Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

This app combines a focus timer, break reminders, and app blocking to help you build better work and study habits. Track your progress and stay on schedule with structured focus sessions.

Highlights
  • Focus and break sessions
  • App blocking via Screen Time
  • Pomodoro cycles
  • Session labeling
  • Productivity insights
  • Session reminders
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Tempo Focus is a Pomodoro timer, focus timer, app blocker, and personal time tracker with task tracking. Protect your attention and understand where your time goes. Plan the work that matters, start a focus session, put distracting apps out of reach, and keep a clear record of the time you spend on tasks, study, work, or personal projects. Tempo is designed to feel calm in daily use: simple when you need to begin, detailed when you want to review or adjust your time. Protect your attention beyond focus sessions with App Blocker Routines. Choose apps, categories, or websites, then schedule when they are blocked or set daily usage limits. Create boundaries for work, study, and free time. The Monitor page helps you understand your Screen Time. See which apps take up most of your time and how your usage changes over time, so you can decide where you want your attention to go. When you want a little extra access, Routines let you earn it through focus sessions or math exercises. Spend time reading, learning, or doing something you care about, then enjoy a small reward. Unlock requirements can increase with repeated use. Use Tempo to: - Run Pomodoro focus and break sessions - Plan and track tasks inside your focus flow - Start open-ended Stopwatch sessions - Block distracting apps during focus using Apple Screen Time - Choose default blocked apps or use Label Scenarios for different contexts - Organize focus time with labels - Add or edit entries when your day needs correction - Review session history, daily focus time, task time, and longer-term insights - Use Live Activities and Dynamic Island to keep the timer visible while you work Tempo is built for people who want structure without turning focus into another noisy dashboard. Protect the time in front of you, then understand how you spent it. The free version gives you a strong starting point for focused time. Tempo Pro unlocks deeper control, richer insights, custom labels, and more ways to shape the app around how you work. Learn more at tempofocus.app Terms of Service: https://tempofocus.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tempofocus.app/privacy

About

Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker

This app offers a minimalist approach to time management, featuring focus timers, Pomodoro sessions, and detailed productivity reports. It helps users stay focused on tasks like studying and work by tracking time spent on projects and breaks, all without requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Standard focus timer
  • Flow Sessions
  • Classic Pomodoro timer
  • Custom Pomodoro intervals
  • Projects and categories
  • Productivity insights
  • TXT and Excel export
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Focus, your way. Flowtime is a flexible, friction-free focus timer and time tracker designed around a simple idea: starting should be easy, and your timer should adapt to how you focus. Start with one tap. Choose how you want to focus. Stay aware of passing time without constantly watching the clock. When you’re done, see where your time went and celebrate the milestones along the way. FOCUS WITHOUT RIGID RULES Not every task fits into a 25-minute timer. Use a simple timer, Pomodoro, Flowmodoro, or your own custom setup. Flowtime gives you structure when you want it without forcing every focus session into the same routine. STAY AWARE OF TIME Deep in a task and suddenly an hour has passed? Gentle reminders help you notice passing time without automatically ending your session. They’re useful for deep work, long creative sessions, hyperfocus, and time blindness. REDUCE DISTRACTIONS App Shielding helps keep distracting apps out of reach while you focus. When you deliberately choose to open one, Flowtime adds a moment of friction before you continue. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES Your sessions become a record of how you spend your focus time. Explore your history, filter your statistics, organise sessions into projects, and discover your own patterns. CELEBRATE YOUR PROGRESS Unlock achievements as you use Flowtime and reach new focus milestones. Achievements are designed to celebrate progress without turning focus into a streak you have to maintain. Share the achievements you’re proud of, or simply keep them for yourself. BUILT FOR LESS FRICTION • One-tap focus timer • Pomodoro and Flowmodoro • Custom timer setups • Time-awareness reminders • App Shielding • Projects • Session history • Focus statistics and filters • Shareable achievements • Light and dark themes • Custom accent colours USE IT YOUR WAY Flowtime can be a work timer, study timer, deep-work companion, time tracker, Pomodoro alternative, or simply a way to make passing time easier to notice. Its time-awareness tools can also be useful for experiences such as hyperfocus and ADHD time blindness, without defining how or why you use the app. No account. No complicated productivity system between you and what you want to do. Open Flowtime. Start. Focus your way. Terms of Use (EULA) Flowtime uses Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pomodoro Timer at 6 against Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker's 2. Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.59 per month and Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pomodoro Timer against 5.0 for Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update fortnightly, Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerFlowtime° Focus & Time Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStoleru Martin PFAAva Thalheim

Customer experience

Pomodoro Timer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Tempo Pro Monthly$2.591 Month
  • Tempo Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tempo Focus Pro – Lifetime$29.99
3 purchases

Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Flowtime Monthly Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Flowtime Yearly Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flowtime Founders Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker free?
Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pomodoro Timer or Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker?
Pomodoro Timer and Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker weekly. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Flowtime° Focus & Time Tracker on October 10, 2026.

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