Hocus Focus vs Projects Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hocus Focus
This app is a productivity tool designed to enforce deep, uninterrupted work through a gamified system that penalizes distractions. It features a focus score, ruthless time management, and integrated task management to help users build discipline and execute tasks effectively.
- Gamified Focus Score engine
- Penalizes distractions and time leaks
- Offline-first operation
- Integrated drag-and-drop task management
- Unlockable elite badges
- Biometric security integration
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Stop bleeding time. You don’t need another pastel-colored, gentle productivity app that rewards you just for showing up. You need a system that holds you relentlessly accountable. Hocus Focus is an elite, offline-first productivity engine engineered for one singular purpose: forcing deep, uninterrupted work. It strips away the noise and replaces it with a brutal, gamified framework that penalizes distractions and permanently records your momentum. If you pause the timer, you bleed points. If you break your streak, the system knows. THE FOCUS SCORE ENGINE Your Focus Score is the ultimate metric of your discipline. It actively compounds as you execute, but it is deeply unforgiving: • Earn massive points for completing tasks and holding daily streaks. • Suffer brutal point deductions for every minute you pause the timer or leak focus. • Watch your live analytics map out your exact execution history over a 7-day rolling window. RUTHLESS TIME MANAGEMENT • Sprint Timer: A stark, zero-distraction interface that tracks your exact output. • Time Leaks: If you pause, the timer records the leak. The system mathematically penalizes your overall score for abandoning the active session. • Offline-First: No cloud reliance, no loading screens. Your data lives on your device and operates seamlessly whether you're connected or completely off the grid. COMMAND CENTER • Fully integrated drag-and-drop task management. • Prioritize your queue and execute tasks directly from the active dashboard. • Automatically tie task completions to your live Focus Score. UNLOCK ELITE BADGES Your consistency unlocks permanent hardware-level badges in your dashboard: • The Flame: Hold a 3-day iron streak. • The Lightning: Execute 3 full sprints in a single day. • The Titan: Maintain a ruthless 7-day streak. • The Ghost: Complete an entire sprint with exactly zero seconds of leaked time. • The Night Owl: Execute a pure deep-work session between midnight and 5 AM. MILITARY-GRADE SECURITY Lock your entire productivity matrix behind a biometric wall. Hocus Focus supports deep integration with Face ID and Touch ID, ensuring your metrics, tasks, and history are exclusively yours. Silence the noise. Lock in. Execute the vision. Download Hocus Focus and start building your foundation today.
Projects Timer
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We can work all day and still get little done. To fix that set a timer and focus for a bit. Then take a break and relax. Working with a timer is 5 times more effective. You finish more by doing less. When the timer is running, it's hard to get distracted. At the end, you write down what you did. If thousands of people boosted their productivity with a timer, then you can too!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hocus Focus at Free against Projects Timer's $19.99. Hocus Focus also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Projects Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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
Hocus Focus is free to download; Projects Timer costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hocus Focus ships an update weekly, Projects Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hocus Focus | Projects Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sarfraz Ali Shaher Syed | Vladyslav Oleksenko |
In-app purchases
Hocus Focus
No in-app purchases
Projects Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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