Haptic Focus Timer vs Vibration Timer
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
Vibration Timer
This utility app provides a silent timer that relies solely on vibration for notifications. It offers unlimited preset timers with customizable labels and colors, and can send strong vibration alerts even when the app is in the background. The interface supports dark mode and displays an icon badge when a timer is active.
- Silent vibration-only notifications
- Unlimited preset timers
- Customizable timer labels and colors
- Background vibration alerts
- Icon badge display
- Dark mode support
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It's a timer app with no sound & only vibration. All features are completely free to use. - Unlimited preset timers - Timer can be specified up to the number of seconds - Set labels and colors for timers - Notification with strong vibration while the app is running - Vibrate notification up to 60 times even in the background - Icon badge display while timer is running - dark mode URL scheme: vibrationtimer://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vibration Timer at 4.3 against Haptic Focus Timer's 2.6. Vibration Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Haptic Focus Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Haptic Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Vibration Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vibration Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Haptic Focus Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Vibration Timer's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haptic Focus Timer | Vibration Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.3 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KnightCode LLC | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Haptic Focus Timer
Vibration Timer
In-app purchases
Haptic Focus Timer
- Monthly Unlimited3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Unlimited14 Days trial$9.991 Year
Vibration Timer
No in-app purchases
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