Comparison

Pomodoro Pro Timer vs Focus Hour

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Pro Timer

Features
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Ready to take control of your time? Pomodoro Pro Timer helps you stay focused and productive using the proven Pomodoro technique. Work in focused intervals, take refreshing breaks, and watch your productivity soar! HOW IT WORKS Set your focus time, hit start, and dive into deep work. When the timer ends, take a well-deserved break. After a few cycles, enjoy a longer break. It is that simple, and it really works! FREE FEATURES - Fully functional Pomodoro timer - Adjustable work duration (1 to 120 minutes) - Smart notifications when sessions end - Friendly reminders to stay on track - Beautiful glassmorphism design - 55+ languages supported - Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac PRO FEATURES (One-time purchase) - Light and Dark mode themes - Custom sounds for sessions and breaks - Ticking sound for deep focus - Apple Watch companion app - Siri voice commands and Shortcuts - Live Activities and Dynamic Island - Home Screen widgets - Full cycle customization (breaks, long breaks, rounds) PERFECT FOR - Students preparing for exams - Professionals managing their workday - Writers, artists, and creators - Anyone learning a new skill - Kids and teens building good study habits NO ADS, EVER We believe focus apps should be distraction-free. That is why there are no ads in Pomodoro Pro Timer, not even in the free version. DESIGNED WITH CARE Beautiful tomato-red glassmorphism design that looks stunning in both light and dark mode. Compact enough to keep on your desk as a Mac app, yet powerful enough for your daily workflow. Start your first Pomodoro today and discover how much you can achieve!

About

Focus Hour

Features
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Focus Hour is a task manager, a day planner and a focus timer in one app. No account. No sign-up. No email. No ads. Open it, plan tomorrow, and start. PLAN THE DAY, THEN DO IT Lists, folders and headings for structure. Tags, saved filters and search for everything else. Subtasks, checklists, markdown notes and photo attachments on any task. Due dates, defer dates, durations, recurrence, and reminders with buttons you can act on straight from the notification. TYPE IT, DON'T TAP IT Quick add reads what you write. "Draft the report friday 2pm #work !2" lands dated, tagged and flagged without touching a single picker. A PLANNER THAT KNOWS YOUR CALENDAR Your tasks and your existing calendar events on one timeline, so the plan reflects the time you actually have. Auto-plan drops the backlog into the gaps. Calendar events are read-only and never leave your device. FOCUS, PROPERLY A real Pomodoro cycle β€” focus, a short break, and a longer reset after a few rounds β€” with every duration configurable. Or a plain stopwatch. Synthesised ambient beds to work under: rain, waves, fire, and three kinds of noise. Start a session on a task and the time is logged against it. BUILD THE HABITS Daily, weekday or times-per-week habits, with count goals, streaks and notes. SEE IT WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Home Screen widgets for today's list β€” with checkboxes that work right there β€” and for the running timer. Lock Screen widgets for what's next and how long is left. An Apple Watch app to tick things off, log habits and run a focus session from your wrist. And a share sheet that sends a link, a screenshot or selected text from any app straight to your Inbox. MADE TO LOOK LIKE SOMETHING Three skins β€” Ink, Carbon and Terminal β€” with hard rules, a grotesk display face and monospaced figures. Not another rounded grey list. ALSO IN THE BOX An Eisenhower matrix, a weekly review, project templates, XP levels and badges, and focus statistics by day, list, task and hour. BUILT BY ONE PERSON I built Focus Hour for myself, in a year when AI finally made something like this achievable alone β€” then kept building whatever people asked for. No team, no investors, and no roadmap written by anyone but the people using it. And no subscription: your own to-do list shouldn't be rented back to you month after month. Your tasks, notes and photos stay on your iPhone, and your calendar is read-only and never leaves the device. No tracking of you across other companies' apps or websites, and nothing shared with data brokers. TELL ME WHAT TO BUILD See something in another to-do app that you wish this one had? Email mark@vibecode.review. I read every message and I build what people actually ask for β€” that is how most of this app got here. Install it and plan tomorrow tonight.

Screenshots

Pomodoro Pro Timer4 screens
Focus Hour4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pomodoro Pro Timer and Focus Hour are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pomodoro Pro Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus Hour sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pomodoro Pro Timer versus Focus Hour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro Pro TimerFocus Hour
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.615.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin SchnabelMeng-Yi Hsu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pomodoro Pro Timer

One-time1
  • Pomodoro Pro$2.99
3 purchases

Focus Hour

One-time3
  • Unlock All Apps I Built$5.99
  • Unlock Focus Hour$9.99
  • Unlock Focus Hour$12.99

Questions

Is Pomodoro Pro Timer free?
Pomodoro Pro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Hour free?
Focus Hour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomodoro Pro Timer or Focus Hour have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Pro Timer nor Focus Hour shows ads.

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