Comparison

Focus & Break Timer vs Tomodoro

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

Head to head
About

Focus & Break Timer

Features
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Stop overthinking your schedule. Focus & Break is a timer that guides you through focused work intervals with regular breaks and tracks your progress with clear, insightful stats. Perfect for students, developers, writers, designers, and anyone who wants a little structure to stay in flow. See how many sessions youโ€™ve completed today right on the timer screen.

About

Tomodoro

Features
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Focus on one thing at a time. PomoTimer splits your day into short focused sessions with real breaks in between. Start the timer, do one thing until it rings, then step away. That is the whole method, and it works. WHAT YOU GET - Classic 25 / 5 / 15 minute intervals, or set your own from 1 to 120 minutes - A long break automatically after every fourth session - Live Activity and Lock Screen countdown, so you can check the time without opening the app - Notifications and haptic feedback when a session ends - Light and dark themes that follow your system setting - A calm animated timer you can switch on or off - Works offline. No account, no sign-up MADE FOR Studying and exam revision, deep work, writing, coding, practising an instrument, chores, and time boxing for ADHD. Anything that goes better against a clock. REMOVE ADS ONCE PomoTimer is free with a small banner. A single in-app purchase removes every ad for good. No subscription, no trial. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Translated into more than 30 languages, including notifications and the Lock Screen timer.

Screenshots

Focus & Break Timer3 screens
Tomodoro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus & Break Timer at none against Tomodoro's 1. Focus & Break Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tomodoro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focus & Break Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Focus & Break Timer versus Tomodoro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus & Break TimerTomodoro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 6 months
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikos GalanisJose Gerardo Palma Duran

In-app purchases

None

Focus & Break Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tomodoro

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Focus & Break Timer free?
Focus & Break Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tomodoro free?
Tomodoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus & Break Timer or Tomodoro have ads?
Tomodoro shows ads; Focus & Break Timer does not.

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