Focus 101 vs Tomato Kitchen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus 101
This productivity app helps you stay focused by limiting active tasks to five. It offers subtasks, separate profiles for work and personal life, and home screen widgets. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with a minimalist design and automatic dark mode.
- Task limit of five active tasks
- Subtask breakdown
- Work and personal profiles
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Minimalist design
- iCloud sync
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A beautifully simple to-do app that helps you stay focused by limiting your active tasks to just five. No labels, no reminders, no notifications, no clutter. By embracing constraint, you make space for what truly matters. — Features • Task Limit – Keep only a handful of active tasks to stay focused and intentional. • Subtasks – Break down bigger goals into manageable steps. • Work & Personal Profiles – Separate your priorities and stay balanced. • Widgets – Home and Lock Screen widgets keep your goals in sight throughout the day. • Dark Mode – Adapts automatically to your system theme. • iCloud Sync – Your lists, always up to date across all your Apple devices. • Minimalist Design – Clean, calm, and distraction-free. — Private by Design • No data collection. • No tracking. • No ads. Ever.
Tomato Kitchen
A cozy, kitchen-themed timer designed to boost focus and productivity. It uses a simple work-break cycle to help users complete tasks, making study or work feel more inviting.
- Pomodoro-inspired timer
- Kitchen theme
- Session tracking
- Gentle productivity nudge
- Study and work focus
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Tomato Kitchen is a cozy, kitchen-themed pomodoro-inspired timer that helps you stay focused. Cook a tomato by working for 25 minutes, then enjoy a 5-minute break. Track your sessions in a space that feels a little more homey, and a little less like work. Perfect for studying, working from home, or anyone who wants a gentle nudge to get things done!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus 101 at fortnightly against Tomato Kitchen's every 3 months. Focus 101 also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Tomato Kitchen's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On rating, 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
Focus 101 costs $1.99 and Tomato Kitchen $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Focus 101 against 5.0 for Tomato Kitchen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus 101 has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Focus 101 ships an update fortnightly, Tomato Kitchen every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus 101 | Tomato Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anant Vijay Singh | Mary Ogawa |
In-app purchases
Focus 101
No in-app purchases
Tomato Kitchen
No in-app purchases
