Focus timer vs 桌面时钟
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
桌面时钟
This app displays the time, day, and lunar calendar on your device's home screen. It offers customizable themes, gravity-based screen rotation, and gesture controls. A unique Pomodoro timer feature helps boost productivity for work and study.
- Home screen clock and calendar display
- Gravity-based screen rotation
- Gesture controls
- Customizable themes and colors
- Integrated Pomodoro timer
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功能特点： 醒目的时间星期阳历以及阴历显示 根据手机系统重力自动切换横竖屏 便捷的快捷手势操作让您操作起来更加丝滑 个性化换肤各种主题颜色让您的桌面更加高端大气 独特的番茄钟玩法大大提升您的工作学习效率 如果您在使用过程中有什么好的建议或者发现什么问题，可以进行评论向我们反馈。谢谢
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 桌面时钟 at none against Focus timer's shown. 桌面时钟 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). Focus timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 9). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and 桌面时钟 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
桌面时钟 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.9K ratings behind it against 9, 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 100% of 桌面时钟's.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, 桌面时钟 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | 桌面时钟 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — 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 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | 孝波 王 |
Customer experience
Focus timer
桌面时钟
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
桌面时钟
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
桌面时钟
- 桌面时钟永久VIP$0.99
