Comparison

SELECT vs FocusOrbit

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 ■ Privacy ・Zero personal information collected (everything stays on-device) ・No analytics SDKs, no ad SDKs ・Data lives in SwiftData (local) + App Group only ■ 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

FocusOrbit

Features
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Focus Orbit is an iPhone focus timer that turns your concentration time into a spaceflight experience. It includes two modes: “Custom Flight,” which works as a standard focus timer, and “Planet Roadmap,” where you advance from Earth to the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as you accumulate focus time. One of the app’s strongest features is its “Mission Pass” boarding sequence before each session begins. Instead of simply tapping a start button, the user slides their mission pass to the right and physically feeds it through the on-screen scanner to authorize the flight. This makes the moment you begin focusing feel intentional, immersive, and memorable. Before each session, users choose their task, duration, and destination, then scan their mission pass to start the flight. Once the journey begins, the app avoids unnecessary interaction and lets users stay focused inside a calm, space-themed environment. After the session ends, the destination reached and focus record are saved to the flight log, making it easy to reflect on steady progress over time. In Planet Roadmap mode, focus time carries over continuously instead of resetting each time, allowing users to keep moving deeper into the solar system. Planets that can be landed on include landing, authorization, and liftoff sequences, while non-landable planets are passed through with flyby sequences, giving users a stronger sense of progress and achievement as they continue studying or working. Focus Orbit is designed to create immersion and a sense of momentum without losing the core purpose of a focus timer. It transforms studying, reading, creative work, and deep tasks into a quiet, cinematic journey through space.

Screenshots

SELECT4 screens
FocusOrbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusOrbit at none against SELECT's 1. SELECT's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SELECT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FocusOrbit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SELECT ships an update daily, FocusOrbit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
SELECT versus FocusOrbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSELECTFocusOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyohei Horiuchikenshin miyamoto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SELECT

One-time1
  • SELECT Pro$5.99
None

FocusOrbit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SELECT free?
SELECT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusOrbit free?
FocusOrbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SELECT or FocusOrbit have ads?
FocusOrbit shows ads; SELECT does not.
Which is updated more often, SELECT or FocusOrbit?
SELECT ships an update daily, and FocusOrbit fortnightly. Most recently, SELECT was updated on October 7, 2026 and FocusOrbit on October 13, 2026.

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