Comparison

Focus Timer vs dwindle

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 focus and build productive habits with a tool that integrates a calendar, timer, and app blocker. Plan your day, track your time, and block distractions to reduce mental load and improve presence.

Highlights
  • Integrates with Apple Calendar
  • Creates focus timers from events
  • Standalone focus timer option
  • App blocking (scheduled and spontaneous)
  • Supports ADHD and neurodivergent minds
  • Reduces mental load
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Studious is designed to help you stay focused and build studious habits by combining your calendar, to-do list and a focus timer in a single app. 1 – Plan your day Studious connects to Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders and Google Calendar to help you stay organized easily. 2 – Stay focused Use the Studious timer to help you focus during events and block distracting apps. Stay in control of your focus session by adding more time or by ending early, Studious will automatically update your schedule for you. 3 – Get insights Understand how you spend your time by comparing your screen time to your focus time, and set limits on distracting apps. Using Studious can help you: → Create structure to support ADHD and neurodivergent minds → Work or study with greater sustained focus → Reduce mental load and decision fatigue Privacy Policy: https://getstudious.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://getstudious.app/terms

About

dwindle

This app offers a customizable widget to visualize your time and prevent it from slipping away. Choose from different widget sizes, personalize colors, pixels, and backgrounds, or set your own countdowns.

Highlights
  • Visual year tracking
  • Large and compact widgets
  • Customizable colors
  • Customizable pixels
  • Customizable background
  • Countdown timer option
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Dwindle makes your days visual. A customizable widget to not let time slip away unnoticed. · Your year, your time, made visual · Large widget and compact widget · Customize the colors, pixels and background · Set your own countdown if you prefer Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
dwindle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Timer at Free against dwindle's $1.99. Focus Timer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). dwindle's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Focus Timer is free to download; dwindle costs $1.99 up front. Focus Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and dwindle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, dwindle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Timer versus dwindle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus Timerdwindle
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorent PerillatMuhammad Adil Abdul Halim

Customer experience

Focus Timer

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

dwindle

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

dwindle

Subscriptions1
  • dwindle$1.991 Year
One-time2
  • Dwindle$3.99
  • dwindle$4.99

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dwindle free?
dwindle costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Focus Timer or dwindle have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor dwindle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or dwindle?
Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, and dwindle every 2 months. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on July 8, 2026 and dwindle on September 4, 2026.

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