Comparison

Focus Train vs Focus Pets

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 Pets

Features
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A little company for your focus time. Settle in with a soft little cat or corgi while you study, work or read. A blink, a new pose or an occasional gentle sound makes your companion feel present while you get on with your day. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Use a Pomodoro timer for focus and breaks, or a stopwatch to track time at your own pace. Start with a preset, then adjust session lengths, rounds and tags. With Screen Time permission, allowlist mode can help limit distracting apps. CHOOSE YOUR SOUNDS Enjoy occasional pet sounds, choose ambient audio or soft music, or keep things quiet. White noise mode turns pet sounds off. You can also adjust pet volume and how often your companion responds. MAKE A LITTLE HOME YOURS Complete focus sessions to earn Star Coins. Pick out furniture, plants and pet accessories, explore six rooms, move decorations, add items to the walls and choose where your pets stay. Change the house theme to bring it all together. SEE YOUR TIME ADD UP Review sessions and time spent on your tags, explore your focus statistics and collect achievement badges. Small sessions leave a record of steady effort. MEET YOUR FIRST COMPANIONS The cat and corgi are free to use. More mystery companions are waiting to meet you. Start with one small session. Your companion is ready. 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 Pets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Train at every 6 days against Focus Pets's monthly. Focus Train also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Focus Pets'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 Pets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Train ships an update every 6 days, Focus Pets monthly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus Train versus Focus Pets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TrainFocus Pets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
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 MB125 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 Pets

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 Pets free?
Focus Pets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Train or Focus Pets have ads?
Neither Focus Train nor Focus Pets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Train or Focus Pets?
Focus Train ships an update every 6 days, and Focus Pets monthly. Most recently, Focus Train was updated on November 10, 2026 and Focus Pets on November 10, 2026.

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