Comparison

Focus timer vs desk timer & clock

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

desk timer & clock

Features
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Make time part of your space. Tavlo turns your iPhone or iPad into a landscape desk timer or clock. Large numbers, tactile materials and smooth motion give every design its own character. FIND YOUR STYLE Explore 50 designs across Vintage (15), Digital (17), Bold (10) and Minimal (8). Try warm Vintage cases, electronic Digital displays, bold typography or restrained layouts. Aviator, Altimeter and Relay feature animated mechanical digit changes. FOCUS, COUNT UP OR KEEP TIME • Focus: countdown intervals with breaks and rounds. Set 1–120 minutes, breaks of 1–30 minutes and up to 8 rounds. One round gives you a single countdown. • Count Up: track elapsed time from zero, with pause, resume and reset. • Clock: display the live local time in landscape, in 24-hour format. One real session runs at a time. Optional sounds and screen-awake settings let you choose how it feels. Focus completion notifications are optional too. PREVIEW AND SAVE During onboarding, choose up to five designs for a live landscape preview. These picks are only for the preview. In the gallery, tap a heart to save a favourite, then use the top-left heart to find it again. Your main gallery keeps its order. WIDGETS THAT FIT YOUR SPACE Add themed small or medium Home Screen widgets, or rectangular, circular and inline Lock Screen widgets. Choose a design, a Focus duration or whether to follow your running session. Tap to open setup or the active timer. Widget updates are managed by the system. FOUR DESIGNS, FREE TO KEEP Porcelain, Signal, Sunday LCD and Folio include all three modes and applicable settings. Browse and preview the other 46 designs before buying. Running paid designs requires collection access. YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION Unlock all designs and future additions with a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Monthly access lasts while subscribed. Lifetime access is permanent. No account. No ads. Preferences, favourites and session state stay on your device. Timers catch up after you return to the app, and sessions restore after relaunch, subject to access for paid designs. Timers and clocks work offline; new purchases and restoration need Apple services. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the current period ends. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Buying lifetime does not automatically cancel an existing monthly subscription. The app interface and website are currently in English. Privacy Policy: https://tavlo.arosusur.chatgpt.site/privacy/ Terms & Conditions: https://tavlo.arosusur.chatgpt.site/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus timer4 screens
desk timer & clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: desk timer & clock at none against Focus timer's shown. Focus timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Focus timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and desk timer & clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus timer versus desk timer & clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus timerdesk timer & clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer书敏 贾Arlind Susuri

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

desk timer & clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus timer

One-time1
  • Professional Version$2.99
3 purchases

desk timer & clock

Subscriptions1
  • Tavlo Collection Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Tavlo Collection Lifetime$4.99
  • Tavlo Collection Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Focus timer free?
Focus timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is desk timer & clock free?
desk timer & clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus timer or desk timer & clock have ads?
Focus timer shows ads; desk timer & clock does not.

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