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Focus app prices compared

Which focus apps are free, which only have trials, and what paid plans cost: 8 apps compared on official pricing pages.

Prices checked on each app's official pages. Prices change; check before you buy.

Short answer: the paid focus-music apps cost $4.99 to $14.99 a month, from focus.music to Brain.fm. Timer apps cost $3 to $9 a month. Several tools have useful free tiers, and a few are entirely free. The table below lists what each costs and what you get without paying.

Every price was read on the official pricing page or App Store listing on 2026-09-30, in US dollars as shown to a US visitor. We make Nova Focus, which is listed too.

Prices and free tiers

App Type Monthly Yearly Lifetime Free tier Trial
Brain.fm Focus music $14.99 $99.99 Not listed None 14 days (App Store); 30 days on a web landing page
Endel Adaptive soundscapes $2.99–$19.99 (App Store offers) $34.99–$119.99 $124.99 Free Edition (contents not listed) Offered on some plans; length not stated
focus.music Focus music $4.99 $39.99 Not listed None 7 days
Noisli Sound mixer + timer Behind a toggle (unconfirmed) $10/month billed yearly (Pro) Not listed 16 sounds, 1.5 h/day, simple timer None stated
myNoise Noise generators $5 donation (optional) – $10–$30 one-time donation (website access) Free, no ads, curated selection –
Pomofocus Pomodoro timer $3 $18 $54 Full timer, tasks, 3 templates, reports; ads 7 days
Flocus Focus dashboard Behind a toggle (unconfirmed) $5/month billed yearly (early bird; normally $9) $149 (a $99 offer ended 2026-09-30) Timer, 3 tasks, 1-day stats, some sounds and playlists; no ads None stated
Nova Focus Timer + ambient sound + playlists Free Free – Everything; no ads, no account Not needed

Nova Focus Plus, the Nova Sounds catalogue inside the timer, is planned but not on sale and has no announced price, so it is not included in the comparisons below.

What the free tiers leave out

  • Stats and history are the most common paid feature: Pomofocus (yearly report), Flocus (anything beyond one day).
  • The full sound library: Flocus and Noisli limit sounds on the free plan; myNoise shows a curated selection until you donate.
  • Time caps: Noisli’s free plan allows 1.5 hours of streaming a day.
  • Ads: Pomofocus shows ads until you upgrade; Flocus says “no ads, ever” on its free plan.
  • Everything: Brain.fm and focus.music have no free plan, only trials.
  • Offline and apps: Nova Focus is browser-only and needs a connection; Brain.fm and Endel have apps that play offline.

Cost over a year

If you pay yearly Cost per year Per month
Pomofocus Premium $18 $1.50
focus.music $39.99 $3.33
Flocus Plus (early bird) $60 $5
Brain.fm $99.99 $8.33
Noisli Pro $120 $10
Endel (highest US yearly offer) $119.99 $10

How to choose

  • You only need a timer: start free with Pomofocus, Flocus or Nova Focus. Pay only if you miss stats or task features.
  • You want sound while you work: try free sound first (Nova Focus, myNoise, Noisli free). Pay for a mixer if you use it daily for longer than the free limits.
  • You want paid focus music: trial Brain.fm, Endel and focus.music one at a time, each for a week of real work, and cancel the ones you do not keep.

Detailed comparisons: Brain.fm alternatives, Endel alternative, Noisli alternative, Pomofocus alternative, Pomofocus vs Flocus.

Questions

Short answers, checked against each app's own pages.

Of the tools on this page, Nova Focus is free with no paid tier yet. Pomofocus, Flocus and Noisli have usable free plans with limits (ads, task or stats limits, or a 1.5-hour daily cap). myNoise is free and ad-free with a curated selection of generators. Endel has a Free Edition. Brain.fm and focus.music offer trials only.

Pomofocus Premium at $3 a month or $18 a year was the lowest price we found (checked 2026-09-30). For focus music specifically, focus.music at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year was the lowest.

Pomofocus ($54), Endel ($124.99 in the US App Store) and Flocus (normally $149; a $99 offer ended on 30 September 2026). myNoise gives lifetime website access for a donation. Brain.fm does not list a lifetime plan.

At least monthly. The page shows the date prices were last checked on the official pages. Prices can differ by country, currency, tax and app store offers.

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