BreakTime vs Tempus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Tempus
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Tempus turns showing up into something you can see. Every day you complete a habit lands as a colored square on a grid - and watching that grid fill up becomes the reason you don't stop. BUILT AROUND ONE IDEA Consistency should be visible. Habits live on grids that grow with you - calendar months or a continuous view, your choice. Miss a day and you'll see the gap. Show up and you'll see that too. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE The Today ring closes as you complete what matters. Your calendar events wrap around a 24-hour dial, so the whole day fits in one look. Link your existing calendars - Apple, Google, or any ICS feed. 1% A DAY, COMPOUNDED Finish what you planned and the day pays about 1%. Miss it and you give a little back. Rest days cost nothing. One number tracks all of it from the day you started - and there is no limit on it. REMINDERS WITH A PERSONALITY Pick the voice that actually works on you: gentle encouragement, pure hype, or tough love. Or write three example phrases and let AI generate notifications that sound exactly like the voice in your head - at the times you choose. TEN ATMOSPHERES Light or dark, and the whole app follows. Ten palettes, from warm dusk to true black - pick the one you want to look at every day. A PERFECT MONTH FEELS LIKE THIS Tap any month to relive it, day by day. Green squares all the way down. YOU SHAPE WHAT COMES NEXT Request features and vote on what gets built. Tempus is small, independent, and built with care - your voice genuinely steers it. FREE AND PRO Free: up to 3 habits, 1 linked calendar, all core tracking. Pro: unlimited habits, unlimited calendars, custom AI reminder voices. Monthly or annual, with a free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage anytime in your App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://tempusapp.info/privacy Terms of Use: https://tempusapp.info/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tempus at every 6 days against BreakTime's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Tempus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BreakTime ships an update every 3 months, Tempus every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BreakTime | Tempus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stoyan Hristov | Sofronie Albu |
In-app purchases
BreakTime
- Unlimited Access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Access$9.991 Year
- BreakTime Premium$12.99
Tempus
- Tempus Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Tempus Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year









