Comparison

Coffee Focus vs Event Days Timer

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Focus

A minimalist focus timer designed to help users stay present and productive. Inspired by coffee breaks, it offers simple sessions for studying, deep work, or working in public spaces. Achieve calm, intentional focus with just your work and a timer.

Highlights
  • Minimalist focus timer
  • Coffee session inspiration
  • Study and deep work modes
  • Calm and intentional design
  • Simple interface
Features
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Brew focus. Stay present. Coffee Focus is a minimalist focus timer inspired by coffee. Choose a session, start the timer, and stay focused until it ends. Designed for studying, deep work, and working in cafés. Simple, calm, and intentional. Just you, your work, and your coffee. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Event Days Timer

Track time elapsed and remaining for important dates like anniversaries, exams, and deadlines. Organize events into past, future, or recurring lists with customizable display units and system alarms. Sync data across devices and personalize the look with various themes and widgets.

Highlights
  • Elapsed, Countdown, and Recurring event lists
  • Customizable display units (year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
  • System-level alarms with default ringtone
  • Home screen widgets and lock-screen layouts
  • Optional iCloud sync for data
  • Gregorian and lunar calendar support
  • Archiving of past events
Features
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Event Days Timer keeps every important date in one place: birthdays, anniversaries, credit card bills, holidays, exams, concerts. Add it once and the app counts how long to go, or how long it's been, and reminds you right on time. HOME AT A GLANCE • Featured: pin up to 3 moments to the top of Home • Overdue: moments that are due but not done yet, with a one-tap Done button • Coming Up: everything due in the next 7 days, sorted by time DONE OR NOT, AT A GLANCE • Cards show Not Done, Overdue, Done Early or Completed; tap Done or Undo to switch • Finishing early skips this time's notification and alarm; repeating moments start fresh next time • On by default for Payment Days; set it for any group under Edit Group and apply it to existing cards in one tap • The app icon shows how many moments are overdue, even before you open the app JUST TYPE, AUTO-SORTED • Type "Mom's Birthday", "Rent" or "Christmas" and the group and repeat rule are set for you • Holiday dates fill in automatically, including lunar holidays like Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn • Anything not recognized goes to Life, and you can change it anytime IMPORT FROM REMINDERS & CALENDAR • Pick dates you already keep in Reminders or Calendar and import them in one tap, sorted into groups • Lunar birthdays are imported as lunar dates, so they stay right every year • Read-only: your original data is never changed, and access is only requested when you tap Import BIRTHDAYS • Ages calculated automatically, including traditional Chinese nominal age • Gregorian and lunar birthdays repeat every year ANNIVERSARIES • Dating, wedding, baby's birthday, new home: years, months and days counted for you • Count up to see how long it's been, or count down to the next one BILLS, NEVER LATE • Credit cards, mortgage, car loan: monthly countdowns that repeat on their own • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or every few days or weeks REMINDERS THAT REACH YOU • Notifications days or minutes ahead, showing the date and time; they come through even in Focus • Real system-level alarms on iOS 26 that ring even on the Lock Screen • Tap a notification to open that moment 7 GROUPS, ORGANIZED • Life, Work, Anniversaries, Payment Days, Holidays, Birthdays, Appointments • Search and Archive; one-time moments archive themselves when they're done 8 THEMES, 7 IN SOFT MUTED TONES • Fresh Cards, Lotus Pink, Dusty Rose, Caramel Latte, Evening Breeze, Celadon, Misty Blue, Starry Night • Set an icon and color for each moment, or for a whole group at once • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets have their own themes too YOUR UNITS, YOUR WAY • Turn years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds on or off; hours by default • In the final stretch it switches to hours, minutes and seconds automatically BATTERY, SYNC & PRIVACY • Only cards you can see are refreshed; collapsed groups use no power • Optional iCloud sync to restore on a new phone • No account needed; your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud FREE & PREMIUM • The free version holds up to 10 moments, with every feature included • A one-time Premium purchase removes the limit (no subscription) Event Days Timer: never forget the days that matter.

Screenshots

Coffee Focus4 screens
Event Days Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Coffee Focus at freemium against Event Days Timer's paid. Coffee Focus also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Coffee Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Event Days Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Focus ships an update every 5 days, Event Days Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Coffee Focus versus Event Days Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee FocusEvent Days Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalal El ZeiniWujie Yibang (fuzhou) Software Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Coffee Focus

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Event Days Timer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Coffee Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Coffee Focus Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Coffee Focus Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Event Days Timer

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Coffee Focus free?
Coffee Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Event Days Timer free?
Event Days Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coffee Focus or Event Days Timer have ads?
Neither Coffee Focus nor Event Days Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Focus or Event Days Timer?
Coffee Focus ships an update every 5 days, and Event Days Timer weekly. Most recently, Coffee Focus was updated on October 30, 2026 and Event Days Timer on November 6, 2026.

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