Focus timer vs Focus Up
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
Focus Up
This minimalist Pomodoro app uses customizable timers and breathing exercises to enhance concentration and reduce stress. It offers AI-powered focus insights and task organization to help users work smarter and achieve deep focus for work and study.
- Customizable Pomodoro timer
- AI-powered focus insights
- Breathing techniques for calm
- Task organization with tags
- Progress tracking and sharing
- Ambient sounds for focus
- Beautiful themes
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Focus Up is a minimalist Pomodoro app with beautiful themes and breathing techniques, helping you stay focused and stress-free. It enhances productivity by training both your mind and calm simultaneously. #Who Needs Focus Up? 1. Can’t concentrate? 2. Overwhelmed by deadlines? 3. Stuck in procrastination? 4. Need a mental reset? 5. Want to work smarter, not harder? #Key Features 1. Pomodoro timer with customizable work/break cycles 2. Track your progress and share it with others 3. AI-Powered focus insights 4. Task organization with tags 5. Built-in breathing techniques to clear your mind 6. Beautiful, unique themes 7. Ambient sounds for deeper focus #Perfect For Students – Study smarter, stay on track Professionals – Boost work efficiency Creatives – Find flow faster Anyone – Improve focus & reduce stress #Contact Us Got ideas? Hit us up! Email: focusify.app@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/focusup.app/ #Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/focus-up-terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus timer at 4.6 against Focus Up's 4.0. Focus timer also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). Focus Up's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Focus Up sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Focus timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Focus Up's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Focus Up every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Focus Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | Zara Mehboob |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Focus Up
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
Focus Up
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Focus Up
- Weekly Plan$0.997 Days
- Monthly Plan3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime PRO$14.99
