Comparison

Bear Focus Timer vs Auto Refresh+ for Safari

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

Auto Refresh+ for Safari

This Safari extension automatically reloads web pages at user-defined intervals, from every second to every 15 minutes. It runs in the background, ensuring you see updates for stock prices, limited drops, or auctions instantly. Settings are saved automatically, and it works without tracking your data.

Highlights
  • Automatic page reloading
  • Customizable refresh intervals
  • Background operation
  • Countdown badge for next reload
  • Refresh counter
  • Automatic settings saving
  • No data tracking
Features
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Waiting for a restock, ticket, reservation, or new listing? Auto Refresh+ reloads the page and checks for changes. Get notified on iPhone or iPad when it changes. Stop watching the screen and reloading by hand. Choose an interval, start monitoring with one tap, and let Auto Refresh+ keep checking the page. Use change detection when you want to know about any update. On pages where clocks, ads, or other moving elements cause false alerts, use keyword detection instead—for words such as “In stock,” “Available,” or any term you choose. When you tap the page, type, switch tabs, or switch apps, automatic reloading stops. Scrolling does not stop it. This lets you act as soon as the item, ticket, or reservation becomes available without the page reloading in the middle of your interaction. [MONITOR THE UPDATES THAT MATTER] - Detect changes by comparing the page after each reload - Get an iOS/iPadOS notification when a change is found - Get notified only when a specified keyword appears - Monitor multiple Safari tabs at the same time - Support for extended continuous monitoring [FLEXIBLE AUTO RELOAD] - Seconds mode: choose any interval from 1 to 60 seconds - Minutes mode: choose any interval from 1 to 15 minutes - Presets for quick setup - Start or stop with one tap - Badge countdown until the next reload - On-screen reload counter - Settings saved automatically [USEFUL FOR] - Restocks and limited inventory - New auction and marketplace listings - Ticket availability and reservation openings - Flash sales - News, stock and FX pages, and social feeds [PRIVACY] - No network data collection - No personal information collected - Settings and monitoring data stay on your device [COMPATIBILITY] - Safari (iOS 15 / iPadOS 15 / macOS Monterey or later)

Screenshots

Bear Focus Timer4 screens
Auto Refresh+ for Safari4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bear Focus Timer at 4.3 against Auto Refresh+ for Safari's 3.0. Bear Focus Timer also leads on ratings volume (155 vs 2). Auto Refresh+ for Safari's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and 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

Bear Focus Timer costs $2.99 and Auto Refresh+ for Safari $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bear Focus Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear Focus Timer has 155 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Bear Focus Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Auto Refresh+ for Safari's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, Auto Refresh+ for Safari weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bear Focus Timer versus Auto Refresh+ for Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Focus TimerAuto Refresh+ for Safari
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.3 (155 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings155 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#125 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEUIHYUNG JUNGSeiya.k

Customer experience

Bear Focus Timer

All ratings155 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.8%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews407 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative16.0%

Auto Refresh+ for Safari

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative13.3%

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

Auto Refresh+ for Safari

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bear Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Auto Refresh+ for Safari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear Focus Timer free?
Bear Focus Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auto Refresh+ for Safari free?
Auto Refresh+ for Safari costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bear Focus Timer or Auto Refresh+ for Safari?
Bear Focus Timer is rated higher. Bear Focus Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while Auto Refresh+ for Safari averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bear Focus Timer or Auto Refresh+ for Safari have ads?
Neither Bear Focus Timer nor Auto Refresh+ for Safari shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear Focus Timer or Auto Refresh+ for Safari?
Bear Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Auto Refresh+ for Safari weekly. Most recently, Bear Focus Timer was updated on October 18, 2026 and Auto Refresh+ for Safari on October 13, 2026.

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