SolarFocus vs OpenFocus

“Through hardships to the stars —— Per aspera ad astra” In an era where attention is constantly fractured by distractions, it is easy to lose our rhythm in anxiety and noise. Yet in the vast expanse of deep space, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars... every celestial body travels faithfully along its predetermined orbit, calm and unhurried. No chaos, no rush — only eternal gravity and disciplined order. SolarFocus transforms each focus session into an interstellar journey across the cosmos. When you tap start, you enter your own planetary orbit — every minute and second of dedicated effort is no longer merely time slipping away, but energy powering your exploration and shimmering cosmic stardust. --- Core Features & Highlights 【The Sun & 8 Planetary Focus Modes】 • The Sun Infinite Count-Up: Unrestricted immersive flow, recording every moment of deep, sustained effort. • 8 Planetary Pomodoro Timers: - Mercury (10 min): Meditation / Quick Mind Clearing - Venus (15 min): Micro-tasks / Utilizing spare time - Earth (25 min): Classic Pomodoro Technique - Mars (30 min): Daily light work & study - Jupiter (40 min): Design concepts / Deep reading - Saturn (50 min): High-efficiency creative flow - Uranus (90 min): Intensive brainstorming - Neptune (120 min): Deep research & specialized mastery 【Authentic Keplerian Orbits & NASA Celestial Sync】 • Built-in high-precision Keplerian planetary orbital algorithm reproducing real celestial physics. • Live celestial data sync to observe current solar system planetary longitudes in real time. • Freely adjust orbital speed from 1x to 1000x, pinch-to-zoom and command your personal celestial chart. 【Cosmic Odyssey Mileage & Stardust Achievements】 • Focus Mileage Visualization: Calculates your distance traveled across the galaxy and orbital angle around the Sun. • Stardust & Progression: Build focus streaks to gather stardust and witness the compound power of discipline. • Interstellar Exploration Badges: Time Apprentice, Interstellar Voyager, Night Guardian, Dawn Watcher, and many more. 【Multi-Dimensional Cosmic Statistics】 • Clear daily focus heatmaps and weekly/monthly/annual productivity trends. • Planetary time distribution pie charts to analyze your energy allocation. 【Dynamic Island & Lock Screen Live Activities】 • Full support for iOS Dynamic Island and Lock Screen Live Activities: glance at your orbit progress without unlocking your phone. 【Elegant & Versatile Home Screen Widgets】 • Multi-sized solar system dashboards, cosmic travel stats, daily inspirational quotes, and quick-control widgets. 【Personal Customization & iCloud Sync】 • Custom Celestial Bodies: Freely configure name, color, size, orbital period, and target focus duration. • Seamless iCloud Multi-Device Sync: Safe local-first storage with automatic cloud backup across all your Apple devices. • Immersive cosmic white noise and refined haptic feedback. --- Ideal For - Deep study sessions, exam preparation, and cramming - Coding, system architecture, writing, and design - Pomodoro-based daily workflow and GTD time management - Mindfulness meditation, morning routines, and reading habits May this tranquil starry sky accompany you through the noise and guide you to your own shining stars. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

OpenFocus is a minimal pomodoro timer that starts the moment you open it. Free, forever. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No subscription. Setup-free at launch — yet there when you want to tune it. — Features — Starts instantly The focus timer is already counting down by the time the screen appears. No start button. No mode to pick. Custom focus and break durations Default is the classic 25/5. Open the settings sheet (when stopped) to set focus (5–90 min) and break (5–30 min) independently, in 5-minute steps. Long break (optional) Pomodoro Technique–style long break. After every Nth completed focus (configurable, 2–8), the break extends to 3× its normal length. Off by default. 7 color themes Choose from mono, ink, sea, forest, sand, rose, dusk. The chosen theme applies app-wide and also to the Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island. 4 timer faces Pick how the countdown looks: ring (default hairline), digital (bedside-clock LCD), flip (mechanical split-flap tiles), or analog (single-hand). Digital and flip can rotate to landscape with a tap — handy when you prop the phone up on a desk. Adjust on the fly Settings open mid-session too. Color, face, daily goal, and keep-awake change instantly. Focus and break durations stay locked until you fully stop the timer, so the running countdown never desyncs from what you see. Daily session counter The app counts completed focus sessions per day (auto-resets at midnight). Optionally set a daily goal (1–20) to see progress like "today · 3 / 8" — leave it at 0 and only the count is shown. Keep screen awake (optional) When on, the screen stays on while the timer is in the foreground. Useful for the "place phone on desk and watch the countdown" workflow, without changing your device-wide auto-lock. Auto phase switching When focus ends, break begins. When break ends, focus begins. The cycle continues without you touching the screen. Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Built on iOS Live Activities. Check the remaining time from your Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island without opening the app. Beautifully animated Each theme has its own focus and break colors. Smooth color crossfades on phase change, subtle haptics, Apple-grade SF Symbol morphing — every transition feels native. Reliable alarms Powered by iOS 26 AlarmKit. Notifies you at the end of every focus and break interval, even in the background, even on silent. Privacy first We don't collect anything. Settings and timer state are stored only on your device. No network requests, no analytics, no tracking. — Best for people who — • Want to try the pomodoro technique without setup overhead • Like a single tap to start — but still want to tune their own cadence and look • Are tired of cluttered timer apps • Believe in minimal tools done well — Not for people who — • Need statistics or reports • Want task management built in OpenFocus is built by subtraction, not addition. Minimal at first. Quietly customizable when you ask for it.