Comparison

FocusVille vs Pomodoro Timer

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

Head to head
About

FocusVille

Features
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FocusVille turns your focus time into a little life you grow. Start a focus session and a tiny friend grows with you: baby, child, teen, adult. Every focused minute turns into coins, a cozier room and a life that slowly takes shape: a job, a salary, a bike, a house with a garden, and one day a seaside villa or an island of your own. Made calm on purpose. No noise, no pressure, no punishment for stopping early, and nothing you have earned is ever taken away. Just a soft, rewarding loop that makes it easier to start, especially if starting is the hard part for you. • Promise: promise yourself 1, 2 or 3 sessions (Easy, Medium or Hard) for today or tomorrow, and earn coins when you keep it. Add some of your coins if you like and they come back multiplied. Pick an hour and get a reminder. Keep 7 in a row for a bonus and a Promise cup for your room. • Your friend's form: your last 7 days of focus show on your character. When Fresh, sessions earn 10% more coins. Need time off? Take a break for 3, 7 or 14 days. Want more challenge? Optional Hard mode: a neglected friend gets sick and their salary is halved, until a few good days bring them back. • Your scene while you focus: during a session, your lock screen and home screen widget show the scene you picked and your friend with a live countdown (iOS 17 and later). Dim the screen and the scene stays softly visible. • Focus Journey: a one-time ticket for a 30-stop path. Every day you reach your minutes you move one stop, collecting room items you can't buy in the shop. • Big goals: a bike, a house with a garden, a sports car, a seaside villa and a private island, each with a new window view. The villa and the island open rooms of their own. • Wealth ladder: 12 titles from Apprentice to Legend, and every new title gives you a raise. • Seasonal trips with postcards, 15 new room items and a quote of the day. • Focus sessions with real ambience: rain and river are free; café, fireplace, forest, ocean, brown noise and white noise come with FocusVille+ (try each one free for a session) • Strict Mode (iOS 18 and later): lock the apps that distract you while your session runs. Free, with no daily limit • Exam and deadline countdown with your weekly focus time • Look after your friend: water, meals, a kitchen to fill and pets you name yourself • Jobs, salary, achievements and a story to unlock • Daily reminders and gentle streak protection • 12 languages, now including Vietnamese • Works offline. Signing in is optional, and your progress is yours FocusVille+ (optional monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription) adds Hard lock and Scheduled lock (iOS 18 and later), the weekly focus report (your first one is free), all scenes and sounds, focus effects and themes, free streak repair, unlimited breaks for your friend and 20% more coins in coin packs. Coins are earned by focusing; optional coin packs are just a shortcut. Coins have no cash value. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focus-ville.vercel.app/privacy Light the candle. Grow your world.

About

Pomodoro Timer

Features
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Pomodoro Timer is a focus timer built on the Pomodoro technique: you work with full attention for 25 minutes, take a short break, and every four blocks earn a long one. The ring fills as time passes, and its color tells you which mode you are in — red for focus, green for a break. No need to read the number. • Full-screen Focus mode, nothing on screen but the time, with the display kept awake • Daily goal and day streak, so the habit stays visible • Time focused, daily average, and the week in bars • History of the day's sessions • Breaks that start on their own, if you want them to • Your own presets: pick your durations and save them • Five languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German Everything stays on your device. No account, no email, and nothing sent anywhere.

Screenshots

FocusVille4 screens
Pomodoro Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pomodoro Timer at none against FocusVille's 9. On price, update cadence, ads 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. FocusVille sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pomodoro Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusVille ships an update every 3 weeks, Pomodoro Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
FocusVille versus Pomodoro Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusVillePomodoro Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmre Omer YldzGivailson Neves

In-app purchases

9 purchases

FocusVille

Subscriptions2
  • FocusVille+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • FocusVille+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Handful · 1,000 coins$0.99
  • Pouch · 3,200 coins$2.99
  • Focus Journey$4.99
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  • Chest · 7,500 coins$5.99
  • Treasure · 20,000 coins$12.99
  • Hoard · 50,000 coins$24.99
  • FocusVille+ Lifetime$59.99
None

Pomodoro Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusVille free?
FocusVille is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusVille or Pomodoro Timer have ads?
Neither FocusVille nor Pomodoro Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusVille or Pomodoro Timer?
FocusVille ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pomodoro Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, FocusVille was updated on October 28, 2026 and Pomodoro Timer on October 31, 2026.

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