Comparison

Pomodoro Timer|Focus vs Tundra

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer|Focus

Features
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Focus is a simple Pomodoro timer designed to help you start, stay focused, and see your effort add up. You can record timelapse videos during your focus sessions, helping you lock yourself in and look back on how you spent your time. No complicated productivity system. No clutter. Just focus, color, and proof of your effort. Focus Pro Focus Pro unlocks every colour theme, timelapse export, and custom focus and break lengths. It is available as a one-time purchase or as a yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A yearly subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://d-takashi.github.io/app-pages/apps/perfect-pomodoro/privacy/

About

Tundra

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Tundra is a focus app for people who've tried the others and still found themselves scrolling. Most blockers are easy to bypass — a five-second tap and you're back in the feed. Tundra is built on the opposite idea: to take a break, change your rules, or turn blocking off, you first pass through friction — a wait timer long enough to break the impulse. No gamified streaks, no clutter, no tricks. HOW IT WORKS • Choose the apps and websites you want to block. • Tap once to turn blocking on — blocked apps and sites are shielded across your phone. • To take a break, wait out a friction countdown. Leaving the app resets it, so you have to mean it. • Ending a session or changing your settings goes through friction too. There's no cheap escape hatch. SCHEDULES • Set blocking to turn on and off by itself at the times and days you choose. • Lock a schedule and there's no ending it early — the commitment you made in advance holds. BUILT TO BE HARD (ON PURPOSE) • Randomized waits you can't mentally time. • Escalating friction — each break makes the next wait longer. • A blunt "Do you really want this?" before every break. • Difficulty levels from gentle to brutal. QUICK CHECKS Sometimes you genuinely need to look at one thing. Tundra gives you a few 30-second checks a day with no wait. They don't count as breaks, so they never make the next wait longer, and you choose how many you get, or turn them off. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no servers. Everything stays on your device — we can't see your data because we never collect it. Tundra uses Apple's Screen Time to do the blocking, all on-device. Focus is a skill. Tundra gives you the friction to practice it.

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer|Focus4 screens
Tundra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tundra at every 2 weeks against Pomodoro Timer|Focus's monthly. 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

Pomodoro Timer|Focus ships an update monthly, Tundra every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Pomodoro Timer|Focus versus Tundra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro Timer|FocusTundra
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakashi DaitoLouis Osztreicher

In-app purchases

None

Pomodoro Timer|Focus

No in-app purchases

None

Tundra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer|Focus free?
Pomodoro Timer|Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tundra free?
Tundra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro Timer|Focus or Tundra have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer|Focus nor Tundra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer|Focus or Tundra?
Pomodoro Timer|Focus ships an update monthly, and Tundra every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer|Focus was updated on October 15, 2026 and Tundra on October 12, 2026.

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