Quartz vs Noiseless

Quartz is a focus timer that fits the way you actually work — not the other way around. Three modes, one flow. Pomodoro — the classic cycle: focused sessions, short breaks, a long break when you've earned it. Fully adjustable, with named presets and sequences that vary session lengths across a cycle. Free Roam — an open-ended count-up for the days you just want to start and see where the focus takes you. Flowmodoro — work as long as the flow lasts, then take a break you earned: Quartz computes it from how long you focused. Switch between them anywhere — and Quartz always asks before ending a running session, on every device. Everywhere you work. iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch — one purchase, everything included. Start and control any mode from your wrist. On the Mac, a menu-bar timer shows your session at a glance, with full controls one click away, and Quartz can open at login. Widgets, Lock Screen widgets, and Live Activities keep your session visible without opening the app. Attach your work. Create tasks and attach one to a session — your focus time is credited to the work it served. History keeps an honest record: finished sessions, skipped ones, and exactly how long each really ran. Understand your focus. Stats show your day at a glance. Quartz Pro adds Insights: completion rate, streaks, adherence, focus by task, your best hours and days, a focus heatmap, and per-device breakdowns — each with clear headline numbers, not just charts. Private by design. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your data lives on your device and in your own private iCloud — invisible to us, synced by Apple. You can even turn iCloud sync off per device. Free forever: the full Pomodoro experience, Free Roam, tasks, history, core stats, widgets, Live Activities, the Apple Watch app, the Mac menu bar, iCloud sync, Focus Filters, and Shortcuts. Quartz Pro (subscription or one-time lifetime, 7-day free trial): Flowmodoro, named presets and badged starters, sequences, custom presets, four premium themes, and the full Insights suite. Nothing you have is ever taken away. Made by one developer who wanted a timer that respects your time — and your data. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Noiseless is a distraction blocker and focus timer built for people who mean it. Free to download and try — one optional one-time purchase unlocks everything. Never a subscription. When you start a session, Noiseless activates Mute Mode — blocking access to the apps that steal your attention. No willpower required. The apps are locked until your session ends. Then it shows you what you got back: the attention you reclaimed, and the finite time you're spending it against. HOW IT WORKS • Tap Mute to start a focus session • Mute Mode activates instantly, blocking distracting apps • A hold-to-unmute gesture prevents impulsive endings • Your session runs with a live timer on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island SEE THE FOCUS YOU RECLAIM — SIGNAL • Your reclaimed attention as Today, this Week, and the whole Year • Set an optional intention — Work, Read, Create, or Rest — and see how your focus splits • Session targets: aim for 25, 50, or 90 minutes and watch a gentle ring fill • A calm weekly mirror that reflects on your week without ever grading it SEE THE TIME YOU'RE SPENDING — TIME • Your life in weeks — a quiet grid of every week of a life, bright for the ones behind you • What's left, right now — how much of today, this week, this month, and this year remains • Goals — count the days since you quit something, or down to a deadline • Link a goal to your focus time to make progress real ("47h of 100h") START FROM ANYWHERE • "Hey Siri, Mute" and Shortcuts actions • Home Screen widgets — a live session timer and a countdown to any goal • Control Center toggle for one-flick Mute / Unmute FEATURES • Full app blocking via Apple Screen Time integration • Live Activities on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Apple Watch app with real-time session sync and live complications • Watch complications for sessions, a life clock, and goals • Activity grid and calendar view of your focus history • Quiet Hours — a soft, optional nudge to mute at the times you choose • Share a clean card of a goal or your life in weeks • Optional iCloud Sync — keep your goals and history across your devices, privately (off by default) • Data export and import (JSON) • Dark and light mode with a minimal, monospaced design BUILT FOR PRIVACY No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Noiseless works entirely offline by default, and your data stays yours. Turn on iCloud Sync (off by default) and your goals and focus history sync privately across your own devices through your iCloud — we never see it. FREE TO TRY. PAY ONCE. Your first week is fully unlimited. After that, the free tier keeps the complete ritual — one honest 25-minute session a day, one goal, and today's Signal. A single one-time purchase unlocks everything else: unlimited sessions, the full Signal and Reflection views, iCloud sync, and muting all your devices at once. No subscriptions. No ads. No upsells. Noiseless uses Apple's Screen Time framework to block apps during focus sessions. You choose which apps to block, and the block is automatically removed when your session ends.