FocusValley vs FocusPocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusValley
This app provides a shared virtual farm environment where users focus simultaneously on tasks. Grow virtual crops, earn in-app currency, and customize your avatar while blocking distracting applications. It offers a unique, gamified approach to productivity and focus.
- Shared virtual focus farm
- Gamified task completion
- In-app currency and rewards
- Avatar customization
- Distracting app blocking
- Pomodoro timer
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Focusing alone is hard. So don't. FocusValley is a live farm where everyone is focusing at the same time. Pick a crop, set your timer, and grow together. No chatting, no distractions. Just quiet company. YOU GROW WHEN YOU FOCUS Pick a crop. Start as a seed. Every minute you stay focused, you grow and earn coins and diamonds. YOU'RE NOT ALONE Everyone is here to focus and grow. Don't have to talk to anyone. You just know they're there. Invite your friends to grow side by side. Either way, you're not doing this by yourself. DRESS UP, STAND OUT, SHOW OFF Spend your coins and diamonds on hats, eyes, hand gestures, and rare skins. Every session gets you closer to something new. Mix and match however you want. Make it yours. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Block social media, games, anything that pulls you away. It uses Apple's Screen Time, so once you start, you can't undo it. NO SCROLLING ON YOUR BREAK Toss paper balls at your neighbors, see who's still going, then get back to it. ANY LENGTH COUNTS Staring at something you can't start? Promise yourself 5 minutes. Just getting warmed up at minute 25? Keep going. Either way, you grow. THE FARM IS ALIVE Tap the chicken or the dog. Shake the trees. This is your FocusValley. Explore it. WHY FOCUSVALLEY A new fun way to focus. FocusValley rewards you for showing up. Working around ADHD, studying for an exam, doing deep work, or just trying to put the phone down. Whatever brought you here, there's a spot for you. Privacy Policy: https://focusvalley.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://focusvalley.app/terms
FocusPocus
This app helps you focus using a timed work and break interval system. It offers task management with notes and sub-items, customizable themes, and native iOS Live Activity integration. Your data remains private on your device with no account or tracking required.
- Pomodoro, short break, and long break modes
- Tappable task list with completion tracking
- Task-specific Pomodoro counts
- Notes with sub-items per task
- Customizable color palettes
- Native iOS Live Activity integration
- Session history and statistics
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A quiet pomodoro timer. Focus for 25 minutes, then take a real break. FocusPocus runs on your iPhone with no account, no tracking, your tasks stay on your device. The technique is older than you think. Francesco Cirillo wrote it down in the late '80s using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. The math hasn't changed: focus for 25, break for 5, repeat four times, take a longer break. FocusPocus handles the timing so you can do the focusing. What's inside: — Three modes (pomodoro, short break, long break) with sounds you can mute — A tappable task list. Add what you're working on, mark them done as you go. — Pomodoro count per task — estimate how many sessions you'll need and watch the count — Notes per task with checkable sub-items — Eight color palettes plus a custom picker — pick a mood for your focus — Native iOS Live Activity. Your timer lives on the Dynamic Island and lock screen so you never lose track. Pause and skip from the Dynamic Island without unlocking. — "Yesterday" page-flip: tap the date to start a new day. Unfinished tasks carry forward, completed ones drop. — Session history with stats — focused minutes per day, weekly trends, top tasks. What's not inside: — No account — No tracking — No ads — No upsells Made by one person who needed it. If it helps you focus, you've already gotten what it was made for.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FocusPocus at 5.0 against FocusValley's 4.3. FocusPocus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). FocusValley's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. FocusValley sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. FocusPocus asks for nothing beyond the download.
FocusPocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
FocusValley ships an update every 2 weeks, FocusPocus every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | FocusValley | FocusPocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucid Hour | Estefania Tarantini |
Customer experience
FocusValley
FocusPocus
In-app purchases
FocusValley
- Carrot Skin$1.99
- Banana Tree Skin$1.99
- Green Asparagus Skin$1.99
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- Crazy Tomato Skin$1.99
- Orange Tree Skin$1.99
- Saffron Skin$2.99
- Pumpkin Skin$2.99
- Broccoli Skin$2.99
- Shine Muscat Skin$2.99
- White Truffle Skin$2.99
FocusPocus
No in-app purchases









