Comparison

Focus Timer for Philips Hue vs ADHD Timer

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

Head to head
About

Focus Timer for Philips Hue

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Trouble focusing on your studies or work? So this app is definitely for you! Hue Focus Timer is the ideal app for focusing on what matters most without distraction, with small relaxing periods, essential for a good performance and memorization according to multiple studies about concentration. But with exclusive Philips Hue lights capabilities! This app take a step further by fully integrating your Philips Hue system and bulbs, so you will receive a light feedback about the concentration and relaxing periods!  For the concentration time, a bright white light will predominate your environment to read, do exercises, type or do whatever you want with focus for 20 minutes, while a relaxing blue fade light will show up in every 5 minute break of your studies/work, and then automatically back to the concentration lights in the most productive loop you have ever seen! Just pair your bridge with the assistant provided in the tutorial of the app and you are ready to go! Just one click on start button and let's get focused and productive! Hue Focus Timer Exclusive Features: - Focus Timer fully integrated with Philips Hue and Accessories (color bulbs, lightstrips or Play Bars needed, and bridge to connect ) - 20 Minute Focus / 5 Minute break, with cool fades between white and blue each time - Unlimited possibilities of uses and number of loops - One click interface, just press start or stop whenever you want - Hide/Show Option to reveal the countdown or hide it for a more minimalistic/without distractions screen DOWNLOAD NOW! *Optional Subscription: - Hue Focus Timer offers a PRO monthly subscription at USD $1.99, please note prices may vary depending on sales taxes or countries. - You will be asked to login to your iTunes account (if not already) prior to the purchase and the payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Additional information is provided stating that subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. PRIVACY POLICY: No information is shared between third parties or the developer, as this application is offline. Therefore, your data remains just for you.
 Terms Of Use: https://bit.ly/2tvr6aZ

About

ADHD Timer

This app makes time visible with a color-changing screen and vibration pulses as deadlines approach. It helps you accurately estimate task durations by tracking actual time spent versus your guesses, improving future planning.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown timer with color changes
  • Task mode for estimating and tracking time
  • Planning multiplier for estimate accuracy
  • Focus routines for sequential timers
  • Home screen widget for quick start
  • Colorblind-friendly palette
Features
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You don't have a motivation problem. You have a time problem — you genuinely can't feel it passing, so a "quick" task eats the afternoon and you never see it coming. This app works on that from both ends: making time visible while it passes, and showing you how badly you misjudge it. WATCH TIME PASS The whole screen is the timer. It shifts from calm green to amber to urgent red as your deadline approaches, so you always know where you stand without reading a number. Vibration pulses intensify in the final stretch. No tiny digits, no abstract progress ring — just color you can read from across the room. FIND OUT HOW LONG THINGS REALLY TAKE Switch to Task mode, name what you're doing, and guess the time. When your estimate runs out the timer doesn't quietly stop — it asks whether you actually finished. If you didn't, it keeps counting, and the real duration is what gets recorded. Not the one you hoped for. YOUR PLANNING MULTIPLIER After five tracked tasks, a single number tells you how far off your estimates are. 1.7x means a task you think is 30 minutes usually runs 52. It's broken down task by task, so you learn which work always overruns and which you actually judge well. KNOW BEFORE YOU START Set 25 minutes on something you've done before and the app tells you what it will really take. Plan against your own history instead of your optimism. SCHEDULE IT, AND ACTUALLY ARRIVE Put a task on a day and time with your own estimate, and the app reminds you 25 minutes before, 5 minutes before, and when it's time to start. The reminders don't just say "soon" — they tell you what that task really runs to, so "in 25 minutes" becomes an amount of time you can feel. Tap one and the timer is set up and waiting. Miss one and nothing nags you. ALSO INSIDE • Focus Routines — chain timers into a sequence and just hit start • Insights — this week's focus time, plus sessions, streaks and patterns with Pro • A Home Screen widget to start a session without opening the app • Presets from 5 to 45 minutes, plus custom lengths • A colorblind-friendly palette • No account. Nothing to set up. It works offline. Free to use: the timer, Task mode, the estimate gate, your first three forecasts, your first custom timer and one scheduled task cost nothing. Pro unlocks your full planning multiplier, unlimited forecasts, custom timer lengths, unlimited scheduled tasks, your own routines, full Insights and complete history. Built for ADHD brains that can't feel time passing. Because when time is invisible, focus breaks — and every estimate is a guess. Privacy Policy: https://maciejplaneta.github.io/privacy-policies/time-blindness-timer/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Timer for Philips Hue4 screens
ADHD Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Focus Timer for Philips Hue at 10.3 against ADHD Timer's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads 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 for Philips Hue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ADHD Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Focus Timer for Philips Hue versus ADHD Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus Timer for Philips HueADHD Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucas YamashitaMaciej Planeta

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Timer for Philips Hue

Subscriptions1
  • Hue Focus Timer PRO3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Hue Focus Timer Remove Ads$1.99
3 purchases

ADHD Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annually3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Focus Timer for Philips Hue free?
Focus Timer for Philips Hue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ADHD Timer free?
ADHD Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Timer for Philips Hue or ADHD Timer have ads?
Neither Focus Timer for Philips Hue nor ADHD Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer for Philips Hue or ADHD Timer?
Focus Timer for Philips Hue ships an update every 2 weeks, and ADHD Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Timer for Philips Hue was updated on October 26, 2026 and ADHD Timer on October 22, 2026.

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