Focused Timer vs BalanceMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focused Timer
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Focused Timer is a no-frills timer for structured focus sessions. Set your focus time, short breaks, and long breaks, then hit play — the rest happens automatically. Why it's different - No ads, no account, no tracking. Just a timer. - Fully customizable session lengths and cycle counts. - Automatic transitions between focus and break — no manual restarting. - Optional sound at the end of each session. - Keep-screen-on mode so you never lose track of time. How it works This method splits work into focused sessions followed by short breaks, with a longer break after a set number of cycles. Define how long each phase should last and how many cycles you want before the long break, then let Focused Timer guide you through it. Built by an independent iOS developer who just wanted a timer that gets out of the way.
BalanceMind
This app helps you focus on tasks by setting timers for focused work sessions. It offers relaxing melodies and prevents interruptions by disallowing pausing or quitting the timer once started. Customize your experience with different themes and haptic feedback.
- Customizable timers (5 mins to 3 hours)
- Relaxing background melodies
- No-pause/no-quit timer for uninterrupted focus
- Calendar integration
- Haptic feedback
- Light, Dark, and System themes
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BalanceMind is an application without in-app purchases that is designed to help you concentrate on a specific task for a certain amount of time. App allows to set the timer from 5 minutes to 3 hours and listen relax melodies that are made especially for this app. To provide destruction-free experience, there is no option to pause the timer or quit the application, otherwise the task is fails. Features: - Calendar - Audio Player - Haptic Feedback - Long Press for plus and minus buttons - Light, Dark and System appearance Illustrations by: https://icons8.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BalanceMind at Free against Focused Timer's $0.99. BalanceMind also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On 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
BalanceMind is free to download; Focused Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Focused Timer ships an update every 9 months, BalanceMind every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focused Timer | BalanceMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Felipe Morandin | Nikita Pishchugin |
In-app purchases
Focused Timer
No in-app purchases
BalanceMind
No in-app purchases
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