Distractionless Focus Timer vs Truly Simple Nudges
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.
Truly Simple Nudges
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Truly Simple Nudges solves the problem of remembering to do the little things throughout your day. Standard alarms are too rigid, and to-do lists don't tap you on the shoulder. This tool sends ambient, customizable push notifications to help you stay mindful, hydrate, check your posture, or take screen breaks. It runs quietly in the background on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad—keeping everything in sync natively without bloated progress trackers. Features: • Set nudges to fire at evenly spaced intervals, precise times, or entirely at random. • Customize active hours and specific days of the week for each nudge (so you aren't getting posture checks on Sunday). • Mute notifications on a per-device basis (keep a nudge active on your Mac while muting it on your iPhone). • Quick-access menu bar dropdown on MacOS for easy toggling and pausing. • Nudge library automatically syncs across all your devices via iCloud. • Global "Pause All" button for meetings, movies, or deep focus. • All features available for free, and a one-time, lifetime paid "Pro" version unlocks the ability to have more than three nudges active at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Truly Simple Nudges at Free against Distractionless Focus Timer's $0.99. Truly Simple Nudges also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Distractionless Focus Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#170 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Truly Simple Nudges is free to download; Distractionless Focus Timer costs $0.99 up front. Truly Simple Nudges sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Distractionless Focus Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Distractionless Focus Timer ships an update every 3 months, Truly Simple Nudges every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Distractionless Focus Timer | Truly Simple Nudges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #170 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andras Solyom | Colin Wright |
In-app purchases
Distractionless Focus Timer
No in-app purchases
Truly Simple Nudges
- Pro$4.99
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