Comparison

Focus Timer vs PACE_APP

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

Head to head
About

Focus Timer

Features
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Focus Timer is a powerful Pomodoro timer designed to help you stay focused, manage your time, and build better productivity habits. Built around the proven Pomodoro Technique, Focus Timer helps you work in focused sessions followed by intentional breaks — so you can stay productive without burnout. Whether you are studying, coding, writing, or working deep focus sessions, Focus Timer keeps you on track with a clean and distraction-free experience. HOW IT WORKS • Work in focused Pomodoro sessions • Take short and long breaks automatically • Repeat sessions based on your personal flow • Stay consistent without overthinking your schedule CUSTOMIZE YOUR FOCUS FLOW • Set custom focus, short break, and long break durations • Choose from preset categories like Study, Coding, Reading, or Meditation • Create your own custom focus categories • Sessions progress automatically based on your settings TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly focus statistics • Visual breakdown of sessions by category • Track total focus time and completed Pomodoros • Export focus data as CSV or PDF (Premium) DESIGNED FOR CLARITY • Clean and minimalist interface • Dark and light mode support • Smooth animations with no distractions • Designed to keep your attention on what matters PREMIUM FEATURES • Remove all ads • Unlock advanced statistics • Export your focus history • Customize notification sounds and alerts • Personalize long break intervals WHO IS IT FOR? • Students and exam preparation • Professionals and remote workers • Developers, writers, and creators • Anyone using Pomodoro or focus timers to stay productive Focus Timer helps you turn intention into action — one focused session at a time. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Focus Timer offers an auto-renewable subscription with monthly and yearly options. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY & TERMS Your data stays on your device. No accounts. No cloud sync. No external servers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://emkapps.com/focus-timer-privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://emkapps.com/focus-timer-termsconditions

About

PACE_APP

This app provides tools to manage your time effectively, from short-term tasks to long-term goals. It offers real-time tracking for routines and accumulates progress for multi-month journeys, helping you stay on track and visualize your achievements.

Highlights
  • Live pace tracking for tasks
  • Adaptive timing adjustments
  • Real-time arrival targets
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Apple Watch notifications
  • Automated session tracking for goals
  • Progress visualization for long-term projects
Features
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Time blindness isn't a discipline problem. It's a visibility problem. PACE gives you two instruments. Routines handle the next ten minutes. Journeys handle the next ten months. Both do the same thing: they take the arithmetic you can't do in your head and put it on screen, continuously. ROUTINES — for the parts of the day that keep slipping Give each task a time limit. Start the routine. PACE tracks you against the plan in real time and tells you whether you're ahead or behind — not at the end, but right now, on the task you're doing. - Live pace tracking. Every task shows time remaining and whether you're gaining or losing ground. - Adaptive timing. Started fifteen minutes late? PACE shortens the tasks you've allowed it to shorten, proportionately, so you still make it. - Arrive targets. Add a destination and PACE folds in live travel time — driving, walking, or biking — then works backwards to the exact minute you should start. - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. The countdown lives outside the app. You don't have to unlock your phone to know where you stand. - Apple Watch. The last seconds of every task buzz your wrist. Advance without touching your phone. JOURNEYS — for the goals that take months Twenty minutes a day is invisible until something counts it. Journeys log every session against a long-term goal and show you the total you've actually accumulated. - Sessions, hours, and milestones tracked automatically. - Honest progress math: how far along you are, and what this week still owes you. - Time banked — the hours you put in that you'd never otherwise have noticed. NEEDS ATTENTION — nothing slips quietly One list on the home screen surfaces everything drifting. Amber for overdue or behind pace. Gray for gone quiet. Green for on track today. You see it the moment you open the app. BUILT FOR - Adults with ADHD and anyone who loses time without meaning to - People who keep starting the same habit and can't tell if it's working - Anyone who does the morning routine every day and is somehow still late - Students who need a system for keeping track of assignments, projects and study habits. Keep pace with time — minute to minute, and month to month. PACE Pro subscription: $6.99/month or $49.99/year, each starting with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thepaceapp.info/privacy

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
PACE_APP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PACE_APP at none against Focus Timer's shown. PACE_APP also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PACE_APP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update every 2 days, PACE_APP every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Timer versus PACE_APP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimerPACE_APP
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMustafa KulacTodd Shannon

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
2 purchases

PACE_APP

Subscriptions2
  • PACE Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PACE Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PACE_APP free?
PACE_APP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Timer or PACE_APP have ads?
Focus Timer shows ads; PACE_APP does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or PACE_APP?
Focus Timer ships an update every 2 days, and PACE_APP every 11 days. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on October 7, 2026 and PACE_APP on October 14, 2026.

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