Comparison

Focus Pocus vs TILT

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

Head to head
About

Focus Pocus

This minimalist timer uses the Pomodoro technique to enhance focus and productivity. Its unobtrusive design and subtle movements minimize distractions, allowing you to concentrate on your tasks with customizable sound options.

Highlights
  • Distraction-minimizing interface
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Customizable notifications and metronome
  • Lightweight and fast ~1MB download
  • Privacy-conscious design
  • Easy-to-use controls
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With its subtle timer movements and dark colors that won’t break your concentration, Focus Pocus helps you stay focused on your work and not on the clock. Focus Pocus is a pomodoro timer that helps you manage your time using the pomodoro technique. The pomodoro technique aims to improve your productivity by helping you focus your attention on your work for short intervals (pomdoros), allowing for rest breaks in between to avoid fatigue. Other pomodoro timer apps may catch your attention with a big countdown timer and flashy colors. Focus Pocus instead opts for a subtle timer design reminiscent of a mechanical wall timer that moves slowly and steadily, with subdued colors that keep the attention on your task at hand. The result is a pomodoro timer that won't distract you while you work. Key Features 1. Designed to minimize distractions with an unobtrusive and easy-to-use interface. Rotate the control knob at any time to adjust the time remaining, and start/pause/stop the timer with large, accessible buttons. 2. Curated options such as notifications and a metronome sound are available to help you customize your experience. 3. Lightweight and fast: tiny ~1MB download and loads in a snap. 4. Privacy conscious: no data collection, tracking, or analytics. No dark patterns designed to keep you hooked to your device.

About

TILT

Features
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A focus timer you tilt, not tap. No buttons and no setup between you and the work. TILT TO FOCUS The screen splits into a FOCUS timer and a BREAK timer. Turn your phone LEFT and FOCUS starts. Turn it RIGHT for a break. SHAKE to reset. Your phone becomes the timer. BUILT FOR BRAINS THAT STRUGGLE TO START Starting is the hard part, so TILT removes every step between deciding and doing. Begin with intention: one slow breath and one clear task before every session. A reminder can nudge you at the time you usually begin. BLOCK DISTRACTIONS Pick the apps and sites that steal your attention. TILT blocks them while you focus and unblocks them during your breaks. KEEP GOING Continuous mode rolls focus into a break and back again, with a longer break every few sessions. Tap the dots to add a session or stretch the long break. ON YOUR WRIST TILT on Apple Watch works with simple, intuitive gestures: turn the Crown to set the time, tap to start, swipe to switch. It runs on its own or stays in step with your iPhone, and complications and the Smart Stack keep the time left in view. ON YOUR MAC TILT for Mac keeps your timer in the menu bar. With TILT Plus, a session you start on your iPhone shows on your Mac within seconds, and the other way round. ON IPHONE DUO Closed, tilt it. Open, tap it. Fold it on your desk and each half holds a timer: tip it over to switch. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN A live countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never have to open the app to check the time. Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen show today's focus, your week and your deep work. Tap Start on a widget and a focus session begins. SOUNDSPACES Set the mood with rain, forest, ocean, café, deep calm, singing bowls or ASMR, or play a playlist, album or song from Apple Music. Pick a different sound for focus and for break. SEE YOUR DEEP WORK Insights tracks your deep work: every focus session of 20 minutes or more. Set a weekly goal, get a Monday recap, find the session length you actually finish and the times of day you focus best, and see where your hours go across labels like STUDY and WORK. MAKE IT YOURS Save a preset for each kind of work, with its own label, length, colors and sound. Make a palette from any two colors, use your own photos, or choose Aura, a mesmerizing gradient that drifts while you work. Then pick a timer font. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Everything stays on your devices, and syncing goes through your own iCloud. ACCESSIBLE Touch mode lets you tap to start and swipe to switch when tilting isn't handy. VoiceOver, Reduce Motion and high-contrast palettes are supported too. FREE, WITH TILT PLUS WHEN YOU WANT MORE TILT is free with 25-minute focus and 5-minute break sessions, touch mode, the Apple Watch app, the Today widgets, the Live Activity and reminders. TILT Plus adds sessions up to 120 minutes, continuous mode, the App Blocker, Insights, soundspaces and Apple Music, the start ritual, live sessions with your Mac, every palette, font and photo, plus presets and labels. Try Annual free for 7 days, or pay once for Lifetime. Prices are shown in the app. Privacy Policy: https://code.roydsantiago.com/tilt/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Pocus4 screens
TILT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Pocus at none against TILT's 5. Focus Pocus also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). TILT's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. TILT sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Focus Pocus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Pocus ships an update every 5 weeks, TILT every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Focus Pocus versus TILT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus PocusTILT
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer11698826 Canada Inc.AVE ROYD SANTIAGO

In-app purchases

None

Focus Pocus

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

TILT

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly Access7 Days trial$6.993 Months
  • Pro Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro Lifetime$14.99
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Focus Pocus free?
Focus Pocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TILT free?
TILT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Pocus or TILT have ads?
Neither Focus Pocus nor TILT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Pocus or TILT?
Focus Pocus ships an update every 5 weeks, and TILT every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Pocus was updated on October 7, 2026 and TILT on October 24, 2026.

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