Bloom Focus Timer vs Focusleaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloom Focus Timer
This app uses a unique approach to time management by gamifying focus sessions. Grow a virtual forest by completing work or study periods, with your trees' survival depending on your commitment. It also offers a collaborative mode for shared focus sessions.
- Gamified focus timer
- Virtual tree growth
- Forest building
- Unlock new tree species
- Collaborative focus sessions
- Track work history
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A focus timer should be simple. Bloom is a timer for work and study, and not much else. Pick a tree, choose how long you want to focus, and start. The tree grows while you work, and joins your forest when the session ends. Longer sessions grow bigger trees. New species unlock as your hours add up. Give up early and your tree dies. Plant with a friend: share your code, start one countdown together, and if either of you gives up, both trees die. Over time you end up with a forest you built yourself as a quiet record of the work you've done.
Focusleaf
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Focusleaf is a Pomodoro study timer that grows a plant while you focus. Plant a seed, start a 25-minute session and watch it grow through 5 stages, from seed to bloom. Leave the app for more than 10 seconds and it wilts. Every finished session adds a plant to your garden, so your focus becomes something you can see. A PLANT THAT GROWS WHILE YOU FOCUS • Pomodoro-style sessions: 25 minutes of focus, then a 5-minute break • A hand-drawn plant grows through 5 visible stages during every session • Leave early and it wilts, shown kindly, with no guilt trip • Locking your phone does not count as leaving • A notification when your plant is grown and when your break is over YOUR GARDEN OF FOCUS • Every finished session adds a plant to your garden • Browse your garden by day or by week • See how many plants you have grown, minutes focused and species collected 12 SPECIES TO COLLECT • Clover, mint, fern, cherry, monstera, sunflower, lavender, tulip, rose, bamboo, olive and daisy • Each one has its own leaves, colors and blooms FOCUSLEAF PRO • All 12 plant species (free plan includes clover and mint) • Custom focus sessions from 10 to 120 minutes and custom breaks • Tags such as study, work, reading and writing, plus your own • Detailed stats by day and by tag • No ads No account needed. Your sessions and garden stay on your device. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Focusleaf Pro is available as a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://functional-thrill-31c.notion.site/Focusleaf-Privacy-Policy-3e7f8e9da76b818fbd57c21310b3deba
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bloom Focus Timer at none against Focusleaf's shown. Bloom Focus Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Bloom Focus Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focusleaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bloom Focus Timer ships an update weekly, Focusleaf every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloom Focus Timer | Focusleaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAXIMILIAN ANTON MICHLITS | Mehmet Akif ERGANI |
In-app purchases
Bloom Focus Timer
- Buy me a coffee$4.00
Focusleaf
- Focusleaf Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- Focusleaf Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Focusleaf Pro Lifetime$34.99









