Focus & Productivity Timer vs Focus
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
Focus
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Focus is a simple, free app blocker that helps you make time for what matters. Choose the apps you want to block, set a duration, and start a focus session. Follow your remaining time with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. Take a timed pause when you need a break, then let Focus resume blocking. Save your favorite app lists and view your focus statistics on your device. Focus works entirely on your device. No account, ads, analytics, subscriptions, or internet connection required. Your app selections and focus history stay on your device. Focus uses Apple's Screen Time access to block the apps you choose. Live Activities are optional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Focus & Productivity Timer at 3 against Focus's 1. Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Focus & Productivity Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Focus every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus & Productivity Timer | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soumy Ladha | Tony and Puffy LLC |
In-app purchases
Focus & Productivity Timer
No in-app purchases
Focus
No in-app purchases
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