Reviews for Music for Focus by Brain.fm

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20 reviews

Review by Travis Clark
(4/5)May 25, 2020

For the most part, I like it a lot and use it mostly for the sleep module. The focus module seems to work okay for my ADD Inattentive Type brain, but haven’t used it enough yet to fully decide how helpful it is. I’d like to see nap mode, or an option for custom sleep […]

Review by mike
(4/5)September 6, 2023

It’s been a day of use and I’ve enjoyed it a fair bit but today this weird glitch where the icons for the various states I want haven’t appeared but they still register presses happened. I shut the app down and started it up again and it worked perfectly, but it was weird. other than […]

Review by A Google user
(4/5)February 6, 2020

The music is great. It has been a game changer for me. I was recently diagnosed with adult ADHD, and the focus music helps me. I put it on first thing in the morning, and it helps me get moving and focus. The relax and night music is great. I really sleep better with it. […]

Review by Febriana Farley
(5/5)June 12, 2024

love this app!!! this is one of the few apps that I use all the time for years because it works! the music gently guides my wandering mind to focus on the task at hand and puts me into the flow. I once tried to read a (dry) book at a cafe. for the first […]

Review by JD Sexton
(5/5)July 18, 2024

Price is steep but for focus assistance, it’s been helpful. I would like a bit more control around the few background sounds that can be added; the ability to add/remove/adjust on the fly. Additionally, the ability to pick and toggle which neural effect on the fly would be helpful; can currently only chose tracks with […]

Review by Sandi Schwert
(5/5)August 4, 2024

Brain.fm focus and sleep tracks have changed my life. I stumbled on this app a couple of years ago and have been listening ever since (103 week streak). I listen to the deep sleep tracks nearly every night to help calm my racing brain and it helps more than anything else I’ve tried. The app […]

Review by Marc Gulatto
(5/5)May 1, 2025

It works! I put on noise canceling headphones at work and played the music that fit my concentration and mood. Focused for hours! Update: had bad sleep for a long time. Couldn’t focus at work. Used this service. Like RedBull for the brain! I did need to contact support over pricing. They responded quickly and […]

Review by S K
(5/5)June 6, 2024

Been using this for years, since shortly after it launched. Use to be more of a 3-star, as it worked, but the music was pretty bad. A few years ago it started getting better to enough of a degree that I could listen to it for long stretches without being distracted by bland music, but […]

Review by Dhan Kosmo
(3/5)April 26, 2025

I really like the layout , the music and the science behind it is fascinating and me having a neuro diverse brain was hopeful I had finally found my brain entrainment companion. However the app itself is sluggish and often non responsive on my supported device. I’m really bummed I can’t move to a paid […]

Review by Liz Duffell
(5/5)April 24, 2025

Love this app, one little improvment that would be the cherry ontop is that I’m dyselxic so pediorically have to listen to my text to speech while studying. Getting the volumes on both with sliders is tricky, so it would be amazing to have some kind of optional ‘quiet’ button on the app that doesn’t […]

Review by Reynaldo Gil
(5/5)April 21, 2025

Great program! I also was mistakenly charged for a Year’s subscription after my trial I emailed tech support during Easter weekend, they responded promptly and fixed the mistake. 5 stars in my book will definitely recommend them. Their tech support/ customer service was really really nice. not like a lot of these programs or services […]

Review by Sarah Lane
(2/5)August 26, 2025

I like the concept, and it worked well for a little while….but I cannot get the app to actually work anymore. The only way I can access any tracks are by opening prior “where you left off”. I pay for this app and it completely freezes during session set up now, every single time. If […]

Review by Franklin Collins
(4/5)July 20, 2025

A lot depends on how you use it. Intention seems to make a big difference. When using it with earbuds, I’m able to block out external noise and distractions from my environment which helps me to stay on track. There’s a wide variety of soundtracks for every category of use; it takes a bit of […]

Review by Victoria Smith
(3/5)September 5, 2025

the app has never been perfect. it’s always had at least one problem. previous it was stopping randomly. I’d wake up in the night and it would be off – no evidence of it ever being in (even on infinite play). now the damn thing can’t be switched off! I try and stop it of […]

Review by Matt Herlihy
(5/5)October 10, 2025

I honestly think this app is great. Each year they add new tracks, so its good to let it play randomly and find ones you like and then favorite them for use during a real work session when you want to use tracks you know already work. I also use the app to fall asleep […]

Review by Lisa Chick
(1/5)September 29, 2025

Frustrating. This app has always had issues. It just stops 14 minutes after I start it. It WILL NOT stay in ‘infinite’ mode. It’s like it hates to play. Edit: I’m looking at other apps. This one just will not play through the night. You have trouble starting it, then it stops at some time […]

Review by Amy Williams
(1/5)October 10, 2025

I loved this app, but it died. It’s expensive, but it was worth it when it worked. I used it to sleep for 3 years, maybe more. It was amazing. Now it crashes constantly, doesn’t work in airplane mode or online, and totally freezes so I can’t just restart. I have to close everything out […]

Review by Anthony Yang
(4/5)October 5, 2025

I really enjoyed the free trial and it’s got tons of options and different categories, but I could not find a way to change my music genre. I loved the ADHD option but there are different forms of ADHD and with it turned on it could focus for 30mins and then it got a hit […]

Review by Evan Haney
(5/5)August 12, 2025

Update: After several weeks of using it consistently, I really like it a lot. It doesn’t replace music, obviously, and it’s not meant to, but you find tracks that you also enjoy musically, in addition to the neural effects, which are subtle and, I think, cumulative (so use it consistently for a period of time), […]

Review by Forrest Brown
(5/5)October 3, 2025

Updating review as of 10/2/2025. The music is great at helping me stay on track, as well as for meditation. Previously, I had an issue where the app would continuously play the same “recommended” songs if I didn’t go out of my way to favorite or thumb down them. But now, the music is way […]