Work/Break vs BreakTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Work/Break
This productivity tool helps users maintain focus by automatically cycling between dedicated work and break periods. It's designed to keep you in a productive flow state without manual timer adjustments.
- Automatic work/break switching
- Flow state maintenance
- Focus enhancement
- Simple timer functionality
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Stay in the flow with a timer that automatically switches between work/break.
BreakTime
This app helps you manage your work breaks to boost productivity and prevent eye strain. Easily start breaks with a tap and receive notifications when they end. It offers customizable durations and useful widgets.
- Start breaks with a tap
- Predefined break durations
- Break notifications
- Custom break duration
- Live activities
- Widgets for lock and home screens
- Dark mode support
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Work break timer - BreakTime is designed to help you keep track of your breaks throughout the day. With its simple and intuitive interface you can start a break with just a tap and be notified when a break with predefined duration has ended. Taking regular breaks while working is very important and Work break timer - BreakTime is a great tool to effectively manage your time, boost your productivity and avoid eye strain. Features: - Unlimited breaks (requires Premium upgrade) - Delete individual breaks - Breaks statistics for the last 7 days in the free version and 60 days with Premium upgrade - Custom break duration - Break notifications - Live activities - Lock screen and home screen widgets - Dark mode support - Work break timer - BreakTime works on iPhone and iPad Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Work/Break at none against BreakTime's 3. BreakTime's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. BreakTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Work/Break asks for nothing beyond the download.
Work/Break ships an update every 7 months, BreakTime every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Work/Break | BreakTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Svennbeck | Stoyan Hristov |
Customer experience
Work/Break
BreakTime
In-app purchases
Work/Break
No in-app purchases
BreakTime
- Unlimited Access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Access$9.991 Year
- BreakTime Premium$12.99
