Comparison

Focus Timer vs NeoFocus

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

Head to head
About

Focus Timer

Features
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Transform your productivity with Focus Timer. Focus Timer uses the proven Pomodoro Technique to help you break work into focused intervals, separated by short breaks. Build healthy work habits, prevent burnout, and maximize your output every day. Key Features: • Customizable focus sessions and smart breaks • Focus streak tracking to build consistency • Task insights to see where your time goes • Achievement badges to stay motivated • Daily and weekly productivity statistics • Beautiful, distraction-free interface • Works fully offline Premium Features: • Full focus calendar with monthly navigation • Best streak records and advanced analytics • Task productivity breakdown by project • Custom timer durations from 1 to 180 minutes • Daily focus reminder notifications • Detailed weekly trends and daily activity charts Perfect for students, professionals, freelancers, writers, and anyone looking to improve focus and productivity. Terms of Use (EULA): https://legal.timesleap.com/focus-timer-terms-of-use.html Download Focus Timer today and start building better work habits!

About

NeoFocus

This app offers a minimalist focus timer with a unique, dynamically generated ambient soundscape. Customize focus and break intervals, adjust the soundscape's mood, and enjoy an ad-free, offline experience.

Highlights
  • Adjustable focus and break cycles
  • Dynamically generated ambient soundscapes
  • Interactive soundscape mood control
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or data collection
  • End-of-session notifications
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NeoFocus is a minimal focus timer with a soundscape that is generated live, note by note — never looped, never streamed. TIMER • Classic focus/break cycles (25/5/15 by default, fully adjustable) • Four-dot cycle indicator with automatic long breaks • End-of-session notification, haptics and chime • Keeps exact time in the background and after relaunch SOUNDSCAPE • Five tones synthesized in real time: Warm Marimba, Glass Bells, E-Piano, Deep Drone, Soft Rain • Touch to shape the mood: drag inside the ring — left/right moves the harmony darker or brighter, up/down changes energy and density • Tap inside the ring to place your own notes on a repeating loop • Plays during focus, breaks, or both — your choice PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no account, no analytics, no data collection • Works completely offline • Asks for one permission only: notifications, to tell you when a session ends

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
NeoFocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NeoFocus at none against Focus Timer's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. NeoFocus asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Focus Timer versus NeoFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimerNeoFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChengdu Times Leap Technology Co., Ltd.Neoco Studio

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Focus Timer Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Focus Timer Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Focus Timer Premium Quarterly$9.993 Months
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  • Focus Timer Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
None

NeoFocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NeoFocus free?
NeoFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Timer or NeoFocus have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor NeoFocus shows ads.

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