Comparison

Focus Ally vs Focus Timer

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

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Focus Ally

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Work runs in parallel. Your attention doesn't. Focus Ally shows what your day was actually made of: the hours you spent inside your own attention, and the hours your AI agents worked next to you. Most productivity tools count tasks. Focus Ally counts attention. One app across your devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. THE DAY IN ONE VIEW An hourly timeline with session blocks and a live now line. Your calendar sits beside it in two columns, planned intention on one side and what actually happened on the other, read from your real calendars. A SEPARATE LANE FOR AI SESSIONS When coding agents run beside you, that work is real, but it is not your attention. Focus Ally gives parallel AI sessions their own lane, so delegated work is visible without being mistaken for focus. FOCUS SESSIONS THAT DO NOT CUT YOU OFF 10, 25, 50 or 90 minutes, or open ended. At zero it does not stop. It counts up, so a session that is going well is never ended by an alarm. REST AS PART OF THE SYSTEM Choose a break, walk the rest ladder, and log how the session felt: sluggish, ok or sharp. Rest is human life, not dead time. STATISTICS AND INSIGHTS A daily goal, core metrics, time by tag and a history strip. Insights adds daily, weekly and monthly reflections written back to you. TASKS, KEPT SIMPLE ToDo, Backlog, Done, Dropped. Tags are the only taxonomy. No folders, no projects, no ceremony. CONNECT YOUR AI ASSISTANT An MCP connection lets an AI assistant read and set your priorities and sessions, with explicit scopes that you control. ALSO Theming and seven interface languages: English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Korean. FOCUS ALLY PRO Free includes the day timeline, calendar, focus and rest sessions, tasks, and statistics for today and yesterday. Pro unlocks Insights, full statistics, full history, and smart priority reminders. Focus Ally Pro Monthly: $9.99 per month, with a 7 day free trial. Focus Ally Pro Annual: $59.99 per year, with a 7 day free trial. Save 50%. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://focus.withally.app/legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://focus.withally.app/legal/terms Support: https://focus.withally.app/legal/support

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Focus Timer

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A Pomodoro focus timer for study and work. Block selected apps, settle into cabin white noise and take a virtual flight across Earth. Flight Pomodoro turns completed focus sessions into boarding passes you can collect. Choose your destination, print a ticket and take off when you are ready. FIND A JOURNEY FOR YOUR TIME Pick your departure and destination or discover flights by focus time. Time-scaled mode keeps longer journeys longer. You can also match a session to the estimated flight duration provided for a route. BLOCK DISTRACTIONS, BUILD YOUR CABIN Choose apps to block while you study, work or read. Set the mood with cabin ambience and flight-inspired sounds. App blocking requires Screen Time permission. Haptics are available on supported devices. WATCH YOUR FOCUS CROSS THE EARTH Follow your aircraft over detailed continents, oceans, clouds, day and night. The camera tracks your flight, and you can rotate and zoom the globe to explore. PRINT YOUR BOARDING PASS Start with a paper-printing animation at the top of your device. On iPhones with Dynamic Island, the animation connects to the island. Printing a ticket and starting a flight are separate, so you decide when to take off. COLLECT THE TIME YOU COMPLETED Finished flights become boarding passes in your album. Complete a flight with app blocking maintained to receive your first passport stamp at that arrival airport. Turn the pages and zoom in to explore your collection. KEEP A JOURNAL OF YOUR FOCUS Review focus time, add journey notes and look back on your week. Export your records or save an encrypted backup file to restore later. ONE APP PURCHASE. EVERY FEATURE INCLUDED. No additional in-app purchases or subscriptions. Explore every available destination, keep adding album and passport pages, choose from three album designs, four cabin soundscapes and five app icons, and save your focus environments. Existing users also receive every feature when they update. Each page holds eight items, with new pages added as your collection grows. Flights and boarding passes are virtual experiences for focus. Flight Pomodoro does not issue real airline tickets, book flights or track live airline operations.

Screenshots

Focus Ally4 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Ally at Free against Focus Timer's $2.99. Focus Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Focus Ally is free to download; Focus Timer costs $2.99 up front. Focus Ally sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Focus Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Ally ships an update every 10 days, Focus Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Focus Ally versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus AllyFocus Timer
PriceFree โ€” better$2.99
Update frequencyEvery 10 days โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr SeninSnapWorks Lab

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus Ally

Subscriptions2
  • Focus with Ally Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Focus with Ally Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Ally free?
Focus Ally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Ally or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Focus Ally nor Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Ally or Focus Timer?
Focus Ally ships an update every 10 days, and Focus Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Ally was updated on October 14, 2026 and Focus Timer on October 10, 2026.

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