DeepFocus vs Tomato Timer ۬
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeepFocus
Enhance concentration for work and study using the Pomodoro technique. This app offers background sounds to aid focus and relaxation, helping you achieve your goals more efficiently. It includes progress tracking and synchronization across devices.
- Pomodoro timer
- Background sound player
- Sleep timer
- Focus time charts
- Notifications
- Widget support
- iCloud sync
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About: DeepFocus Sometimes you want to focus on works or studies, do you feel difficult to concentrate? Try the Pomodoro work method to make it easy. Contains background sounds that can help you stay focused and relaxed, help your works or studies more efficiently, and make you achieve your goals. Features: * Pomodoro * Background sounds player * Sleep timer * Chart show your focus times * Notifications * Widget show current state * iCloud sync * No data collections, no account need.
Tomato Timer ۬
This app helps you improve focus and productivity using the Pomodoro Technique. It offers customizable timers, ambient soundscapes, sub-task management, and detailed statistics to track your progress.
- Customizable Pomodoro timers
- Multiple ambient sound options
- Sub-task management
- Advanced statistics tracking
- Default Pomodoro timer
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Pomodoro is an age-old time management and effective focus-improvement technique. Our Pomodoro Timer app brings that technique right to your iPhone/iPad. Besides other traditional focus timer apps, our app actually includes the default pomodoro timer, but also allows you to create your own timers and customize the length of your focus session, short break, long break, etc. It might look like a very small app, but it isn’t one, it has options to add sub-tasks, play multiple ambient sounds at once, and track all your focus sessions using our advanced statistics manager (pro-users) Key Features > Default Pomodoro Timer: This is a default timer created which allows people to just download the app and start the pomodoro technique based timer. > Create Multiple Timers: Create multiple Pomodoros or timers for different tasks. So whether you want to improve focus during a workout or study time, create a timer, set focus time, short breaks, long breaks, and you’re done! Do this for all the activities which require high-quality focus time. > Play multiple Ambient sounds at once: Currently our app has recordings of 15 different natural sounds, you can pick multiple For instance, you can play forest, thunderstorm, and bonfire. According to research, music of the right choice can boost focus by 30%. > Add Sub-Tasks: There’s always a micro-task under your main task which you forget, that’s why we’ve added the “add sub-tasks” functionality. Basically, you can add sub-tasks for your main tasks and mark them as done on the go. > Advanced Statistics: Do you want to calculate the time you’ve spent focusing on different tasks? How much is your break time, how many hours of focus did you take on a given day, what was the “Category” which requires more of your focus time, etc.? Well, this app is what you need. What is the Pomodoro Technique? It’s an old technique that helps people to stay focused, boost productivity. How does it work? 1. Choose a task 2. Set a 25-minute timer and work on it. 3. Take a 5 minute “short” break after 25 minutes of focus. 4. Take a long break after you’ve completed 4 focus sessions. It might look like a very basic technique, people who’ve implemented this technique in their lives noticed an improvement in their focus by 20-45%. What are you waiting for? Install the app now. Privacy Policy: https://pomodoro-timer.appstraw.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://pomodoro-timer.appstraw.com/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tomato Timer ۬ at 189 against DeepFocus's 1. Tomato Timer ۬ also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). DeepFocus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. DeepFocus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tomato Timer ۬ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DeepFocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tomato Timer ۬ has 189 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeepFocus | Tomato Timer ۬ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (189 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 189 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 冠为 周 | BoltQ Media |
Customer experience
DeepFocus
Tomato Timer ۬
Bugs and requests
DeepFocus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tomato Timer ۬
Reported bugs
10 issues- Timer pauses when using other applications
- Phone automatically locks during the timer
- Timer stops when the phone is locked
- No dynamics island or Live activities
- Widget is not interactive
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- Voice alert customization reverts to default
- Timer goes before I start
- Timer runs super fast
- Sound clips abruptly stop and start
- Timer only counts time when screen is unlocked
Requested features
11 requests- Fix timer pausing when switching apps
- Add dynamic island support
- Add watch app support
- Add interactive widget
- Add Korean language for break notifications
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- Add cross-device synchronization
- Add Spanish language support
- Allow preview of premium ambient sounds
- Longer ambient sound tracks
- Adjustable and savable focus length
- Customizable and savable voice alerts
In-app purchases
DeepFocus
- Lifetime$6.99
Tomato Timer ۬
- Pomodoro Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pomodoro Pro Lifetime Gift$3.99
- Pomodoro Pro Lifetime$19.99
Questions
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