Thiro vs Focus Capsule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thiro
This app helps you concentrate on your work and study by providing a focus timer and time tracking for each task. Set goals, manage tasks in groups, and view detailed statistics to improve your productivity. It syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices.
- Focus timer
- Time tracking
- Task management
- Goal setting
- Cross-device sync
- Detailed statistics
- Customizable appearance
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Thiro is a focus timer that helps you focus on everything you do. It helps you concentrate on tasks in your study and work by tracking the time you spend on each task. STAY FOCUSED: - Keep track of each of your focus sessions as a timer or manually add a period of focus time. - Set daily/monthly/yearly goals for your tasks and keep moving forward. - Set countdown notification for every focusing session. - Manage tasks in groups to keep everything in order. - Archive finished tasks to help you focus more on your work or study at the moment. - View detailed statistics of your time distribution. FOCUS EVERYWHERE: - Seamlessly use Thiro on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Sync across all your devices using iCloud. - Just start a focus session on one of your devices, and it will be seamlessly synced to all your devices. MORE THOUGHTFUL FEATURES: - Night-owl Mode: Records between 0:00 and 4:00 will be counted in the previous day's statistics. Statistics will not be interrupted even if you stay up late working or studying. - Zen Mode: Accompany your work or study as a desktop clock. - Notes: Jot down your ideas after finishing a session. - Custom Appearance: Change theme and chart colors. - Turn over to Start: Turn the phone over to start a focus session. - Widgets: View your statistics on the home screen. - Siri & Shortcuts: Track your focus in a more automated way.
Focus Capsule
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Focus Capsule is a Pomodoro timer that alternates work and rest. Studying, work, coding, workouts — set up a pomodoro for each thing you do, and start it with a single tap. One timer, filling the screen When a session starts, a single bar in your pomodoro's color fills the screen and shrinks as time passes. Choose whether to show the time left the whole way through or only in the final minute. Minimize it and a mini player stays at the bottom while the clock keeps running. When a session ends, choose what's next After a work session, pick a short rest, a long rest, or the next work session. Every fourth work session it suggests a long rest, and with Auto-continue on, it moves on by itself. See the time left without opening the app The time left appears in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets show how much you've focused today and let you tap a pomodoro to start it right away. Alerts, kept simple Choose None, Vibrate only, or a sound. Even with the screen off, you'll hear the sound you picked. Set one default for everything, and give any pomodoro its own. A month of focus at a glance See your weeks, months and years as bars and on a calendar. Tap a day to open up its sessions, or narrow the view to a single pomodoro. If you work past midnight, you can move the time your day starts. Your way Set the color, the direction the bar shrinks, and the work, rest and long rest lengths for each pomodoro. Pick one of three styles — Standard, Diary or Glass — a color scheme, and Light or Dark. iPhone, iPad and Mac With iCloud, the same pomodoros and records follow you to every device. On the Mac, the time left sits in the menu bar, and your session keeps going even after you close the window. Nothing collected No ads, no analytics, no account. Your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. Free for your first 50 pomodoros Every feature is free for your first 50 pomodoros. To keep going after that, choose a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase. Contact dev@codecompose.net — questions about the app and requests to build an app are both welcome. Privacy Policy: https://codecompose.net/en/products/focus-capsule/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Capsule at weekly against Thiro's every 5 weeks. Thiro's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Thiro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus Capsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thiro ships an update every 5 weeks, Focus Capsule weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Thiro | Focus Capsule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (50 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 博宇 秦 | Taekyu Lee |
Bugs and requests
Thiro
Reported bugs
16 issues- Widget not functional/failing
- Not registering elapsed time
- Multiple windows opening automatically
- iCloud not syncing
- Duplicate time entries
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- Timer continues indefinitely
- Configurations in blocks of 5 minutes
- iCloud sync issues (conflicts, not syncing)
- Widget update not working well
- Default task becomes focused task
- Adding new tasks creates duplicates
- Stopping timer shows duplicate window
- Cloud sync not working
- Cannot modify focused time
- Cannot press buttons in the app
- Failed to purchase Pro version
Requested features
44 requests- Assign fixed color to each task
- Add default countdown mode
- Create an app for habit tracking with streaks
- Allow selection of which counter on the main screen for widget
- Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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- Allow custom break lengths
- Add countdown timer as an option
- Ability to change or turn off picture on timer
- Duplicating tasks/task groups
- Link colors on diagram to task colors
- Add focus timer and show on menu bar
- Add Siri shortcuts/API
- Hide docker icon
- Add custom images for cover illustrations
- Add end-of-task sound
- Add light pink theme
- Allow modification of completed task times
- Add more functions
- Add more cover illustrations
- Add task end sound
- Add countdown timer mode
- Add habit tracking features
- Add custom break lengths
- Add countdown timer option
- Add custom timer background
- Add option to duplicate tasks
- Link task colors to diagram colors
- Add focus timer to menu bar
- Add Siri shortcuts integration
- Allow hiding of dock icon
- Allow custom cover images
- Add task completion sound
- Add countdown timer mode
- Add habit tracking features
- Add custom break lengths
- Add countdown timer option
- Add custom timer background
- Add option to duplicate tasks
- Link task colors to diagram colors
- Add focus timer to menu bar
- Add Siri shortcuts integration
- Allow hiding of dock icon
- Allow custom cover images
- Add task completion sound
Focus Capsule
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thiro
- Thiro Pro$1.99
Focus Capsule
- 1 year Timer Activatation$0.991 Year
- Timer Activatation$2.99









