Focus Train vs Planeta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Planeta
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A planet forms while you focus. Finish the session and it is yours, and it joins your galaxy. Quit early and it scatters, leaving nothing behind. Made with ADHD and restless focus in mind — a visible reward for the time you stay. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a length (5 to 120 minutes) and start. 2. While the clock runs, the planet's terrain and colours are drawn. 3. When the time is up, the planet joins your galaxy. NO TWO ARE EVER ALIKE Terrain, colour palette and rings are generated fresh for every session. There are 20 planet types to discover, and no two planets come out the same. LONGER FOCUS, RICHER PLANETS Sessions past 30 minutes earn an atmosphere; past 60 minutes, a ring. Shorter sessions still leave a planet, just without the layers. YOUR GALAXY The planets you earn settle into star systems. Pan the map and see which session each planet came from. THE CODEX Keeps a record of all 20 planet types, filling in as you discover each new one. JOURNAL Every voyage is logged with its length, its tag and its planet. You can add a note to any session. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch: start and end a session from the watch • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity: time remaining on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island FOCUS SHIELD Lock the phone down for the session and let only the apps you allow through. FRIENDS Add friends, see the rankings, and gift planets you have earned. iCLOUD BACKUP Your galaxy stays safe across your devices. PLANETA PRO • Render styles: Modern, Pixel, Retro • Planet and galaxy themes • Alternate app icons • Focus statistics and timeline • Daily Planet Crate • 5 daily repaints and 5 daily reshapes • 2x Lumens Planeta Pro is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Contact us: celik.mert58@hotmail.com Privacy Policy: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/PRIVACY_POLICY.html Terms of Use & EULA: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/TERMS_OF_USE_AND_EULA.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Planeta at none against Focus Train's 5. Planeta also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Focus Train sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Planeta asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus Train ships an update every 5 days, Planeta every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Train | Planeta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 帅 陈 | MERT CELIK |
In-app purchases
Focus Train
- FocusTrain Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
- FocusTrain Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- FocusTrain Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
- FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$19.99
- FocusTrain Premium$24.99
Planeta
No in-app purchases









