Focused Work User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience83.9% of reviews
Neutral5.1% of reviews
Negative experience10.9% of reviews

~ Based on 137 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Focused Work Safe?

Focused Work - Pomodoro Timer appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Focused Work is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 600 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 600 App Store ratings for Focused Work.

Is Focused Work Legit?

Focused Work - Pomodoro Timer appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Focused Work is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Awesome

Helps for locking in!

Wonderful

Essential for an organised person

Almost perfect — one frustrating bug

Focused Work is the best timer on the market — and I mean that. I would give it five stars instead of four, but it crashes on me whenever I close the settings. I can open the settings with no problems, but the moment I close them, the app crashes. It's a consistent and frustrating issue. Otherwise, this is the best timer out on the market, and I hope the developer fixes this bug soon.
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Response from developer

Wow thank you so much for leaving this incredibly kind review Gary! 🙏 That is absolutely fantastic to hear you're loving Focused Work this much, and no worries - was more than happy to help work through issues that popped up. Appreciate it so much. Hope Focused Work continues to help with focus for many moons ahead! 🔥

GAME CHANGER

I cannot for the life of me focus for a prolonged period of time at work, unless I am using this app… it’s genuinely the only thing that helps me zone in and run through my to do list. It’s simple to use, I love the positive little reminders during the focus times, and genuinely I walk away every time doing more work in the Pomodoro session than I have collectively all week.
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Good app

Nice value

Good Product

The time management interface I did not know I needed.

Good

Good

Phenomenal

Focused Work is easily one of the best apps available, and one of only a handful of indispensable apps. Highly recommended.

Great productivity app!

I tested out about 10 productivity apps with pomodoro timers. I found Focused Work to be the best to meet my needs. It’s flexible enough to create all different kinds of timers and can also be customized with Apple shortcuts and custom timers. So great basic timers and can be customized. The interface isn’t quite as slick as some of the competitors in this space, but I always prefer function vs. glitz. Definitely give this app a try!
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Shouldn’t be a subscription

There’s no syncing between Mac and iOS timers live so not sure why this is subscription based and not just a one time fee. I won’t be renewing.

Reminders are annoying

Great app and really helpful for keeping on task. However the little reminders that pop up halfway through each focus session are really distracting and actually break focus

Best Pomodoro Timer I have Used

The developer has made this timer very flexible and they are always making upgrades. They have been super responsive and open to feedback as well. I would highly recommend Focused Work!

I *really* like this

Having been diagnosed with ADHD late (I’m 59 today 😊) I’m constantly on the look out for anything that helps me stay focused and this app, after just a couple of days is doing it really well.

It’s easy to use and offers as much or as little as you want.

Thank you!

Really good

This app does exactly what you need it to, the free version works really well, you can choose to upgrade but it is not necessary, an overall really good app for increasing productivity

Stop nagging people for reviews

If I want to leave a review, I will. Your app has nagged enough that I’ll leave this one. Stop nagging me while I’m working for a review.

Best in the market

Best pomodoro app where u can easily customize your sessions

Essential missing feature

Just bought the yearly plan just to find out there isn’t an add session feature. So if I ever forget to record a session for when I am working my whole days productivity timing will be messed up. Such a basic feature is missing.

Amazing tracker

This is one of the only trackers that can actually be used without buying the paid subscription but I still recommend you buy it because of multiple great features like app blocking, toggl track compatibility

App for iwatch is still missing in 2025.

Wouldn't it have the best experience when used on the iWatch?

Better than other time trackers I’ve tried, intuitive, adaptable and does more than pomondero style

Great to use-I don’t have adhd but the setting for it makes you set out a goal before you start and the timing and motivational reminders work great. The UI for timing is simple and intuitive and adaptable to more than a pomodoro which doesn’t work for me I prefer to leave it running and get into a state of flow. You can customise it to what you need. Some feedback for the developer: 1. A glitch where the time I’ve worked is recorded completely wrong until I tap on the record for more info. 2. Make graphs and charts to compare the time you’ve spent on things to the past with a record etc. this is already in here but could be better laid out. 3. The general UI of menus could look nicer.

Other than these points I love it. I’ve tried toggle, boosted and various other time trackers but this one just ‘feels’ right.
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