Comparison

Study Timer & Focus Planner vs Tick

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

Head to head
About

Study Timer & Focus Planner

Features
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One thing at a time, with a clock on it. Set the length of your focus block, choose what you are working on, and let every completed block count toward it. THE COUNTDOWN A single ring shows the phase you are in and how many blocks remain before your next long break. Start, pause, reset, or skip ahead with one tap. Switch on auto-start and the next phase begins by itself, so a whole cycle runs without you touching the screen. INTERVALS YOU SET Nothing is fixed to the textbook numbers. A focus phase can run anywhere from 1 to 90 minutes, short breaks up to 30, long breaks up to 60, and you decide how many focus blocks come before the long break arrives. Short bursts on restless days, long stretches when the work deserves them. A LIST THAT KEEPS SCORE Write down what you need to get through and estimate how many blocks each item will take. Select one, and every completed phase is tallied against it, so a progress bar fills as you go instead of a vague sense that you were busy. Tick items off when they are done. SEE YOUR HISTORY Totals for today, for the past week, and for all time, plus a seven-day bar chart of focused minutes. Your current run of consecutive days and your best run are tracked day by day, so a skipped afternoon is visible and easy to put right tomorrow. SOUND, ALERTS, AND FEEL A soft tick can run underneath a focus phase to mark that the clock is live, and a chime signals the end of one. Completion notifications reach you even when the app is in the background. Haptic feedback confirms the transitions you care about. Every one of these is a switch you control. FIVE COLOR THEMES Coral, Graphite, Pine, Iris, or Ember. The accent color carries through the ring, the tab bar, and the charts, so the app looks the way you want to look at it for hours. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY Your blocks, your list, and your history are stored on your device. There is no account to create, no feed, and no banners between you and the countdown. Study Timer & Focus Planner requires Premium to run a focus block. Premium opens the complete app: full control over focus, short break and long break lengths and how many blocks come before the long break; the task list with per-item block estimates and progress bars; the statistics screen with today, this week and all-time totals, the seven-day chart of focused minutes and your current and best streak; and all five color themes, Coral, Graphite, Pine, Iris and Ember. Plans: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of that period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service

About

Tick

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A rule-driven time management tool to pace and structure. With Tick, you can build a Flow to navigate seamlessly through timed stages, or chain multi-tiered alerts to a single Event using rule-based scheduling. ------ Highlights ------ ■ Flow:Staged Timelines Construct multi-stage timelines for Pomodoro, HIIT, pour-over coffee, and breathing. Each interval advances with a tactile, high-contrast flip-card rhythm. ■ Event:Multi-Tiered Alarms One event, multiple scheduled rings. See your current interval and the next precise trigger point at a single, uncluttered glance. ■ Rule:Dynamic Scheduling Logic Alert schedules are dynamically calculated by custom execution logic - weekdays, variables, and date ranges. No fixed, repetitive adjustments required. ■ UI:Industrial Card Aesthetic High-contrast monolithic panels paired with an old-school monospaced font, delivering a tangible, deeply mechanical timekeeping feel. Whether you need a Pomodoro timer, HIIT interval clock, coffee brewing guide, or breathing exercise tool, Tick is the minimalist choice that adapts to your rhythm. ------ Manifest ------ No social noise. No gamification. No habit tracking hooks. Try Tick. Just time, marked.

Screenshots

Study Timer & Focus Planner4 screens
Tick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tick at every 6 days against Study Timer & Focus Planner's every 4 months. Study Timer & Focus Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Study Timer & Focus Planner ships an update every 4 months, Tick every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Study Timer & Focus Planner versus Tick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudy Timer & Focus PlannerTick
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat Khanh炯炯 胡

In-app purchases

None

Study Timer & Focus Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Tick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Study Timer & Focus Planner free?
Study Timer & Focus Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tick free?
Tick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Study Timer & Focus Planner or Tick have ads?
Neither Study Timer & Focus Planner nor Tick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Study Timer & Focus Planner or Tick?
Study Timer & Focus Planner ships an update every 4 months, and Tick every 6 days. Most recently, Study Timer & Focus Planner was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tick on October 25, 2026.

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