Focus Bee vs Nela
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Bee
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Turn focus into something beautiful. Focus Bee is the productivity timer that rewards your concentration with real growth. Every focus session collects pollen. Stay on task, and watch it bloom into a flower in your very own garden. Whether you're studying for exams, working from home, reading, writing, or practicing deep work, Focus Bee helps you stay on track with a simple and motivating focus timer. Why You'll Love Focus Bee: - Grow Flowers While You Focus: Every completed focus session helps grow beautiful flowers. Build your own blooming garden as a visual record of your productivity. - Powerful Focus Timer: Use customizable focus sessions that fit your workflow, whether you prefer 25-minute Pomodoro sessions or longer deep work blocks. - Perfect for Students & Professionals: Stay productive while studying, working, reading, coding, writing, or preparing for exams. - Deep Focus: Stay motivated by turning every distraction avoided into progress you can see. - Build Better Habits: Track your completed focus sessions and develop a consistent daily productivity routine. - Calming Soundscapes: Layer your focus sessions with soothing ambient nature sounds (rain, garden breezes, white noise) to lock in your flow state. - Collect & Customize: Unlock dozens of rare flowers and vibrant accessories as you hit your focus milestones. Great For ⢠Studying ⢠Homework ⢠Exam preparation ⢠Deep work ⢠Office work ⢠Remote work ⢠Reading ⢠Writing ⢠Coding ⢠Meditation ⢠Daily habit building Stop fighting your phone. Start growing your focus. Download Focus Bee today and plant your first flower. Terms of user (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.headbranch.com/focus-bee/privacy-policy
Nela
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Study with a little friend who grows with every session. Nela is a focus timer with a study pet. Start a session, put your phone down, and your little red panda sits down to study with you. When the timer ends, you earn coins, your bond grows, and sometimes your pet finds something in the world you explore together. HOW IT WORKS ⢠Start focus in one tap: Pomodoro, a timer or a stopwatch, with pause. ⢠Pick a subject and, if you like, a task from your to-do list. ⢠Put your phone down. The timer keeps running on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, even when you leave the app. ⢠When it ends, your pet asks whether you finished your task, and you collect your rewards. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS, IF YOU WANT Turn on Block distracting apps for a session and Nela uses Apple's Screen Time to keep the apps you choose away until it ends. It's a switch, never a requirement. SEE YOUR PROGRESS ⢠A daily goal, with today's focus time on Home and in a widget. ⢠Your days in a row, with a flame. Missing a day never takes away anything you've earned. ⢠Stats by day, week and subject, with your best day. ⢠Study quests with coins to claim: finish 3 sessions today, focus 2 hours this week, study 7 days in a row. ⢠Routines with gentle reminders for the study days you plan. A PET AND A WORLD THAT GROW ⢠Every session, your pet studies somewhere in its world, and each subject sends it to a different kind of place. ⢠Collect postcards and discoveries, and open new parts of the map. ⢠Spend coins in the shop on furniture, room styles and outfits, including a study corner. ⢠Ambient sounds for your sessions: rain for everyone, and campfire, breeze, night and lo-fi with Nela Plus. KIND BY DESIGN Your pet never gets sick or runs away. Ending a session early is allowed, and the time you focused still counts. No ads. NELA PLUS, IF YOU WANT MORE The timer, your pet, the shop, study quests and app blocking are free. Nela Plus adds: ⢠All 5 ambient sounds ⢠All 12 study routines, up to 3 at a time ⢠Double coins from every session ⢠Your full stats history ⢠Plus items and a daily deal in the shop Nela Plus is $3.99 a month, or $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial. Prices may differ by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. PRIVATE ⢠No account needed to start. Your sessions and progress stay on your iPhone, with an optional backup when you sign in. ⢠You choose which apps to block. Nela never sees which ones they are, and doesn't read anything inside your apps. Nela is a study tool, not a medical or mental-health treatment. Available in English, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Portuguese and Hebrew. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getnela.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Bee at none against Nela's 2. Focus Bee also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nela sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Focus Bee asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Focus Bee | Nela |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 ā better | 16.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hy Phan Bao Song | Kovacs Software Solutions |
In-app purchases
Focus Bee
No in-app purchases
Nela
- Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
- Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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