Comparison

Quiet IQ vs Focal

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

Head to head
About

Quiet IQ

A visually intuitive timer designed to enhance focus for individuals with ADHD. It offers customizable countdowns and count-ups with clear alerts, making time management simpler and less overwhelming.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown and count-up timer
  • Customizable colors, fonts, and styles
  • Saved timers for recurring tasks
  • Sound, haptic, and visual end alerts
  • Minimalist and calming design
  • Touch-friendly controls
Features
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A timer that helps you focus without adding more friction. ADHD Focus Timer is a modern visual timer for iPhone and iPad designed to make timing feel simpler, clearer, and easier to stick with. Set a timer fast, count up or count down, customize the look, save favorites, and get clear end alerts that are easy to notice. Features: • Count down and count up • Large visual timer display • Touch-friendly controls • Saved timers for repeat tasks • Custom colors, fonts, and styles • Sound, haptics, and visual end alerts • Minimal design built to feel calm and clear Great for: • Focus sessions • Homework and studying • Work blocks • Daily routines • Breaks and transitions • Cleaning, reading, workouts, and more Designed to feel: • Fast to start • Easy to read • Simple to customize • Clear when time is up • Helpful without being overwhelming If you want a visual focus timer that feels modern, flexible, and easy to use, ADHD Focus Timer is ready when you are.

About

Focal

Features
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See the time you have left. Focal is a visual timer: it turns a countdown into something you can look at: a colored disk that shrinks as your time runs out — the same idea as the timer on a classroom wall, in your pocket, on your lock screen, and on your desk while the phone charges. ONE THING AT A TIME A routine in Focal is a chain of short steps, each with its own length. Focal shows you the step you are on and nothing else, then moves to the next one by itself. Morning launch, shutdown, cleaning sprint, a study block — start with ten ready-made routines or build your own. TIME YOU CAN SEE, EVERYWHERE • Full-screen timer in three shapes: disk, bar, or pie • Live Activity and Dynamic Island — the countdown keeps running on your lock screen • Home and Lock Screen widgets for your next routine • Put the phone on its side while charging and StandBy becomes a desk timer • Start from Siri, the Action Button, or Control Center BUILT FOR THE WAY ATTENTION ACTUALLY WORKS • Designed around ADHD time blindness — for when "five more minutes" quietly becomes an hour • Gentle haptics at the halfway mark and in the final minute • When time is up the clock keeps counting, and Focal taps you on the shoulder at five and fifteen minutes — the alarm for when you fall into something too deep • Add a minute without losing your place • Eight themes, including high-contrast and a quiet monochrome one NO INTERNET NEEDED. No account. No cloud. Nothing you make ever leaves your phone — the timer works in airplane mode, because it never needed the internet. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quiet IQ4 screens
Focal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quiet IQ and Focal are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Quiet IQ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Focal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quiet IQ ships an update every 11 days, Focal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Quiet IQ versus Focal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet IQFocal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForgio Technologies, LLCHo Van Dai

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Quiet IQ

Subscriptions2
  • Quiet IQ Premium Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Year
  • Quiet IQ Premium Annual$1.991 Year
One-time3
  • 2-Day Free TrialFree
  • Quiet IQ Lifetime Access$2.99
  • Lifetime Access$4.99
3 purchases

Focal

Subscriptions2
  • Focal Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Focal Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Focal Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Quiet IQ free?
Quiet IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focal free?
Focal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quiet IQ or Focal have ads?
Neither Quiet IQ nor Focal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quiet IQ or Focal?
Quiet IQ ships an update every 11 days, and Focal weekly. Most recently, Quiet IQ was updated on October 22, 2026 and Focal on October 25, 2026.

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