Comparison

Focus Dog vs RandomTimer

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

Head to head
About

Focus Dog

This gamified productivity app helps you build focus and reduce screen time by rewarding you for staying on task. Earn virtual currency to feed your digital dog, unlock new features, and even donate to real animal shelters.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus challenges
  • Virtual dog feeding for rewards
  • Time tracking and statistics
  • Unlockable recipes and customizations
  • Donations to real animal shelters
  • Pomodoro timer for focused work
Features
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Your phone was built to eat your focus. Focus Dog feeds it back. Feed your focus. Starve distractions. Start a focus session and your donut machine starts producing donuts. Stay in the app, the machine keeps running. Open Instagram "for a second"? The machine stops. Your dog — his name is Focus — is hungry and counting on you. That's the whole loop. It works because it's stupid simple and because you care about the dog. If you open your phone to check one thing and look up 40 minutes later, you're not broken. Your apps were designed to do that to you. Focus Dog gives you a reason to put the phone down: a cute dog who eats what you earn, levels up when you show up, and gets sad when you ghost him. STAY FOCUSED • Pomodoro-style focus sessions that produce rewards as you work • Hourly challenges for a dopamine hit when you hit your time goals • Your session timer stays visible on the Lock Screen — iOS Live Activities, Android live notifications • Siri Shortcuts to start sessions hands-free (5 to 120 minutes) • Open-ended mode when you just want to lock in and go GET MOTIVATED • Collect over 120 donut recipes across normal, rare, and epic tiers • Level up donuts, unlock new dog skins, machines, and backgrounds • Seasonal events with exclusive donuts (Halloween, Christmas, New Year, Valentine's, Easter) • Climb weekly leagues against people at your level, from Bronze to Legend • Compete with friends and climb the global Top 100 leaderboard • Gift your gems — we turn them into real meals for real shelter dogs TRACK YOUR FOCUS • Tag sessions (Work, Study, Deep Work — whatever fits your life) and see the breakdown • Calendar heatmap, weekly/monthly/yearly stats, streak tracking • Per-tag time distribution so you know where your focus actually goes • CSV export of your focus time for your own analysis (Pro) BUILT FOR • Students fighting homework procrastination • ADHD brains that need external scaffolding, not willpower • Remote workers drowning in tab-switching • Anyone who's tired of their weekly screen time report FOCUS DOG PRO Install Focus Dog for free and use its core features as long as you want. Subscribe any time to Focus Dog Pro via in-app purchase — available as a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. Payment will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Focus Dog will automatically charge your App Store account at the end of each subscription period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time in your App Store Account Settings after purchase and still receive full functionality until the end of your current period, but we can't refund unused portions of the subscription. In-app purchases and subscriptions cannot be shared via Family Sharing. Terms of use: https://focusdog.app/terms/ Privacy policy: https://focusdog.app/privacy/ CONNECT WITH US • Twitter: https://twitter.com/FocusDogApp • Support: https://focusdog.app/help/

About

RandomTimer

This app gamifies focus time by randomly setting concentration intervals. Earn rewards for staying focused or face randomized punishment games if you lose concentration, making work more engaging.

Highlights
  • Randomized concentration time intervals
  • Customizable reward settings
  • Configurable punishment games
  • Timer end notifications
  • Background timer operation
Features
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You can't concentrate just by setting the timer normally. I'm used to it. I want more gameplay. It is an application that can be recommended for those who have such troubles. With this app, the time to concentrate on work is randomly determined, and if you can concentrate, you will be rewarded, and if you cannot concentrate, the punishment game will be randomly determined, so you will be thrilled and thrilled. --App functions --- 1. Select a randomly selected range of concentration time. (Example: 10 to 30 minutes) 2. Reward settings. (Example: "Watch a movie", "Read a manga", "Play a game for an hour", etc. It is possible not to set a reward.) 3. Punishment game settings. (Example: "Push-ups 20 times", "Smartphone 2 hours prohibited", "Today's sweets prohibited", etc. It is possible not to set a punishment game.) 4. Notify you of the end of the timer. 5. The timer continues even if the app is closed. --- Students who are about to take the exam. Working people who want to concentrate on their work. I hope I can help everyone who is studying hard to improve my skills.

Screenshots

Focus Dog4 screens
RandomTimer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus Dog at 85% against RandomTimer's 0%. Focus Dog also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (910 vs 3). RandomTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price and device support 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. Focus Dog sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. RandomTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RandomTimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Dog has 910 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Focus Dog's written reviews are positive against 0% of RandomTimer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Dog ships an update fortnightly, RandomTimer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Focus Dog versus RandomTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus DogRandomTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (910 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings910 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFancy Ventures UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)riku miyamoto

Customer experience

Focus Dog

All ratings910 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews353 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative7.4%

RandomTimer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Focus Dog

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Login and password reset issues
  • Disappearing progress and paid features

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options for the dog
  • Detailed activity tracking and statistics
  • Break timer and idle mode features
  • Ability to choose different animal characters

RandomTimer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Focus Dog

Subscriptions2
  • Donut Dog Pro + Monthly Coffee$2.491 Month
  • Donut Dog Pro + Monthly Coffee$4.991 Month
One-time10
  • Small Gem Bundle$0.99
  • Donut Dog Pro$1.99
  • Donut Dog Pro$2.99
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  • Medium Gem Bundle$2.99
  • Donut Dog Pro + Coffee Support$5.99
  • Donut Dog Pro$13.99
  • Donut Dog PRO$16.99
  • Donut Dog Pro$19.99
  • Donut Dog Pro + Coffee Support$29.99
  • Donut Dog Pro + Coffee Support$34.99
None

RandomTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Dog free?
Focus Dog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RandomTimer free?
RandomTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Focus Dog or RandomTimer?
RandomTimer is rated higher. Focus Dog averages 4.7 out of 5 from 910 ratings, while RandomTimer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Focus Dog or RandomTimer have ads?
RandomTimer shows ads; Focus Dog does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Dog or RandomTimer?
Focus Dog ships an update fortnightly, and RandomTimer every 5 days. Most recently, Focus Dog was updated on October 3, 2026 and RandomTimer on September 27, 2026.

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