ScrollNinja vs Focusoro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScrollNinja
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You were not born to scroll. Every day the feed takes hours you will never get back. ScrollNinja gives them back, one mission at a time, and turns you into the person you could be: more focused, calmer, more creative, more in control. Try it free for 7 days. Feel the change before you pay. BECOME YOUR NINJA Pick your ninja from 50 painted characters. Every mission makes them stronger. Watch them change through 5 painted ranks, from Curious Novice to Scroll Master. On Day 3 your ninja can reach Level 5 and earn a sword. Who will you be in 90 days? ONE MISSION A DAY, MADE FOR YOU No guessing, no menus to explore. Every day ScrollNinja gives you one mission, at the hour you scroll the most, and tells you why it is for you. Too hard? It gets smaller. Doing great? It grows with you. GROW FOUR POWERS - Focus: your attention back. Finish a movie, a book, a task. - Wisdom: a calm, clear mind. - Fantasy: your imagination and better nights. - Discipline: you decide, not the feed. FOCUS AND MEDITATE - Focus sessions lock the apps that pull you in. - Guided meditation and breathing, from 3 minutes. - Calm sounds made by us: rain, forest, waves, a fireplace on a winter night, temple bells, koto and more. Mix two. - Come back and tap Finish to collect your XP. Honest points, no tricks. BLOCK THE FEEDS - Block the apps you pick, right now, for as long as you choose. - Plan blocks for the night or for work hours. - Social sites are blocked in Safari too, so there is no back door. WHEN THE URGE HITS Tap Rescue Me and breathe with your ninja instead of opening the feed. CHALLENGES AND THE DOJO 7-day challenges for every power, each ending with a red seal. Train with friends and ninjas around the world in the weekly Dojo. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your Screen Time data stays on your iPhone, through Apple Screen Time. We never see your messages, photos or what you watch. No ads, no tracking, and we never sell data. SUBSCRIPTION Start with 7 days free. ScrollNinja Pro is a monthly auto-renewing subscription: $4.90 in the US, €4.90 in Europe, £4.90 in the UK, or the local price shown in the app before you buy. Early members keep this early price for as long as their subscription stays active. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the free week ends, the subscription starts and payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scrollninja.app/privacy ScrollNinja is a game that helps you build better phone habits. It is not a medical or therapeutic tool, and its powers are game points, not a measure of intelligence, creativity or mental health.
Focusoro
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Focusoro is a Pomodoro timer that knows when you reach for your phone. An ordinary timer counts down and hopes your willpower holds. Focusoro keeps your phone on the desk, records every urge you resist and shows you getting better, week after week. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • It notices when you pick up your phone: motion sensors catch the lift, and you get a few seconds to put it back. • Focus imprint: a month of work draws a pattern that's yours alone, like a fingerprint. Share it with one tap. • The session starts itself: set the time, put your phone down, and the countdown begins once it stops moving. • It counts the urges you beat, not just the minutes. • Nine background sounds that keep playing with the screen locked. • A session length tailored to you, worked out from your own history. • Tasks and reports: see where your time went, week by week and month by month. • Sessions and stats stay on your phone: no accounts, no ads, no tracking. HOW IT WORKS Set the session length on the dial, down to the minute, tap Start and place your phone on your desk or a charger. As soon as it lies still, the countdown begins. The screen dims so it won't tempt you, and you're free to lock your phone: the session keeps going and the countdown stays on your Lock Screen. Reach for your phone mid-session and the screen lights up while it vibrates, nudging you back to work. Leave the app and the session fails, no exceptions. An incoming call or an alarm won't ruin it, though: the countdown waits until you're back and the phone is down again. YOUR FOCUS IMPRINT Every hour of focus draws one loop, and each completed session leaves a dot on it. Each day starts a new loop, so after a month you get a pattern that's yours alone, like a fingerprint. You see it after every session and in Progress, and you can share it as an image with one tap. BACKGROUND SOUNDS Rain, a thunderstorm, the sea, a forest, a café, an airplane cabin, or brown, pink and white noise. The sound plays for the whole session, even with the screen locked, fades out the moment you pick up your phone and never interrupts music from other apps. BREAKS WITHOUT THE GUILT Finish a session and the break is all yours; every few sessions you get a longer one. The countdown sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. STATS THAT ACTUALLY TELL YOU SOMETHING A week-over-week report shows whether you're improving: how often you pick up your phone, how quickly you put it back and your self-control index. Thirty-day breakdowns show what ends your sessions, which lengths you actually finish and which background sound helps you focus most. After a week, Focusoro also suggests a session length based on your own history. TASKS AND TIME REPORTS Pick a task before you start and Focusoro records how much time you spend on it, even in a failed session, up to the moment it broke. Weekly and monthly reports show your work time day by day and split by task. Share a report with one tap or export it to CSV. APPLE WATCH, IPHONE AND IPAD Your watch shows the session and break countdowns, and if you reach for your phone, the seconds left to put it down. Focusoro runs on iPhone and iPad. PRIVACY Your sessions, tasks and stats stay on your device: no accounts, no ads, no tracking. We only send anonymous usage statistics, which you can turn off in Settings. Detecting when you pick up the phone requires access to motion data. PRICING Your first 4 sessions are free, no account or payment needed. Then choose monthly or yearly. Yearly starts with seven days free, and you can cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Prefer to pay once? There's a lifetime purchase that never renews. PRIVACY AND TERMS Privacy policy: https://algowisent.com/en/privacy-policy/focusoro/index.php Terms of use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ScrollNinja at every 5 days against Focusoro's fortnightly. Focusoro'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
Both are free to download. ScrollNinja sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Focusoro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScrollNinja ships an update every 5 days, Focusoro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScrollNinja | Focusoro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loris Liusso | Rafal Denkiewicz |
In-app purchases
ScrollNinja
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly$29.991 Year
Focusoro
- Focusoro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Focusoro Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Focusoro Lifetime$17.99









