Comparison

Rerun Timer vs Focus Gnome

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

Head to head
About

Rerun Timer

This app helps you manage timed intervals for various activities like fitness, work, or practice. It allows for custom loop durations and repetitions, with features like Live Activities and background operation to keep you on track.

Highlights
  • Customizable loop intervals
  • Infinite or specific loop counts
  • Live Activities on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Background operation
  • Distinct sound and vibration alerts
  • 3-second countdown
  • Dark mode interface
Features
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Master your time with Rerun Timer. Whether you're doing high-intensity interval training (HIIT), practicing a presentation, or managing deep work sessions, Rerun Timer is the simple, powerful tool that keeps you on track without the distraction. Why Rerun Timer? Most timers stop when you need them most. Rerun Timer is built to keep going. Set a custom interval, decide how many times it should repeat (or loop forever), and let the app handle the rest. Key Features: Loop Anything: Set intervals from 5 seconds to 60 minutes. Choose a specific number of loops or let it run infinitely. Live Activities: Track your progress right from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island without unlocking your phone. Background Audio: The timer keeps running and alerts you even when the app is in the background or your phone is locked. Smart Feedback: Distinct sounds and vibrations let you know when a loop ends and when your entire session is complete. 3-Second Countdown: Get ready before the clock starts ticking. Sleek Dark Mode: A beautiful, battery-friendly interface designed for focus. Perfect For: Fitness: HIIT, Tabata, Yoga, and stretching routines. Productivity: Pomodoro technique and deep work sprints. Practice: Music scales, speech rehearsal, and cooking. Download Rerun Timer today and take control of your intervals.

About

Focus Gnome

Features
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The gnome is already sitting. Wind the dial — it runs backwards on purpose, like a kitchen timer — take three settling breaths, and begin. While you work, he meditates. Remaining time is a golden wedge that quietly shrinks; no ticking numbers to squint at. Lay the phone face down and he sinks deeper, the sounds soften, and the room gets calmer. Every sitting leaves a firefly drifting in the grove. Ending early still counts — a dimmer firefly, never a dead tree, never a broken streak, never a scolding. However long you stay counts. Nothing here is lost, and nothing is taken away. WHAT'S INSIDE • A hand-wound visual dial: 5 minutes to 2 hours, a soft click for every detent • Three settling breaths before the clock starts (skippable, and it remembers) • Face-down deepening — putting the phone away is the point, so the app rewards it • The grove: every sitting you've ever finished, drifting behind him • Name your sittings ("Thesis · 45m") and keep an honest ledger • Hand-made ambient soundscapes: hearth, rain, forest night • A choosable clock: storybook or blocky, in three inks • One notification, ever: when your sitting ends NO CATCHES No ads. No account. No subscription. No streaks you can lose. Everything stays on your phone. We built Focus Gnome for everyone who has ever been scolded by a productivity app. This is the timer that doesn't punish you for being human.

Screenshots

Rerun Timer4 screens
Focus Gnome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Gnome at none against Rerun Timer's 1. Focus Gnome also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Rerun Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focus Gnome asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rerun Timer ships an update fortnightly, Focus Gnome every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rerun Timer versus Focus Gnome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRerun TimerFocus Gnome
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOutsource Wisely LLCMATTHEW MALHAM

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rerun Timer

One-time1
  • Rerun Timer Pro$3.99
None

Focus Gnome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rerun Timer free?
Rerun Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Gnome free?
Focus Gnome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rerun Timer or Focus Gnome have ads?
Neither Rerun Timer nor Focus Gnome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rerun Timer or Focus Gnome?
Rerun Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Focus Gnome every 10 days. Most recently, Rerun Timer was updated on October 16, 2026 and Focus Gnome on October 10, 2026.

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