Comparison

Flipd vs Focus & Pomodoro Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flipd

This app helps users improve concentration and reduce procrastination with custom timers and progress tracking. It offers motivational features, community study rooms, and detailed statistics to help achieve productivity goals.

Highlights
  • Custom productivity timers
  • Activity tagging and categorization
  • Progress visualization and stats
  • Motivational quotes and badges
  • Live study rooms and groups
  • Free focus music
Features
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Featured on the App Store: "App of the Day", “Big Apps From Small Teams”, “Apps You Need This Week”, & “Apps Made by Women” Designed for high-achieving students and productivity enthusiasts, Flipd has helped millions of users reach their daily, weekly, and monthly productivity goals. If you’re working toward any goal, like studying for final exams or learning something new, track your progress and stay motivated with Flipd, a sophisticated and beautifully designed productivity timer. Here’s how Flipd helps improve your productivity & concentration, and reduces procrastination: CUSTOM PRODUCTIVITY TIMERS • Improve concentration with custom productivity timers • Keep track of the time you’re putting toward a certain subject or activity • Add #tags for each activity • Categorize your tags & keep them organized in an activity library • Enable multitask mode to let your timer run in the background • Set up reminders for your productivity sessions • Keep track of breaks STATS & INSIGHTS • Visualize your history and progress on a calendar • Measure and compare your stats over days, weeks, and months • Get insights like average productive time, day streaks, milestones, and more • Collect badges for reaching certain milestones MOTIVATION & ENCOURAGEMENT • Thoughtfully designed to make you feel good about your progress • Feel motivated by reducing procrastination and distractions • Prepare for each productivity session with an inspiring quote • Feel encouraged after completing a session with rewarding stats • Collect badges to illustrate your achievements • Stay motivated to keep going! CHALLENGE & COMPETE • Join global leaderboards with other users • Compete in daily, weekly, and monthly challenges • Stay accountable toward your goals LIVE FEED & STUDY ROOMS • Create or join live study rooms and groups to study with your friends or clubs • Join public productivity sessions to feel like you’re not focusing alone • Follow your friends activities and cheer them on OTHER FEATURES • Free focus music & background sounds • Convenient iOS widget • Dark mode • Syncs with Apple Health FLIPD SUBSCRIPTION: Flipd is free to download, but you can gain access to a fully customizable experience with a premium subscription. Enable unlimited session lengths, unlimited breaks, track your Flipd history beyond 30 days, set daily goals and reminders, unlock all music tracks, and much more. Dive deep into your productivity data with advanced statistics & extensive features! APPLE HEALTH APP: Flipd integrates with the Apple Health App. Challenge yourself to be more mindful and keep track of your time well spent with Flipd through Mindful Minutes in the Apple Health App. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING: $44.99 billed yearly $5.99 billed monthly These prices are in US Dollars (USD). Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes Account and the subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewals can be managed or canceled via your iTunes Account settings. Special introductory offers only apply to first billing term. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited after purchase. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Terms and Conditions: http://www.flipdapp.co/terms-privacy Support Contact: info@flipdapp.co

About

Focus & Pomodoro Timer

This app offers a minimalist Pomodoro timer designed to boost productivity and well-being. It integrates focus sessions with stretching exercises and ambient sounds to enhance concentration and prevent burnout. Track your progress with detailed statistics and categorize your focus sessions for better insights.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timer
  • Integrated stretching exercises
  • Ambient soundscapes for focus
  • Detailed focus statistics
  • Customizable focus categories
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Focus deeply. Take better breaks. Find your rhythm with Foca, a minimalist, ad-free Pomodoro timer that brings focused work, calming sounds, and guided stretching together. Whether you’re studying, working, or making time for a personal project, Foca helps you give each task your attention—and make room for a refreshing break. A TIMER THAT FITS YOUR DAY • Customize your focus sessions to suit your task. • Pause and resume when you need to. • Stay on track with sound and vibration alerts. • Keep your rhythm going with Auto-Run mode. SET THE MOOD FOR FOCUS Create a calmer space with ambient sounds, from Dawn Forest and Seashore to Berliner Café. Choose your background, settle in, and focus on what matters. MAKE YOUR BREAKS COUNT Step away from your task for a guided stretch. Follow clear illustrations and voice guidance, with exercises for your neck, shoulders, back, hands, legs, and whole body. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES Look back on your focus time and see how it’s distributed across your categories. Understand your routine, recognize your effort, and make time for what matters to you. MAKE IT YOURS Organize your sessions with custom category names and colors—for work, study, reading, or whatever you’re focusing on. Less distraction. More room to focus. No ads. Just you, your next task, and a little time to reset. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flipd4 screens
Focus & Pomodoro Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus & Pomodoro Timer at 85% against Flipd's 49%. Focus & Pomodoro Timer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Flipd's advantage is ratings volume (7K vs 102) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flipd sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Focus & Pomodoro Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus & Pomodoro Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipd has 7K ratings behind it against 102, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Flipd's written reviews are positive against 85% of Focus & Pomodoro Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flipd ships an update every 11 days, Focus & Pomodoro Timer every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flipd versus Focus & Pomodoro Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlipdFocus & Pomodoro Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (7K ratings)4.7 (102 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews85.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7K — better102
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlipd AppsYating Lu

