Comparison

Focus Clock vs The Kitchen 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

The Kitchen Timer

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Kitchen timer app to keep track of cooking time remaining for each burner, as well as the oven, all at the same time.

Screenshots

Focus Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Clock at Free against The Kitchen Timer's $0.99. Focus Clock also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). The Kitchen Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads 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

Focus Clock is free to download; The Kitchen Timer costs $0.99 up front. Focus Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. The Kitchen Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Clock ships an update fortnightly, The Kitchen Timer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Clock versus The Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus ClockThe Kitchen Timer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer晓庆 张Matthew Hiles

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription member$0.993 Months
One-time2
  • Permanent buyout$1.99
  • discounts VIP$2.99
None

The Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Clock free?
Focus Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Kitchen Timer free?
The Kitchen Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Clock or The Kitchen Timer have ads?
Neither Focus Clock nor The Kitchen Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Clock or The Kitchen Timer?
Focus Clock ships an update fortnightly, and The Kitchen Timer every 6 months. Most recently, Focus Clock was updated on October 1, 2026 and The Kitchen Timer on October 6, 2026.

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