Comparison

Flow Timer vs Flocus

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

Head to head
About

Flow Timer

This app uses calming animations to help you focus and track time for various activities. Set custom durations, choose themes and sounds, and create interval timers for study or workouts. It offers a distraction-free experience for mindful timing.

Highlights
  • Peaceful countdown animations
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Named timers for specific uses
  • Calming background and timer sounds
  • Themed visual preferences
  • Interval timers for Pomodoro/HIIT
  • Timer session tracking and badges
Features
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Water climbs. Sand falls. A picture appears. Flow Timer is a visual timer: it shows you time instead of telling you. Water that climbs the glass as you go, a sand timer whose grains really fall, or a picture that paints itself while you work. Glance at it and you know how long is left — no numbers to read, no arithmetic. BUILT FOR TIME BLINDNESS When minutes feel invisible — as they often do for people with ADHD — a shape you can watch beats a number you have to interpret. That is the whole design. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing demands a decision. The timer simply keeps being visible until it is done. A TIMER WORTH LOOKING AT Most timers are ugly because nobody expects you to watch them. This one is made to be watched: hand-drawn scenes, five colour palettes, an hourglass with real falling sand, calming sounds, and a zen mode that clears away everything but the time. Leave it running on a desk or a second screen and it earns its place. IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME Big enough to read from the back row, clear enough for a child who cannot read a clock yet. Transitions, tests, quiet reading, toothbrushing, screen time, bedtime wind-down. A visual countdown ends the "how long left?" question without anyone having to answer it. ALSO A GOOD STUDY TIMER Set any duration, name it, start it in one tap. Build interval sessions for pomodoro study blocks, workouts or circuits. Streaks, badges, a heatmap and monthly trends record where your focus actually went, from your very first session. OFFLINE, AND STAYS THAT WAY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no ads. Flow Timer collects nothing about you because it has nowhere to send it — everything stays on your device unless you export a backup yourself. Available in 15 languages. ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Free covers the liquid mode, the sand timer, intervals, every duration, most sounds and your daily statistics. Flow Timer Pro is an optional one-time purchase — never a subscription — adding canvas timers with your own photos, binaural beats and focus tones, your complete history, and backup export. Buy it once and it is yours for good. Built by one person who wanted a timer worth looking at.

About

Flocus

Features
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Moins de scroll. Plus de place pour ce qui compte. Tu ouvres ton téléphone pour une minute. Tu y restes plus longtemps que prévu. Pendant ce temps, ce que tu voulais vraiment faire attend. Flocus t’aide à retrouver le fil de ta journée. Réduis ton temps d’écran, organise tes tâches et installe tes routines dans une seule app. Quand le réflexe de scroller revient, tes priorités reprennent leur place. TES PRIORITÉS AVANT LE SCROLL Choisis tes tâches, tes routines et les apps qui te distraient. À l’heure prévue, une action configurée comme bloquante peut mettre ces apps en pause. Flocus te rappelle alors ce que tu avais choisi de faire. Tu peux valider ton action ou la reporter depuis l’app. DES LIMITES À TON RYTHME Définis une durée maximale de scroll d’affilée et un quota sur les 60 dernières minutes. Quand une limite est atteinte, les apps sélectionnées sont temporairement bloquées. Une protection du matin t’aide aussi à commencer la journée selon tes intentions. DES HABITUDES QUI PRENNENT LEUR PLACE Planifie tes routines, garde tes tâches sous les yeux et suis tes engagements personnels. Lire quelques pages, bouger, avancer sur un projet : tu choisis les actions qui comptent pour toi. TON TEMPS D’ÉCRAN, EN CLAIR Consulte tes durées, tes heures de scroll et leur évolution. Les graphiques t’aident à repérer tes habitudes et à ajuster tes limites avec davantage de recul. TES EFFORTS PRENNENT VIE Ton compagnon végétal évolue avec tes actions et ton usage des apps. Les points de vie, l’expérience et les séries rendent ta progression visible, jour après jour. Ton pire réflexe devient ton meilleur rappel. ABONNEMENT Flocus nécessite un abonnement mensuel ou annuel. Un essai gratuit de 7 jours est proposé aux personnes éligibles. Le prix et les conditions de l’offre s’affichent avant confirmation. L’abonnement se renouvelle automatiquement sauf annulation et se gère dans les réglages des abonnements Apple. Le blocage des apps nécessite l’autorisation Temps d’écran sur ton iPhone. Conditions d’utilisation (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flow Timer4 screens
Flocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flow Timer at none against Flocus's 2. Flocus's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flocus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Flow Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow Timer ships an update monthly, Flocus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flow Timer versus Flocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlow TimerFlocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodejuno LtdTristan Duong

In-app purchases

None

Flow Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Flocus

Subscriptions2
  • Flocus Premium Mensuel7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Flocus Premium Annuel7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Flow Timer free?
Flow Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flocus free?
Flocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flow Timer or Flocus have ads?
Neither Flow Timer nor Flocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flow Timer or Flocus?
Flow Timer ships an update monthly, and Flocus every 5 days. Most recently, Flow Timer was updated on October 30, 2026 and Flocus on November 11, 2026.

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