Comparison

Focus Train vs Focus Farm

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

Head to head
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

Focus Farm

Features
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Focus Farm combines a Pomodoro timer, focus tracker, white noise, habit building, and a relaxing farming experience in one productivity app. Complete focus sessions to collect sunlight, grow crops, harvest food, and unlock new plants and farmland. Every study or work session creates visible progress in your farm. FOCUS TIMER - Customizable Pomodoro focus and break durations - Stopwatch mode for open-ended focus sessions - Multiple discipline modes for different levels of focus - Custom tags for study, work, reading, writing, and more - Remembers your latest focus settings for a faster start WHITE NOISE AND FOCUS SOUNDS Listen to rain, thunder, fireplace, page-turning, and other ambient sounds designed for studying, reading, and deep work. Audio can continue while the app is in the background or the device is locked. GROW YOUR FARM - Earn sunlight by completing focus sessions - Water crops with collected sunlight - Harvest crops to earn food - Use food to purchase new plots - Unlock new crops and growth stages - Earn focus achievements and medals FOCUS RECORDS AND STATISTICS Review your Pomodoro and focus history, daily and weekly focus time, session tags, and long-term productivity progress. ICLOUD SYNC Sync your focus records, farm progress, sunlight, food, achievements, and app settings through iCloud. Whether you are studying for an exam, reading, writing, working from home, or building better habits, Focus Farm helps you stay focused and turn your time into visible progress. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PURCHASES - Monthly Premium Subscription: Auto-renewable - Annual Premium Subscription: Auto-renewable - Lifetime Premium Unlock: One-time purchase Auto-renewable subscriptions renew automatically before the end of the current subscription period unless auto-renewal is turned off in your App Store account settings. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Train4 screens
Focus Farm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Focus Train at 4 against Focus Farm's 2. Focus Farm's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Focus Train sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Focus Farm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Train versus Focus Farm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TrainFocus Farm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 陈Fujian Huian Fengqi Fuyao Software Development Co.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Focus Train

Subscriptions4
  • FocusTrain Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • FocusTrain Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • FocusTrain Premium Quarterly$14.993 Months
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  • FocusTrain Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusTrain Premium Lifetime$39.99
  • FocusTrain Premium$49.99
3 purchases

Focus Farm

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Focus Train free?
Focus Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Farm free?
Focus Farm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Train or Focus Farm have ads?
Neither Focus Train nor Focus Farm shows ads.

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