Comparison

Haruda Focus vs Aria

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

Head to head
About

Haruda Focus

Turn focused study sessions into a game with this timer app. It uses the Pomodoro technique to help you measure and improve your concentration. Feel real focus and achieve more.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Study time measurement
  • Focus improvement
  • Gamified concentration
Features
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Spent hours at your desk but feel like nothing got done? Track the time you actually focused, not just the time you sat there. Haruda Focus is a Pomodoro study timer that logs your real study hours and locks distracting apps while you work. Made for high school and college students heading into finals, anyone preparing for a certification or licensing exam, and anyone who wants to log real study hours every day. ■ Pomodoro, stopwatch & timers A Pomodoro timer built on the classic rhythm of 25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break. Turn on Set Mode for a long break after every few rounds, save your own Pomo Presets, and switch on Auto flow so focus sessions and breaks keep rolling on their own. Don't feel like setting anything up? Start the stopwatch. For fixed blocks like a practice test, start a saved timer. ■ Focus Lock While you focus, only the apps you allow will open. Everything unlocks during breaks. Focus Lock uses Apple's Screen Time. ■ Records & stats Give each session a Focus Score when it ends. Then see your patterns at a glance: a 24-hour timeline, daily, weekly and monthly stats, and time by category, such as each subject you study. ■ D-Day countdown See how many days are left until your exam every time you open the app. ■ Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets See today's focus time and your nearest D-Day without opening the app. Tap the start button on the Home Screen widget to open the app, and your focus session starts 3 seconds later. ■ Together Sign in, create a private space with a few friends, see each other focusing, and send quiet cheers. No leaderboards, just the feeling of studying side by side. ■ Also Sound, vibration and flash alerts when a session ends. Sign in to keep your records in sync across devices. Available in 13 languages. ■ Premium (one-time purchase) No ads, plus unlimited Pomo Presets (free users can save up to 3). When things pile up, just start. Don't worry about how. Once you start, you'll get there.

About

Aria

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Your tasks. Your calendar. Just say it. Aria is an AI planner that brings your to-do list, calendar and daily planner into one conversation. “Finish the report by Friday, team meeting tomorrow at 3 pm.” One sentence. One task, one event. Morning. Only what matters. A briefing of two or three sentences: today’s events and what to do first. You can listen to it, too. Start your first task with a single timer. The time left stays on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Daytime. As it comes to mind. Ramble, and Aria splits it into task suggestions. Add All takes them in at once. A photo, a shared screenshot or a PDF: Aria finds the dates and suggests reminders. What you can’t miss rings as an alarm, even in Silent mode or a Focus. Evening. Move the rest to tomorrow. See what’s left and what’s overdue, then reschedule it all in one go. At the end of the week, the Weekly Briefing looks back on tasks, routines and mood. Tasks and calendar, on one screen. • Today, Upcoming, Someday and Inbox, with Day, 3-Day, Week and Month views • Drag a task onto the grid to schedule it; type “tomorrow 3 pm” and it’s understood • Repeating tasks, subtasks and categories • Routines with streaks, and a step-by-step routine timer • D-day countdowns and widgets, deadline alerts that step up, arrive-and-leave reminders • Your device calendar alongside, and Apple Reminders import Notes that become knowledge. • Scraps: notes, links and files in one place. Time Capsule (Aria Pro): this day, 1 week to 1 year ago. • Synapse: people, topics and ideas linked into a map. Search by meaning. • Memory: what you tell Aria carries into the next chat; review, edit or delete it in Settings. iPhone, iPad, Mac. Home and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center and the Action button, Siri and Shortcuts, and the Mac menu bar. Sign in with Apple and every device shares the same notes. In English and Korean. Your notes stay yours • Aria tells you what goes where and asks for your consent before using AI: Anthropic (Claude) handles chat, briefings, organizing and Synapse; OpenAI embeddings power search by meaning. Attached photos and files are included. Withdraw consent anytime in Settings › AI. • Only what a request needs is sent, encrypted, without your account ID or email. Neither Aria nor its AI providers train AI models on your data. • No ads in the app. Ad measurement can be turned off in Settings › Privacy Policy. • Start without an account, and delete your account and data in the app. Aria Pro subscription • Tasks, calendar, Scraps and Synapse are free, and you get 20 AI questions a day for free, refilled daily. • Aria reads attached photos to make tasks, free plan included. Aria Pro raises AI to 200 questions a day. A daily fair-use limit applies. • Aria Pro also adds more than one alarm per task, Remind until it’s done, Fill free time with tasks, Weekly report & stats, Time Capsule, 6 personal themes, Overnight recap, and Plan my prep for D-days. Web lookups, including Look it up, are 3 a day on the free plan and 10 on Aria Pro. • Monthly or yearly plans that renew automatically. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial (if eligible). Prices appear in your local currency before you buy. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, or at purchase if there is no trial. A subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://letsaria.com/en/privacy.html Developer: Lipson Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea · support@letsaria.com

Screenshots

Haruda Focus4 screens
Aria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aria at none against Haruda Focus's 2. Aria also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and device support (4 vs 2). Haruda Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment and ads 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. Haruda Focus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Aria asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haruda Focus ships an update every 4 days, Aria every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Haruda Focus versus Aria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaruda FocusAria
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaeMyeong Lee(주)립슨

Customer experience

Haruda Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Aria

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Haruda Focus

One-time2
  • 1 Month$0.99
  • Lifetime$4.99
None

Aria

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haruda Focus free?
Haruda Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aria free?
Aria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haruda Focus or Aria have ads?
Both Haruda Focus and Aria show ads.
Which is updated more often, Haruda Focus or Aria?
Haruda Focus ships an update every 4 days, and Aria every 2 days. Most recently, Haruda Focus was updated on October 24, 2026 and Aria on October 25, 2026.

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