Focus & Pomodoro Timer vs Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus & Pomodoro Timer
This app offers a minimalist Pomodoro timer designed to boost productivity and well-being. It integrates focus sessions with stretching exercises and ambient sounds to enhance concentration and prevent burnout. Track your progress with detailed statistics and categorize your focus sessions for better insights.
- Customizable Pomodoro timer
- Integrated stretching exercises
- Ambient soundscapes for focus
- Detailed focus statistics
- Customizable focus categories
- Ad-free experience
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Focus deeply. Take better breaks. Find your rhythm with Foca, a minimalist, ad-free Pomodoro timer that brings focused work, calming sounds, and guided stretching together. Whether you’re studying, working, or making time for a personal project, Foca helps you give each task your attention—and make room for a refreshing break. A TIMER THAT FITS YOUR DAY • Customize your focus sessions to suit your task. • Pause and resume when you need to. • Stay on track with sound and vibration alerts. • Keep your rhythm going with Auto-Run mode. SET THE MOOD FOR FOCUS Create a calmer space with ambient sounds, from Dawn Forest and Seashore to Berliner Café. Choose your background, settle in, and focus on what matters. MAKE YOUR BREAKS COUNT Step away from your task for a guided stretch. Follow clear illustrations and voice guidance, with exercises for your neck, shoulders, back, hands, legs, and whole body. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES Look back on your focus time and see how it’s distributed across your categories. Understand your routine, recognize your effort, and make time for what matters to you. MAKE IT YOURS Organize your sessions with custom category names and colors—for work, study, reading, or whatever you’re focusing on. Less distraction. More room to focus. No ads. Just you, your next task, and a little time to reset. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper
This app uses the Pomodoro Technique to boost productivity by breaking work into focused sessions with scheduled breaks. It helps users concentrate on tasks, study, or improve skills with simple, adjustable timers and built-in calendar reminders.
- Pomodoro Technique timer
- Adjustable focus sessions
- Scheduled short and long breaks
- Built-in calendar
- Session reminders
- Customizable session timings (Premium)
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Focused uses the Pomodoro Technique which is proven to improve your productivity by helping you focus on your work. After each session a short and adjustable break is given and after 4 sessions follows a long break. Whether you are trying to study, work, trying to read more or improve your skills in any other areas, the app offers you simple features to help you stay focused and productive. Focus Sessions are pre-set to 25 minutes, simply press the play button to begin the timer. Roll up your sleeves and get to work, focus on your chosen task until the timer rings. CALENDAR & REMINDERS: -The app has a built-in calendar and with this you can set reminders for your sessions to any day you want. Premium users get the ability to customize their sessions and the timing of their sessions as well as the short and long breaks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus & Pomodoro Timer at 4.7 against Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper's 3.4. Focus & Pomodoro Timer also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 50%) and ratings volume (102 vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Focus & Pomodoro Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus & Pomodoro Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus & Pomodoro Timer has 102 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Focus & Pomodoro Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper's.
Focus & Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Focus & Pomodoro Timer | Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (102 ratings) — better | 3.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yating Lu | Hubs Social LLC |
Customer experience
Focus & Pomodoro Timer
Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper
Bugs and requests
Focus & Pomodoro Timer
Reported bugs
8 issues- Session progress not saved when app is closed or phone dies
- No notifications or sounds when focus session ends
- Cannot configure background notification settings
- Focus time slider does not allow setting less than 10 minutes
- App causes high CPU usage/performance issues
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- Timer does not count in background (older versions)
- Upgraded to Pro but did not receive Pro version
- No response from customer service
Requested features
12 requests- Widget option
- Ability to choose own playlist for background sounds
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Different sounds for session end/break start
- More calming sounds (ASMR, brown noise, piano music)
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- Add a to-do list
- Way to change categories
- Option to buy specific features instead of the whole app (already exists for some features)
- Daily stats for analytics
- Ability to continue sessions after phone dies/app is closed
- Fix notification issues
- Allow focus times less than 10 minutes
Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus & Pomodoro Timer
- Foca Plus macOS (per month)$1.991 Month
- Foca Plus macOS (per year)$9.991 Year
- Unlock customisable categories$2.99
- Unlock full statistics reports$2.99
- Unlock customizable auto-run$2.99
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- Unlock extra ambient sound$4.99
- Lifetime Purchase$14.99
- Lifetime Purchase on macOS$14.99
Focus Timer pomo, focus keeper
- Premium Unlock$2.99
- Focused (Premium)$2.99
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