Comparison

Tide Lite vs Drift

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

Head to head
About

Tide Lite

This app helps users improve focus and productivity using the Pomodoro Technique, combined with calming nature sounds. It breaks down work into timed intervals with short breaks, offering customizable durations and a minimalist design.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro Technique timer
  • Customizable focus and break lengths
  • Nature soundscapes (ocean, rain, forest)
  • Music fusion for white noise and music
  • Minimalist and elegant interface
  • Integration with Apple Health
Features
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Tide Lite, the best focus timer with nature sounds for creators. Tide Lite lets you get things done by breaking up individual event among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks. It helps you stay focused in work and study. With one tap, you can easily start a focus and peaceful time companied by sounds of natural environment. Combining the most popular time management method Pomodoro Technique with nature sounds, Tide Lite makes your time more productive and enjoyful. FOUCS TIMER • Base on Pomodoro Technique, for work and study • 25-minutes fully concentrated periods, separated by 5-minutes short breaks • Long Break mode. Trigger a long break every four concentrated periods • Allows customizing the length of focuses and breaks NATURE SOUNDS • Five natural scenarios: ocean, rain, forest, meditation and coffee. • Music Fusion allows white noise and music playing simultaneously • While the white noise is on, emotional wave effect brings you a more tangible status of peace • Tap the Timer Circle to turn ON/OFF the natural sounds DAILY PICTURE • From sunrise to sunset, greeting words varies based on difference times of day • From sunrise to sunset, greeting words varies based on difference times of day • Crafted typography design MINIMALIST DESIGN • Simple and elegant interface, natural and diverse colors • Carefully picked font types, crafted by MakeFont™ • Adapts Split View and Split Over of iPad • Supported iPhone 4s、iPhone 5、iPhone 6、iPhone 6s、iPad and iPad Pro * To help you get the most out of your mindfulness, the Tide Lite will write and get your mindfulness data into your Apple "Health app" with your permission. You can turn on it this on the settings page. * Pomodoro Technique is an easy-to-use time management method, which uses a timer to break down works into intervals, traditionally 25 min in length, separated by 5 min breaks. Pomodoro in Italian means tomato. * Flow is the feeling that makes you highly exciting and whole-heartedly concentrated in one thing. ———————— Drop us a message: talk@moreless.io

About

Drift

Features
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Drift is a random timer for moments when fixed intervals make you watch the clock. Set a floor, target, and ceiling, then let Drift ring at gentle unpredictable times that still average near your target. Use Drift for trainer-bike position changes, standing desk resets, stretch breaks, focus sessions, hydration nudges, meditation bells, or any reminder that should feel helpful instead of rigid. Pick a preset, choose a sound, and start a session with one tap. Your presets, settings, generated sounds, and session summaries stay on your device. Drift is free with banner ads and occasional cooled-down interstitials; a one-time Remove Ads purchase removes all ads permanently. Optional custom sound credits let you generate short AI interval cues from prompts you type. Notifications are optional and only used for your active timer.

Screenshots

Tide Lite4 screens
Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drift at Free against Tide Lite's $0.99. Drift also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Tide Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) 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

Drift is free to download; Tide Lite costs $0.99 up front. Drift sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tide Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tide Lite ships an update every 3 months, Drift every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tide Lite versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide LiteDrift
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoreless, Inc.Clarved Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Tide Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Drift

One-time3
  • Custom Sound (1)$0.99
  • Custom Sound (5-pack)$3.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Tide Lite free?
Tide Lite costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tide Lite or Drift have ads?
Drift shows ads; Tide Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Tide Lite or Drift?
Tide Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Drift every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tide Lite was updated on November 6, 2026 and Drift on October 31, 2026.

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