Comparison

Time Passage vs Pomoly Focused Working

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

Head to head
About

Time Passage

Calculate the duration of time elapsed since a specific date. Input a birthday or any past date to see how much time has passed in years, months, days, and even seconds.

Highlights
  • Calculate time elapsed
  • Input past dates
  • View duration in years, months, days
  • View duration in seconds
  • Birthday calculation
Features
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Calculate the time duration from a given birthday

About

Pomoly Focused Working

This app provides a distraction-free Pomodoro timer designed for adults to enhance focus and productivity. It offers customizable work and break intervals, ambient sounds, and detailed session tracking without gamification or cloud reliance. All features are unlocked via a subscription after a free trial.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free Pomodoro timer
  • Customizable work/rest intervals
  • Ambient soundscapes
  • Session tracking and analytics
  • Live Activities and widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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Deep work, one tomato at a time. If you have downloaded a focus app only to find it gamifying your attention with dying virtual trees and guilt-tripped streaks, Pomoly is the calm alternative. It is a Pomodoro timer for adults who simply want to finish things — twenty-five minutes of focused work, five minutes of rest, repeat — the rhythm that has helped writers, engineers and students ship for decades, without turning concentration into a digital pet. The philosophy is simple: a focus timer should hold the clock so your brain does not have to, then step out of the way. There is no account, no cloud upload, no third-party server reading what you work on — your session tracker history stays on this device. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Start a session with one tap and the productivity timer runs whether the app is open or not, surfaced through a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, with Home Screen and StandBy widgets keeping the count glanceable. Apple Watch complications give full session control from your wrist, and Siri Shortcuts let you start a deep work block hands-free with a single phrase. Label each session with the task at hand, layer in ambient sound — rain, cafe chatter, forest, brown noise — and let gentle break reminders pull you out at the right moment instead of mid-thought. A clean weekly, monthly and yearly view shows where the hours actually went and which days were truly focus sessions versus context-switching. Custom intervals stretch this tomato timer beyond the classic 25/5 — 15/3 for short bursts, 50/10 for longer drafting blocks, 90/20 for ultradian-rhythm advocates and any combination in between. A task timer mode tags each pomodoro to a project so the writing hours, coding hours and study timer blocks are visible separately at the end of the week. Edge cases stay graceful: an interrupted session can be paused and resumed without breaking the streak, a sudden meeting can shorten the current block without ruining the day's record, and a long deep work stretch can roll without forcing artificial breaks. Auto-start of the next focus session is opt-in for those who want the rhythm to carry itself. The interface ships in 39 languages with VoiceOver accessibility, Dynamic Type and high-contrast support, designed for long writing sessions where eyes get tired. Everything works offline, including the timer, widgets, and the analytics. There is no analytics framework, no marketing email and no behavioural profile sold on. Whether you are a writer guarding drafting time, a student running a study timer, a developer in deep work, or anyone breaking out of constant context-switching, this concentration timer stays quietly in the background — a tool for time blocking, not another productivity game. Unlock with Pro: • Unlimited session history (free tier: last 7 days) • All widgets, themes and StandBy layouts • Custom intervals beyond classic 25/5 (15/3, 50/10, 90/20) • Advanced analytics — most productive hours, streaks, totals • Custom ambient sounds and data export in CSV or JSON Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

Screenshots

Time Passage3 screens
Pomoly Focused Working4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pomoly Focused Working at 5.0 against Time Passage's 1.0. Pomoly Focused Working also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). Time Passage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pomoly Focused Working sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Time Passage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pomoly Focused Working holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Passage ships an update every 5 months, Pomoly Focused Working every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Time Passage versus Pomoly Focused Working: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime PassagePomoly Focused Working
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer楚江 王Bahattin Duran

Customer experience

Time Passage

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pomoly Focused Working

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Time Passage

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pomoly Focused Working

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Time Passage free?
Time Passage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pomoly Focused Working free?
Pomoly Focused Working is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Passage or Pomoly Focused Working?
Pomoly Focused Working is rated higher. Time Passage averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pomoly Focused Working averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Time Passage or Pomoly Focused Working have ads?
Neither Time Passage nor Pomoly Focused Working shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Passage or Pomoly Focused Working?
Time Passage ships an update every 5 months, and Pomoly Focused Working every 5 weeks. Most recently, Time Passage was updated on November 4, 2026 and Pomoly Focused Working on November 8, 2026.

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