Comparison

TickTid vs Task Focus

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

Head to head
About

TickTid

Features
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TickTid is a minimalist, elegant timer built for sustained focus. A clean interface and subtle cues make every countdown purer and more efficient. Whether you’re a student, professional, or freelancer, TickTid helps you find rhythm, manage your time, and increase productivity. One‑tap focus: ready‑to‑use Pomodoro and break lengths; fully customizable. Presets: create timers for reading, writing, coding, and revision; switch instantly. Gentle cues: curated sounds and haptics (optional) with clear start/end signals. Thoughtful themes: system light/dark and more; calm, distraction‑free design. Offline & private: no account required; data stays on device, reliable by design. Cross‑device experience: seamless on phone, tablet, and desktop. Perfect for: Study sessions (memorization, problem sets, review) and exam prep Deep work (writing, programming, design, documentation) Personal growth (reading, meditation, habit building) Meetings, talks, task countdowns, and short sprints Grounded in the Pomodoro technique, TickTid helps you stay focused in controllable time blocks, practice effective time management, and steadily improve productivity. As a dependable focus timer and study timer, its clear countdown makes progress visible so your attention stays on what matters. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Task Focus

Features
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You know what you have to do. Your phone pulls you away anyway. Task Focus pauses the apps that distract you until your one task is finished. Write down the one thing, pick what to pause, and start. Open a paused app in the middle of it, and you see your task instead of the feed. There is no countdown on the screen. Time counts up, and a focus ends when you say it is finished β€” not when a timer decides you failed. The one limit is a safety net you set yourself, between one and eight hours, that hands your apps back if you never get round to tapping "I'm done". WHAT IT DOES β€’ Pauses the apps you choose, using Screen Time. Feeds, timelines, the endless pull-to-refresh β€” closed until you are done. β€’ Turns a paused app into a reminder: open one, and it shows the task you are finishing and when the app comes back. β€’ Pauses on a schedule β€” weekday mornings, every evening β€” without you starting anything. β€’ Works with iOS Focus: add Task Focus as a Focus filter, and a Focus like Work or Study pauses the apps you chose. β€’ Puts the one thing on your Lock Screen and in a widget, so it is always one glance away and never out of sight. β€’ Gives everything back the moment you tap "I'm done". One toggle in Settings takes it back too, any time. β€’ Keeps what you finished, so a week adds up to something. NOTHING HERE IS A TARGET No streaks to break. No score to keep up. No badge for a good week and no guilt for a quiet one. The history is a record, not a report card. FREE, AND PRO Pausing apps is free and always will be. Task Focus Pro is everything the app remembers afterwards: β€’ Every session you finish, kept for good β€” free keeps this week β€’ What your focus actually adds up to β€’ A profile for each kind of focus, so the right apps pause for the right work β€’ More than one schedule, and a line of your own on the screen over a paused app Pro opens on its own for seven days, the first time you finish a focus. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. When the seven days are up, history goes back to the last week, insights to this week, and profiles to one β€” nothing is deleted, and pausing apps carries on free as always. Schedules you have made keep running; adding another takes Pro. One payment. No renewal. Nothing to cancel. YOURS TO TAKE WITH YOU Your history follows you between your own devices through your iCloud account, and exports as a file you keep β€” whatever you use next. The app counts only what happens, anonymously β€” that a focus was finished, say β€” and you can switch that off in Settings. What you focus on, and what you choose to pause, stay on your device and in your own private iCloud database. We cannot read either one.

Screenshots

TickTid4 screens
Task Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TickTid at every 3 days against Task Focus's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. TickTid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Task Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TickTid ships an update every 3 days, Task Focus fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
TickTid versus Task Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickTidTask Focus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size78 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKUIJUN BUSascha Thiele

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TickTid

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Task Focus

One-time1
  • Task Focus Pro$9.99

Questions

Is TickTid free?
TickTid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Task Focus free?
Task Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TickTid or Task Focus have ads?
Neither TickTid nor Task Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TickTid or Task Focus?
TickTid ships an update every 3 days, and Task Focus fortnightly. Most recently, TickTid was updated on October 15, 2026 and Task Focus on October 15, 2026.

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