Focus timer vs Flip Timer & stopwatch
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
Flip Timer & stopwatch
This app offers a full-screen digital timer with a unique flip animation to visualize time progression. It also includes a stopwatch for tracking activities like workouts, study sessions, and work. Customize reminder sounds and background audio for an immersive experience.
- Full-screen digital timer
- Flip animation for time visualization
- Countdown timer
- Stopwatch functionality
- Customizable reminder sounds
- Background sound options
- Keep screen on for progress viewing
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Flip Timer, A full-screen digital timer. Countdown, flip animation allows you to feel the passage of time; Stopwatch, record your sport, fitness, work, study and so on. - Swipe up or slide down to set the countdown duration - you can set up timed reminder sound - Focus on the work, you can set the background sound, so you immersed them. - Keep the screen on, You can view the progress of time at any time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus timer at every 5 weeks against Flip Timer & stopwatch's every 3 months. Focus timer also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 69%). Flip Timer & stopwatch's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 1.8K). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Flip Timer & stopwatch sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Focus timer against 4.6 for Flip Timer & stopwatch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 7.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Focus timer's written reviews are positive against 69% of Flip Timer & stopwatch's.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Flip Timer & stopwatch every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Flip Timer & stopwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) | 4.6 (7.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | 俐 马 |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Flip Timer & stopwatch
User reviews
Focus timer
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and functional
- 👍 Minimalistic and aesthetic design
- 🚀 Helps with focus and concentration
- 👍 Useful for studying and work
- 👍 Customizable timer settings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Timer inaccuracies
- 🔊 Loud alarm/notification sound
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 💰 Limited features in free version
- 🔇 No option to disable background sounds
Flip Timer & stopwatch
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward design
- 🚀 Large, easy-to-read display
- 💡 Unique flipping timer interface
- 🕰 Remembers previous time settings
- 👍 Works well for classroom/productivity use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Timer sometimes skips seconds or doesn't work accurately
- 💰 Ads are intrusive and disruptive
- 🔒 Paid features should be included in free version
- 🔋 Timer stops working when device is locked or app is in background
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
Flip Timer & stopwatch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer randomly stops counting down
- Unable to stop/reset timer once started
- Ads prevent user from interacting with timer
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to set timer in hours/minutes/seconds
- Implement repeat/loop functionality for timer
- Allow custom alarm/notification sounds
- Improve landscape mode support
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Flip Timer & stopwatch
- Remove Ads$0.99
- All the skins$0.99
- Pro Version$1.99
Questions
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