Comparison

Focus timer vs Pomodoro Timer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Pomodoro Timer

Enhance focus and productivity with a versatile tool that combines a Pomodoro timer with task management. Organize your day, set reminders, and track progress to build better habits and manage your time effectively.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Task and list management
  • Customizable reminders
  • Data analysis for habits
  • Voice input for notes
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Password protection
Features
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Pomodoro, a light and concise focusing software. It can help you focus on learning, make learning plans, set meeting reminders, arrange travel plans, and can also be used to record notes and organize shopping lists. Pomodoro integrates practical functions such as focus, clock-in, reminders, memos, lists, notes, notes, alarms, time management, etc., an application that meets all your needs. "Efficient Pomodoro" -Focus: focus on matters, learn efficiently, and develop habits; -Data analysis: data analysis, tracking problems, and getting rid of bad habits; -Reminders: remind on time at the set time and place; -Continuous reminder: stubborn continuous reminder, no longer miss important things; -Voice input: voice to text, bid farewell to manual input; -Classification list: simple and clear list, work and life are in order; -Intelligent time semantic analysis: intelligently analyze the text in text and voice, and intelligently create reminder time; -Today widget: No need to open the App, quickly view, complete, and create your items in the notification center; -iCloud synchronization: automatic backup, multi-terminal synchronization, data will no longer be lost; -Password protection: support digital password, Touch ID, Face ID, protect privacy most professionally; -Personal settings: you can choose themes, ringtones, button sounds, and vibration feedback according to your preferences; ------- Obtained high-quality recommended applications by well-known media "Aicheng Technology" and "Neosoft". ------- "Pomodoro Member" Pomodoro membership is a paid subscription service. You can find this feature on the [Settings] page. If you subscribe to this service, you can become a daily reminder member, and you can use all features indefinitely during the subscription period, including new features in the future. The service provides a standard service price of RMB 10 per month, RMB 58 per year, and RMB 98 for permanent members. The price may change during the promotion period. When the price adjustment occurs, the new fee will be incurred in your next subscription cycle. Or when the free trial period ends, the fee will be automatically deducted after the trial period. "Regarding subscription-related rules for this service" -The fee will be officially deducted from the iTunes account after the purchase is confirmed and the free trial period ends; -Subscription is an automatic renewal service. If you want to stop the renewal, please manually cancel the service at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing cycle; -The cost of renewal will be deducted within 24 hours before the end of the current period; -After subscribing to the service, you can enter the [Subscription] entry provided in the account settings of the App Store to manage subscription renewal and other operations; -During the free trial period, any unused days will be cleared after the user purchases the service; Terms of Use: http://doc.liangzemu.cn/tomatotodo/cn/usage_terms.html Privacy agreement: http://doc.liangzemu.cn/tomatotodo/cn/privacy_policy_ios.html

Screenshots

Focus timer4 screens
Pomodoro Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pomodoro Timer at none against Focus timer's shown. Pomodoro Timer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Focus timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 44). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pomodoro Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 77% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Pomodoro Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus timer versus Pomodoro Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus timerPomodoro Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better4.4 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews77.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better44
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer书敏 贾Chongqing LiangZeMu Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Focus timer

All ratings1,829 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews570 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative16.1%

Pomodoro Timer

All ratings44 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative17.5%

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

Pomodoro Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus timer

One-time1
  • Professional Version$2.99
3 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly membership$0.991 Month
  • Annual membership3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent member$5.99

Questions

Is Focus timer free?
Focus timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus timer or Pomodoro Timer?
Focus timer is rated higher. Focus timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Pomodoro Timer averages 4.4 from 44 ratings.
Do Focus timer or Pomodoro Timer have ads?
Focus timer shows ads; Pomodoro Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus timer or Pomodoro Timer?
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pomodoro Timer monthly. Most recently, Focus timer was updated on October 12, 2026 and Pomodoro Timer on October 11, 2026.

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