Comparison

FocusLapse vs BGMタイマー

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

Head to head
About

FocusLapse

Record your study or work sessions as time-lapse videos. This app helps reduce phone distractions and provides a visual log of your effort. Review your progress with animated overlays and history tracking.

Highlights
  • Record study/work sessions as time-lapse videos
  • Animated analog clock overlay
  • Front and rear camera support
  • Adjustable video speed
  • Focus history and progress graphs
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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FocusLapse turns your study, work and reading sessions into time-lapse videos and a personal focus log. Set down your phone and start focusing. Recording yourself at work can help you stay with the task in front of you. Turn a long session into a short video, then look back and see the effort you put in. Features • Record time-lapse videos while you focus • Review your focus time in charts • Add a rating and a note to each session • Delete unwanted sessions and remove their time from your totals • Switch between front and rear cameras • Choose video orientation, clock design and study-time display before recording • Combine multiple time-lapse videos into one highlight video • Save finished videos to Photos • Check your focus time in a widget Keep a visual record of your study or work routine. You can share your finished videos through your usual social apps. Free to use, with no ads or account required. Videos, focus records, ratings and notes stay on your device and are not sent to the developer's servers. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and French. The app follows your device's preferred languages.

About

BGMタイマー

Features
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BGMを聴きながら集中できる、作業用タイマーアプリ。 カフェの環境音、雨音、Lo-Fi風BGMなど、集中力を高める音楽を内蔵。タイマーを開始するだけで、BGMが自動再生されます。 ◆ タイマー & ストップウォッチ ポモドーロ式タイマー:作業→休憩を自動で繰り返し ストップウォッチ:やめるまでずっと集中モード 作業時間・休憩時間・ラウンド数を自由にカスタマイズ ◆ こだわりのBGM 雨の音、カフェ、和風、Lo-Fiなど多彩なBGMを収録 バックグラウンド再生対応。他のアプリを使いながらでもOK ◆ プリセットで即スタート 「いつもの作業」「サクッと」など、お気に入りの設定を保存 タップひとつですぐ集中モードへ ◆ 作業記録 日々の集中時間を自動で記録 カレンダー表示で振り返り プリセットや期間ごとのフィルタリング 勉強、仕事、読書、創作活動——あらゆる「集中したい」に寄り添うアプリです。

Screenshots

FocusLapse4 screens
BGMタイマー2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BGMタイマー at 13.0 against FocusLapse's 18.5. 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 · 9 level
FocusLapse versus BGMタイマー: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusLapseBGMタイマー
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developercocon Godo Kaishatakehiro kawada

In-app purchases

None

FocusLapse

No in-app purchases

None

BGMタイマー

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusLapse free?
FocusLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BGMタイマー free?
BGMタイマー is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusLapse or BGMタイマー have ads?
Neither FocusLapse nor BGMタイマー shows ads.

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