Comparison

Shoulder vs Focus Atlas

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

Head to head
About

Shoulder

Features
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How do you get something off your screen and into AI without taking screenshot after screenshot? The big AI apps make you upload screenshots, one at a time. Shoulder is different. Start a recording and do anything you need on your phone. Come back to the app, and Shoulder will pull out the important stuff. Here's some of the things you can do with Shoulder: Get a recipe from a social media video Turn a "Top 10 places to visit in Italy" story into a list you can actually plan around Open a password-protected PDF and have it ready whenever you need it Understand your labs, a bill, or an insurance denial โ€” read once, explained in plain words Pull a list of birthdays out of an app that won't let you export one Works with any site, any app, any portal โ€” because it only watches when you tell it to. No downloading files just to upload them again, and no waiting on a connector that doesn't exist. If Shoulder can see it, it can help you with it. You're in control. Shoulder only records when you start it โ€” never in the background, never without you knowing. It never logs in, clicks, or acts for you. It watches and remembers. You always drive. Record something by accident? Don't worry โ€” nothing leaves your phone until you send it. Delete a chat or a project at any time, and there's no record left behind. All your recordings are locked behind Face ID and your passcode, and you can delete those too. Shoulder is your trustworthy assistant that respects your privacy.

About

Focus Atlas

Transform focus time into a rewarding building experience. As you complete focus sessions, watch virtual landmarks rise block by block, eventually populating a 3D globe at their real-world locations. Learn historical facts about each landmark as you build.

Highlights
  • Build 20 voxel landmarks
  • Customizable focus session lengths
  • Pause and resume focus sessions
  • Landmarks placed on a 3D globe
  • Live Activity countdown
  • Historical facts for each landmark
Features
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Focus Atlas turns your focus time into a small world. Pick a landmark, start a focus session, and watch it rise block by block as the minutes pass. Your sessions add up until the landmark is finished, and then it takes its place on a 3D globe at its real location. BUILD WITH FOCUS โ€ข 20 voxel landmarks, including Cheomseongdae, Gwanghwamun, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Big Ben, the Colosseum and the Taj Mahal โ€ข Choose a 5, 15, 25 or 50 minute session and see how far it will take your landmark before you start โ€ข Pause and resume anytime; time that passes while the app is in the background still counts YOUR SMALL WORLD โ€ข Finished landmarks stand on a satellite globe at their real coordinates โ€ข Landmarks still to build wait there faded, so your next goal is always in view โ€ข One tap shows the whole world with every landmark complete STAY ON TRACK โ€ข A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island with a live countdown โ€ข Clear progress for the current session and for the landmark โ€ข A log of every focus session LEARN AS YOU BUILD โ€ข Every landmark comes with a short history: key facts and a timeline No account, no ads, no tracking. Your focus records stay on your device.

Screenshots

Shoulder4 screens
Focus Atlas3 screens

Verdict

The call

Shoulder and Focus Atlas are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Shoulder versus Focus Atlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoulderFocus Atlas
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBrad CoughlinJiYeon Noh

In-app purchases

None

Shoulder

No in-app purchases

None

Focus Atlas

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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