Leveling vs Paws & Beans
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Leveling
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Leveling is a focus timer for studying, working and reading, with a pixel RPG adventure that grows alongside you. Turn focused minutes into character progress, equipment and rewards. CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS SESSION Pick a 5, 10, 15, 25 or 50-minute dungeon and get started. Use short sessions to begin a task or longer sessions when you want to stay immersed. Add tags to organize your sessions. LEVEL UP THROUGH REAL EFFORT Earn experience and gold through focus sessions. Develop your character, collect weapons and outfits, and unlock titles. Your daily effort becomes visible progress in a cozy pixel-art world. SEE YOUR STUDY AND WORK TIME Review your session history and daily, weekly and monthly focus totals. See how small sessions add up over time. MEET FELLOW ADVENTURERS Add friends by their friend ID, manage incoming requests and see which friends are focusing now. Discover active adventurers through friend recommendations. Friends requires signing in. START SMALL, KEEP GROWING Try guest mode to begin an adventure, or sign in to sync your progress across devices. Whether you are preparing for exams, working on a project or making time to read, build a routine one session at a time. Choose a dungeon. Start your focus timer. Grow your hero.
Paws & Beans
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Some timers shout at you. This one pours you a coffee. Paws & Beans is a Pomodoro focus timer wrapped in a tiny pixel cafe. You order a brew, the timer starts, and your dog settles down beside you until it is done. No streaks lost to a missed day, no red badges, nobody telling you that you are behind. Just a warm room, a lo-fi station, and something small to look after. HOW IT WORKS Pick a brew and start working. Espresso is 15 minutes, Cappuccino 25, Nitro 50, or set your own. Prefer to work until you stop? Bottomless counts up instead of down. Finish a brew and you earn coffee beans; spend them on decor, new breeds and treats for the dog. A CAFE THAT KEEPS YOUR HOURS The room follows your clock and your weather. Morning light, afternoon sun, lamps after dark. If it is raining where you are, it rains outside the window too. Snow, storms and clear skies all find their way in. SOUND TO WORK TO Six house tracks written for the app, plus a shelf of hand-picked lo-fi radio stations. All free, all licence-paying, and no ads anywhere. A small mixer lets you balance the music against the room. YOUR DOG Taco keeps you company while you work, naps through the long sessions, and looks pleased with himself when you finish. Feed him treats you have earned. Change his breed. He is not a productivity metric; he is a dog. WHAT YOU KEEP A coffee journal of every session, one day per page 35 badges for turning up, not for grinding Eight postcards from the dog's days off Rooms and decor you buy with focus, not money PRO, IF YOU WANT IT Everything above is free. Pro adds extra rooms, a second dog, and a wardrobe, as a monthly or lifetime purchase. The timer, the music, the journal and the badges are not behind it and never will be. SIGN IN IS OPTIONAL Play without an account for as long as you like. Sign in with Apple and your cafe backs up, so a new phone gets your cafe back exactly as you left it. Made by one person. No ads, no tracking, no streak guilt. โ Paws & Beans Pro is available as a monthly auto-renewing subscription (US$1.99 per month) or as Lifetime, a single one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is charged once and never renews. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pawsandbeans.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://pawsandbeans.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Leveling at none against Paws & Beans's 2. Leveling also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Paws & Beans's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Paws & Beans sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Leveling asks for nothing beyond the download.
Leveling ships an update every 2 weeks, Paws & Beans every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leveling | Paws & Beans |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dokyung yun | Pharos Company |
In-app purchases
Leveling
No in-app purchases
Paws & Beans
- Paws Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Lifetime$19.99









