Comparison

Make Time for Yourself vs Focopia

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

Head to head
About

Make Time for Yourself

Enhance your focus sessions with a calming fishing experience. Set timers for deep work, study, or reading, and discover unique fish as you complete your tasks. Personalize your environment with different scenes and sounds.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus timer (10-120 minutes)
  • Integrated fishing mini-game
  • Collectible fish with detailed information
  • Optional app restrictions during focus sessions
  • Multiple environments and nature sounds
  • Seasonal and regional content packs
  • Widgets and Live Activities for time tracking
Features
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Turn your focus time into a collection of little discoveries. Open a book, choose one task, and cast a line beside quiet water. While the river flows, stay with what matters. When your session ends, meet a fish and keep the moment in your collection. Precious Time combines a focus timer with the gentle pleasure of fishing and collecting. Find your pace β€’ Set a session from 10 to 120 minutes for studying, reading, or deep work. β€’ Choose river or sea, daylight or sunset, and calming nature sounds. β€’ Return to a waterside from your history. Check time remaining with widgets and Live Activities. β€’ Optionally restrict selected apps and categories while you focus. You choose the permissions and targets. A discovery worth keeping β€’ The base collection includes 56 real fish and 16 fantasy fish. β€’ Optional regional content adds 56 species, bringing the complete collection to 128. β€’ Explore silhouettes and hints before discovery, then revisit the fish, place, and focus time you remember. β€’ Keep today's totals, completed sessions, and your past records. Travel through the seasons Optional packs for Korea, Japan, Finland, and Italy offer two places each: eight watersides in all. Discover Reed Riffle, Cedar Ravine, Archipelago Pier, and Foothill Lake. β€’ Enjoy 64 seasonal daylight and sunset scenes. β€’ Download only the new scenes you want. The 32 new videos are optional downloads; downloaded scenes work offline. β€’ Seasonal angler outfits and ambient sounds complete each setting. β€’ Existing regional pack owners and All Waterside Pass members can access the new places covered by their purchase. A little company The optional Waterside Guardians purchase brings Noeul, Olive, and Mongdol to your side, with quiet gestures to notice while you focus. It also includes Focus Sets, weekly and monthly reports, share cards, and Strict Lock. Choose what suits you The core timer, base watersides and sounds, base collection, today's summary, session history, and standard Focus Lock require no additional purchase. Regional packs and Waterside Guardians are separate one-time purchases. All Waterside Pass includes all current features and content, plus everything released in this app in the future. β€’ Monthly or annual subscription: access while your subscription is active β€’ Lifetime purchase: permanent access to current and future features and content Existing individual purchases remain yours. Your discovered fish and focus records stay when a subscription ends. Prices and billing periods appear on the purchase screen. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage subscriptions through your Apple Account. Restore Purchases and subscription management are available in the app. Available on iPhone and iPad in Korean and English. Some system features depend on your device and OS. Support: https://timer.snapworkslab.com/precioustime/support/ Privacy Policy: https://timer.snapworkslab.com/precioustime/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Focopia

This app helps you focus on your studies or work by providing a virtual study cafe environment. You can join friends, use a Pomodoro timer, and customize an avatar that reflects your focus state. Track your progress and earn rewards for productive sessions.

Highlights
  • Virtual study cafe environment
  • Focus timer with Pomodoro technique
  • Avatar customization and progression
  • Task management and planning
  • Focus history tracking
  • Social focus sessions with friends
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Studying, reading or catching up on work? Meet in Focopia and get on with your own tasks. Focus with others Pick a seat and get started. Join friends or send encouragement to the people focusing alongside you. An avatar that mirrors you When you focus, your avatar does too. When you feel sleepy, it shows. With your permission, the camera checks your focus state and reflects it in your avatar. Make it yours Choose hair, outfits and accessories. Spend the points you earn by focusing on new items. Plan what to do Write down your tasks and start the timer. Use Pomodoro to alternate between focus and breaks. See your focus history Check today's focus time and look back at your past records. Camera-based focus analysis requires camera permission and your consent. Raw camera video and facial landmarks are not sent to or stored on the server. An internet connection and sign-in are required. Available on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Make Time for Yourself4 screens
Focopia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Make Time for Yourself at none against Focopia's shown. Focopia's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Make Time for Yourself sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Focopia sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Time for Yourself ships an update every 2 weeks, Focopia every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Make Time for Yourself versus Focopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Time for YourselfFocopia
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size682 MB351 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSnapWorks LabWootae Lee

Customer experience

Make Time for Yourself

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Focopia

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Make Time for Yourself

Subscriptions2
  • All Waterside Pass Monthly$0.991 Month
  • All Waterside Pass Annual$5.991 Year
One-time6
  • Finnish Waterside$1.99
  • Korean Waterside$1.99
  • Italian Waterside$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Japanese Waterside$1.99
  • Waterside Guardians$1.99
  • All Waterside Pass Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Focopia

One-time3
  • 100 Byeoltori$0.49
  • 별토리 500개 μΆ©μ „$2.99
  • 별토리 1,000개 μΆ©μ „$4.99

Questions

Is Make Time for Yourself free?
Make Time for Yourself is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focopia free?
Focopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Make Time for Yourself or Focopia have ads?
Focopia shows ads; Make Time for Yourself does not.
Which is updated more often, Make Time for Yourself or Focopia?
Make Time for Yourself ships an update every 2 weeks, and Focopia every 3 days. Most recently, Make Time for Yourself was updated on November 6, 2026 and Focopia on November 8, 2026.

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