Comparison

Flo vs Vana

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

Head to head
About

Flo

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Flo is a productivity app built specifically for the ADHD brain. Most productivity apps weren't made for you. They assume you can just "make a list and stick to it." Flo is different - it meets you where you are, helps you get started, and keeps you moving without shame or pressure. AI Task Breakdown Staring at a task and can't begin? Tell Flo what you need to do and it breaks it down into tiny, manageable steps so starting feels easy. Chat with Flo Your personal ADHD coach is always on. Ask for help, talk through your day, or get a gentle nudge when you're stuck. Flo gets it. Focus Timer A beautiful Pomodoro-style timer with multiple themes to keep your sessions fresh. Work in short bursts, take real breaks, and build momentum. Habit Streaks Build routines that actually stick. Track your daily habits, watch your streaks grow, and get a dopamine hit every time you check one off. Daily Challenges Eight daily challenges designed to give your brain the structure and novelty it craves - without overwhelming you. Level Up Earn XP for every task you complete. Watch your level grow as you build consistency - because your progress deserves to be celebrated. Flo Pro unlocks 50 AI messages per day, all timer themes, all 16 daily challenges, and deeper ADHD profile learning. Flo Terms Of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/flo-tou Flo is not a medical app and does not replace professional ADHD treatment or therapy.

About

Vana

This app provides a shared focus timer experience, creating a virtual library atmosphere to enhance productivity. Users can join sessions with animal companions representing real people, fostering a sense of accountability without direct interaction. Earn in-app rewards for focused time to customize your virtual space.

Highlights
  • Shared focus timer sessions
  • Virtual animal companions
  • Body doubling effect
  • Earnable in-app currency
  • Customizable virtual garden
  • Lock screen Live Activity
Features
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Vana is a focus timer with other people in it, and a gentle app blocker when you want one. It is free, and you can start without making an account. Press Begin and your animal companion settles into a small grove beside everyone else who is focusing right now. Nobody talks. Nobody scrolls. The light drifts from morning to dusk while you work. Think of the last time you got real work done in a library. You stayed in your seat because the people around you were staying in theirs. People with ADHD call this body doubling. Vana is that library, open at whatever hour you need it. HOW A SESSION WORKS Grove sessions run 30 or 60 minutes, and your timer is your own, so you can arrive in the middle of someone else's hour and still finish on yours. A grove holds eight people at most. Tap any companion to see how long that person has been focusing. There is no chat. You can send a wordless bubble, or a heart to someone who sat through the hour with you. Every animal in the ring belongs to a real person. Vana will never pad a quiet room with bots, so on a slow night your grove may be just you and your egg. THE GATE If you like, close the gate when a session begins: the apps you choose wait outside until it ends. If you came looking for an app blocker, this is that, but gentler. You are never locon opens the gate, and every focused minute still counts. The gate never closes on its own. It uses Apple's Screen Time on your device, and Vana never sees which apps you choose. WHAT THE HOURS TURN INTO Your first full grove session always ends with an egge grove session leaves one too. Eggs hold a newcompanion, something to wear or place, or more honey, so no hatch is ever wasted. There are nine species, and every animal comes out one of a kind, with its own coat and temperament. Honey is earned by focusing and cannot be bought. Spend it on cozy things to wear, cushions to meditate on, and decor for a garden of your own. The garden is a golden hilltop above the clouds, and you can focus up there alone, 5 to 90 minutes, whenever the grove feels like too much. The rarest pieces in the shop never come from eggs, so anything unusual on a companion was worked for. THE LANTERN Thirty minutes of focus lights that day's lantern. You get one grace day, your longest run is always remembered, and nothing here will ever tell you that you failed. Leaving a session early still counts every focused minute. No plant dies if you stop. Sign in with Apple whenever you like and your companions come with you to a new phone. A Live Activity keeps your session on the lock screen, and a home-screen widget carries your lantern streak. Vana sits beside your work and asks nothing of you except the time you already meant to spend.

Screenshots

Flo4 screens
Vana4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vana at none against Flo's 2. Flo's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Flo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Vana asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flo ships an update daily, Vana every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Flo versus Vana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFloVana
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael NolandRudra Saha

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flo

Subscriptions2
  • Flo Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Flo Pro Annual$39.991 Year
None

Vana

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flo free?
Flo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vana free?
Vana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flo or Vana have ads?
Neither Flo nor Vana shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flo or Vana?
Flo ships an update daily, and Vana every 5 days. Most recently, Flo was updated on September 11, 2026 and Vana on September 26, 2026.

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