Comparison

Breaks vs Ken's Pure Timer

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

Head to head
About

Breaks

This app helps you enhance productivity by timeboxing work and breaks. It offers a simple, single-screen interface to set durations and start focus sessions. Receive notifications for session completion and utilize interactive widgets for easy control.

Highlights
  • Customizable work and break durations
  • Session start and end notifications
  • Work-only or break-only sessions
  • Interactive widgets for session control
  • Single-screen simplicity
Features
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Breaks is a simple focus timer to help you do your best work. Breaks lets you easily timebox your work and ensure you’re taking adequate breaks, so you can focus better and be more productive. Breaks is designed to be simple as possible with no extraneous features. Too many apps today try to do too much and make it difficult to do the one thing you actually want the app to do. Breaks is a single screen. You set your work duration, break duration, and hit Start Session, and that's it! Breaks will remember your last used durations so when your session is over, you can go again with a single tap. - Start a focus session with work and break durations - Get notifications when the work portion is over and at the end of the session - Can do work-only or break-only sessions - Interactive widgets lets you see the current time remaining as well as start/stop/restart sessions

About

Ken's Pure Timer

Features
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Ken's Pure Timer helps you boost productivity using the proven Pomodoro Technique. FEATURES • 25-minute focus sessions for deep work • 5-minute break periods for rest • Session counter to track your progress • Beautiful, minimal interface • Automatic transitions between work and break • Sound notification when timer completes • Saves your progress automatically PERFECT FOR • Students studying for exams • Professionals working on projects • Writers, coders, and creators • Anyone wanting to improve focus • Breaking large tasks into manageable chunks THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method that uses timed intervals (traditionally 25 minutes) separated by short breaks. This app makes it simple to follow this proven productivity method. WHY IT WORKS • Focused work without distractions • Regular breaks prevent burnout • Track your productive sessions • Build better work habits • Increase deep work time CLEAN & SIMPLE No ads. No subscriptions. No distractions. Just a beautiful, simple timer to help you focus. Start your journey to better productivity today!

Screenshots

Breaks4 screens
Ken's Pure Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ken's Pure Timer at Free against Breaks's $0.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ken's Pure Timer is free to download; Breaks costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Breaks versus Ken's Pure Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreaksKen's Pure Timer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary WaughKAM HON KUOK

In-app purchases

None

Breaks

No in-app purchases

None

Ken's Pure Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breaks free?
Breaks costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ken's Pure Timer free?
Ken's Pure Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Breaks or Ken's Pure Timer have ads?
Neither Breaks nor Ken's Pure Timer shows ads.

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