Comparison

FocusFlow vs OneFocus

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

Head to head
About

FocusFlow

Features
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FocusFlow isn't here to push you harder. It's here to make starting easier. Built for ADHD brains — and anyone who finds "just focus" easier said than done — FocusFlow lowers the barrier at the hardest moment: getting started. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT • Start the smallest step. Stuck? FocusFlow hands you a 2-minute first move, not a lecture. • Work with your energy, not against it. Pick tasks by how you feel right now — high, steady, or low. Every state has its place. • Rewards for showing up, not output. Every focus session grows your Focus Garden. Miss a day? No penalty, no shame — your garden remembers every minute you came back. • See time pass. A calm countdown, plus a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so time stops quietly slipping away. • Catch every thought. Zero-friction Quick Capture — type it or just say it out loud — so ideas don't disappear before you use them. GENTLE BY DESIGN No streak guilt. No monitoring. No "you're behind." FocusFlow is a warm coach, never a taskmaster — because shame is the number-one reason focus apps get deleted. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your tasks, energy, and garden stay on your device, optionally synced through your own private iCloud. No accounts. No tracking. No third-party analytics. BRING YOUR OWN AI (OPTIONAL) Want a hand breaking a big task into tiny steps? Add your own API key (works with major AI models). Your key lives in your device's Keychain — never on our servers. FocusFlow is free. Open it, and start with one small thing.

About

OneFocus

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OneFocus turns a focus plan into one clear session across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Choose a Focus Profile, set a duration, and see whether each device is protected—without a vague all-green status hiding a problem. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Start 25, 50, or 90-minute sessions, or choose a custom duration. • Build Profiles for Deep Work, Study, Reading, and your own routines. • Block selected apps and websites on iPhone and iPad with Apple's Screen Time controls. • Use the free Mac companion to protect supported apps and websites. • Keep a session going with local rain, café, train, forest, wave, and other procedural sounds. ONE SESSION, HONEST STATUS Private iCloud sync carries your active session, Profiles, schedules, history, and verified Pro status between devices. OneFocus shows iPhone Protected, Mac Protected, Waiting, Needs Permission, or Offline separately, so you know what is actually happening. Existing local sessions and history remain useful offline. HISTORY THAT EXPLAINS YOUR TIME Review Today, 7 Days, Month, and All Time. See pause-aware totals, streaks, Profile distribution, a calendar heatmap, Focus Constellation, and per-device protection intervals. Session details preserve the Profile used at the time, even if you later rename it. APPLE WORKFLOWS Use App Shortcuts for quick 25 or 50-minute starts, open History, and coordinate OneFocus with an Apple Focus through a guided Shortcut. Core actions support VoiceOver, larger text, reduced motion, and keyboard navigation. FREE AND PRO The free version includes manual sessions, one custom Profile, four sounds, a daily goal, basic iPhone/Mac connection, Flexible mode, and recent history. A single US$9.99 Pro Lifetime purchase unlocks unlimited Profiles, repeating schedules, full history, all sounds, skies, and themes, Committed mode, advanced Shortcuts, and data export. Restore purchases at any time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No OneFocus account. No ads. No third-party tracking. Browser content and Screen Time selections are not uploaded. Sync uses your private iCloud database, and sounds are generated locally. Terms of Use: https://oneapps.studio/terms

Screenshots

FocusFlow4 screens
OneFocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FocusFlow at weekly against OneFocus's every 2 months. OneFocus's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. FocusFlow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OneFocus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusFlow ships an update weekly, OneFocus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
FocusFlow versus OneFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusFlowOneFocus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer江 吴Freedom Dimension (shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FocusFlow

One-time1
  • Garden Seasons$14.99
1 purchases

OneFocus

One-time1
  • OneFocus Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is FocusFlow free?
FocusFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OneFocus free?
OneFocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FocusFlow or OneFocus have ads?
Neither FocusFlow nor OneFocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusFlow or OneFocus?
FocusFlow ships an update weekly, and OneFocus every 2 months. Most recently, FocusFlow was updated on October 1, 2026 and OneFocus on September 27, 2026.

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