Comparison

Thicket vs Focus Bread

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

Head to head
About

Thicket

Features
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Plant a tree and leave your phone alone. Lock it, pocket it, put it face down — the tree keeps growing. Open something else and it dies. That is the whole idea, and it works because the stake is real. WHAT GROWS Every finished session becomes a tree in your grove. Days fill up, months fill out, and a year of attention turns into somewhere you can actually look at. Twenty species across six regions, and you cannot buy a single one. Each is earned by focusing — some by total hours, some by finishing long sessions, some found by chance in the ones over ninety minutes. Your trees, your garden, all of it earned. Pinch a grove to look closer. Everything is drawn again as you go, so it stays sharp all the way in, and the shapes you earned are worth looking at. A GARDEN YOU ARRANGE Seeds come from finishing sessions, and they buy things to put in your grove — a bench, a pond, a fire pit, a deer that only visits a forest left alone. Eighteen of them. A thing you place belongs to the day you placed it, so every grove ends up different, and you can buy the same bench again next week for another day. Hold anything to pick it up and move it wherever you like. It stays where you put it. THE APPS THAT ALWAYS WIN Pick the ones you cannot be trusted around. While a tree is growing they do not open, and the moment the session ends — finished or given up on — they open again. No schedules, no standing block, nothing left switched on behind you. You choose them in Apple's own picker, which means Thicket is never told which apps you picked. It only knows how many. Free, like everything else here that matters. DAY AND NIGHT After dark the grove gets a moon, stars and moonlight on the leaves. Not a dark mode — a time of day. It follows your phone, or you can hold it at night all day if you like. LOCKING YOUR PHONE IS FOCUSING Most focus apps cannot tell putting your phone down apart from picking up another app. Thicket can. A locked screen is exactly what it asks of you, so nothing is lost. Wandering into another app is what it is there to stop — and you get a warning with time to come back. QUIETLY BUILT · No account, no sign-up, no server · No analytics, no advertising, no tracking of any kind · Backup to your own iCloud, so losing a phone is not losing a year · Your whole history and every statistic, free forever THE FULL VERSION Free gives you the timer, deep focus, app blocking, the lock screen timer, all your statistics, iCloud backup, and four species to plant. The full version opens the rest of the catalogue: all twenty species, all six regions, the whole garden. You still earn every one of them by focusing — buying opens the catalogue, it never plants a tree for you. Thicket is made by one person. If something is wrong, write in and a real person answers. Privacy Policy: https://urosgruber.github.io/thicket/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Focus Bread

This app helps you focus by using a timer and a virtual baking buddy. Earn in-game currency to unlock new characters and items, fostering a positive and rewarding approach to productivity.

Highlights
  • Simple focus timer
  • Virtual baking buddy
  • Pomodoro or count-up modes
  • Earn bread for rewards
  • Unlock buddies and collectibles
  • Track focus trends
Features
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Focus Bread makes it a little easier to put your phone down and get things done. Set a focus timer, let your focus buddy watch the oven, and earn bread as you finish sessions. Use the bread you earn to unlock new buddies and collectibles along the way. No guilt and no broken streaks to mourn. Just a cozy way to build momentum, one small session at a time. App Features: - Simple focus timer for any session length - A cozy buddy who bakes while you work - Choose Pomodoro or count-up timer modes - Earn bread and unlock new buddies and collectibles - Track your focus trends and progress over time Perfect For: - ADHD friendly focus and deep work - Studying and reading with fewer distractions - Beating procrastination, one small session at a time - Building a calmer, more consistent focus habit - Anyone who wants a little reward for showing up Questions or feedback? Let's chat. Support Email: hello@bobafriends.net Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Thicket4 screens
Focus Bread4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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. Thicket sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Focus Bread sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Thicket versus Focus Bread: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThicketFocus Bread
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUros GruberDevin Le

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Thicket

Subscriptions2
  • Thicket Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Thicket Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Thicket Forever$34.99
4 purchases

Focus Bread

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Bread Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Focus Bread Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$16.991 Year
One-time2
  • Focus Bread Pro (Launch Offer)$16.99
  • Focus Bread Pro (Lifetime)$24.99

Questions

Is Thicket free?
Thicket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Bread free?
Focus Bread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thicket or Focus Bread have ads?
Neither Thicket nor Focus Bread shows ads.

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