Added Time vs Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Added Time
This app helps you focus on your goals with an honest timer that accounts for pauses. It tracks your progress and can block distracting apps to ensure you dedicate your time effectively. Achieve your study, work, or craft objectives with a clear record of your achievements.
- Honest match clock timer with pause accounting
- App blocker to prevent distractions
- Detailed progress ledger for goals and habits
- Customizable timer lengths
- Lock screen and Dynamic Island controls
- Siri integration for starting sessions
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Added Time is for the hours you promised yourself — the exam you're studying toward, the degree you're earning, the craft you're putting real hours into. It's a match clock for those hours: a timer that treats your pauses honestly, a ledger that keeps what you did in ink, and a doorkeeper that asks other apps to step aside while you work. Named after stoppage time — the minutes added back after the game stops. Because a paused minute wasn't a minute toward the goal, the clock adds it back on — the goal gets its full measure, and the count stays true. THE MATCH Pick a subject and a length — 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes. The clock counts up. When life interrupts, hit the whistle: the clock holds, and the pause is added on. +7′ means the match ran seven minutes longer. No penalty, no "why did you stop?" prompt. The clock never judges; it just refuses to lie. Full time is a milestone, not a wall — keep playing and the extra time counts, up to four more hours. End early and every minute still banks. The whistle works from the lock screen and the Dynamic Island, and Siri can kick off a block without opening the app. THE LEDGER — FREE FOREVER Name what you're working toward and what it asks of you: hours a day, hours a week, or a habit on the days it applies — an entrance exam, a degree, hours of practice at your craft. Focused time draws itself as tally marks: a slash for thirty minutes, a cross for sixty, partly-done marks staying honestly part-drawn. Today is the page you keep. The Week holds the plan as ghost marks and reads back as the record in ink. Habits are a tap — kept, or simply still a ghost. Counts are of what was kept; the app has no word for "missed." Step back, and the same ledger holds still: THE RECORD shows this week, this month, or every hour since your first block — total hours, focus, clean sheets, and days active, which is a total, never a streak. A quiet band shows when your ink usually lands. Each subject keeps its own line and the date it started; a finished one keeps its line too, its dates closed. Every subject, goal, habit, the Record, and all of History: free, uncapped, forever. Not a trial. THE DOORMAN During a block, the apps you name step aside until the whistle — pause your work and the wall pauses with you. That's free too, along with one standing window, kept forever. Added Time Plus is the doorman working the whole week, including days you never open the app: • Standing windows — deep work, classes, wind-down, across the week • Daily limits — one cap across the apps you pick, not a clock • Screen-time goals — up to three, including a quiet morning • The doorman's ledger — QUIET HOURS · HELD 6 OF 7 NIGHTS, on the record Plus also unlocks four more kits — Midnight, Almanac, Forest, Altitude — and a firmer hold on the way out, if you want one. Plus is optional: a monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly starts with a 7-day free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app. Family Sharing is on for all three. Breaks and exits are never behind the paywall — every door has a handle. IF YOU STOP, NOTHING BREAKS Miss a week and the page is simply today's again — no backlog, nothing owed. Let Plus lapse, and nothing is deleted: extra windows remain where they are and pick up exactly where they left off if you come back. PRIVATE, BY ARCHITECTURE No account. No analytics. No servers of ours — nothing about you is ever sent to us. Your record lives on your iPhone, and when iCloud is on, Added Time keeps a copy in your own iCloud (not the doorman's ledger) so it can come back if you delete the app or move to a new iPhone. We can't see it, and you can turn it off. App blocking uses Apple's Screen Time framework on the phone; we never see which apps you use. Purchases live with your Apple ID. Added Time is in English and Spanish, and requires iOS 18 or later. Support: https://addedtime.app/support.html Privacy: https://addedtime.app/privacy.html
Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer
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Pomodoro Flip Clock is a minimalist Pomodoro timer that helps you focus, study and get work done – one session at a time. A BIG, CALM FLIP CLOCK See your remaining time at a glance. The large flip-clock display is easy on the eyes and readable from across your desk. YOUR RHYTHM, YOUR RULES • Set your own work and break durations • Choose how many Pomodoros pass before a long break • Start, pause and reset with one tap FOCUS SOUNDS Block out distractions with built-in ambient sounds: • Rain • Ocean • Fireplace MAKE IT YOURS Personalize the clock and button colors to match your style and your setup. WHY POMODORO? The Pomodoro Technique splits your work into focused sessions with short breaks in between. It keeps your energy steady, makes big tasks feel smaller and helps you avoid burnout – whether you're studying for exams, writing, coding or working from home. SIMPLE AND FREE No sign-up, no account. It is fast, lightweight and completely free (ad-supported). Open the app, press start, and get into focus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer at none against Added Time's 3. Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Added Time's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Added Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Added Time ships an update every 11 days, Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Added Time | Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathias Jacobson | Emin Burak YILDIRIM |
In-app purchases
Added Time
- Plus$4.991 Month
- Plus Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Plus Lifetime$129.99
Pomodoro Flip Clock & Timer
No in-app purchases
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