Comparison

Focus Timer vs eSign

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

Head to head
About

Focus Timer

Enhance your concentration with a minimalist focus timer. Customize session lengths, enjoy ambient sounds, and track your progress to achieve deep work for studying, coding, or creative projects.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus sessions (5-120 min)
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Session history tracking
  • Ambient background sounds
  • Smart break reminders
  • Dark mode support
Features
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MVAT Focus helps you achieve deep work with a beautiful, distraction-free focus timer. Features: - Customizable focus sessions from 5 to 120 minutes - Clean, minimal interface designed to keep you in the zone - Session history to track your productivity - Ambient background sounds for concentration - Smart break reminders - Dark mode optimized Whether you're studying, coding, writing, or working on creative projects, MVAT Focus provides the perfect environment for sustained concentration. Free tier includes 25-minute sessions. Upgrade to Pro for sessions up to 120 minutes and advanced features.

About

eSign

Easily sign documents on your iPhone without printing or scanning. Create custom signatures, add text, and export flattened PDFs privately. Ideal for everyday signing needs like leases and offer letters.

Highlights
  • Draw or generate handwritten-style signatures
  • Scan or import existing signatures
  • Sign PDFs with text, dates, and checkmarks
  • Private, local-first document storage
  • Export flattened, signed PDFs
  • Optional Face ID lock
Features
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Signing a document shouldn't mean printing, scrawling, scanning, and emailing it back. Signed lets you do the whole thing on your iPhone in under a minute — and keeps every document private to your device. Make a signature you're proud of - Draw it with your finger on a smooth, natural canvas. - Generate one with AI — type your name, pick a style, and get a real handwritten-style signature. - Scan or import one you already have. - Save your favorite as the default and reuse it everywhere. Sign any PDF in seconds - Import a PDF from Files, Photos, or another app. - Drop your signature, initials, name, date, text, or a checkmark exactly where they belong. - Your name and today's date fill themselves in, so the common stuff is one tap. - Export a clean, flattened, signed PDF and share it anywhere. Private by design — this is the part that matters Signed is local-first. Your documents, your signatures, your initials — they're stored only on your iPhone. We never upload them, we can't see them, and there's no cloud copy on any server. The paperwork you sign is nobody's business but yours. Made to feel good to use - A calm, clean design that gets out of your way. - Optional Face ID lock for an extra layer of privacy. - Dark mode from day one. Signed is for the everyday signing life — leases, NDAs, offer letters, school forms, waivers, the form your landlord just emailed. Fast, beautiful, and yours alone. What your subscription includes Signed Pro is a subscription — it unlocks everything above: AI signature generation, saving signatures and initials to your library, and signing and exporting unlimited PDFs. You can create your first signature free during setup; an active subscription is required to keep using the app. The subscription auto-renews until you cancel — manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://trysigned.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://trysigned.app/privacy

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
eSign4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Focus Timer at freemium against eSign's subscription. Focus Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). eSign's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). 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. Focus Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and eSign sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eSign has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update every 2 months, eSign fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus Timer versus eSign: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimereSign
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAriel AgorWorth A Try LLC

Customer experience

Focus Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

eSign

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Timer

One-time1
  • MVAT Focus Pro$0.99
8 purchases

eSign

Subscriptions5
  • Signed Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Signed Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Signed Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Signed Annual$19.991 Year
  • Signed Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eSign free?
eSign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focus Timer or eSign?
Focus Timer is rated higher. Focus Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while eSign averages 4.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Focus Timer or eSign have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor eSign shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or eSign?
Focus Timer ships an update every 2 months, and eSign fortnightly. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on September 15, 2026 and eSign on October 8, 2026.

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