Comparison

Venue AR Planner vs Focus Train

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Venue AR Planner

Features
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Venue AR Planner es una herramienta para diseñadores, productores y equipos de eventos que necesitan visualizar montajes antes de ejecutarlos. Con la app puedes planificar espacios, probar distribuciones y visualizar elementos en realidad aumentada directamente sobre el lugar real usando la cámara del iPhone. Política de Privacidad: https://venuear.app/privacidad/ Términos de Uso (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Venue AR Pro y Venue AR Studio son suscripciones con renovación automática. El pago se cargará a tu cuenta de Apple ID al confirmar la compra. La suscripción se renovará automáticamente a menos que se cancele al menos 24 horas antes del final del período actual. Puedes administrar o cancelar tus suscripciones desde la configuración de tu cuenta de Apple ID. Ideal para eventos corporativos, activaciones de marca, stands, escenarios, zonas de experiencia, salones y propuestas comerciales. Funciones principales: - Visualización de elementos en realidad aumentada. - Planificación de montajes para eventos. - Creación y revisión de propuestas visuales. - Uso de cámara para ubicar objetos en espacios reales. - Guardado local de proyectos y capturas. - Acceso a funciones Pro mediante suscripción. Venue AR Planner ayuda a reducir errores de montaje, presentar ideas con mayor claridad y acelerar la etapa de planificación creativa. Política de Privacidad: https://venuear.app/privacidad/ Términos de Uso (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Venue AR Pro y Venue AR Studio son suscripciones con renovación automática. El pago se cargará a tu cuenta de Apple ID al confirmar la compra. La suscripción se renovará automáticamente a menos que se cancele al menos 24 horas antes del final del período actual. Puedes administrar o cancelar tus suscripciones desde la configuración de tu cuenta de Apple ID.

About

Focus Train

This app transforms focus sessions into engaging train journeys. Stay concentrated to travel farther, collect trip stamps, and unlock new routes. It offers a visually appealing and rewarding alternative to traditional timers.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with train journeys
  • Collect trip stamps and unlock new routes
  • Live Ticket on Lock Screen
  • One-tap widget for instant boarding
  • Customizable themes and train colors
  • Baggage blocking for distraction management
  • Native iOS design with haptics and Live Activities
Features
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Stop negotiating with yourself about when to start. FocusTrain turns every focus session into a train journey. You board, the train rolls while you work, and the deeper you go the farther it travels. By tonight you won't have "tried to focus" — you'll have a route on a map showing exactly where your attention took you. NOTHING DIES IF YOU LOOK AWAY Most focus apps motivate you with guilt: leave the screen and your tree withers, your streak burns, a number shames you. FocusTrain is built the other way around. Glance away and your train simply waits at the platform. Come back and it rolls on. It is the rare focus timer with no punishment mechanic at all — which is exactly why people who quit every other timer stay with this one. YOUR CONCENTRATION BECOMES SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE Every session you finish prints a boarding pass and inks a stamp in your book. Stations multiply, new routes and scenery unlock, the streak grows. Six months from now you won't have a bar chart you never open — you'll have a railway you built yourself, one session at a time. No other Pomodoro timer leaves you holding something worth keeping. IT STARTS AT YOUR STATION, NOT A GENERIC ONE During setup FocusTrain finds the real station nearest you and makes it your home stop. Add your own stations for the places that actually matter — your desk, your library, your café. The map is yours, not stock artwork. A TIMER YOU ACTUALLY OPEN 25 minutes, 50 minutes, or any length you set. Board in one tap from a Home Screen widget, keep a live ticket running on your Lock Screen, and see how far you have left without unlocking. Calm, quiet, no nagging. MAKE THE RIDE YOURS Unlock the full set of themes and train color palettes, dial in any custom HEX, add your own stations, and ride the Silent Car. Baggage blocking keeps distractions off the train, so the only thing on board is your attention. IT FEELS GOOD, AND THAT IS THE POINT 120Hz scrolling, haptics, Live Activities, a Home Screen widget, full Dark Mode, complete Dynamic Type. A true native iOS app, not a web wrapper. An app that feels this good is an app you will still open tomorrow — and tomorrow is the only thing that makes focus compound. IF ANY OF THIS IS YOU • You sit down to study and lose the first forty minutes to your phone. • Your best work only happens in long blocks, and every interruption costs you an hour. • ADHD makes starting the hardest part, and shame-based apps make it worse. • You've deleted three focus timers already because opening them felt like one more chore. WHAT STAYS YOURS Your trips, stats, and records never leave your device. No account required. No data collection. Location is used exactly once, during setup, to suggest your nearest station. Free to download. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, and German. The platform is clear. All aboard. Privacy Policy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Venue AR Planner4 screens
Focus Train4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Focus Train at 4 against Venue AR Planner's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Venue AR Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $40.00 per month and Focus Train sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Venue AR Planner ships an update every 5 days, Focus Train every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Venue AR Planner versus Focus Train: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVenue AR PlannerFocus Train
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—95.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperID3AS Producciones SpA帅 陈

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Venue AR Planner

Subscriptions2
  • VENUE AR Pro$40.001 Month
  • Venue AR Studio$200.001 Month
5 purchases

Focus Train

Subscriptions3
  • FocusTrain Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • FocusTrain Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • FocusTrain Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$24.99
  • FocusTrain Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Venue AR Planner free?
Venue AR Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Train free?
Focus Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Venue AR Planner or Focus Train have ads?
Neither Venue AR Planner nor Focus Train shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Venue AR Planner or Focus Train?
Venue AR Planner ships an update every 5 days, and Focus Train every 6 days. Most recently, Venue AR Planner was updated on September 25, 2026 and Focus Train on October 15, 2026.

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