Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Deefoc

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

Enhance your focus and productivity with customizable timers based on the Pomodoro technique. Track your progress with insightful charts, receive timely notifications, and organize sessions by category. Sync across devices and build consistent, lasting habits for a deeper, more balanced life.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus and break timers
  • Progress tracking with charts and analytics
  • Alarms and notifications
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Session organization by category
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Focus streak and goal building
Features
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FocusKit helps you work with deeper focus, protect your time, and build a calmer daily rhythm. Features Smart Focus Sessions Use Pomodoro-style focus and break timers that fit the way you work. Stay productive, take better breaks, and keep your day balanced. Progress Tracking See your focus time, patterns, streaks, goals, and long-term progress with clear charts and helpful insights. Alarms and Notifications Never lose track of time. FocusKit can alert you when a session ends, when a break begins, or when it is time to get back into flow. Live Activities Follow your current session from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island without unlocking your iPhone. Categories Organize sessions by project, task, or purpose so you can understand where your time really goes. iCloud Sync Keep your sessions and categories in sync across your devices, with privacy and security built in. Consistency Maintain focus streaks, reach daily and weekly goals, and turn focused work into a lasting habit. Home Screen Widgets Bring FocusKit to your Home Screen. Start, pause, or check your current session at a glance without opening the app. Choose from multiple widget sizes and styles, view your daily focus progress, track your streaks, and start a new session with a single tap. Apple Watch Take FocusKit with you wherever you go. Start, pause, and end focus sessions from your wrist, get haptic feedback for session transitions and breaks, check the remaining time, switch categories on the fly, and keep your streak alive even when your iPhone is out of reach. Complications put your next focus session one tap away from any watch face. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tryfocuskit.com/privacy/

About

Deefoc

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Deefoc helps you create a physical boundary between you and distracting apps. Choose the apps, app categories, or websites you want to block using Apple Screen Time controls. Link a physical Deefoc NFC Key to a focus mode. When you are ready to focus, tap your iPhone to the Key to start a lock session. To unlock, tap the same Key again. Deefoc is designed for simple focus moments like deep work, study, sleep, and family time. Key features: - Start and end focus with a physical NFC Key - Block selected apps, app categories, and websites - Use different modes for work, sleep, study, and family time - Require the same Key to unlock a session - Track local focus stats on your iPhone Deefoc uses Apple Screen Time APIs and keeps your focus setup local to your device. It does not require an account for the core focus flow.

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Deefoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deefoc at none against Pomodoro Timer's 6. Deefoc also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Pomodoro Timer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Deefoc asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update fortnightly, Deefoc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Deefoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerDeefoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian RoehlUBQ Inc.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions4
  • FocusKit Pro (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • FocusKit Pro (1 Month)$1.991 Month
  • FocusKit Pro (1 Year)$9.991 Year
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  • FocusKit Pro (1 Year)$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusKit Pro (Lifetime)$17.99
  • FocusKit Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
None

Deefoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deefoc free?
Deefoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Deefoc have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor Deefoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Deefoc?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Deefoc every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on November 14, 2026 and Deefoc on November 10, 2026.

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