Focus Timer vs Waves
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!
Waves
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Waves is a focus timer that helps you reset before deep work. It creates a quiet space to settle your attention before working, studying, reading, or creating. Procrastination keeps you switching between apps, checking notifications, and searching for one more thing to consume. Waves interrupts that cycle. It replaces the stream of stimulation with a timer, gentle visual movement, and a deliberate pause before deep work. Set a session, stay with the scenery, and use the quiet interval as your signal to stop switching and begin. Return to the same process whenever you need a repeatable transition into focus. Waves embraces intentional boredom so you can approach your next task with a clearer sense of purpose. IMMERSIVE FOCUS SESSIONS Watch gentle waves, bubbles, flowing lines, orbiting shapes, campfires, deep-space scenes, underwater environments, and other low-stimulation backgrounds. FEATURES โข Adjustable focus timer โข Immersive animated scenery โข Multiple color schemes for each scene โข Timer pauses when the app is no longer active โข Preferences and timer state saved between sessions โข No accounts, advertising, analytics, or user tracking ATTENTION AS WAVES Completed sessions increase your Focus Score and shape a visual wave. As your score rises, the wave gradually becomes smoother, giving you a simple visual record of your focus routine. WAVES PREMIUM Waves Premium unlocks Campfire, Deep Space, Underwater, and new premium scenery added over time. Monthly and annual subscription options are available. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kkessens.github.io/waves-legal/
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Verdict
Focus Timer and Waves are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Focus Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Waves sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Focus Timer | Waves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaehyoung Jang | KEITH JOSEPH KESSENS |
In-app purchases
Focus Timer
- Remove Ads$0.49
Waves
- Waves Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Annual$19.991 Year









