Comparison

FocusDriver vs Cat Hourglass

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus sessions
  • Earn fish for rewards
  • Detailed focus statistics
  • iPhone and Apple Watch sync
  • Offline functionality
  • Screen Time restrictions
Features
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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/

Screenshots

FocusDriver4 screens
Cat Hourglass4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FocusDriver versus Cat Hourglass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusDriverCat Hourglass
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泽宁 牛QUN LIN

Customer experience

FocusDriver

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Cat Hourglass

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FocusDriver

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
4 purchases

Cat Hourglass

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.001 Month
  • Annual Premium$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Cat Hourglass Lifetime$10.49
  • Cat Hourglass Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is FocusDriver free?
FocusDriver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cat Hourglass free?
Cat Hourglass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FocusDriver or Cat Hourglass have ads?
Neither FocusDriver nor Cat Hourglass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusDriver or Cat Hourglass?
FocusDriver ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cat Hourglass every 3 days. Most recently, FocusDriver was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cat Hourglass on November 6, 2026.

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