Haptic Focus Timer vs TapTimr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haptic Focus Timer
This app helps you time focus and meditation sessions using discreet haptic feedback on your watch. It allows for multiple, unique vibrations to mark time or segment your session without sound or screen interaction. Optionally track your heart rate and mindfulness minutes.
- Haptic notifications for silent alerts
- Multiple notifications per timer
- Customizable haptic experiences
- Configure multiple timers
- Dark/Light Mode support
- Optional HealthKit heart rate monitoring
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Time your focus and meditation sessions with gentle and subtle haptic notifications. Receive multiple notifications throughout your session, each with its own unique haptic experience, to mark time or segment your session... all without fiddling with your watch or disturbing anyone around you! Key Features: - Haptic notifications alert only you when your watch is in Silent Mode - Get multiple notifications throughout the duration of a timer - Select from multiple haptic experiences for each notification - Configure multiple timers - Dark/Light Mode compatible - Optionally, monitor your heart rate throughout your session with HealthKit - Record your mindfulness minutes in the Health App Try free for up to two weeks. An annual or monthly subscription enables your watch app to time your meditation sessions. Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and after the expiration of the free trial. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime within your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Send any questions, feedback, or complaints to info@bodhibuilder.com TERMS OF SERVICE: https://bodhibuilder.com/timer-terms-of-service
TapTimr
This utility app provides a repeating timer that alerts you with haptic feedback on your wrist. It's designed for simple, discreet notifications without visual or audible cues.
- Haptic wrist feedback
- Repeating timer cycles
- Discreet notifications
- Apple Watch integration
- Simple interface
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Repeating timer that taps your wrist every cycle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Haptic Focus Timer at Free against TapTimr's $0.99. Haptic Focus Timer also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). TapTimr's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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
Haptic Focus Timer is free to download; TapTimr costs $0.99 up front. Haptic Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TapTimr asks for nothing beyond the download.
TapTimr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Haptic Focus Timer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Haptic Focus Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of TapTimr's.
Haptic Focus Timer ships an update every 11 months, TapTimr every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haptic Focus Timer | TapTimr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KnightCode LLC | Lucas Assis Rodrigues |
Customer experience
Haptic Focus Timer
TapTimr
In-app purchases
Haptic Focus Timer
- Monthly Unlimited3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Unlimited14 Days trial$9.991 Year
TapTimr
No in-app purchases
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