Focus timer vs Pomodoro Daily
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
Pomodoro Daily
This app helps you implement the Pomodoro Technique for enhanced focus and productivity. It guides you through timed work intervals and short breaks to manage tasks effectively. Achieve more by breaking down your work into manageable, focused sessions.
- Pomodoro timer
- Timed work intervals
- Short breaks
- Longer breaks
- Task management guidance
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Pomodoro Technique is a time management method by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s. There are six steps in the original technique: 1. Decide on the task to be done. 2. Set the pomodoro timer (traditionally to 25 minutes). 3. Work on the task. 4. End work when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper. 5. If you have fewer than four checkmarks, take a short break (3–5 minutes) and then return to step 2; otherwise continue to step 6. 6. After four pomodoros, take a longer break (15–30 minutes), reset your checkmark count to zero, then go to step 1. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pomodoro Daily at none against Focus timer's shown. Pomodoro Daily also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Focus timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 99). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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 Pomodoro Daily sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pomodoro Daily holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.9K ratings behind it against 99, 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 79% of Pomodoro Daily's.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Pomodoro Daily monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Pomodoro Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) | 4.9 (99 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 79.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 99 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | Dinh Nhan Nguyen |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Pomodoro Daily
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 Daily
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Pomodoro Daily
- Pomodoro Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pomodoro Premium Yearly$5.991 Year
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