Capsla vs Orenio

Capsla is a quiet Pomodoro timer for studying, deep work and anything that needs your full attention. Set your focus length, short and long breaks, and the number of cycles. Block distracting apps while you focus: Capsla asks for Screen Time access and lifts the block the moment the phase ends. A session can run on its own: with auto-start, focus, break and the next focus follow without a tap until the long break. Focus tagged Meditation, Walk or Sport can be saved to Health, and finished sessions to a calendar of your choice. Capsla only writes there and never reads. The timer is wherever you look: in a Live Activity and the Dynamic Island, on the Lock Screen, on Apple Watch, in widgets, in Control Center and on the Action button. Ask Siri to pause or start, and the answer comes with a card and buttons for the next step. You rarely need to open the app. Capsla has its own Apple Watch app: start and pause from your wrist even when your iPhone isn't nearby, feel a tap when a phase ends, and keep the timer on your watch face. Phases you finish on the watch count in your statistics on iPhone. Notifications do real work. A quiet heads-up a few minutes before focus ends, a signal when a phase is over, buttons to start the break or the next focus right from the banner, and a reminder if you forget to come back after a break. Notifications are Time Sensitive, so they come through Do Not Disturb. Statistics show where your attention went: net focus time by week, month and all time, a chart by day, the hours you focus best, days in a row and time by tag. History starts the day you install Capsla, and the app never fills in numbers it did not record. Export all of it as a CSV file whenever you like. FEATURES • Custom focus and break lengths from 1 to 999 minutes, 1 to 10 cycles • Auto-start: a whole session runs without a tap • Save focus to Health; log sessions to Calendar or schedule them there • Block distracting apps during focus • Add one or five minutes to a running focus • Live Activity, Dynamic Island and a Lock Screen widget with a start button • An Apple Watch app with complications, a Smart Stack card and a Control Center button • Timer and statistics widgets, a Control Center control, the Action button • Siri and Shortcuts: start, pause, resume, skip a break, ask how long you focused today • Tags with icons and colors; a Focus filter can pick the tag for you • “Working on”: a short note for your focus, shown on the timer, the Lock Screen and Apple Watch, in Statistics and in Calendar • 16 sounds and three vibration patterns, chosen separately for each phase • Six calm free backgrounds, including Night and Sky, which follows the time of day • Dark Mode, VoiceOver, larger text and increased contrast • 17 languages CAPSLA+ A one-time purchase with no subscription, shared with your family: thirteen more backgrounds, including Snowfall with Frost, which slowly ices over the timer, more palettes and an accent color, typefaces for the timer, celebration effects and background noise while you focus. BUILT HONESTLY No ads. The core of Capsla, including the timer, the Apple Watch app, app blocking, statistics, tags, widgets and Siri, is free and stays free. Capsla+ adds looks and sound only: nothing that was free moved behind it, and there are no pop-ups asking you to buy. There is no Capsla account. Tags and focus history sync only through your own iCloud; settings stay on your iPhone. The Privacy screen lists the recent events Capsla itself has sent, a real list from your device, and two switches turn collection off.

Orenio is a calm, distraction-free focus timer for people who want to do serious work without turning productivity into another game. No ads. No accounts. No points, coins, badges, leaderboards or noisy reward systems. Just a clean, reliable interval timer that helps you protect your attention, complete focused sessions, and see your progress build over time. Orenio is built around a simple idea: Start the timer. Do the work. Take a break. Repeat. Whether you are working, studying, writing, coding, revising, planning, designing or trying to get through a demanding day, Orenio gives you a quiet structure you can rely on. DESIGNED FOR FOCUSED WORK Most productivity apps try to keep you inside the app. Orenio is designed to help you leave it alone. Set your focus session, start the timer, and get back to what matters. The interface is calm, minimal and deliberately uncluttered, so you can use structured work intervals without being pulled into unnecessary menus, pop-ups or distractions. A RELIABLE INTERVAL TIMER Create a rhythm that works for you: * Custom focus sessions from 1 to 120 minutes * Configurable short and long breaks * Optional auto-start between focus and break sessions * Sound and vibration alerts * Reliable background timing * Works through screen lock and app minimisation * Reconstructs your active session if the app is closed unexpectedly Orenio is built to behave like a serious tool, not a novelty timer. TRACK YOUR FOCUS OVER TIME Every completed focus session is saved locally on your device, giving you a clear record of the work you have done. Use Orenio to: * Review completed focus sessions * See your daily focus history * Add optional labels such as Deep Work, Study, Writing, Admin or Client Work * Understand where your time is going * Build a realistic picture of your focused output No manual spreadsheets. No complex setup. Just useful focus history, automatically captured. SIMPLE INSIGHTS THAT ACTUALLY HELP Orenio gives you the right amount of feedback without overwhelming you. View: * Today’s completed focus minutes * Today’s completed sessions * Weekly focus totals * Daily averages * A rolling 7-day focus view * Your longest consecutive focus streak The goal is not to trap you in analytics. The goal is to help you notice progress, stay consistent, and understand what focused work really looks like over time. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED STRUCTURE Orenio is useful for anyone who benefits from working in clear intervals: * Knowledge workers * Students * Writers * Developers * Designers * Freelancers * Remote workers * People managing busy, fragmented days * Anyone trying to protect their attention from constant context switching For people who find open-ended work sessions difficult, Orenio provides a simple external structure: a clear start, a clear end, and a clean break before the next round. PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN Orenio does not need an account. Your focus history stays on your device. The app is fully offline and your session data never leaves your phone. * No account required * No ads * No cloud sync * No social features * No productivity theatre * Fully offline * Data stored locally on your device THE ORENIO PHILOSOPHY Productivity should feel calm. Not frantic. Not performative. Not like another system you have to maintain. Orenio exists because focus is hard enough already. You do not need another app fighting for your attention while pretending to help you manage it. You need a timer that starts quickly, runs reliably, tracks what matters, and gets out of your way. Orenio helps you protect your time, build a focused rhythm, and watch the work add up.