Comparison

Focus Capsule vs Time to Go Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Focus Capsule

Features
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Focus Capsule is a Pomodoro timer that alternates work and rest. Studying, work, coding, workouts โ€” set up a pomodoro for each thing you do, and start it with a single tap. One timer, filling the screen When a session starts, a single bar in your pomodoro's color fills the screen and shrinks as time passes. Choose whether to show the time left the whole way through or only in the final minute. Minimize it and a mini player stays at the bottom while the clock keeps running. When a session ends, choose what's next After a work session, pick a short rest, a long rest, or the next work session. Every fourth work session it suggests a long rest, and with Auto-continue on, it moves on by itself. See the time left without opening the app The time left appears in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets show how much you've focused today and let you tap a pomodoro to start it right away. Alerts, kept simple Choose None, Vibrate only, or a sound. Even with the screen off, you'll hear the sound you picked. Set one default for everything, and give any pomodoro its own. A month of focus at a glance See your weeks, months and years as bars and on a calendar. Tap a day to open up its sessions, or narrow the view to a single pomodoro. If you work past midnight, you can move the time your day starts. Your way Set the color, the direction the bar shrinks, and the work, rest and long rest lengths for each pomodoro. Pick one of three styles โ€” Standard, Diary or Glass โ€” a color scheme, and Light or Dark. iPhone, iPad and Mac With iCloud, the same pomodoros and records follow you to every device. On the Mac, the time left sits in the menu bar, and your session keeps going even after you close the window. Nothing collected No ads, no analytics, no account. Your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. Free for your first 50 pomodoros Every feature is free for your first 50 pomodoros. To keep going after that, choose a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase. Contact dev@codecompose.net โ€” questions about the app and requests to build an app are both welcome. Privacy Policy: https://codecompose.net/en/products/focus-capsule/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Time to Go Countdown

Features
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Time to Go Countdown shows several countdowns at once, in the order they happen, so the shape of your day is readable at a glance. Not one timer at a time - everything at once. When you leave for the dentist, when lunch starts, when to collect the kids, and how long the flight is away. Position is urgency: whatever is next sits at the top, in the largest type, and everything rises on its own as it approaches. It also names the gaps. "2h 45m until Lunch" is the part of the day you can actually spend, and it recounts itself the moment anything moves. โ€ข Hold a countdown and drag it to move it in fifteen-minute steps, or type the new time - the list re-sorts as you drag โ€ข Alarms that ring through silent mode and Focus, or quiet notifications, chosen per countdown โ€ข Your next countdown on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island โ€ข A Home screen widget โ€ข Repeats daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly, yearly, or on the days you pick โ€ข Nothing to sign up for, no accounts, no tracking

Screenshots

Focus Capsule4 screens
Time to Go Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time to Go Countdown at none against Focus Capsule's 2. Focus Capsule's advantage is device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Capsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Time to Go Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Capsule ships an update weekly, Time to Go Countdown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Focus Capsule versus Time to Go Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus CapsuleTime to Go Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaekyu LeeKalvin Trancao

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Capsule

Subscriptions1
  • 1 year Timer Activatation$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Timer Activatation$2.99
None

Time to Go Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Capsule free?
Focus Capsule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time to Go Countdown free?
Time to Go Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Capsule or Time to Go Countdown have ads?
Neither Focus Capsule nor Time to Go Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Capsule or Time to Go Countdown?
Focus Capsule ships an update weekly, and Time to Go Countdown every 4 days. Most recently, Focus Capsule was updated on October 24, 2026 and Time to Go Countdown on October 8, 2026.

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