Comparison

Lofi Rain vs FocusVille

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

Head to head
About

Lofi Rain

This app provides curated lofi music and ambient sounds to enhance focus, study, or sleep. It features a simple interface with mood-based track selection, customizable soundscapes, and an integrated timer that gently winds down playback. Track your focus sessions without pressure.

Highlights
  • Mood-based lofi track selection
  • Layered ambient soundscapes
  • Integrated focus timer
  • Offline listening with downloaded tracks
  • Background playback
  • Session tracking
Features
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Lofi Rain is a lofi player built around one idea: you shouldn’t have to DJ your own focus session. Press play and lofirain automatically builds a session from original lofi tracks, selected for the companion you’re listening with. No playlists to manage, no browsing rabbit hole, no decisions to make. Just start listening and settle in. BUILD YOUR SOUNDSCAPE Layer ambient sound over the music to create the room you wish you were in: - Rain — neon window drizzle, midnight downpour, vinyl-crackle rain - Fire — cozy campfire, dusty embers - Nature — birdsong, a sleepy creek - Urban — late-night city, a lively café A TIMER THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST Set a 15, 30, or 60 minute session and let the music carry you through it. When the timer ends, playback winds down so you can work, study, or fall asleep without leaving sound running all night. WATCH YOUR FOCUS ADD UP lofirain quietly counts your completed sessions and shows a weekly listening summary. No streak guilt. No gamification. Just a record that you showed up. MADE TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY - No ads - Download tracks for offline listening - Keep listening while using other apps - A calm, scenic interface that feels good left open on your desk Whether you’re writing late at night, studying, working, or winding down with rain, lofirain gives you the right sound for the moment—with none of the fiddling. Privacy Policy: https://www.lofirain.io/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.lofirain.io/terms Press play. Settle in. Get to work.

About

FocusVille

This app gamifies focus sessions by letting you build a cozy pixel-art village. Earn resources by completing timed work or study sessions, and watch your village grow as a record of your concentration. It also includes an app blocker to minimize distractions.

Highlights
  • Gamified Pomodoro timer
  • Pixel-art village building
  • Resource collection for focus sessions
  • App blocker functionality
  • Focus statistics tracking
  • Offline and private operation
Features
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FocusVille is a Pomodoro timer that turns your focus time into a cozy pixel-art village. Start a focus session, put your phone down, and your villager gets to work chopping wood, mining stone and digging clay. Finish the session and the resources are yours. Leave early and the day's work is lost. A study timer, work timer, app blocker and village-building game in one, made for students, remote workers, people with ADHD and anyone who wants to stop procrastination and cut screen time. No ads. No account. No pop-ups. Just a timer, a village and your concentration. POMODORO TIMER & STUDY TIMER • Every length: presets from 15 to 90 minutes and your own lengths up to 180 minutes • One screen to start: pick a building, pick a length, tap begin • See exactly what you will earn before the session starts • The Pomodoro technique made visual: every finished session is a piece of your village BUILD A VILLAGE WHILE YOU FOCUS • Earn wood, stone and clay for every completed session • Upgrade the Timber Hut, the Quarry and the Clay Pit • Watch a lone campfire in the woods grow into a thriving village • Invite 16 campfire companions: a cat, an owl, a fox, a bard and more • Your village is a record of every hour you stayed off your phone REAL STAKES, FRIENDLY RULES • Quit a session early and you lose that session's loot and a little energy, nothing more • No guilt, no dead trees, no punishment for a bad day • Short sessions work too: 15 minutes is a real start when starting is the hard part • Day streaks reward showing up again, not perfection BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS • Keep the apps that pull you away out of reach while the timer runs • Fewer interruptions, less doom scrolling, lower screen time • Privacy first: FocusVille never sees what you block FOCUS STATS • Focused time today, this week and this month, your streak and your records • Focus insights into your best hours, days and session length • A simple record of your focus habit, without nagging notifications MADE FOR • Students: exams, homework, revision and reading with the Pomodoro technique • Remote and deep work: time blocking, flow, time management • ADHD focus: simple, visual, kind. A timer that works with your brain, not against it • Writers, developers, designers and anyone building a concentration habit FOCUSVILLE PLUS FocusVille is free to download. To focus and build your village you need FocusVille Plus: monthly with a 7-day free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Plus is the whole app: • Unlimited sessions of every length, every day • Every level and all 16 campfire companions • The app blocker • Focus insights: your best hours, strongest weekdays, ideal session length, when you tend to give up, a twelve-week trend and your whole year as one heatmap Bought FocusVille back when it was a paid app? You keep everything, without paying again. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focusville.web.app/privacy PRIVACY & OFFLINE • No ads, no account, no data sold • Your focus data stays on your phone: sessions and village are never uploaded • Only anonymous usage statistics, no personal profiles • The timer works offline, no connection needed • Dark, cozy pixel art and a calm soundscape FocusVille is built by one solo developer, not a studio. No ad budget, no growth team. If it helps you focus, a rating is the single biggest thing that helps other people find it. Missing something? Wish for a feature right in the app settings. Pomodoro timer. Study timer. App blocker. Habit builder. Build a village every time you focus. Download FocusVille and stay focused today.

Screenshots

Lofi Rain4 screens
FocusVille4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusVille at none against Lofi Rain's 2. FocusVille also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Lofi Rain's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Lofi Rain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FocusVille asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lofi Rain against 5.0 for FocusVille. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lofi Rain ships an update every 11 days, FocusVille every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lofi Rain versus FocusVille: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLofi RainFocusVille
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLofiRainCaspar Baumeister

Customer experience

Lofi Rain

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FocusVille

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lofi Rain

Subscriptions2
  • LofiRain Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • LofiRain Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

FocusVille

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lofi Rain free?
Lofi Rain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusVille free?
FocusVille is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lofi Rain or FocusVille?
Lofi Rain and FocusVille are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Lofi Rain or FocusVille have ads?
Neither Lofi Rain nor FocusVille shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lofi Rain or FocusVille?
Lofi Rain ships an update every 11 days, and FocusVille every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lofi Rain was updated on November 7, 2026 and FocusVille on November 5, 2026.

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