Focal vs Visual Pomodoro Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focal
This timer tool helps you manage your focus by adapting to your attention span. It's designed to assist users in gradually increasing their concentration abilities.
- Adaptive timer
- Attention span management
- Focus expansion
- Productivity tool
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Focal is a timer that adapts to your attention span and helps you expand it.
Visual Pomodoro Timer
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The only focus timer where time melts in front of you. No rings. No bars. Just an ice cube, a candle, or an hourglass quietly dissolving as you work. When it's gone, your session is done. Quiet. Visual. Satisfying. --- THREE THINGS THAT MELT • Ice cube — clear, translucent, the brand classic • Candle — burns down to a stub, flame lit until the end • Hourglass — sand drains grain by grain, with bottom pile rising POMODORO BUILT IN Auto-cycle focus + breaks. Set your own durations. The object resets each round. Configurable in Settings. CALM BY DESIGN No badges. No pressure. A quiet log of when you focused, for how long, with which object, plus a gentle day streak and a daily goal you set. Optional chime, optional haptics. Nothing more. NEW IN 1.3 • Short welcome walkthrough (skippable) • Share Melt with a friend from Settings • VoiceOver support on the time dial 15 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT All session data lives on your device. No account, no signup, no analytics. Ad-supported (non-personalized). --- Focus deeply. Watch time melt.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focal at none against Visual Pomodoro Timer's 1. Focal also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Visual Pomodoro Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Focal asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Focal | Visual Pomodoro Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aru Gyani | Carles Calsina Colom |
In-app purchases
Focal
No in-app purchases
Visual Pomodoro Timer
- Remove ads$2.99









