Focus timer vs Slim Pomodoro
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
Slim Pomodoro
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You are looking for an app to help you concentrate and everything you find is complicated, distracting apps that afterwards keep asking you to pay for things you don't really need? That time is over. Slim Pomodoro is just that: a simple pomodoro app that helps you concentrate. IT IS FREE AND IT WILL EVER BE. It has been designed for being easy to use and not distracting. Just spend a couple of seconds setting your next task and be ready for getting the job done. Moreover, because it doesn't include any not requested functionality, it is extremely light (it is less than 1 MB).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slim Pomodoro at none against Focus timer's 1. Slim Pomodoro also leads on ads (none vs shown). Focus timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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. Slim Pomodoro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Slim Pomodoro monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Slim Pomodoro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | Jose Ibanez Bengoechea |
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
Slim Pomodoro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Slim Pomodoro
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Focus timer free?
Is Slim Pomodoro free?
Do Focus timer or Slim Pomodoro have ads?
Which is updated more often, Focus timer or Slim Pomodoro?
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