Focus Timer vs Simplified Reminders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable Pomodoro sessions
- Guided pre-work meditations
- Timely notifications and reminders
- Progress tracking for habits
- Personalized focus and break periods
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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
Simplified Reminders
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Create reminders fast and easy. Supports customizable alerts, multiple categories, progress status and widgets. All your reminders sync with iCloud on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Contact: https://github.com/lucasditomase/contact Privacy policy: https://github.com/lucasditomase/privacy-policy Terms of service: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula You need a subscription to use this app's features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Focus Timer at Free against Simplified Reminders's $4.99. Focus Timer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.1). Simplified Reminders's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On 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
Focus Timer is free to download; Simplified Reminders costs $4.99 up front. Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Simplified Reminders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Timer ships an update every 9 days, Simplified Reminders every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Timer | Simplified Reminders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mykola Mylashko | Lucas Exequiel Di Tomase |
In-app purchases
Focus Timer
- Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
- Premium (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$24.99
Simplified Reminders
- MemoriMe 1 Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- MemoriMe 6 Months7 Days trial$4.996 Months
- MemoriMe 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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