Comparison

Focus Clock vs Countdown Widget Timer

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

Head to head
About

Focus Clock

This app helps you concentrate on tasks with a unique focus mode that rewards sustained attention. It offers customizable timers, background operation, and detailed statistics to track your progress. Enjoy an ad-free experience with various visual themes to enhance your study or work sessions.

Highlights
  • Ad-free focus mode
  • Background timing with notifications
  • Daily focus statistics
  • Customizable clock styles and skins
  • Gesture controls for navigation
  • Progress bar and color customization
Features
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Ad-free, versatile, and focused timing software that helps you concentrate on your work or studies. Introduction: Whenever you want to focus on a task (reading, working, preparing for exams, etc.), you can activate the "Focus Mode," and a "little flying man" will appear on the clock, moving towards your goal. If you can't resist checking your social media or playing games, unfortunately, the "little flying man" will disappear immediately, and the Focus Mode will exit (you can switch to background timing mode)... If you activate the "background timing mode," you can use other applications after setting the time, and the clock will send a reminder notification when the time is up. If you succeed in the challenge, it will be recorded in the daily focus statistics. The longer you study, the darker green the cover background on the statistics page will be. There are also surprises for successful challenges! After activating the background mode, the countdown can be displayed in Lingdong Island! Points to note: Please enable push notification permissions. After successfully completing a challenge, a message will be sent to notify you. Features: Various clock styles can be changed. Background skins can be changed. Activates the countdown mode after entering the "Focus Mode." Check your daily focus time and previous focus times. Explore features such as "glass background," "custom progress bar," "custom color," and "statistics report." Gesture functions: Swipe left to view the daily focus time. Swipe right to enter the Focus Mode. Swipe up to switch clock styles. Suggestion and Feedback: Your feedback and suggestions are the best support for me! Please leave your comments in the comment section, and I will respond regularly! Alternatively, you can send an email to du1992@88.com. About the application: To ensure a better user experience, there will be no ads now or in the future. At present, the charging method is a subscription membership to unlock some value-added services in the application, but it will not affect the use of basic functions. Thank you for your understanding! Membership Subscription Instructions: After subscribing, you can unlock all features. After purchasing and completing payment, the subscription will automatically be charged through your iTunes account. The iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before the expiration date. If you wish to cancel the subscription, please manually turn off the auto-renewal feature in the Apple ID Settings Management 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. User Agreement: https://du1992.github.io/worksWeb/appAgreement.html Subscription Agreement: https://du1992.github.io/worksWeb/payAgreement.html

About

Countdown Widget Timer

Easily track important dates and events with a customizable countdown timer. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, or personal goals, and view remaining time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds directly on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event timers
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Home screen widget display
  • Flexible notification settings
  • Annual recurrence options
Features
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It's time to get acquainted with a cool countdown timer that will remind you of important events and dates! Birthdays of friends and relatives, a month without sweets, training at a strictly allocated time, approaching New Year and Valentine's Day - now you will not forget anything, you will have time everywhere and prepare for important events in advance! The app allows you to create a countdown clock that will show how much time in days, hours, minutes and seconds is left until the desired event. App Features: - Create timers in unlimited quantities, of any duration, whether it's 9 months of pregnancy or 2 weeks before your long-awaited vacation; - Pick up ready-made backgrounds, different colors, or place your own photos on the event screen; - Place the widget anywhere on your Iphone home screen so you can count down important dates at all times; - Receive notifications when an event is nearing completion by setting flexible settings; - Set annual recurrences and more. Legal information Privacy Policy: https://appboxgroup.com/countdown/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://appboxgroup.com/countdown/terms.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Clock4 screens
Countdown Widget Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focus Clock at 83% against Countdown Widget Timer's 43%. Focus Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Countdown Widget Timer's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and rating (4.6 vs 4.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Countdown Widget Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Widget Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget Timer has 484 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Focus Clock's written reviews are positive against 43% of Countdown Widget Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Clock ships an update fortnightly, Countdown Widget Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Focus Clock versus Countdown Widget Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus ClockCountdown Widget Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (16 ratings)4.6 (484 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings16484 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB45 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer晓庆 张App Box

Customer experience

Focus Clock

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Countdown Widget Timer

All ratings484 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews198 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.6%
Negative42.4%

Bugs and requests

Focus Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown Widget Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widgets not showing up on home screen
  • Purchased features not working as expected
  • App crashing after updates
  • Countdown dates not accurate

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add repeat weekly/monthly option
  • Allow more than one countdown for free
  • Add option to show weeks in widget
  • Improve widget customization

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription member$0.993 Months
One-time2
  • Permanent buyout$1.99
  • discounts VIP$2.99
7 purchases

Countdown Widget Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Full access for one week$3.997 Days
  • Full access for one month$6.491 Month
  • Full access for three months$11.993 Months
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  • Full access for one year7 Days trial$13.491 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Full Access$3.99
  • Premium access forever$3.99
  • Access to premium Lifetimeme$3.99

Questions

Is Focus Clock free?
Focus Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget Timer free?
Countdown Widget Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Clock or Countdown Widget Timer?
Countdown Widget Timer is rated higher. Focus Clock averages 4.1 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Countdown Widget Timer averages 4.6 from 484 ratings.
Do Focus Clock or Countdown Widget Timer have ads?
Countdown Widget Timer shows ads; Focus Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Clock or Countdown Widget Timer?
Focus Clock ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown Widget Timer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Focus Clock was updated on September 1, 2026 and Countdown Widget Timer on September 23, 2026.

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