Comparison

FlowFocus vs Tempus

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

Head to head
About

FlowFocus

This app offers a minimalist Pomodoro timer with integrated task management. It helps users stay focused with customizable work and break intervals, smooth animations, and haptic feedback. Track your progress with session counts and tailor the experience to your workflow.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timer
  • Integrated task management
  • Minimalist and modern design
  • Session tracking
  • Smooth animations and haptic feedback
  • Flexible work/break durations
Features
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FlowFocus is a calm, flexible focus timer for getting work done one task at a time. Use Pomodoro sessions, custom timers, or a stopwatch depending on how you like to work. Keep your current task visible, queue what is next, and track what you finish in your history. FlowFocus can also connect with Calendar, Reminders, Apple Music, widgets, and Live Activities so your focus setup fits naturally into your day. Features: • Pomodoro, Timer, and Stopwatch modes • Current task and queued tasks • Apple Reminders import and completion • Calendar-aware focus sessions • Live Activities and widgets • Focus history with completed sessions and tasks • Profiles for different workflows • Custom colours, app icons, sounds, and appearance • Optional keep-awake setting while the app is open • Simple onboarding to choose the modes you use FlowFocus is designed to stay quiet, clean, and out of your way while helping you keep moving.

About

Tempus

This app helps individuals with ADHD manage their time and tasks effectively. It offers visual timelines, smart reminders, and a focus mode to combat time blindness, task paralysis, and forgetfulness. All data is kept private on your device with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • AI daily planning from voice or text
  • Visual timeline for your full day
  • Habit and routine tracking
  • Smart reminders and reliable alarms
  • Focus Mode with app blocking
  • Works offline
Features
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Tempus is a calm daily planner built for ADHD brains — one clear timeline for your day, real app blocking for your focus, streaks that forgive, and a Siri that finally understands what you mean. MADE FOR REAL ADHD CHALLENGES Most planners assume your brain cooperates. Tempus is designed for the days it doesn't: • Time blindness — see time as space on a visual timeline • Task paralysis — describe your day and let Apple Intelligence draft the plan; you review it before anything is saved • Forgetfulness — alarms, smart reminders and Live Activities that meet you where you are • Overwhelm — one signal per state, one accent per screen. Nothing shouts. • Broken routines — streaks that forgive a day off, because coming back is the win PLAN — DESCRIBE YOUR DAY, THEN DECIDE • Say or type what needs to happen: "deep work this morning, gym after lunch, call the clinic" • Tempus turns it into tasks with a duration, a priority and an energy level, and fits them around what's already on your calendar • Watch the plan take shape on the timeline as it's written. Fix a title, drop what you don't want, then add it to your day. Nothing lands until you say so. • Plan today or tomorrow — from the app, or by asking Siri • Tasks, habits, routines, Apple Calendar (including the Google and Outlook accounts on your iPhone) and Reminders on one timeline • Inbox to capture thoughts now and sort them later ASK SIRI — IN YOUR OWN WORDS • "Plan my day in Tempus", "What's next in Tempus", "Start focus in Tempus" — ten Siri shortcuts, most of them without opening the app • On iOS 27, Apple Intelligence understands Tempus like a calendar: "Create a dentist appointment in Tempus tomorrow at 3pm" just works, with no phrase to memorize • Siri answers with cards you can act on — mark the next task done or start a focus session right from the card • Find any task in Spotlight and open it directly • With a task on screen, "Start focus in Tempus" starts on that one • Shortcuts for Prepare Tomorrow, Reschedule Task, Move Unfinished Tasks (with undo) and Review Day PROTECT — FOCUS THAT CAN'T BE STOLEN • Focus Mode blocks distracting apps with one tap, using Apple's Screen Time technology • The world dims until you're done — Live Activities keep the session on your Lock Screen • Timers, interactive widgets and Apple Watch support FORGIVE — PROGRESS WITHOUT PUNISHMENT • Streaks that forgive: a day with nothing planned never breaks your streak • Quiet statistics by week, month or year that celebrate coming back, not output • No confetti. No guilt. Just a calm acknowledgment and your next step. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required. Your tasks live on your device and in your own iCloud. • With Apple Intelligence, planning runs on Apple silicon — where neither Apple nor Tempus can read your request • Where Apple Intelligence isn't available, Tempus's own planning service drafts the plan, and you still review everything before it's saved ALSO IN TEMPUS • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Works offline • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, an Apple Watch app and complications • A native Liquid Glass interface, with a proper split view on iPad PERFECT FOR • Adults with ADHD or executive function challenges • Students managing classes, deadlines and revision • Professionals who need deep work without distractions • Anyone overwhelmed by traditional productivity apps Tempus is free to download. Tempus Pro unlocks the full experience, available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase — stated once, no countdown timers. Requires iOS 26.2 or later. Planning with Apple Intelligence needs a supported device with Apple Intelligence turned on. Siri in your own words needs iOS 27. Privacy Policy: https://www.gettempus.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.gettempus.app/terms-of-service

Screenshots

FlowFocus4 screens
Tempus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlowFocus at none against Tempus's 9. FlowFocus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Tempus's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 50%). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Tempus sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. FlowFocus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FlowFocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tempus has 61 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of FlowFocus's written reviews are positive against 76% of Tempus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlowFocus ships an update every 6 months, Tempus every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FlowFocus versus Tempus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowFocusTempus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews76.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings161 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuzanne GarrettAnh Nguyen

Customer experience

FlowFocus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Tempus

All ratings61 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

FlowFocus

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Tempus

Subscriptions6
  • Tempus Pro (Weekly)$1.997 Days
  • Tempus Premium (Weekly)$1.997 Days
  • Tempus Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
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  • Tempus Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Tempus Pro (Yearly)$14.991 Year
  • Tempus Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tempus Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
  • Tempus Pro (Lifetime)$34.99
  • Tempus Pro (Lifetime)$74.99

Questions

Is FlowFocus free?
FlowFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tempus free?
Tempus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FlowFocus or Tempus?
FlowFocus is rated higher. FlowFocus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tempus averages 4.7 from 61 ratings.
Do FlowFocus or Tempus have ads?
Neither FlowFocus nor Tempus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlowFocus or Tempus?
FlowFocus ships an update every 6 months, and Tempus every 6 days. Most recently, FlowFocus was updated on October 8, 2026 and Tempus on October 13, 2026.

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