Comparison

Focus Bubble Timer vs Planiko

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

Head to head
About

Focus Bubble Timer

This app helps you achieve deep focus by guiding you through intentional work sessions. It uses a simple, distraction-free timer and automatically tracks your progress, providing insights into your productivity over time. Designed to retrain your mind for single-tasking, it's ideal for work, study, or chores.

Highlights
  • Bubble-based timer (5-60 minutes)
  • Task entry before sessions
  • Pause and resume functionality
  • Automatic session tracking
  • Daily & weekly summaries
  • Full session history
  • On-device data storage
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Description Focus Bubble helps you stop multitasking and get more done. Choose a focus “bubble,” enter your task, and start an intentional work session designed for deep concentration. Every session is logged automatically, giving you real insights into your productivity over time. Why it works Our brains perform best when we focus on ONE task at a time. Focus Bubble uses simple, intentional blocks of time to retrain your mind to stay present—without distractions. Features • Beautiful bubble-based timer (5–60 minutes) • Simple task entry before each session • Pause and resume controls • Automatic session tracking • Daily & weekly summaries • Most-used duration insights • Full session history • All data stored on-device only • No account, no login, no ads Stay Focused. Get More Done. Whether you’re working, studying, reading, or tackling chores, Focus Bubble makes deep work simple and sustainable.

About

Planiko

Features
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Planiko helps you run your day right from your iPhone calendar. It doesn't replace your calendar: it works on top of it, including the Google or Exchange accounts you've added in iOS. No new account, no extra sync, and your data stays on your device. MAIN FEATURES • Check-in and check-out — One tap when you actually start or finish something, and the event's times on your calendar are updated for real. • PLAN — One tap reorganizes the rest of your day by priority, preferred time window and deadline, with no overlaps. Events you lock stay where they are. • NIKO — Create events fast, with title, time and duration, plus priority, time window and deadline for PLAN. • Gaps and overlaps — See the free time between events and what overlaps. Tap a gap to create an event that fills it exactly. • Travel time — Planiko tells you when you need to leave, not just when the appointment starts, and opens Apple Maps or Google Maps. • Postpone fast — +1h, +2h, tomorrow, a custom date and time, or "skip all" when the whole day slips. • Pause and resume — Check out of what you're doing and instantly create the same event starting now. • Ask for an event — Send a link ("when are you coming to visit?"). The other person picks the date, even without the app, and the event lands in both calendars. • Import from clipboard — Copy a list of tasks and Planiko creates one event for each, in sequence. • Countdown, widget and Apple Watch — Always know how long until the next thing. Works with Capta, the GTD app by the same developer: give a Capta action a date and it appears in your calendar; complete it in Planiko and Capta updates by itself.

Screenshots

Focus Bubble Timer4 screens
Planiko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Focus Bubble Timer at 15.1 against Planiko's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Focus Bubble Timer versus Planiko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus Bubble TimerPlaniko
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIan SutherlandDario Bellia

In-app purchases

None

Focus Bubble Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Planiko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Bubble Timer free?
Focus Bubble Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planiko free?
Planiko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Bubble Timer or Planiko have ads?
Neither Focus Bubble Timer nor Planiko shows ads.

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