# Focus & Hold — Pomodoro & isometric breaks

> Pomodoro & isometric breaks (iPhone/iPad app by Roderick Kar.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focus-and-hold/id6790106833 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Roderick Kar](https://appshunter.io/developer/400999268)
- Category: Productivity, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-08-20
- Data updated: 2026-10-12

## What is Focus & Hold?

FOCUS. HOLD. REPEAT.

Born from a runner’s rehab. Wall sits, planks, and static holds were easy to prescribe but surprisingly hard to fit into a workday. The natural place turned out to be the break between Pomodoro focus sprints. No app understood that rhythm, so Uncle Rod built one.

Focus & Hold pairs a Pomodoro focus timer with guided isometric breaks. Start with 25 minutes of focus or choose your own duration. When time is up, take a Hold break, focus again, or stop. You choose each next step.

The complete iPhone app is free. Choose or create a tag, start a Focus countdown, open-ended Stopwatch, or guided Hold interval, pause when life interrupts, and decide what comes next when you finish.

ON IPHONE

• Unlimited Focus and Hold tags with colors, defaults, sorting, and archiving
• Focus countdowns or an open-ended Stopwatch, with pause and resume
• Personal Progress with tomatoes, weekly activity, and milestones derived from your retained history
• Guided isometric work/rest Hold intervals with saved exercise plans
• Change or clear session tags after finishing or later in History
• Pause, resume, skip, and adjust Hold transitions
• Private history synced through your personal iCloud
• Optional write-only export of completed sessions to Calendar
• No account, ads, analytics, tracking, or developer server

ON APPLE WATCH

Watch Unlock adds the complete wrist experience as an optional one-time purchase. Run Focus countdowns or Stopwatch sessions from your tags, feel work/rest haptics, see live heart rate, and save isometric Hold workouts to Health so they can count toward your rings. Eligible purchases support Family Sharing.

Customers who owned the original paid app keep Apple Watch access.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Watch Unlock | $3.99 | one-time |


## Is Focus & Hold safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Focus & Hold.

## Is Focus & Hold legit?

Focus & Hold appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Focus & Hold is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-14

Introducing Personal Progress. Every naturally completed Focus countdown earns one tomato, whatever its duration. See your weekly progress and personal milestones, built privately from your retained session history and synced through your personal iCloud. Updated Apple Watch Focus sessions contribute after they sync to iPhone. Stopwatch sessions, early endings, and Hold breaks do not earn tomatoes.

### 1.1.2 — 2026-09-13

Completion screens now make the next step clearer: repeat the same session, start Focus, or choose any saved Hold. Apple Watch also offers both activities after every session. iPhone History now identifies sessions recorded on iPhone or Apple Watch.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-10

Focus, hold, repeat. Focus & Hold pairs Pomodoro focus sessions with guided isometric breaks such as wall sits and planks.

This update also fixes an Apple Watch issue that could lose Focus countdowns after suspension or when ended early. Countdown sessions now recover reliably and sync to iPhone History.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-09

Focus & Hold is now free and fully functional on iPhone.

• Create color-coded Focus and Hold tags
• Choose a Focus countdown or open-ended Stopwatch
• Use saved Hold exercise plans with guided work/rest intervals
• Change or clear tags on completed sessions in History
• Pause, resume, skip, or adjust sessions
• Sync private history through your personal iCloud
• Optionally add completed sessions to Calendar
• Keep heart-rate data out of synced history and Calendar exports

Apple Watch is now an optional one-time unlock. If you bought an earlier version, your Watch access is already included.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-21

No release notes.

## More apps by Roderick Kar

- [KyotoTrekker for iPhone](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kyototrekker-for-iphone/id408683666)
- [RaceFinder](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/racefinder/id6670457563)
- [HealthFinder AI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/healthfinder-ai/id6759711786)

All apps by Roderick Kar: https://appshunter.io/developer/400999268

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