Comparison

PomoBrew vs Focus Hotel

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

Head to head
About

PomoBrew

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Turn focused work into a calm coffee ritual. Coffee Pomodoro is a thoughtfully designed focus timer that pairs the Pomodoro technique with warm coffee-inspired visuals and optional café ambience. Choose a coffee, set your focus and break durations, and move through each session with a clear, relaxing rhythm. No sign-up is required. BUILD YOUR FOCUS RHYTHM Create custom Pomodoro sessions Adjust focus, short break, long break, and cycle settings Start breaks automatically for a seamless routine Pause, resume, or end a session at any time Receive notifications when focus or break time is complete MAKE EACH SESSION YOURS Choose from a collection of hot and iced coffees, including espresso, latte, cappuccino, cold brew, and more. Your selected coffee becomes part of the session experience, giving every focus block a little character. CALM CAF AMBIENCE Add gentle café background sound to your sessions and adjust the volume to suit your environment. You can also focus in silence whenever you prefer. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Review completed Pomodoros, daily focus minutes, recent sessions, and your focus streak. Session summaries show your selected coffee, target duration, actual focus time, and completion date. BETTER BREAKS Short and long break screens help you step away intentionally, with simple prompts for breathing and hydration before the next focus block. PREMIUM COFFEES Some hot and iced coffee selections are available with an optional monthly subscription. Purchases can be restored using the same Apple Account after reinstalling the app. Coffee Pomodoro keeps productivity simple: choose your coffee, start the timer, and focus on what matters. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doesoftware.com/coffee-pomodoro.html

About

Focus Hotel

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Focus Hotel gives your focus somewhere to go. Start a focus session and distracting apps are locked away until it ends. Complete it to earn Focusines, the currency you can spend on furniture, new outfits and, eventually, entirely new rooms. Most productivity apps ask you to be disciplined. This one gives you something to show for it. HOW IT WORKS • Choose how long you want to focus, then start. • Distracting apps stay blocked for the entire session. • Finish and earn the full reward. Cancel and earn nothing. No lecture, no broken streak, no guilt. • Spend what you earned in the store, then place every piece yourself, tile by tile. • Keep focusing and the hotel opens up: a living room, a kitchen and a bedroom of your own. YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING ALONE Other people's rooms are real places you can visit. See who is focusing right now, what they're working on and how far into their session they are. Say hello. Start your own session from their room and sit together while you both work. It's the quiet company of a library, on your phone. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • No sign-up. No account, email or password. Open the app and you're in. • Works offline. Focusing, earning and decorating never require a connection. • Nothing is rented. Every piece you buy stays yours. • A world, not a dashboard. Cozy pixel art you actually want to look at. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Track minutes focused, sessions completed and your completion rate: the number that shows whether you're getting better at staying focused. ABOUT APP BLOCKING Deep Focus uses Apple's Screen Time controls to keep selected apps blocked while a session is running. You grant permission once, you can say no, and focus sessions still work without blocking. Focus Hotel is free. Focusines are earned by focusing. You can also buy them if you'd rather furnish your hotel faster. Build a room worth coming back to. Terms of Use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jesuscallejadev/Focus-Hotel/refs/heads/main/TermsOfUse

Screenshots

PomoBrew4 screens
Focus Hotel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PomoBrew at every 6 days against Focus Hotel's fortnightly. PomoBrew also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PomoBrew sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Focus Hotel sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PomoBrew ships an update every 6 days, Focus Hotel fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
PomoBrew versus Focus Hotel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomoBrewFocus Hotel
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB53 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDOE SOFTWARE LTDJesus Calleja Rodriguez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PomoBrew

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Coffees$1.991 Month
3 purchases

Focus Hotel

One-time3
  • 300 Focusines$1.99
  • 900 Focusines$4.99
  • 2000 Focusines$9.99

Questions

Is PomoBrew free?
PomoBrew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Hotel free?
Focus Hotel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PomoBrew or Focus Hotel have ads?
Neither PomoBrew nor Focus Hotel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PomoBrew or Focus Hotel?
PomoBrew ships an update every 6 days, and Focus Hotel fortnightly. Most recently, PomoBrew was updated on October 25, 2026 and Focus Hotel on October 25, 2026.

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