Comparison

Focusnyang vs Jeolmi

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

Head to head
About

Focusnyang

Features
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Press play and the sleeping cat opens its eyes. It stays awake with you until the session ends. This is a timer that keeps a record of the time you spend focusing. No setup, no account. ■ Two ways to focus 1) Pomodoro — set a length and focus. Spin the wheel anywhere from one minute to two hours. 2) Endless — no end time. Focus for as long as it lasts. ■ Ten minutes, one stamp Reach ten minutes in a day and the calendar gets a stamp. You don't need long sessions. What builds up is a calendar you filled in a little at a time. ■ Note what you focused on When a session ends you can tag it. Make your own — English, math, workout — and after that it's one tap. Each topic shows how much has piled up. ■ Day, week, month Day — see which days earned a stamp. Week — a bar per weekday, plus your longest day and daily average. Month — the whole month at a glance. ■ Eleven cats Black, White, British, Cheese, Ragdoll, Selkirk, Russian Blue, Calico, Tuxedo, Asura, Bengal. Change the cat and the whole app changes colour to match. More are on the way. ■ Even with the screen off A notification tells you when the session ends. You don't have to keep the app open. ■ Your records stay They're kept in your iCloud, so deleting the app or switching phones brings them back. You can also export them to a file. ■ Nothing is collected No account, no sign-in. We never ask for your name, email, or location. No ads, no analytics. Your records live on your device and in your own iCloud. ■ Free for your first week Everything is unlocked for 7 days from the day you first open the app — the full focus log and every cat skin. After that, the focus log and the paid cats lock. The timer and the black cat stay free forever. To keep the rest, unlock once. A one-time purchase, not a subscription. Available in Korean, English, and Japanese.

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Jeolmi

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Jeolmi is a focus timer and to-do list with a small paper seal that copies whatever you write. Type "read chapter 4" and the seal picks up a book. Type "pay rent" and it brings a wallet (empty, it apologizes). Tap start, lock your phone, and the seal is on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, holding the prop next to your task while the timer runs. Every real 25 minutes of focus inks one grape on today's bunch. Checked-off tasks add grapes too, drawn dotted so you can tell them apart. Fill the day's grape slots and the seal sits up and claps. Once a day. What the seal does · Copies your task with a paper prop, live as you type. There are 32 props to find, and the ones you find stay on your prop shelf. · Stays on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you focus. Done, Pause and +5 work without opening the app. · Says one dry line per state. It never coaches and never guilts. · Wears what you give it: outfits, body colors, a four-slot desk. Outfits, desk items and two of the body colors cost Jelly, which you earn by focusing and finishing tasks. Nothing is random. · Goes for a swim once today's grapes are filled and comes back with one line. If you take a few days off, it folds you a paper crane. It never counts the days you missed. Everything below is free · Timer: count up with no cap, a 25-minute countdown, or any length from 5 to 240 minutes. Keeps running if the app is closed · Tasks: tap to check one off, or make it timed and see today's minutes on it. Today, tomorrow, weekday routines, subjects with colors · D-day: finals, SAT, ACT, custom dates, D+ after the day · Widgets: Home Screen and Lock Screen, with today's tasks, grapes and your D-day. Check tasks off right on the widget · Live Activity with the seal and your task, also in the Dynamic Island on iPhones that have one · Stats: a month of grapes, hours per subject, days showed up, lifetime hours Share, if you want A card of today's grapes, a mirror card with your task and the prop, a transparent sticker of your seal for notes apps and Stories, and a three-second clip of the flop or the clap. Nothing is posted anywhere by itself. Quiet by design One note a day at most, in the seal's voice, at a time you pick (8 p.m. unless you change it). A heads-up when a countdown ends. Quiet Mode is one tap. Days showed up are counted, never used against you: two freezes refill on their own, and no message ever says something is at risk. Stays on your phone Everything stays on your phone. There is no sign-up and no email, and your tasks and records never leave the device unless you share a card yourself. The app sends only anonymous usage statistics, never what you write, to help improve it. Your records are part of your iPhone's own backup (iCloud Backup or a computer backup), so restoring or moving to a new iPhone brings them along. In English, Korean and Japanese: it follows your iPhone, and you can switch any time in Settings → Language. Jeolmi is a spotted seal pup named after injeolmi, the Korean rice cake it resembles. It insists it is a seal, not a sea lion. This matters to it.

Screenshots

Focusnyang4 screens
Jeolmi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jeolmi at none against Focusnyang's 1. Focusnyang's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focusnyang sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jeolmi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focusnyang ships an update every 3 days, Jeolmi every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Focusnyang versus Jeolmi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusnyangJeolmi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIHYANG KIMJaewook Jung

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focusnyang

One-time1
  • Premium$5.99
None

Jeolmi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focusnyang free?
Focusnyang is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jeolmi free?
Jeolmi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focusnyang or Jeolmi have ads?
Neither Focusnyang nor Jeolmi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focusnyang or Jeolmi?
Focusnyang ships an update every 3 days, and Jeolmi every 6 days. Most recently, Focusnyang was updated on October 4, 2026 and Jeolmi on October 9, 2026.

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