Comparison

Focus vs brrrrr

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

Head to head
About

Focus

This app helps users improve concentration and productivity by breaking work into structured intervals with scheduled breaks. It offers task management, detailed statistics, and syncs across all Apple devices, including Apple Watch and widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timer
  • Unlimited to-do lists
  • In-depth productivity statistics
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Do your best work. Focus helps you concentrate with timed focus sessions built on the Pomodoro technique, track your tasks and projects, and see real progress — across all your Apple devices. A calm, proven rhythm: plan, work, break, review. “[…] a tool that can genuinely make people more productive” – MacStories.net “[…] a must-have for anyone who finds themselves easily getting distracted or forgetting to take occasional breaks.” – iDownloadBlog.com I always use Focus when… … I need to start a deep-work session … I want to stop procrastinating and finally begin … I want to break a big project into focused sprints … I’m studying and need to concentrate … I want to protect my time from distractions … I want to build a daily focus habit … I want to see what I actually got done today … I want structure without a heavy, complicated system Benefits * Start focusing in seconds: pick a task, start a session, get to work * The proven Pomodoro rhythm — plan → work → break → review — that gives your attention somewhere to go * Sessions and tasks together: a focus timer plus real task, project, and time tracking (most apps split these into two) * See your progress: daily and weekly activity and goals make focus feel earned, never nagged * Restful breaks that are part of the rhythm, not slacking * Calm and encouraging — momentum, never hustle, grind, or guilt Features * Timed focus sessions with flexible session and break lengths * Tasks, projects, and time tracking * Daily and weekly activity and goals * In-app Learning: short, friendly guides you can apply as you read * Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island * Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight via App Intents * Seamless iCloud sync * Built-in accessibility * Privacy first: your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud * Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro * Handcrafted by real humans :-) Focus is free to start. Focus Pro unlocks everything with a 7-day free trial. Thanks for doing your best work with us! We’re always improving Focus. If you have feedback or an idea, we’d love to hear it. About us Focus is made by Jan & Kerstin, two independent app developers based in Germany. We built Focus for our own workdays — to concentrate, make real progress, and still keep things calm. Our goal: a productivity app that’s a joy to use every day. We built this tool for ourselves — and now we’d love to share it with you! Questions? We offer friendly support. Just drop us a note at support@meaningful-things.com and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can. Privacy & Terms https://meaningful-things.com/privacy https://meaningful-things.com/terms

About

brrrrr

This app helps you track various aspects of your life, from daily habits and streaks to game dice rolls and chore rotations. It offers customizable trackers with features like automatic advancement and iCloud sync for seamless use across devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable tallies for one-tap counting
  • Dice roller from d2 to d100
  • List shuffling and selection
  • Date-since streak tracking
  • Automatic schedule advancement
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Count anything. Track everything. brrrrr is the friendly little app for life's small counts: cups of coffee, days since the gym, the next d20 roll, whose turn it is to do the dishes. Four trackers, infinite uses. TALLIES — One tap, one count. Press and hold to fly through hundreds. DICE — Roll d2 through d100. Perfect for game night, decision-making, or breaking a tie. LISTS — Shuffle for tonight's dinner. Advance through a chore rota. Pick a name out of the hat. DATE-SINCE — Days since you started, quit, ran, called. Watch the streak compound. SCHEDULES — Tallies and lists can advance, reset, or shuffle on their own, daily or weekly. Set it once and forget the upkeep. ICLOUD SYNC — Sync trackers and values across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS — Glance, tap, count from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Spotlight.

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
brrrrr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus at 57% against brrrrr's 0%. Focus also leads on price (Free vs $7.99) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 1). brrrrr's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On 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

Focus is free to download; brrrrr costs $7.99 up front. Focus sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. brrrrr asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

brrrrr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Focus's written reviews are positive against 0% of brrrrr's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Focus versus brrrrr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusbrrrrr
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.4 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeaningful Things GmbH & Co. KGDan Eden

Customer experience

Focus

All ratings1,838 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews306 reviews
Positive57.2%
Neutral12.7%
Negative30.1%

brrrrr

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Focus

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Infinite intro screen
  • Prompts to set up app on every open
  • Timer resets unexpectedly
  • Sync issues between iPhone, iPad, and Watch
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to duplicate tasks
  • Calendar integration
  • Background sounds
  • Customizable timer lengths
  • Automatic focus mode switching
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  • More detailed analytics and reporting

brrrrr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Focus

Subscriptions9
  • Focus - Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Focus - 3 Months$14.993 Months
  • Focus Yearly$19.991 Year
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  • Focus Yearly$27.991 Year
  • Focus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Focus Early Bird7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Focus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Focus Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Patron Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

brrrrr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is brrrrr free?
brrrrr costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Focus or brrrrr?
brrrrr is rated higher. Focus averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while brrrrr averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Focus or brrrrr have ads?
Neither Focus nor brrrrr shows ads.

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