Focus & Productivity Timer vs LIVEorDIE Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus & Productivity Timer
This app uses the Pomodoro technique to enhance focus and productivity. It offers customizable work and break timers with background notifications and alarm sounds. The interface is designed to be simple, beautiful, and distraction-free for optimal concentration.
- Pomodoro timer with customizable durations
- Work and break modes
- Circular progress ring
- Background notifications
- Alarm sound alerts
- Seamless timer cycling
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Pomodoro helps you stay focused and productive using the proven Pomodoro technique — 25 minutes of focused work followed by a 5-minute break. Simple, beautiful, and distraction-free. FEATURES • Timer and Break modes with circular progress ring • Background notifications — get alerted when your session ends • Customisable durations — tap the ring to set your own time • Alarm sound at the end of each session • Seamless timer/break cycling — it keeps going automatically • Works on iPhone and iPad
LIVEorDIE Timer
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LIVEorDIE is a survival-themed focus timer. 90 minutes a day. Fail, and you lose your connection. Survive all 6 days to prove yourself. ■ 6-Day Survival Challenge Achieve 90 minutes of focus every day. Miss a single day and it's GAME OVER. Start again. ■ Choose Your Strategy Sprint 30m×3 | Balanced 45m×2 | Deep 90m×1 You have 24 hours after choosing to hit your goal. ■ 6 Days of Lines Every minute of focus becomes a point. Points connect into lines — 6 days become one journey. ■ Survival Records Daily focus time, success rate, strategy patterns. Track your journey through data. Start now. In 6 days, you won't be the same.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus & Productivity Timer at none against LIVEorDIE Timer's 6. LIVEorDIE Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. LIVEorDIE Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Focus & Productivity Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Focus & Productivity Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, LIVEorDIE Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus & Productivity Timer | LIVEorDIE Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Soumy Ladha | RISELIX |
In-app purchases
Focus & Productivity Timer
No in-app purchases
LIVEorDIE Timer
- LIVEorDIE Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
- LIVEorDIE Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
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