Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build positive habits, break negative ones, and manage your daily routines. It offers visual progress tracking, accountability tools, and motivational features to support personal growth and productivity.

Highlights
  • Build good habits, break bad ones
  • Daily routine and accountability tools
  • Heatmap dashboard and progress tracking
  • Motivational quotes and gamification
  • Apple Health integration
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Journal for daily reflections
Features
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Habit Tracker - HabitPal is the ultimate app for building better habits, planning daily routines, and staying accountable. Whether you want to improve health, boost productivity, or stay active, HabitPal helps you track progress visually, manage tasks, and build a routine that works. Key Features: • Build good habits, break bad ones • Daily routine and accountability tools • Heatmap dashboard and progress tracking • Motivational quotes and gamification • Habit lists with personalized details • Apple Health integration for fitness and wellness • Reminders and notifications • Interactive widgets for Home Screen • Siri Shortcuts for hands-free tracking • Import, export, and iCloud backup • Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch • Apple Watch complications • Dark Mode and appearance customization • Journal for daily reflections • Mood tracker for emotional insights Take control of your routines, goals, and personal growth with HabitPal. Start building the life you’ve always wanted today—accountable, productive, and 1% better everyday. For more information, visit https://indiegoodies.com/habitpal Terms of Use: https://indiegoodies.com/habitpal/terms Privacy Policy: https://indiegoodies.com/habitpal/privacy

About

Focus Timer

Enhance productivity and well-being with focused work sessions and guided meditations. Customize your workflow with adjustable focus and break periods, and track your progress to optimize your daily routine.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro sessions
  • Guided pre-work meditations
  • Timely notifications and reminders
  • Progress tracking for habits
  • Personalized focus and break periods
Features
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Focus deeply, rest fully. Focus Timer is a calm Pomodoro timer with guided meditations, tasks, and ambient sounds – built to beat procrastination and make deep work feel sustainable. Most productivity apps just push you harder. Focus Timer works with your brain instead: focused sprints, real breaks, and short meditations to recharge in between – so you stay concentrated all day without burning out. POMODORO FOCUS TIMER - Classic Pomodoro cycles with fully customizable focus and break intervals - Ambient sounds that help you concentrate - Gentle notifications keep the cycle going – no babysitting the timer A MEDITATION FOR EVERY MOOD - Calm pre-work meditations, midday energy boosts, and after-work wind-downs - Library includes Focus & Clarity, Deep Relaxation, Energy Activation, Gratitude Practice, Grounding, and more ONE TASK AT A TIME - Plan your day as a simple task list and attach focus sessions to each task - Weekly statistics for focus flows and meditations - Mindfulness minutes sync automatically to Apple Health ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN A visual timer, one-task focus, and built-in recovery breaks give your day external structure – a rhythm many people with ADHD find easier to stick with than willpower alone. Whether you're studying for exams, doing deep work from home, or just trying to stop procrastinating, Focus Timer helps you build a daily focus habit. Focus Timer Premium unlocks the full meditation library. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://telegra.ph/Privacy-Policy-07-24-38

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Focus Timer at none against Habit Tracker's shown. Habit Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (90 vs 5) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Habit Tracker against 4.6 for Focus Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habit Tracker has 90 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update every 5 days, Focus Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Habit Tracker versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerFocus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (90 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings90 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhuong PhamMykola Mylashko

Customer experience

Habit Tracker

All ratings90 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative14.0%

Focus Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Habit Tracker

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Does not sync well recently
  • Syncing across apps sometimes doesn't update
  • Random notifications when turned off
  • Constantly removes daily goal
  • Constant 'rate app' pop-up
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  • Setting daily limit doesn't prevent multiple increments
  • Tapping 'complete' multiple times freezes app
  • Widgets don't work after purchase
  • Reminders don't work as they should
  • iCloud sync with iPad version not working

Requested features

14 requests
  • Ability to skip sign-up questionnaire
  • Better data reporting on mobile
  • In-app timer
  • Shortcuts integration
  • Integrate with other health metrics (mindfulness)
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  • Widgets and watch face complications
  • Ability to turn off or customize quotes
  • Add own quotes and background pictures
  • Longer habit description field
  • Habit note log for check-ins
  • Custom quotes with photos
  • Additional icon library
  • Ability to mark days when a habit hasn't been achieved
  • Sync all HealthKit activities at once

Focus Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions5
  • Unlimited Access$2.997 Days
  • Unlimited Access$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access$14.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Access$19.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Unlimited Access$14.99
  • Unlimited Access$19.99
  • Unlimited Access$39.99
3 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Habit Tracker or Focus Timer?
Habit Tracker is rated higher. Habit Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while Focus Timer averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Habit Tracker or Focus Timer have ads?
Habit Tracker shows ads; Focus Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or Focus Timer?
Habit Tracker ships an update every 5 days, and Focus Timer every 9 days. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on October 16, 2026 and Focus Timer on October 14, 2026.

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