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Best Focus Management Apps for iPhone (2026)

36 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Forest: Focus for Productivity is the top-ranked of 36 focus management apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 49,540 ratings.

  1. 1
    Forest: Focus for ProductivityS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 49,540 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    Focus Friend, by Hank GreenS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 8,959 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Flow: Focus & Pomodoro TimerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,760 ratings · score 92
  4. 4
    FocusFlight - Deepfocus TimerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,717 ratings · score 92
  5. 5
    Emphasis: Flow & Focus TimerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,062 ratings · score 89

What belongs in this list

Stay focused and avoid distractions while working or studying.

Not here: A plain timer alone; Tracking how long I focused alone; A to-do list alone; Background music alone; Social focus rooms alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
ForestFocus Friend, by Hank GreenFlowFocusFlight
A
EmphasisInflowFreedomBlockSiteSoundscape
B
Focus TreeSessionBrainrotStudyBreakBrick
C
FoqosFocus HeroPomo UpBloomClarifyPlane focusFocusPalStay focused
D
Pomodoro TimerAirFocusBentoFocus Timer - Clay FocusedSupaFocusFocusAirStudious
F
RegainFocus RideFocus PassageTaskFocusFlip TimerFocus FriendFocusTimer 2

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Forest: Focus for ProductivityS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 49,540 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    Focus Friend, by Hank GreenS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 8,959 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Flow: Focus & Pomodoro TimerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,760 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  4. 4
    FocusFlight - Deepfocus TimerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,717 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  5. 5
    Emphasis: Flow & Focus TimerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,062 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  6. 6
    Inflow - Manage Your ADHDA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 5,630 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  7. 7
    Freedom: Screen Time ControlA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,005 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  8. 8
    BlockSite: Block Apps & FocusA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 6,224 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  9. 9
    Soundscape: Focus Sleep SoundsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,642 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  10. 10
    Focus Tree: Timer & FlashcardsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,724 ratings · score 80 · good
  11. 11
    Session Pomodoro Focus TimerB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 364 ratings · score 79 · good
  12. 12
    Brainrot: Screen Time ControlB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 22,707 ratings · score 79 · good
  13. 13
    StudyBreak: Procrastinate LessB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 200 ratings · score 76 · good
  14. 14
    Brick - Ditch DistractionsB
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 57,716 ratings · score 72 · good · provisional
  15. 15
    Foqos - Tap to BlockC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,391 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  16. 16
    Focus Hero: Goals & HabitsC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,229 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  17. 17
    Pomo Up - Pomodoro TimerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 40 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  18. 18
    Bloom - Conquer Screen TimeC
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,423 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  19. 19
    Clarify: Focus & Task ManagerC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 2,772 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  20. 20
    Plane focus: Flight TimerC
    Free download · ★ 5.0 · 10 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  21. 21
    FocusPal - Pomodoro TimerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 3 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    Stay focused : Study timerC
    Free download · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  23. 23
    Pomodoro Timer - MD
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 2 ratings · score 61 · weak · provisional
  24. 24
    AirFocus - Flight Focus TimerD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 41 ratings · score 60 · weak · provisional
  25. 25
    Bento: The Do Less TimerD
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 337 ratings · score 60 · weak · provisional
  26. 26
    Focus Timer - Clay FocusedD
    Free download · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
  27. 27
    SupaFocus: Screen Time ControlD
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 7 ratings · score 57 · weak · provisional
  28. 28
    FocusAir: Deep Focus TimerD
    Free download · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 55 · weak · provisional
  29. 29
    Focus Timer - StudiousD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 19 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional
  30. 30
    Regain: Study Timer for FocusF
    Free download · ★ 2.4 · 5 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional
  31. 31
    Focus Ride - Deepfocus TimerF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 13 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional
  32. 32
    Focus Passage: Deepfocus TimerF
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.0 · 2 ratings · score 46 · avoid · provisional
  33. 33
    TaskFocus - Pomodoro TimerF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 13 ratings · score 37 · avoid · provisional
  34. 34
    Flip Timer: offscreen focusF
    Free download · ★ 5.0 · 2 ratings · score 36 · avoid · provisional
  35. 35
    Focus Friend: ADHD Focus TimerF
    Free download · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 25 · avoid · provisional
  36. 36
    FocusTimer 2F
    Free · ★ 3.3 · 3 ratings · score 23 · avoid · provisional

Beyond the top 36

1 more, not ranked yet

  1. Focus Timer: Stay Focused

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Questions people ask

What is the best focus management app for iPhone?
Forest: Focus for Productivity, S tier, ranked #1 of 36, rated 4.8 by 49,540 people.
Which focus management apps are free?
36 of 36 are free to download: Forest: Focus for Productivity (S), Focus Friend, by Hank Green (S), Flow: Focus & Pomodoro Timer (S), FocusFlight - Deepfocus Timer (S) and more. 21 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.
Which focus management app has the best App Store rating?
Brick - Ditch Distractions at 4.9 from 57,716 ratings.
How many focus management apps reach S or A tier?
9 of 36. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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