Distractionless Focus Timer vs Pomu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Distractionless Focus Timer
This focus timer app helps users implement the Pomodoro Technique with customizable work and rest sessions. It offers a distraction-free experience on your watch, with alerts and the ability to adjust timers on the go.
- Standalone watch application
- Customizable focus/rest times
- Vibration and sound alerts
- Active complications for watch faces
- Pause and skip timer blocks
- Add time to current timer
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Distractionless is a truly distraction free pomodoro technique focus timer. Pomodoro timers are a work/study method, where you have repeating sessions of focus and rest. - Standalone watch application, configure and start timers on your watch - Vibration and sound will alert you at the end of every block, even when the app is in the background - Custom focus / rest times by 1 minute increments - Optional long rest after every X focus sessions - Active complications for all watch faces, and complication types - Pause the timer, or skip to the end of the current block - Add additional time to the current timer with a single press - Option to only temporarily enable controls with a long press If the app doesn't show after purchase, please find it on the App Store on your watch (not phone) and download it from there.
Pomu
A straightforward timer designed for focused work sessions, optimized for use on Apple Watch. It helps users manage their time effectively with simple, intuitive controls.
- Pomodoro timer
- Apple Watch optimized
- Simple interface
- Focus sessions
- Time management
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Pomu is a simple pomodoro timer app tailored for apple watch.
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pomu at Free against Distractionless Focus Timer's $0.99. Pomu also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0). Distractionless Focus Timer's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 56%) and device support (4 vs 2). On ratings volume, 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
Pomu is free to download; Distractionless Focus Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pomu holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Distractionless Focus Timer's written reviews are positive against 56% of Pomu's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Distractionless Focus Timer | Pomu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andras Solyom | Maiku Yamaguchi |
Customer experience
Distractionless Focus Timer
Pomu
In-app purchases
Distractionless Focus Timer
No in-app purchases
Pomu
No in-app purchases
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