Comparison

Focus Clock vs MKV PiP Player

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

MKV PiP Player

Play any video file format with picture-in-picture functionality. Supports a vast array of video and subtitle formats, M3U playlists, and casting web videos to DLNA TVs. Offers playback speed control and multi-track audio/subtitle options.

Highlights
  • Picture-in-picture playback
  • Supports over 30 video formats
  • Supports 20+ subtitle formats
  • M3U playlist support
  • DLNA TV casting
  • Playback speed control
  • Multi-track audio and subtitles
Features
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MKV PiP Player is a video player that Lets you play any videos picture-in-picture. - Supports video files : MKV, MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, TS, MTS, M2TS, WMV, FLV, F4V, ASF, WEBM, RM, RMVB, QT, DV, MPG, MPEG, MXF, VOB, GIF, OGV, OGM etc. - Supports subtitle files : ASS, SRT, SMI, SSA, IDX, SUB, SUP, VTT, SCC, MKS, JSS, JS, AQT, RT, UFT, UTF8, UTF-8 etc. - Supports playlist files : M3U - Supports Cast Web Videos to DLNA TV - Supports Browser, SMB, WebDAV, AList - Playback speed control : 0.25x ~ 4.0x - Supports multi-track audio - Supports embedded subtitles - Supports multi-track subtitles - Supports user’s selection of subtitle files - Supports recently played list - Supports Safari extension Disclaimer:MKV PiP Player does not provide any M3U playlists, users must use their own playlists containing legal content.

Screenshots

Focus Clock4 screens
MKV PiP Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Clock at Free against MKV PiP Player's $0.99. Focus Clock also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). MKV PiP Player's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (94% vs 69%). On update cadence, ads, 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

Focus Clock is free to download; MKV PiP Player costs $0.99 up front. Focus Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and MKV PiP Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MKV PiP Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Focus Clock's written reviews are positive against 94% of MKV PiP Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Clock ships an update fortnightly, MKV PiP Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Focus Clock versus MKV PiP Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus ClockMKV PiP Player
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (16 ratings)4.7 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews94.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1668 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB42 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developer晓庆 张北京伊码网络科技有限公司

Customer experience

Focus Clock

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

MKV PiP Player

All ratings68 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%

Bugs and requests

Focus Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MKV PiP Player

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • HD clarity cannot load
  • DLNA cast to TV has no response
  • Glitchy at times
  • Frequent crashes, especially when initiating PiP
  • M3U parsing needs to be faster and search needs to be smoother
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  • Latest picture-in-picture fast forward/backward not working normally
  • Freezes every few minutes, requires pause/play to resume
  • External subtitles not working
  • Crashes when clicking recent playback history
  • Picture-in-picture playback crashes after about 10 seconds
  • Default to landscape, cannot adjust
  • File list automatically switches to date sorting upon reopening, causing disorder
  • Cannot select files from external USB drive
  • Cannot delete Alibaba Cloud Drive resources directly from the app

Requested features

41 requests
  • Add option to close transition animations
  • Add vertical screen viewing function
  • Support for Emby
  • Add function to import video sources
  • Support for ATV
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  • Add pause/play with Airpod controls
  • Allow listening to videos when phone is powered off (without PiP)
  • Faster M3U parsing and smoother search
  • Ability to display M3U contents in a list
  • Ability to disable subtitles
  • Add function to import letters
  • Add function to import video sources or provide jump interface
  • Support for ATV
  • Add VOD URL function
  • Add option to disable recent playback
  • Add network movie posters and library
  • Add background playback (not PiP)
  • Add auto-play next episode
  • Add grid layout
  • Add background playback function
  • Add option for automatic horizontal screen
  • Add drag-and-drop sorting for playback list
  • Support for ATV
  • Add side-screen and vertical screen viewing options
  • Add Apple TV support
  • Add DLNA screen casting
  • Allow screen-off playback for music
  • Develop TV version
  • Add cache function for large files
  • Add screen casting function
  • Add delete function for Alibaba Cloud Drive resources
  • Add timer playback function
  • Add screen lock function
  • Display only one history record for the same folder
  • Sync playback history data with Alibaba Cloud
  • Add dark mode
  • Add audiobook function
  • Add cloud synchronization function across devices
  • Allow lock screen playback and co-playback with other audio
  • Add more detailed long-press speed options (e.g., 2.5x)
  • Support downloading videos from the browser

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Clock

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

MKV PiP Player

One-time1
  • MKV PiP Player Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Focus Clock free?
Focus Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MKV PiP Player free?
MKV PiP Player costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Focus Clock or MKV PiP Player?
MKV PiP Player is rated higher. Focus Clock averages 4.1 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while MKV PiP Player averages 4.7 from 68 ratings.
Do Focus Clock or MKV PiP Player have ads?
Neither Focus Clock nor MKV PiP Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Clock or MKV PiP Player?
Focus Clock ships an update fortnightly, and MKV PiP Player weekly. Most recently, Focus Clock was updated on October 14, 2026 and MKV PiP Player on October 17, 2026.

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