Pomodoro Focus Timer vs dayli.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pomodoro Focus Timer
Dedicate one focused hour each day to a single task for personal growth. This app helps you stay on track with your reading, studying, or exercise goals. Reclaim your time and make it yours.
- Daily one-hour focus sessions
- Single task dedication
- Personal growth activities
- Study and work focus
- Exercise tracking
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How many hours out of the 24 in a day are truly yours? Dedicate just one hour each day to focus on a single task. Make it your time—just for you. Whether it’s reading, studying, or exercising, any activity that helps you grow is perfect. We’re here to help you stay focused
dayli.
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Your personal podcast. Built from everything you actually follow. You subscribe to great newsletters. You just never get round to reading them. Dayli fixes that. Every morning, it reads your newsletters, Substacks, blogs and RSS feeds — and turns them into a personalised daily briefing you can read or listen to. On the tube. Getting ready. Offline. Whenever works for you. No algorithm deciding what matters. No one else's curation. Just your sources, distilled. What you get: A daily briefing built from the newsletters and feeds you actually chose Read it or listen to it — your choice, every day Offline mode so it's there even without signal Ask follow-up questions on anything in your briefing Available in the app or via WhatsApp — no extra download needed The more you use it, the more it feels like yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dayli. at none against Pomodoro Focus Timer's 3. dayli. also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pomodoro Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Pomodoro Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. dayli. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pomodoro Focus Timer ships an update every 4 days, dayli. every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pomodoro Focus Timer | dayli. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (194 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 194 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pepper Factory | Long Yin Chan |
Bugs and requests
Pomodoro Focus Timer
Reported bugs
6 issues- App lock mode frequently malfunctions
- Timer doesn't sound alarm when time ends
- App crashes regularly
- Circle timer not centered properly
- Timer overlaps and restarts with visual glitches
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- Phone notifications bug when device is switched off during session
Requested features
11 requests- Multiple goals/tasks at the same time
- Alarm notification when focus session ends
- Time of day tracking for studying patterns
- Pie chart showing daily focus distribution
- Week and month view for pie charts
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- Ability to delete time entries
- More rewards/gifts for consistency
- Larger and longer visual timer indicators
- Ambient sounds (ocean, streams, white noise)
- Calendar sync integration
- Social media timer (not just general timer)
dayli.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pomodoro Focus Timer
- OneThing Premium$2.991 Month
- OneThing Premium$24.991 Year
- OneThing Premium$44.99
dayli.
No in-app purchases
