Focus timer vs Flocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus timer
Enhance concentration with a Pomodoro-style timer. Choose from various ambient sounds to create a focused work or study environment. Customize focus and break durations, and receive end-of-timer reminders with a selection of sounds.
- Pomodoro timer with customizable intervals
- Ambient soundscapes for focus
- Customizable focus and break times
- End-of-timer reminders with sound options
- Minimalist interface with flip animation
- Background running support
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Focus timer is a tomato timer based app that helps you concentrate on your work and study. When you want to start concentrating on, you can choose an environment, accompanied by beaches, trains, rainy days, bonfire, country cricket sounds, and you will be comfortable concentrating on. Features: - Tomato timer, break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. - Support custom time, easy to set the focus time, rest time. - Set the reminder after the end of the timer, a variety of sounds to choose from. - Minimal interface design, timer display clear with flip animation - Supports background running
Flocus
This app helps you organize your day by combining your calendar and to-do list. It offers a flexible way to manage tasks, visualize your schedule with colors, and quickly add new items on the go. Stay focused on what matters with this all-in-one life organizer.
- Color-coded calendar view
- Flexible task organization
- Quick task addition
- Integrated calendar and to-do list
- Visual progress tracking
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flocus helps you stay on track. Flexibly organize your tasks throughout your day – and instantly see what’s happening in your life. “I have stopped using multiple written down papers and planning lists. STOPPED. That’s one life better organized and able to focus on what really matters.” Kat Bern – Active User With flocus you can: • Instantly see what’s going on --> colors! • Organize tasks in a simplified calendar view --> realistic! • Easily move tasks around --> super flexible! • Quickly add tasks on-the-go --> get it out of your mind! • Admire big, fat, green checkmarks --> never forget how awesome you are! flocus combines your calendar and to-do list and brings together every single item that competes for your time. It’s your one place to go to for organizing your life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus timer at 4.6 against Flocus's 3.7. Focus timer also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 3) and review sentiment (77% vs 60%). Flocus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Focus timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flocus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Focus timer's written reviews are positive against 60% of Flocus's.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Flocus every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Flocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | Flying Phoenix OOD |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Flocus
Bugs and requests
Focus timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer stops when device is locked or app is minimized
- Inconsistent timer behavior when switching between apps
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to set custom alarm/notification sounds
- Option to disable background sounds
- Automatic start/stop of focus and break timers
- Customizable timer duration
- Dark mode or theme options
Flocus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Flocus
No in-app purchases
