Comparison

Focus Train vs Deep Dive

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

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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

About

Deep Dive

Features
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集中した時間の長さが、そのまま潜水艦の到達深度になります。 25分の集中で水深450m。90分なら1500m。深く潜るほど暗くなり、そこにしかいない深海生物と出会えます。集中を中断してアプリを離れると緊急浮上となり、その航海で捕らえた生物はすべて失われます。 実在の深海生物101種 マリアナ海溝の底に暮らすカイコウオオソコエビ、体長比で全魚類最大の牙を持つオニキンメ、鯨の骨だけを食べるホネクイハナムシ。すべて実在の生物で、それぞれに解説がついています。捕らえた生物は剥製として図鑑に収めるか、水槽で泳がせるか、港で売るかを選べます。 潜れる深さは、二つの要素で決まります コインで買える潜水艦の耐圧殻と、航海の回数だけで伸びる乗組員の胆力です。お金では買えない成長があります。海溝の最深部、チャレンジャー海淵の11,034mに到達するには、たくさんの航海が必要です。 集中のための音 低い環境音が途切れずに流れ、その上に泡の音がときどき乗ります。数分に一度、遠くで鯨が鳴きます。長時間かけっぱなしにする前提で設計してあり、耳が疲れる純音を含みません。周囲の物音を覆い隠す働きが期待できます。モノラルビートを含みますが、脳波への作用を主張するものではありません。 設定でオンオフが可能です。 ### そのほか - 5分から24時間まで、5分単位で設定できます - 電話や通知で一瞬離れても、90秒以内に戻れば航海は続きます - 潜った深さの累計を、東京スカイツリー何個分といった単位で表示します - 通信を行いません。データは端末内にのみ保存されます - 広告はありません --- 集中の深さを、水深で測る。

Screenshots

Focus Train4 screens
Deep Dive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deep Dive at none against Focus Train's 5. Deep Dive also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Focus Train's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Train sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Deep Dive asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus Train versus Deep Dive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TrainDeep Dive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 陈YUTO DOI

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Focus Train

Subscriptions3
  • FocusTrain Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • FocusTrain Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • FocusTrain Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$19.99
  • FocusTrain Premium$24.99
None

Deep Dive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Train free?
Focus Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deep Dive free?
Deep Dive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Train or Deep Dive have ads?
Neither Focus Train nor Deep Dive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Train or Deep Dive?
Focus Train ships an update every 5 days, and Deep Dive every 5 days. Most recently, Focus Train was updated on September 18, 2026 and Deep Dive on September 22, 2026.

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