FocusDriver vs Cat Hourglass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusDriver
This app gamifies focus sessions by simulating a driving experience to a destination. Users can track progress, earn rewards, and unlock new vehicles. It offers detailed analytics to understand focus habits and integrates with iOS features like Live Activities.
- Simulated driving focus sessions
- Travel through six cities with Flyover views
- Earn credits and unlock vehicles
- Detailed focus analytics
- iPhone widgets and Live Activities integration
- StandBy mode visibility
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FocusDriver is a focus app that turns the Pomodoro timer into a simulated driving experience. It won’t lock your phone or monitor whether you leave the app. Instead, FocusDriver takes a different approach to focus: giving every session a destination you can see — and a reason to keep going. ◆ Turn Focus Into a Journey Choose a trip and start driving. As time passes, your car moves steadily toward its destination, while you move closer to the goal you set for yourself. You can stop at any time. But if you choose to keep going a little longer, your destination is just ahead. ◆ Experience Six Cities with iOS 27 Flyover Travel through Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, London, and Berlin, with a different focus journey waiting in every city. FocusDriver brings the Flyover experience in iOS 27 into your focus sessions. See cities, landmarks, and streets from above as your car makes its way toward the destination. Abstract focus time becomes a journey you can actually see. ◆ Complete Trips and Earn Rewards Complete trips to earn credits. Stay focused, build up your credits, and unlock vehicles in different styles. Every vehicle represents time you chose to spend with intention, and every arrival marks another goal you followed through on. ◆ Understand Your Focus Review your focus time, sessions, and trends by day, week, month, year, or across your entire history. Go beyond simply knowing how long you focused. Discover when you find it easiest to get into the zone and how your focus habits change over time. ◆ Designed for iPhone FocusDriver is designed to feel at home on iPhone. Check your focus status with widgets. Follow your current trip with Live Activities and Dynamic Island even after leaving the app. On supported devices, StandBy keeps your ongoing journey visible as part of your everyday space. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cat Hourglass
Enhance focus with a charming cat companion and rewarding gameplay. Earn fish by completing timed sessions to unlock custom rewards, track progress with detailed statistics, and enjoy offline functionality. Syncs seamlessly between iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Customizable focus sessions
- Earn fish for rewards
- Detailed focus statistics
- iPhone and Apple Watch sync
- Offline functionality
- Screen Time restrictions
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Turn focused time into small rewards with a cat by your side. Choose an illustrated hourglass for a countdown, or use an open-ended timer as drops of water slowly wear away a stone. Earn fish by completing focus sessions, then exchange them for rewards you set yourself. • Custom tasks, durations and rewards, with one-off or repeating schedules • Four hourglasses, a water-and-stone scene and long-term achievement badges • Real focus records, task breakdowns, heatmaps and a fish jar you can shake • Focus sessions and records shared between iPhone and Apple Watch • Optional Screen Time restrictions, phone-stillness detection and wrist-flip controls • Multiple languages, with light and dark appearances Sign in with Apple is required on first use. Afterwards, local timers and records work offline; this app’s tasks, records and reward ledger sync when connected. Phone-rest detection and wrist gestures require foreground sensor sampling. Basic timers and records are free. Premium unlocks additional hourglasses, advanced statistics, all widgets, task categories and Night Owl mode. Choose an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app. Restore purchases from the membership page and cancel automatic renewal anytime in Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cat Hourglass at 100% against FocusDriver's 33%. Cat Hourglass also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. FocusDriver sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Cat Hourglass sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FocusDriver ships an update every 2 weeks, Cat Hourglass every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FocusDriver | Cat Hourglass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 泽宁 牛 | QUN LIN |
Customer experience
FocusDriver
Cat Hourglass
In-app purchases
FocusDriver
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Lifetime$9.99
Cat Hourglass
- Monthly Premium$2.001 Month
- Annual Premium$6.991 Year
- Cat Hourglass Lifetime$10.49
- Cat Hourglass Lifetime$14.99









