Focus Timer vs Safa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Timer
This timer helps you improve focus and track your time visually. Your focused sessions are saved to a calendar, allowing you to easily monitor your progress and boost productivity.
- Visual focus time tracking
- Calendar integration for progress review
- Simple and intuitive design
- Boost productivity
- Track past sessions
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This timer helps you improve focus and track your time visually. Start the timer, and your focused time is saved to a calendar, making it easy to monitor your progress. - Simple and intuitive design - Track and visualize your focus time - Easily review past sessions on the calendar - Boost your productivity with ease Stay focused and achieve more with this timer!
Safa
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Safa is a calm, minimalist focus timer designed with care and intention. Built around a single circle and a few deliberate gestures, it removes everything that isn't essential โ no accounts, no streaks, no dashboards. Simple to use. Refined in feel. Set time by rotating the circle. Focus happens on a single screen. Each session ends quietly, without interruption. There are no menus or clutter. Every interaction is intentional. Safa works fully offline and stores everything locally. No tracking. No analytics. No ads. The free version is complete. An optional one-time upgrade adds additional themes, sounds, and a full session history. Safa isn't a task manager or habit app. It simply creates a quiet space for focused work, study, or stillness. Quiet by design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Timer at every 3 days against Safa's every 5 weeks. Safa's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Focus Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Safa sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Timer ships an update every 3 days, Safa every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Timer | Safa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days โ better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaehyoung Jang | Ahmed El Siblani |
In-app purchases
Focus Timer
- Remove Ads$0.49
Safa
- Safa Pro$1.99









