Haruda Focus vs Deep Time for deep work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Pomodoro technique timer
- Study time measurement
- Focus improvement
- Gamified concentration
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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.
Deep Time for deep work
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Deep Time isn't about locking your phone or obsessing over minutes. It's about one thing: going deep on what actually matters. Set a single mission. Deep Time imprints it on your lock screen, so every time you reach for your phone, you're reminded of what you sat down to do. Not a wall that blocks you — a nudge that pulls you back. HOW IT WORKS • Set your mission — what do you want to go deep on right now? • See it on the lock screen — your mission and timer stay in front of you, even while the screen is on. • Go deep — a calm focus screen keeps you in the moment. • Look back — every session becomes a record of what you focused on, not just how long you resisted. BUILT AROUND ONE HABIT The goal isn't a perfect streak of blocked apps. It's the experience of deep focus, once a day — and the habit that grows from it. Deep Time shows your weekly rhythm and your focus streak, so a single deep session compounds into a practice. WHY DEEP TIME • Imprint, not restriction — your mission lives on the lock screen instead of a block screen. • What you focused on > how long you resisted — sessions are remembered by their content. • A timeline of real work — see every deep session, its depth, and how it went. • Reflect, don't just count — weekly trends and streaks that reward showing up. • Quiet, warm design — soft dark, distraction-free, made for staying in the moment. Start today. One deep session a day is enough to begin. Deep Time — design your healthy focus. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gtechlab.notion.site/deep-time-privacy-policy Deep Time Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your iTunes account and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Deep Time for deep work at none against Haruda Focus's shown. Deep Time for deep work also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Haruda Focus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Deep Time for deep work sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haruda Focus | Deep Time for deep work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DaeMyeong Lee | Jongok Lee |
In-app purchases
Haruda Focus
- 1 Month$0.99
- Lifetime$4.99
Deep Time for deep work
- Deep Time Pro$3.99
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