Customer experience

Flipd

All ratings6,959 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews825 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral13.9%
Negative36.7%

Focus & Pomodoro Timer

All ratings102 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Flipd

From 7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helps stay focused
  • 👍 Useful for studying
  • 🚀 Tracks time spent
  • 👍 Motivating with leaderboards
  • 👍 Variety of background sounds

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Apps not returning after full lock
  • 🐛 Apps rearranged after full lock
  • 🔒 Too many features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Notification settings reset after full lock
  • 🔒 Can't customize which apps are locked

Focus & Pomodoro Timer

From 102 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and functional
  • 👍 Great for studying
  • 👍 No ads
  • 👍 Customizable timers
  • 👍 Guided stretches

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Session resets when app is closed or phone dies
  • 🐛 No notifications or sounds when session ends
  • 🐛 Basic analytics are terrible (only week view)
  • 🐛 Atrocious value for premium analytics
  • 🐛 Cannot set focus time less than 10 minutes

Bugs and requests

Flipd

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Full lock mode not working as expected
  • App crashing or not opening
  • Syncing issues between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Auto-lock feature at set times
  • Ability to whitelist certain apps
  • Stopwatch mode
  • Dark mode
  • Customizable app blocking

Focus & Pomodoro Timer

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Session progress not saved when app is closed or phone dies
  • No notifications or sounds when focus session ends
  • Cannot configure background notification settings
  • Focus time slider does not allow setting less than 10 minutes
  • App causes high CPU usage/performance issues
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  • Timer does not count in background (older versions)
  • Upgraded to Pro but did not receive Pro version
  • No response from customer service

Requested features

12 requests
  • Widget option
  • Ability to choose own playlist for background sounds
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Different sounds for session end/break start
  • More calming sounds (ASMR, brown noise, piano music)
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  • Add a to-do list
  • Way to change categories
  • Option to buy specific features instead of the whole app (already exists for some features)
  • Daily stats for analytics
  • Ability to continue sessions after phone dies/app is closed
  • Fix notification issues
  • Allow focus times less than 10 minutes

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Flipd

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
  • Flipd Premium$5.991 Month
  • Flipd Premium Intro Offer3 Months trial$5.991 Month
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  • Flipd Premium Annual Offer1 Year trial$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$8.001 Month
  • Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
  • Flipd Premium Regular Annual1 Year trial$42.991 Year
  • Premium with 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan$65.001 Year
8 purchases

Focus & Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Foca Plus macOS (per month)$1.991 Month
  • Foca Plus macOS (per year)$9.991 Year
One-time6
  • Unlock customisable categories$2.99
  • Unlock full statistics reports$2.99
  • Unlock customizable auto-run$2.99
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  • Unlock extra ambient sound$4.99
  • Lifetime Purchase$14.99
  • Lifetime Purchase on macOS$14.99

Questions

Is Flipd free?
Flipd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus & Pomodoro Timer free?
Focus & Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flipd or Focus & Pomodoro Timer?
Focus & Pomodoro Timer is rated higher. Flipd averages 4.5 out of 5 from 7K ratings, while Focus & Pomodoro Timer averages 4.7 from 102 ratings.
Do Flipd or Focus & Pomodoro Timer have ads?
Neither Flipd nor Focus & Pomodoro Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flipd or Focus & Pomodoro Timer?
Flipd ships an update every 11 days, and Focus & Pomodoro Timer every 4 weeks. Most recently, Flipd was updated on November 3, 2026 and Focus & Pomodoro Timer on November 3, 2026.

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