Comparison

Nonstop Pomodoro Study vs OpenFocus

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

Head to head
About

Nonstop Pomodoro Study

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Focus is easier when your whole day is already planned. AllDay is a nonstop Pomodoro timer built for people who want to set up their focus schedule once, then follow it through the day. Create flexible focus sessions, add short or long breaks, stay offline while working, and see your remaining time clearly in portrait or landscape. Unlike a regular timer, AllDay is designed to keep your session going. If you step away, your timer pauses safely so you can come back and resume where you left off. Features - Build a nonstop Pomodoro schedule for today. - Set custom focus durations, break lengths, and session counts. - Add longer breaks for lunch, dinner, or anything else. - Get reminded to go offline every focus session. - See your timer in a clean minimal visual display. - Rotate to landscape for a bigger, easier-to-read timer view. - Step away during a session and resume from where you left off. - Get reminded when your break is almost over. - Stay in rhythm with automatic focus and break transitions. - Use the simple timer display without extra permissions. - No premium upgrade needed. AllDay helps you turn today into one continuous focus flow. Set it up once, start your session, and let the timer guide the rest.

About

OpenFocus

This minimal timer app starts counting down the moment it's opened, offering a distraction-free way to manage focus and break intervals. It provides customizable durations, multiple visual themes, and optional features like long breaks and daily goals, all without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Instant start timer
  • Customizable focus/break durations
  • Optional long breaks
  • 7 color themes
  • 4 timer faces
  • Lock Screen & Dynamic Island integration
  • Reliable alarms
Features
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OpenFocus is a minimal pomodoro timer that starts the moment you open it. Free, forever. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No subscription. Setup-free at launch — yet there when you want to tune it. — Features — Starts instantly The focus timer is already counting down by the time the screen appears. No start button. No mode to pick. Custom focus and break durations Default is the classic 25/5. Open the settings sheet (when stopped) to set focus (5–90 min) and break (5–30 min) independently, in 5-minute steps. Long break (optional) Pomodoro Technique–style long break. After every Nth completed focus (configurable, 2–8), the break extends to 3× its normal length. Off by default. 7 color themes Choose from mono, ink, sea, forest, sand, rose, dusk. The chosen theme applies app-wide and also to the Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island. 4 timer faces Pick how the countdown looks: ring (default hairline), digital (bedside-clock LCD), flip (mechanical split-flap tiles), or analog (single-hand). Digital and flip can rotate to landscape with a tap — handy when you prop the phone up on a desk. Adjust on the fly Settings open mid-session too. Color, face, daily goal, and keep-awake change instantly. Focus and break durations stay locked until you fully stop the timer, so the running countdown never desyncs from what you see. Daily session counter The app counts completed focus sessions per day (auto-resets at midnight). Optionally set a daily goal (1–20) to see progress like "today · 3 / 8" — leave it at 0 and only the count is shown. Keep screen awake (optional) When on, the screen stays on while the timer is in the foreground. Useful for the "place phone on desk and watch the countdown" workflow, without changing your device-wide auto-lock. Auto phase switching When focus ends, break begins. When break ends, focus begins. The cycle continues without you touching the screen. Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Built on iOS Live Activities. Check the remaining time from your Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island without opening the app. Beautifully animated Each theme has its own focus and break colors. Smooth color crossfades on phase change, subtle haptics, Apple-grade SF Symbol morphing — every transition feels native. Reliable alarms Powered by iOS 26 AlarmKit. Notifies you at the end of every focus and break interval, even in the background, even on silent. Privacy first We don't collect anything. Settings and timer state are stored only on your device. No network requests, no analytics, no tracking. — Best for people who — • Want to try the pomodoro technique without setup overhead • Like a single tap to start — but still want to tune their own cadence and look • Are tired of cluttered timer apps • Believe in minimal tools done well — Not for people who — • Need statistics or reports • Want task management built in OpenFocus is built by subtraction, not addition. Minimal at first. Quietly customizable when you ask for it.

Screenshots

Nonstop Pomodoro Study4 screens
OpenFocus2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nonstop Pomodoro Study at 15.1 against OpenFocus's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Nonstop Pomodoro Study versus OpenFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonstop Pomodoro StudyOpenFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJisu ParkYOSHIKI KOAKUTSU

In-app purchases

None

Nonstop Pomodoro Study

No in-app purchases

None

OpenFocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nonstop Pomodoro Study free?
Nonstop Pomodoro Study is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenFocus free?
OpenFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nonstop Pomodoro Study or OpenFocus have ads?
Neither Nonstop Pomodoro Study nor OpenFocus shows ads.

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