FocusFlight is a popular focus timer for iPhone that turns a work session into a flight. If you like the idea but work on Windows, use an Android phone, or simply don't want another app, Flight is our take on it for the web: a focus timer you fly, in any browser, with nothing to install. Here's an honest comparison.
Disclosure: Flight is our product, and this blog belongs to it. FocusFlight details come from its public App Store listing as of October 2026; apps change, so check the current listing before deciding.
What FocusFlight does well
FocusFlight, published by Cement Planet LTD, is a polished iOS app. You pick a task and a length, a flight takes off on a map, and you focus until it lands. Its biggest advantage over any web app is app blocking: through Apple's Screen Time it can stop you opening distracting apps during a session, which a website simply can't do. It also keeps a log of your past flights. It's free to download, with paid subscription plans for the full feature set.
Its main limit is where it runs: the App Store listing is for iPhone, and we couldn't find an Android, Windows or web version.
FocusFlight and Flight side by side
| FocusFlight | Flight | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | iPhone (App Store) | Any modern browser: Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, iPhone |
| Install | From the App Store | Nothing to install; add to the home screen if you like |
| Account | An Apple account, to download it | None needed to start a flight |
| Price | Free download, with a subscription for full features | Free to start a flight in the browser |
| Blocks other apps | Yes, through Apple's Screen Time | No: a web page can't block apps |
| The flight | Progress on a 3D map, with a log of past sessions | 3,200+ real airports; leaves from the one nearest you |
| Sounds | See the listing | Nine recordings: cabin, rain, storm, forest, waves and more |
How Flight works
- Open it in a browser. Flight works out roughly where you are from your connection, with no location prompt, and starts you at your nearest airport.
- Pick where to fly. Destinations are grouped by flight time, so you choose by how long you want to focus: Paris for an hour, New York for an afternoon.
- Board and focus. Slide the boarding pass to take off. Your plane crosses the map at a steady speed, the cabin hums, and the clock counts down.
- Land. The seat-belt chime tells you you're there, with a notification if you asked for one. Fly on to the next destination, or call it a day.
Which should you choose?
- Choose FocusFlight if you work mainly on an iPhone and want it to block other apps for you.
- Choose Flight if you work on a computer, on Windows, Android or Linux, or would rather not install anything: it runs in the browser you already have open.
- Use both if you like: there's no reason your phone and your laptop can't fly different routes.
Without app blocking, a browser timer works best with a few habits: phone in another room, notifications off (our post on phone distraction has more). If you'd rather a plain timer, our free Pomodoro timer and airplane cabin noise run in any browser too.
Try it
Open Flight, pick a destination, and see whether a focus session feels different when it's a flight.