Comparison

Jin Timer vs Pomodoro Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Jin Timer

Features
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Jin Timer — multi timers for focus, cooking, and workouts Swipe between clocks, track time on Lock Screen Live Activity, and never miss an end with stronger background alarms. Highlights • Multi timers: add clocks and swipe to switch • Custom names & durations for study, cook, yoga, exercise • Lock Screen Live Activity countdown • Stronger alarms when backgrounded or locked • Per-timer history for quick restarts • Optional Remove Ads in-app purchase Start, pause, and reset with a tap. Download Jin Timer and make every second count.

About

Pomodoro Focus Timer

This app helps you stay focused using the Pomodoro technique with reliable alarms that work even when the app is closed. Customize work and break times, and utilize live activities for on-screen countdowns. An optional Pro version offers profiles, custom sounds, and widgets.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Reliable alarms that work offline
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
  • Configurable focus and break durations
  • Optional post-sprint prompts
  • Pro version with profiles and custom sounds
Features
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PostPing is a focus timer built on the Pomodoro method - work in focused sprints, take real breaks, repeat - with alarms that actually fire, even when the app is closed. Set your focus and break lengths, press start, and PostPing pings you at every switch. Deep work, studying, writing, coding, revision, chores - anything that goes better in focused intervals with real breaks. BUILT TO ACTUALLY WORK Most timers go silent the moment you leave the app. PostPing doesn't. Its pings run on iOS 26 AlarmKit, so the alarm fires full-screen and out loud even when the app is closed, backgrounded, or your phone is on silent - the same reliability as Apple's own Clock. Your session never quietly dies. THE ESSENTIALS - Live Activity & Dynamic Island: phase and countdown on your Lock Screen - Configurable focus and break durations, plus built-in ping sounds - Optional post nudge: end a sprint with a prompt to share progress, or turn it off - Clean, focused design: no ads, no account, no clutter POSTPING PRO - Profiles: a saved rhythm for every mode - "Deep Work 50/10," "Study Sprint 25/5," "Writing" - Rename phases and add your own on-screen and alarm text - Custom ping sounds: record your own or import a file - The full per-phase accent-color palette - Home & Lock Screen widgets Try Pro free for 7 days, then monthly - or unlock it once with a one-time Lifetime purchase. Focus, break, repeat - one ping at a time. PostPing Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. After a 7-day free trial, the monthly subscription renews at the price shown in the app unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tupungatostudios.com/en/privacy/postping

Screenshots

Jin Timer4 screens
Pomodoro Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jin Timer and Pomodoro Focus Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Jin Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pomodoro Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jin Timer ships an update fortnightly, Pomodoro Focus Timer every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jin Timer versus Pomodoro Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJin TimerPomodoro Focus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUJI Corp.BASTIAN VIDELA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jin Timer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
2 purchases

Pomodoro Focus Timer

Subscriptions1
  • PostPing Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$11.99

Questions

Is Jin Timer free?
Jin Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomodoro Focus Timer free?
Pomodoro Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jin Timer or Pomodoro Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Jin Timer nor Pomodoro Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jin Timer or Pomodoro Focus Timer?
Jin Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Pomodoro Focus Timer every 11 days. Most recently, Jin Timer was updated on November 8, 2026 and Pomodoro Focus Timer on November 13, 2026.

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