Comparison

Focus Home vs Stillscreen

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

Stillscreen

Features
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Stillscreen helps you create a simpler, calmer way to access the apps that matter most. Choose your essential apps, organize them in the order you prefer, and use the Stillscreen widget for quick access from your Home Screen. LESS CLUTTER. MORE FOCUS. Instead of filling your Home Screen with distractions, Stillscreen helps you keep a focused collection of the apps you actually want to use. KEY FEATURES • Choose your essential apps • Organize and reorder your selected apps • Quickly access apps from your widget • Preview your widget before using it • Small, Medium, and Large widget layouts • Customize the app appearance • Simple setup guide • Designed for iPhone and iPad YOUR APPS, YOUR ORDER Build a personal list of essential apps and arrange them exactly how you want them. WIDGETS THAT KEEP THINGS SIMPLE Add Stillscreen to your Home Screen and keep important apps easier to reach without surrounding yourself with unnecessary clutter. DESIGNED FOR CALM Stillscreen uses a minimal interface designed to stay out of your way. Choose your apps, organize them, and get back to what matters. Make your Home Screen simpler with Stillscreen.

Screenshots

Focus Home4 screens
Stillscreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stillscreen at none against Focus Home's 1. Stillscreen also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Stillscreen asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Focus Home versus Stillscreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus HomeStillscreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWILLIAM BARRY AGNEWHosain Bouggourne

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Home

Subscriptions1
  • Focus Home Premium$1.991 Month
None

Stillscreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Home free?
Focus Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stillscreen free?
Stillscreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Home or Stillscreen have ads?
Neither Focus Home nor Stillscreen shows ads.

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