Focus timer vs Tiimer
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
Tiimer
This app helps you manage your time with various timer modes like countdown, Pomodoro, and interval. It offers customizable clock styles, home screen widgets, and live activity updates to visualize your progress. Track your sessions with detailed statistics and enjoy a distraction-free, privacy-first experience.
- Countdown & Count Up timers
- Pomodoro & Interval timers
- Customizable clock styles
- Home screen widgets
- Live Activities & Dynamic Island integration
- Timer templates
- Session statistics and history
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A cute timer for focus, routines, and little moments. Countdown & Count Up for study, work, cooking, chores, and routines Pomodoro & Intervals for focus/break cycles, workouts, breathing, and meditation Stats & History: track sessions and trends — and see your progress over time Beautiful clock styles: cute timer, flip clock, and clean digital display (perfect as a desk clock) Widgets: start a timer instantly from your Home Screen Live Activities & Dynamic Island: see progress at a glance without unlocking Templates: 10+ ready-to-use presets + fully customizable timers No distractions: no ads, no pop-ups. Minimal by design. No sign-up. On-device storage. Works offline. Start your next session with Tiimer — and make your time feel well spent. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiimer at none against Focus timer's shown. Tiimer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Focus timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, 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 Tiimer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, 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 Tiimer's.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Tiimer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Tiimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 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 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | LAMBDA TECH PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Tiimer
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
Tiimer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Tiimer
- Tiimer Pro Annual$8.991 Year
- Tiimer Pro Lifetime$24.99
