELECT solves this by surfacing only the apps you actually need right now in a widget, so you can: ・stop hunting ・stop hesitating ・stop having unnecessary icons enter your visual field ■ Designed around ADHD cognitive patterns The developer is openly an ADHD-diagnosed person and built this for their own daily-life ergonomics first. Individual experiences vary, but ADHD users and their families have found the following points especially helpful: ・Limited choices: each tab shows only the "do-it-now" apps, capping information processed at one glance ・Mode switching: switch entire app sets per situation ("Out", "Work", "Night"), making it possible to physically hide social apps during focus time ・Minimal app-to-app jump: tile tap routes directly to the target app via Shortcuts — SELECT itself never appears on screen ・Text mode: hide icons entirely for a pure text list, cutting visual noise even further * ADHD is a medical diagnosis. This app is not intended as treatment. It is positioned as a daily-life efficiency aid for users who self-identify with these traits. ■ 5 tabs to organise life scenes ・Receive: things that come to you (email, messages) ・Record: things you write or save (notes, photos, calendar) ・Communicate: things you broadcast (social, calls) ・Settings: device and service preferences ・Enjoy: entertainment (video, music, games) Create a mode that hides the "Enjoy" tab to fully shut out distractions during work hours. ■ Key features 【One-tap launch】 Tap a tile and the target app opens directly — SELECT never gets in the way. 【Bulk operations】 Select multiple items → Delete / Move / Copy. Drag-to-select works the same way as Apple's Files app. 【Per-mode display preferences】 Each mode owns its own "show app icons" and "hide Enjoy tab" toggles. Focus mode and leisure mode become fully separable. ・Light / Dark / Match-device widget colour ・Designed to remain readable under iOS 18's "Tinted" Home Screen mode ・App artwork keeps its original colour even when the system tint is applied ・Multiple modes (scene-specific home screens) ・Sub-categories (folders) ・iCloud sync (auto-syncs across your Apple devices) ■ Best for ・People overwhelmed by too many apps on the home screen ・ADHD users who struggle with searching or get distracted easily ・Anyone who wants to hide social media from view during focus time ・People who switch app sets between scenes (Out / Work / Night, etc.) ・Minimalist or digital-minimalism enthusiasts ■ Pricing ・All features are free to use ・Ads appear below the editor and when you switch tabs ・Buy "Remove Ads" once to stop seeing ads (not a subscription) ・If you got the app while it was paid, you won't see ads ■ Languages Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic ■ Privacy ・No account needed. Your lineups are stored on your device and in iCloud (if you use sync) ・Firebase Authentication (anonymous) is used to count users, and Google Mobile Ads to show ads ・No analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) ■ Requirements iOS 17.0 or later, iPhone / iPad (Large home-screen widget supported). Privacy Policy: https://ryoheihoriuchi0000.github.io/Select-PRIVACY_POLICY-ios-en.md EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: See "Settings > Terms of Service" inside the app

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

SELECT4 screens
Focus Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Focus Home at none against SELECT's shown. Focus Home also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). SELECT's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. SELECT sells 2 one-off in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SELECT ships an update every 2 days, Focus Home daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SELECT versus Focus Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSELECTFocus Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyohei HoriuchiWILLIAM BARRY AGNEW

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SELECT

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • SELECT Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Focus Home

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Home Premium$1.991 Month

Questions

Is SELECT free?
SELECT 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 SELECT or Focus Home have ads?
SELECT shows ads; Focus Home does not.
Which is updated more often, SELECT or Focus Home?
SELECT ships an update every 2 days, and Focus Home daily. Most recently, SELECT was updated on October 24, 2026 and Focus Home on October 21, 2026.

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