Comparison

Focus Trainer / Timer vs PDF OCR

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

Head to head
About

Focus Trainer / Timer

Features
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Focus Trainer is a timer with auto-adjusting focus intervals. Start small with short focus sessions that you can easily master and work yourself up to ever-increasing lengths of focus time. Get better at resisting distractions by immediately writing them down instead of letting them nag at your attention. Get them out of your head and follow up on them later (or not). If you do break your session take a second to note the cause. Over time, Focus Trainer will show you the most common interruptions so that you know what you need to work on. SET A FOCUS TIMER Decide for how long you want to focus and start the timer. Focus on your task until the time runs out. You need to reset the timer if you allow yourself to get distracted. IMPROVE YOUR FOCUS - ONE STEP AT A TIME Just like with other skills, start small and work yourself up. Begin with an easily manageable focus time. Focus Trainer will then gradually increase the length of your sessions. DUMP DISTRACTIONS Sooner or later a distraction will ask for your attention. A tangent thought, a shoutout from a coworker, or just a random idea. Before you let yourself get distracted by it, braindump it directly in the app. Write it down and forget about it - for the moment. Once your focus session is complete, you can pick it back up. REFLECT ON INTERRUPTIONS If you do let yourself get distracted, quickly note what caused it. Every once in a while, take a look at your collected notes. Focus Trainer will show you the most common reasons for interruptions. Tackle those first. Terms of use: https://www.focustrainer.app/en/terms-of-service/

About

PDF OCR

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF files. It allows you to extract text using OCR, convert PDFs to images, secure documents with passwords, and merge or split files. It also enables creating PDFs from images and converting webpages into PDF format, all while ensuring your data remains private through offline processing.

Highlights
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Convert PDF to images
  • Secure PDFs with passwords
  • Merge or split PDFs
  • Create PDFs from images
  • Convert webpages to PDF
  • Compress file size
Features
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PDF OCR turns your iPhone and iPad into a complete PDF workspace: scan paper into searchable PDFs, read and mark up any PDF, and fix files with a full set of tools. Everything runs on your device. SCAN TO PDF • Point the camera at a page; edges are found and the page is straightened for you • Scan many pages in one go, then reorder, rotate or remove them • Text is recognized automatically, so scans are searchable and selectable • Reads QR codes and puts both sides of an ID card on one page READ AND MARK UP • Pen, highlighter, text highlight, underline and strikethrough • Notes, shapes, arrows, stamps and your saved signature • Select anything you added to move or resize it • Reorder, rotate, insert and delete pages • Search, contents and bookmarks, night mode and read aloud ALL YOUR PDF TOOLS • Recognize text (OCR) in scanned PDFs • Make files smaller • Merge PDFs and images, split by pages, ranges or every N pages • Convert PDF to images, text and RTF, and web pages to PDF • Add or remove passwords and permissions PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents never leave your device. Scanning, text recognition and summaries run on the device, with no account. PDF OCR PRO Pro adds OCR without page limits, advanced split, redaction that removes content for good, watermarks and page numbers, Face ID lock, smart file names for scans, on-device summaries and translation, and Shortcuts actions. Choose monthly, yearly (with a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://layerz.app/pdfocr/privacy

Screenshots

Focus Trainer / Timer3 screens
PDF OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Trainer / Timer at none against PDF OCR's 3. Focus Trainer / Timer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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. PDF OCR sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Focus Trainer / Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Trainer / Timer versus PDF OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus Trainer / TimerPDF OCR
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFlorian SanderLayerz Corp.

In-app purchases

None

Focus Trainer / Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PDF OCR

Subscriptions2
  • PDF OCR Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PDF OCR Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDF OCR Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Focus Trainer / Timer free?
Focus Trainer / Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF OCR free?
PDF OCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Trainer / Timer or PDF OCR have ads?
Neither Focus Trainer / Timer nor PDF OCR shows ads.

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