Comparison

Focus Home vs Quiet

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

Head to head
About

Focus Home

This app transforms your phone's home screen into a calm, text-first interface designed to reduce mindless scrolling. Set daily intentions, create custom profiles for different contexts, and add friction to distracting apps to help you be more present and productive.

Highlights
  • Text-first launcher interface
  • Single daily intention setting
  • Customizable launcher profiles
  • Distraction blocking with delays
  • Focus session timers
  • Progress tracking dashboard
  • Lock-screen widgets
Features
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Your phone should serve your day, not steal it. Focus Home replaces the chaos of your home screen with a calm, text-first launcher built to slow down the moments that lead to mindless scrolling. Set a single daily intention that follows you across the launcher, dashboard, and lock screen widget — a quiet reminder of what actually matters before you open another feed. Whether you want to be more present with family, focus deeper at work, or simply spend less time staring at glass, Focus Home turns your phone into a tool for living instead of a slot machine for your attention. Build custom launcher profiles for work, home, faith, or study, and let them switch automatically based on your schedule. Mark the apps that pull you off track as distracting and Focus Home adds friction before they open: a customizable delay timer, reflection prompts like "Why are you opening this?", and optional daily launch limits or time budgets you actually keep. Start a Focus Session (25, 45, 60, or 90 minutes) when you need to lock in, add lock-screen widgets to launch your essentials with a single tap, and watch your progress in a built-in dashboard tracking focus score, pickups, avoided launches, and distracting opens — so you can see your habits change. Upgrade to Focus Home Premium for $1.99/month to unlock the full experience: unlimited launcher profiles, custom daily intentions, custom reflection prompts, advanced analytics, lock-screen widgets, automation, iCloud sync, and a beautiful set of premium themes including Warm Paper, Midnight, Forest, Sunset, Ocean, Ink, Rose, and Sage. Whether you stay on the free tier or go premium, every feature is built around one promise: fewer pickups, fewer regretted opens, and more of the life you actually want to be living. Download Focus Home and take your attention back today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Quiet

Features
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Quiet blocks apps so you can focus. Start a timed session and pick which apps stay available. Everything else stays blocked until the timer ends. What you get with a purchase • Allow-list sessions: choose what stays open • A simpler phone without buying new hardware • Optional website blocking in browsers you allow • Exit locks from gentle to hard • Live Activity, widgets, and a countdown while you work How it works 1. Choose the apps you still need 2. Set a duration or schedule 3. Start. Distracting apps stay blocked until time is up. Quiet is free to download. An in-app purchase or subscription is required to start sessions and block apps. No account required. Session data stays on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Home4 screens
Quiet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Quiet at 17.0 against Focus Home's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Home sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Quiet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Focus Home versus Quiet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus HomeQuiet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWILLIAM BARRY AGNEWNuno Lopes

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Home

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Home Premium$1.991 Month
2 purchases

Quiet

Subscriptions1
  • Dumb Phone Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Deal$12.99

Questions

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

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