Solid Focus Timer vs Ambience Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solid Focus Timer
This app helps ambitious individuals break down large goals into actionable steps and focus on achieving them. It offers AI-powered suggestions, a focus timer with Lo-Fi radio, and a community ranking system to motivate users. Your data is encrypted and 100% private.
- Actionable step creation
- AI-powered goal suggestions
- Focus timer with Lo-Fi radio
- Community ranking and competition
- Idea vault for saving thoughts
- Privacy-focused design
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No subscriptions - Buy once, keep forever If you're here, you're likely an ambitious person with big goals, the sort of goals that require dedication and hard work. Here's how Solid Focus Timer can help you achieve your goals: - Actionable steps Getting started is often thehardest part. But with Solid Focus Timer, turning those big goals into actionable steps becomes easy when you create a list of actionable steps you can work on to get closer to your goals. - AI suggestions Solid Focus Timer isn't just another goal app - it's a copilot for ambitious people. You'll find helpful content to make getting started with your goals easier. There's also an AI suggestions feature within Solid Focus Timer which offers new ideas for how to reach your goals and focus your efforts. - Focus timer Once you created a few steps to work on, you can start a focus timer and get to work. You can also put on some Lo-Fi radio while you work to help you focus. - Rank The more you focus, the more your rank in the community will increase and the closer you'll be to achieving your goals. You can check your rank among all users globally or nationally and you can also add your friends for a bit of personal competition. - Idea vault Got ideas you want to save for later? That is also easy. There's a dedicated section for ideas you're not ready for yet. - Privacy first Solid Focus Timer is designed with privacy in mind and your data is encrypted and 100% private Are you ready to start achieving your goals and focusing on your ambitions? Solid Focus Timer is a universal app available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS You can choose to unlock just this app or all 5 Solid Apps with one purchase Terms of service: http://solidapps.co/terms.html Privacy policy: http://solidapps.co/privacy.html
Ambience Search
Tailor your search results to match your desired mood. Enjoy unlimited access to all features with a subscription, including a 7-day free trial. Manage your subscription settings easily through your account.
- Mood-based search result customization
- Unlimited feature access with subscription
- 7-day free trial
- Auto-renewable subscription management
- Ad-free experience
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By using Ambience Search you can pick the mood you want to be in, and have your search results tailored towards being in that mood. Subscription Information : Ambience Search offers an auto-renewing subscription at $0.99/year to provide you with unlimited access to all the features with 7 days free trial. Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. Your subscription will renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Email: sam@getambience.com Privacy Policy: https://admin.getambience.com/privacy-policy Term of service: https://admin.getambience.com/terms-&-conditions iOS App Support: https://admin.getambience.com/privacy-policy copyright: Ambience Searching, LLC EULA link : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ambience Search at 5.0 against Solid Focus Timer's 4.5. Ambience Search also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Solid Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and monetization model (paid vs subscription). On price, ads, 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. Solid Focus Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ambience Search sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ambience Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solid Focus Timer has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Solid Focus Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, Ambience Search every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solid Focus Timer | Ambience Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Solid Apps S.R.L. | Ambience Searching, LLC |
Customer experience
Solid Focus Timer
Ambience Search
In-app purchases
Solid Focus Timer
- Unlock this app (lifetime)$4.99
- Unlock ALL 10 Solid Apps (lifetime)$9.99
Ambience Search
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$0.991 Month
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