Comparison

Focus wave vs Pomo

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

Head to head
About

Focus wave

This app transforms your time management into a visual experience, helping you stay focused on studying, projects, or daily tasks. It offers a dynamic and adaptable approach to productivity beyond traditional timers.

Highlights
  • Visual time tracking
  • Task management
  • Customizable interface
  • Study aid
  • Project management
Features
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Whether you are studying for exams, working on a side project, or just trying to manage your day, FocusWave turns your time into a visual experience. Say goodbye to boring clocks and hello to a productivity tool that adapts to your style.

About

Pomo

A beautifully designed focus timer that helps you achieve deep work and productive study sessions. It offers customizable cycles, insightful statistics, and optional app blocking to minimize distractions. Your data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus and break lengths
  • Beautiful, crafted focus faces
  • Optional app blocking (focus shield)
  • Detailed session statistics and insights
  • Lock screen and smartwatch companion app
  • Calendar sync option
Features
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Pomo is a calm, design-led Pomodoro timer for deep, focused work — and the study sessions in between. No trees, no pets, no gimmicks. Just a beautiful instrument that helps you start, stay in flow, and see the rhythm of your focus. Your sessions and stats stay on your device, not on our servers. No account needed, no ads, no cross-app tracking. — A TIMER YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK AT — Choose from a gallery of meticulously crafted focus faces, from a minimalist minute grid to a flowing tide, in warm paper-light and calm dark themes. — BUILT FOR WORK & STUDY — Run classic Pomodoro cycles or set your own focus and break lengths. Long breaks, auto-start and simple labels shape each session around deep work, study, revision or any task. — STAY IN FLOW — With Pomo Pro, the focus shield blocks the apps you choose while a focus session runs, and lets them back on your break. Turn on strict mode when you really need to commit: no pausing, and ending early takes a deliberate press-and-hold. — SEE YOUR RHYTHM — An editorial stats ledger turns sessions into insight. Free: today and this week at a glance, where your focus went by label, and your whole history, where any session can be relabeled or deleted. Pomo Pro adds the year heatmap, when in the day you focus, all-time totals, a page for each label, and CSV or JSON export. Understand your concentration without turning it into a game. — ALWAYS A GLANCE AWAY — A live countdown on your lock screen and a companion smartwatch app keep the timer close. Optionally sync finished sessions to your calendar. — POMO PRO — The core timer is free, forever, and so is your whole session history. Pomo Pro unlocks the Arc, Tide and Digits faces, the focus shield with strict mode, the deeper stats, calendar sync and the This week widget. Choose monthly or yearly with a free trial, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. The app sends anonymous crash reports and usage counts (such as how many sessions get finished) so we can fix bugs. Your session history and labels are never sent to us. Focus, beautifully. Private by design.

Screenshots

Focus wave4 screens
Pomo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus wave at none against Pomo's 3. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Pomo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Focus wave asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Focus wave against 5.0 for Pomo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Focus wave versus Pomo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus wavePomo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFranklin ParkChirag Arora

Customer experience

Focus wave

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pomo

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Focus wave

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pomo

Subscriptions2
  • Pomo Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pomo Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pomo Pro - Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Focus wave free?
Focus wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pomo free?
Pomo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus wave or Pomo?
Focus wave and Pomo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Focus wave or Pomo have ads?
Neither Focus wave nor Pomo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus wave or Pomo?
Focus wave ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pomo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus wave was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pomo on November 6, 2026.

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