Fomodo vs Colophon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fomodo
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Fomodo turns your phone from your biggest distraction into your best focus tool. Pick a task, choose a timer, and go deep. Fomodo blocks distracting apps while you work, tracks every focused minute, and shows you - beautifully - how your concentration grows day after day. FOUR SCIENCE-BACKED TIMER MODES • Pomodoro - classic 25/5 rounds with long breaks • Deep Work - an open-ended flow timer that counts up while you ride the wave • Ultradian Standard & Extended - 90/20 rhythm cycles that match your body's natural energy • Auto-start breaks, overtime handling, and flexible rounds BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS • Shield chosen apps and categories during focus (powered by Screen Time) • A branded block screen reminds you why you started • Blocking stays on through breaks until your session ends BEAUTIFUL TIMER FACES • 8 faces: Minimal, Neon, Flip, Ring, Liquid, 7-Segment, Dot Matrix, Square Matrix • Landscape mode turns your iPhone or iPad into a focus desk clock STAY ON TRACK ANYWHERE • Live Activities: pause and resume right from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home-screen widgets: one-tap quick start (S/M/L), daily stats, and goal progress • Sessions survive force-quits and restarts with smart recovery UNDERSTAND YOUR FOCUS • A daily goal and streaks that keep you honest • Trends, task breakdown, focus heatmap, and a powerful calendar • A timeline of every session - export your data anytime AND MORE • Background sounds to help you stay in flow • iCloud sync across your devices • Localized in 17 languages, designed for iPhone and iPad Focus is a skill. Fomodo is how you practice it. Download Fomodo and win back your attention today.
Colophon
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Colophon is a private read-later app for people who want to keep articles, feeds, PDFs and EPUBs in one calm library. Save pages from Safari or any app, subscribe to RSS feeds, import books and PDFs, then read with clean typography, progress tracking and device-wide search. Colophon keeps your highlights, margin notes, handwritten ink and reading history attached to the piece you saved. Built for focused reading: - Save URLs, RSS/Atom feeds, EPUBs, PDFs and local HTML - Import Instapaper CSV or HTML exports with Colophon Pro - Read in an adaptive iPhone and iPad interface - Highlight passages, add margin notes and search your saved library - Draw with Apple Pencil on articles, books and PDFs - Resume visual reading or read-aloud listening where you left off - Review saved highlights and handwritten notes over time - Use widgets for quick access to your reading - Export rich Markdown to an Obsidian vault - Sync supported data with iCloud when enabled - Connect an optional Miniflux account for two-way feed sync Private by design: - No tracking - No account required - No collected data in the app privacy manifest - On-device AI features, when available, run on your device for summaries, key points, tags and article Q&A Colophon is designed as a quiet desk for serious reading: capture what matters, mark it up, and let your library become searchable knowledge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Fomodo at 17.6 against Colophon's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Fomodo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Colophon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Fomodo | Colophon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manh Nguyen | SIRWAN AFIFI |
In-app purchases
Fomodo
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro Family Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Family Upgrade$39.99
- Pro Lifetime$49.99
- Pro Family Lifetime$89.99
Colophon
- Colophon Pro$9.99









