Comparison

Focus Timer vs Paw Streaks

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

Head to head
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

About

Paw Streaks

Features
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Paw Streaks is your cat-powered habit companion. Make room for the habits that matter to you, with a little company from Puffo. Read, move, rest or learn something new at your own pace. Every completed habit day leaves a pawprint, turning small steps into progress you can see. A RHYTHM THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Choose every day, specific weekdays, or a flexible number of days per week or month. Add optional start and end dates and reminders. Use Today for a focused daily view, or Week to see your habits together on a stamp card. Choose your default view and browse earlier days when you need to. COMPLETE HABITS YOUR WAY Different habits need different ways to record progress: • Mark a simple habit complete with a tap. • Count glasses of water, or record amounts such as pages read and kilometres walked. • Spend time with your companion on a focus timer, or add minutes manually. • Work through the steps of a checklist. • Track a daily limit, record whether you finished by a chosen time, or save a short note. SEE YOUR PAWPRINTS ADD UP Insights brings your habits together in weekly stamp cards, monthly calendars and a year of pawprints. Give each habit its own paw shape and colour. Open a habit to explore its totals, patterns and recorded progress. Celebrate your steps in Achievements, with companion levels, missions and rewards. Keep a diary of the moments behind your progress, and share a celebration when you feel like it. CLOSE AT HAND Your pawprint wall belongs on your Home Screen, too. Choose Today, weekly stamp cards, a monthly pawprint wall or a companion progress ring. On Apple Watch, switch between a compact Today list and weekly pawprints, add counts or run a focus timer. Other detailed tracking opens on iPhone. Apple Watch works with the iPhone app. Available in English, Traditional Chinese and Japanese. START SMALL, GROW AT YOUR PACE Start using Paw Streaks in 2026 and keep five active habits free, permanently—including existing users. No account or purchase required. New users from 2027 receive three free active habits. All free users get one archived habit, all eight recording methods and basic pawprint calendars. Paw Streaks Plus adds unlimited active and archived habits, advanced insights, personal weekly reviews, milestones and monthly recaps. You can also welcome Waffle, your Shiba companion. Choose monthly, annual or lifetime access. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase with no renewal. Manage subscriptions in your Apple Account settings and restore eligible purchases in Paw Streaks using the same Apple Account. YOUR RECORDS, YOUR CHOICE No account is required. Your habits, completion history and diary entries are stored on your devices. You choose when to back up, export, share or send them for support. Privacy Policy: https://eaglereach.dev/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://eaglereach.dev/terms.html End User License Agreement (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
Paw Streaks4 screens

Verdict

The call

Focus Timer and Paw Streaks are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Paw Streaks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update every 9 days, Paw Streaks every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Focus Timer versus Paw Streaks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimerPaw Streaks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMykola MylashkoEagle Reach Enterprises Limited

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

Paw Streaks

Subscriptions2
  • Paw Streaks Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Paw Streaks Plus Annual$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Paw Streaks Plus Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paw Streaks free?
Paw Streaks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Timer or Paw Streaks have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor Paw Streaks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or Paw Streaks?
Focus Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Paw Streaks every 5 days. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Paw Streaks on October 29, 2026.

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