Comparison

Focus To vs Mini Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Focus To

Enhance your deep work with a beautifully designed Pomodoro timer. Features include customizable sessions, breathing exercises, live widgets, and detailed statistics to build focus habits. Available in multiple languages and across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timer
  • Breathing exercises
  • Live widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen
  • Detailed focus statistics and heatmap
  • Multi-language support
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Turn deep work into a daily habit. A beautifully crafted Pomodoro timer with breathing exercises, live widgets, and detailed stats — everything you need to build unbreakable focus, in one app. Available in 39 languages. No subscriptions, ever. POWERFUL FOCUS TIMER Start a session in seconds. Choose from four timer styles — Classic Ring, Dual Ring, Flip Clock, and 7-Segment LED — and make every session feel like yours. Set custom work and break durations, then let the timer guide your flow. BREATHING COACH Reset your mind between sessions. Box Breathing is included free. Unlock four more science-backed techniques with Pro to calm nerves before exams, energize before creative sprints, or wind down after a long day. YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR APP The app speaks your language — 39 of them, from English and Español to 日本語, العربية, हिन्दी and 中文. Choose yours on first launch with no need to change your phone settings, and switch anytime. Right-to-left layouts are fully supported. 13 BEAUTIFUL THEMES Five free themes to get started. Eight Pro themes for those who want their timer to match their mood, setup, or time of day. Every theme is designed to look great on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. LIVE EVERYWHERE Track your session without opening the app. Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, Dynamic Island, and Live Activities keep your timer always one glance away. STATS THAT MOTIVATE See your progress at a glance. Track your streak, review your focus score, explore your heatmap, and journal your reflections — all in one place. Understanding your patterns is the first step to improving them. FOCUS ZONES Tag every session as Work, Study, Creative, Health, Reading, or Other — then see exactly where your hours go with per-zone analytics. APPLE WATCH COMPANION Start, pause, and monitor sessions right from your wrist. Works standalone or synced with your iPhone. Extended runtime keeps your timer running even when your wrist drops. WORKS ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. iCloud sync keeps your stats, settings, and journal entries up to date everywhere. Pick up right where you left off, on any device. SIRI SHORTCUTS Say "Start my focus session" and go. Create custom Siri Shortcuts to launch a specific Focus Zone hands-free. PRO — ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER A single, one-time purchase. No subscriptions. No recurring charges. Unlock everything below, plus every future Pro feature. What you get free: • Full Pomodoro timer with the Classic Ring style • 5 themes • Box Breathing • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Dynamic Island and Live Activities • Streaks and core stats • Apple Watch app • iCloud sync • Siri Shortcuts • All 39 languages with in-app language picker What Pro adds: • 8 additional themes • 3 timer styles — Dual Ring, Flip Clock, and 7-Segment LED • 3 duration picker styles — Card, Orbit, and Minimal • Focus Zones with per-zone analytics • 4 advanced breathing techniques • Focus journal • Detailed heatmap and focus score • Every future Pro feature Questions or feedback? Reach out — every message is read. Privacy Policy: https://focustimebreaker.web.app/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Supplemental Terms: https://focustimebreaker.web.app/terms Support: https://focustimebreaker.web.app/support

About

Mini Focus Timer

This minimalist timer uses the Pomodoro technique to help you focus for 25 minutes and then take a 5-minute break. It features a simple interface with a circular dial and a large start button, offering focus, short break, and long break phases. Track your progress with daily, weekly, and monthly charts.

Highlights
  • Minimalist Pomodoro timer
  • Focus, short break, long break phases
  • Circular glass dial interface
  • Home & lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Daily, weekly, monthly focus charts
Features
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Prop up iPhone Duo and stay focused. The upper part of the half-open inner display shows the remaining time and current phase in large type, with start, pause and other controls plus the next phase below. Your timer keeps its state as you fold or unfold between the outer and inner displays. On the half-open inner display, the upright area shows just one large circular timer in the center. Focus 25, rest 5. That's it. MiniFocus is the simplest Pomodoro timer for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch — one glossy glass dial, one big start button, and a gentle ping when the phase ends. • Three phases only — focus, short break, long break • Big circular glass dial in the iOS 26 Liquid Glass tone • Home & lock screen widgets — running timer · today stats · quick start • Apple Watch complications — your remaining time, always one glance away • Universal — iPhone, iPad, and a paired Apple Watch app, all in one • Daily, weekly, monthly focus charts • No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. No IAP. No account, no cloud — everything lives on your device. The point isn't measuring time. It's not drifting away for 25 minutes.

Screenshots

Focus To4 screens
Mini Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mini Focus Timer at none against Focus To's 1. Mini Focus Timer also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Focus To's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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 To sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mini Focus Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus To ships an update every 2 months, Mini Focus Timer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focus To versus Mini Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus ToMini Focus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMd Khaled Hasan MannaLim Sangjin

Customer experience

Focus To

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mini Focus Timer

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus To

One-time1
  • Focus DNA Pro$5.99
None

Mini Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus To free?
Focus To is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mini Focus Timer free?
Mini Focus Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus To or Mini Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Focus To nor Mini Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus To or Mini Focus Timer?
Focus To ships an update every 2 months, and Mini Focus Timer every 8 days. Most recently, Focus To was updated on November 8, 2026 and Mini Focus Timer on October 31, 2026.

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