Comparison

Focus timer vs Quiet Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Quiet Timer

Features
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Quiet Timer: Focus Timer is a distraction-free timer built for focus sessions and simple routines. Use it for: * Deep work and study blocks * Reading and writing sessions * Meditation and quiet breaks * Any task where you just need a clean countdown Designed to feel calm and fast, so you can start a session in seconds and get back to what matters.

Screenshots

Focus timer4 screens
Quiet Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus timer at Free against Quiet Timer's $0.99. Quiet Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Focus timer is free to download; Quiet Timer costs $0.99 up front. Focus timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quiet Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus timer versus Quiet Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus timerQuiet Timer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer书敏 贾Dmytro Rastaturin

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

Quiet Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus timer

One-time1
  • Professional Version$2.99
None

Quiet Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus timer free?
Focus timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quiet Timer free?
Quiet Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus timer or Quiet Timer have ads?
Focus timer shows ads; Quiet Timer does not.

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