Comparison

Bear Focus Timer vs Schedulia

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

Head to head
About

Bear Focus Timer

This app helps you stay focused by using a unique face-down timer. It incorporates forest-style white noise to enhance concentration and rewards you with praise cards upon completion of focus sessions. Customize your work and break times for optimal productivity.

Highlights
  • Face-down focus mode
  • Pomodoro focus and break cycles
  • White noise sounds
  • Customizable durations
  • Praise cards
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Turn your phone over. Leave the screen behind. Focus with Tom. Bear Focus Timer is a simple Pomodoro timer for work, study, reading, writing, and everyday tasks. Choose a session, place your iPhone face down, and let Tom the bear keep you company while the timer runs. When focus time ends, take a break and receive an illustrated praise card. FLIP TO FOCUS • Choose your focus time and place your iPhone face down to begin • Keep the screen out of sight while you work or study • Build a small physical ritual around starting a focused session CUSTOM POMODORO CYCLES • Alternate focus sessions with breaks • Adjust focus and break durations • Choose a rhythm that fits the task in front of you FOREST-STYLE WHITE NOISE Add an optional nature-inspired background sound to your session. The calm audio and hand-drawn black-and-white design create a simple setting for time spent on one task. TOM AND PRAISE CARDS Tom is friendly, but he notices when it is time to concentrate. Complete a session to receive an illustrated praise card, then save a favorite card to Photos. Praise cards are available in English, Korean, and Japanese. APPLE WATCH SUPPORT Use the Apple Watch version when you want focus and break timing on your wrist. Available alerts and session behavior can vary according to your device and operating system settings. USE IT FOR • Study sessions and exam preparation • Reading, writing, and creative work • Work sprints and personal projects • Chores or any task that benefits from a defined focus period and break Bear Focus Timer keeps the experience straightforward: set your time, turn the phone over, focus, and take a break with Tom. Support: BearFocusTimer@gmail.com

About

Schedulia

Features
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An application that helps manage daily workloads for us by providing a time scheduler and reminder to do our daily activities.

Screenshots

Bear Focus Timer4 screens
Schedulia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Schedulia at Free against Bear Focus Timer's $2.99. Bear Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 41 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Schedulia is free to download; Bear Focus Timer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, Schedulia every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bear Focus Timer versus Schedulia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Focus TimerSchedulia
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (155 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings155 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEUIHYUNG JUNGWilliam Chrisandy

Bugs and requests

Bear Focus Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer not starting reliably when phone is flipped
  • Settings menu not functioning properly after updates
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices/iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to start/stop timer without flipping phone
  • Ability to customize white noise/background sounds
  • Sync and history tracking across devices
  • Notifications/alerts for break time ending
  • Detailed usage statistics and progress tracking

Schedulia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bear Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Schedulia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear Focus Timer free?
Bear Focus Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Schedulia free?
Schedulia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bear Focus Timer or Schedulia have ads?
Neither Bear Focus Timer nor Schedulia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear Focus Timer or Schedulia?
Bear Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Schedulia every 41 months. Most recently, Bear Focus Timer was updated on October 13, 2026 and Schedulia on October 11, 2026.

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