Comparison

Session Pomodoro Focus Timer vs scanAll

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Session Pomodoro Focus Timer

This app helps users improve focus and productivity by guiding them through timed work sessions and breaks. It blocks distracting websites and apps, mutes notifications, and automates workflow elements like Do Not Disturb and music playback. Users can also track their time and review their progress.

Highlights
  • Timed work and break sessions
  • Website and app blocking (Mac only)
  • Mute Slack notifications
  • Automated Do Not Disturb
  • Music playback automation
  • Apple Calendar sync
  • Session progress tracking
Features
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- Do you procrastinate and spend your time mindlessly? - have problem with focusing? - often get distracted while trying to focus? - maybe you are burned out because you worked too much and forget to take necessary break? - or, maybe have an ADHD? Session can help you with your focus problem. Trusted daily by tens of thousands of engineer in Silicon Valley, independent studios in Madrid, writers in Netherlands, and creative worker + freelancer all over the world. It helps you be more productive by guiding you to work in sessions, block distractions, track your time, and remind you to rest. GET INTO HABIT OF WORKING IN TIME BLOCK Inspired by Pomodoro technique, Session helps you block your time for focus. 25 minutes or 45 minutes is all you need to get closer to your goal KEEP YOUR FOCUS BY BLOCKING WEBSITES AND APPS THAT DISTRACT YOU (MAC ONLY) Session block distracting website and apps when you started a Session. It'll automatically restore your website when you are on rest / session has ended. BLOCK SLACK TEAM Session will automatically mute Slack team you choose when Session has started and open them up again when Session has stopped working. DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A REST Forcing yourself to work on long period of time is ineffective. Rest is as important as work / study. Why? Because rest is a crucial time where you: - store what you have learned in your head, and where - your brain solve difficult problem on the background. Notice that you usually get a new idea and solves problem when you're on walk and shower. Or anywhere where you're away from "work". AUTOMATE YOUR WORKFLOW (AUTOMATIC DO NOT DISTURB, PLAY MUSIC) Imagine having no distracting notifications while working on. It's possible by turning on Do Not Disturb. What if you can turn it on when you started your Session, and disable it after Session ends—all automatically? Or maybe change bulb color, play Apple music when Session has started? Different playlist on break? It's possible with Session. Automate it with AppleScript on MacOS and Apple Shortcut on iOS SEE YOUR SESSIONS ON APPLE CALENDAR WITH ONE WAY SYNC. See automatically create Sessions on Apple Calendar to review how your day has progressed. REVIEW YOUR SESSIONS Are you spending more time on a task than it's worth? Session keep you mindful by tracking your work and ask what you have learned after Session has ended. Session tracks what you have worked on, what have you learned, and for how long. Review your progress and journey that you have made. — Need support? Contact philip@stayinsession.com for assistance! — Learn about what Session can do here: https://www.stayinsession.com/learn — Join our Discord community channel here: https://discord.com/invite/5KASx2T4RU

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About

scanAll

Features
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Most scanner apps are where documents go to be forgotten. scanAll reads every page you scan — right on your iPhone — so you can find any document by what's written inside it. Search "687.50" and the invoice comes right up, with the amount highlighted on the page. And every feature is free, forever. No paywall, no subscription, no in-app purchase, no watermark, no scan limit, no account. FIND ANYTHING • Full-text search across your whole library — search by the words inside your scans, not just the filename • Matching text is highlighted right on the page, so you see where it is • Select and copy any recognized text — invoice numbers, amounts, addresses • Documents are named automatically from their contents • Organize with folders and tags, and filter by them alongside search • Find documents by title from iPhone search (Spotlight) and open them directly CAPTURE • Camera scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Multi-page documents in a single scan • Or import existing photos from your library • Import PDFs and images from the Files app — every page is read so you can search it like a scan • Text recognition runs in the background — your scan appears instantly • Start scanning with "Start Scan" in Shortcuts, by saying "Start a scan in scanAll" to Siri, or with a Lock Screen and Control Center control (iOS 18 or later) EDIT • Automatic and manual crop • Perspective correction and rotation • Four filters, each previewed on your actual page: Original, Grayscale, High-Contrast Mono, and Color • Delete, reorder, or re-capture individual pages • Redact — text under a blacked-out area is left out of search, copying and exports (document names you set yourself stay as they are) • Hide Numbers — finds Korean resident and alien registration numbers and card, account, driver's license and passport numbers, and blacks out the sensitive digits (such as the last 7 digits of a resident number) in one tap • Add pen, highlighter, signatures, stamps and text boxes — signatures are saved on your device for reuse • Correct recognized text — fix or delete lines, and search, copying, searchable PDF and Hangul, Word, Excel and text exports use your corrected text (the scan image is unchanged) • Rewrite Line — replace a recognized line with new text drawn in the same size, weight and color RECEIPTS AND BUSINESS CARDS • Expenses — pull the amount, date, merchant and business registration number out of receipts, review them by date, and export to Excel (XLSX) • Save a scanned business card as a new contact with the name, title, company, phone and email filled in EXPORT • PDF • Searchable PDF — the text layer is embedded, so it stays searchable everywhere • JPEG and PNG • Hangul (HWPX), Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX) and plain text — text and tables carried over so you can edit them • Review and fix tables before exporting • Preview the files you made before sending them (formats that support preview) • Attach exported files to a new email in one tap (the share sheet opens if Mail isn't set up), or save to a Files folder (iCloud Drive, Google Drive and more) in one step • Quality options for PDF, images, and documents that include scan images • Lock PDFs with a password, and put the front and back of an ID card on one page at actual card size ON-DEVICE & PRIVATE • Text recognition runs entirely on your iPhone, in the languages set on your iPhone (Japanese, Chinese, major European languages and more, plus English) • No account, no sign-in — documents are stored on your device, not in a cloud • Your documents and recognized text are never sent anywhere — files go out by email or to a drive only when you choose • The library screen shows ads — personalized only if you allow tracking, and no ads on the scan, edit or export screens • Scanning, recognition, editing and conversion work in airplane mode (only email and drive transfers and ads use the network) Free. Private. And your scans are finally findable.

Screenshots

Session Pomodoro Focus Timer4 screens
scanAll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: scanAll at none against Session Pomodoro Focus Timer's 2. scanAll also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Session Pomodoro Focus Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Session Pomodoro Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. scanAll asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Session Pomodoro Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, scanAll every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Session Pomodoro Focus Timer versus scanAll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSession Pomodoro Focus TimerscanAll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (364 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings364 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTranslucent LLCJonghyun Kim

Bugs and requests

Session Pomodoro Focus Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with editing past sessions
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Integrate with more productivity apps and to-do lists
  • Add Apple Watch app support
  • Expand customization options for themes and sounds
  • Improve documentation and onboarding for advanced features

scanAll

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Session Pomodoro Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Session monthly subscription$4.991 Month
  • Session yearly subscription$39.991 Year
None

scanAll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Session Pomodoro Focus Timer free?
Session Pomodoro Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is scanAll free?
scanAll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Session Pomodoro Focus Timer or scanAll have ads?
scanAll shows ads; Session Pomodoro Focus Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Session Pomodoro Focus Timer or scanAll?
Session Pomodoro Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, and scanAll every 2 days. Most recently, Session Pomodoro Focus Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and scanAll on October 24, 2026.

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