Focus timer vs Study Timer
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
Study Timer
Easily track your study sessions by checking in when you begin and checking out when you finish. This simple tool helps you measure your dedicated learning time. Good luck with your exams!
- Check-in/out study sessions
- Measure study time
- Simple interface
- Track study statistics
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Study Timer is an app that makes it easy to measure your study time. - Press the check-in button when you start studying. - Press the check-out button when you finish studying. Good luck to your exam.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus timer at 4.6 against Study Timer's 3.1. Focus timer also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 42%) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 8). Study Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. Focus timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Study Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 8, 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 42% of Study Timer's.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Study Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better | 3.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews — better | 42.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| 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, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | Artify Inc. |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Study Timer
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
Study Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Study Timer
No in-app purchases
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