Comparison

Focus Timer vs BreadCrumb

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

BreadCrumb

Organize your work into projects and easily resume tasks by capturing context. This app helps you track progress, save ideas, and maintain the details needed to pick up where you left off.

Highlights
  • Organize work into projects
  • Track progress (In Progress, Up Next, Stuck, Later)
  • Capture thoughts, links, and images
  • Add details, notes, and attachments
  • Set due dates and reminders
  • Contextual assistance for next steps
Features
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BreadCrumb helps you get things out of your head, keep them organized, and pick up where you left off. Your brain doesn’t think in neatly organized task lists. You might be thinking about work, a personal project, and an appointment—all in the same breath. That’s fine. Crumb can handle it. BRAIN DUMP WITHOUT SORTING IT FIRST Speak or type whatever’s on your mind. One project, five projects, a scattered stream of thoughts—it doesn’t matter. Crumb understands the different topics you’re talking about and can turn them into organized projects, tasks, and notes. It can also help update work you’ve already started, so you don’t have to navigate through everything yourself. Review what Crumb proposes and decide what to keep. CAPTURE IT WHENEVER IT HAPPENS Thoughts don’t wait until you’re sitting in front of your task manager. Capture ideas with Siri, quick actions, or directly in BreadCrumb. Share links, screenshots, images, and selected text from other apps into your Capture inbox. Get it out of your head now. Organize it when you’re ready. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Life interrupts. Projects get put aside. Sometimes days or weeks pass before you get back to something. Smart Re-entry helps you find your place again by surfacing where you left off and what deserves your attention next. Spend less time reconstructing the past and more time moving forward. KEEP YOUR PROJECTS MOVING See your work organized by what’s Up Next, In Progress, Stuck, Later, and Done. Keep notes, attachments, due dates, reminders, and important details connected to your projects so the context is there when you need it. TAKE ACTION WITHOUT LOSING YOUR PLACE Your tasks don’t always end inside BreadCrumb. Add actions to your tasks so you’re ready to take the next step. Send a message, get directions, open a link, or run an Apple Shortcut—all from the task you’re working on. Keep the details connected to your project and move from planning to doing without losing your place. GET UNSTUCK WITH CRUMB When you’re not sure what to do next, talk it through with Crumb. It can use the context of your projects to help you find a way forward. BreadCrumb isn’t about filling your day with more tasks. It’s about making it easier to return to what matters and keep moving. Pick up where you left off. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
BreadCrumb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BreadCrumb at 5.0 against Focus Timer's 4.3. BreadCrumb also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Focus Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BreadCrumb sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BreadCrumb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Timer has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, BreadCrumb every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Timer versus BreadCrumb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimerBreadCrumb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorent PerillatVisualanti Design & Co LLC

Customer experience

Focus Timer

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

BreadCrumb

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

BreadCrumb

Subscriptions2
  • BreadCrumb Plus$4.991 Month
  • BreadCrumb Plus$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BreadCrumb free?
BreadCrumb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Timer or BreadCrumb?
BreadCrumb is rated higher. Focus Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while BreadCrumb averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Focus Timer or BreadCrumb have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor BreadCrumb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or BreadCrumb?
Focus Timer ships an update fortnightly, and BreadCrumb every 2 months. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on October 20, 2026 and BreadCrumb on October 31, 2026.

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