Comparison

Fota Focus vs Pomodoro Timer ADHD

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

Head to head
About

Fota Focus

Features
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Fota turns focused time into a calm journey inspired by Journey to the West. There are no battles, complicated rules, or screens you need to keep watching. Choose a duration, put down your phone, and let Fota accompany you. Every real minute of focus becomes lasting journey progress. Reach a trial's time milestone to reveal and permanently collect its illustrated scroll. FEATURES • Flexible focus timer: regular sessions can start from 5 minutes • Deep Focus: from 15 minutes, use iOS Screen Time capabilities to temporarily block other apps • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island timer: keep track of time after leaving Fota • Eighty-one illustrated trials: collect every scroll through real focused time • Focus insights: see today, the last 7 days, streaks, total focus, and completed sessions • Chinese and English: switch languages inside the app at any time • No account, no ads, no third-party analytics, and no cross-app tracking The first two volumes—18 trials—are free to explore. A one-time purchase opens Volumes 3–9. Purchasing does not grant the remaining scrolls automatically; every trial must still be completed through focus. Stay present, and let the mind grow still. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pomodoro Timer ADHD

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Sprout is a Pomodoro timer and focus timer that grows a plant while you work. Start a Pomodoro session, put your phone down, and a plant grows from sprout to full bloom. Stop early and you keep it. A calm productivity app, study timer, ADHD focus timer and app blocker in one. Built for students, remote workers, people with ADHD and anyone who wants to stay focused, stop procrastination and cut screen time. No coins. No events. No pop-ups. Just a Pomodoro timer, a plant and your focus. POMODORO TIMER & FOCUS TIMER • Pomodoro timer presets: 15, 25, 45, 60 and 90 minutes, or any focus session from 10 minutes to 3 hours of deep work • One screen to start: pick a Pomodoro length, pick a plant, tap "Plant & focus" • See exactly what will grow before you start the focus timer • Study timer, work timer, reading timer: tag every Pomodoro as Study, Work, Read or your own tags • The Pomodoro technique made visual: 25 minutes of focus reaches a bud, 50 minutes blooms, 90 minutes is full bloom STAY FOCUSED, GROW A GARDEN • Every finished focus session lands in your garden, a visual record of your productivity • 20 plants to collect: sunflower, tulip, basil, cactus, rose, fern, succulent, lavender, orchid, strawberry, lemon tree, monstera, hydrangea, bonsai, Venus flytrap, mushrooms, pumpkin, cherry blossom, Japanese maple and olive tree • Plants are unlocked with focus time. The best focus habit tracker is the garden you grew yourself ADHD-FRIENDLY FOCUS TIMER • Made for ADHD: stopped early? You keep what grew. No dead trees, no guilt, no punishment • Gentle, non-punitive motivation that helps with ADHD, procrastination, phone addiction and doom scrolling • Short Pomodoro sessions (15 or 25 minutes) are perfect for ADHD focus and getting started when starting is the hard part • Optional strict mode: leave the app during a focus session and the plant wilts. Real stakes, if you want them APP BLOCKER: BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS • Block distracting apps and websites for the length of every Pomodoro, enforced by iOS Screen Time • The app blocker stops doom scrolling, reduces screen time and keeps you off your phone while you study or work • Privacy first: Sprout never sees which apps you block FOCUS STATS, HABIT TRACKER & HEATMAP • Track focused time today, this week and all time • Focus trend: today vs. the same time yesterday and the day before • GitHub-style focus heatmap: see every day you focused over the last months at a glance • Tag breakdown: how much of your focus time went to Study, Work or Read • Your most productive hour, productivity streak and a daily focus goal ring. A soft target, no nagging notifications MADE FOR • Students: study timer for exams, homework, revision, reading and studying with the Pomodoro technique • Remote work and deep work: Pomodoro technique, time blocking, flow state, time management • ADHD focus: simple, kind, no clutter. A focus timer that works with your brain, not against it • Writers, developers, designers and anyone building a concentration habit, one plant at a time PRIVATE & OFFLINE • No account, no sync, no tracking, no ads. Your focus data stays on your phone • Works offline: your Pomodoro timer runs even without a connection • Dark mode included • Available in English, German, French and Simplified Chinese SPROUT PLUS Try Sprout free for 7 days, then a small monthly subscription. Or pay once for lifetime access. One plan, everything included: focus timer, app blocker, garden plot, stats. No ads, ever. Sprout is built by one solo developer with ADHD, not a studio. No ad budget, no growth team. If it helps you focus, a rating is the single biggest thing that helps other people find it. Feedback and feature ideas are always welcome on X: @casparbuilds Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focusville.web.app/sprout/privacy

Screenshots

Fota Focus4 screens
Pomodoro Timer ADHD4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fota Focus and Pomodoro Timer ADHD are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Fota Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pomodoro Timer ADHD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fota Focus versus Pomodoro Timer ADHD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFota FocusPomodoro Timer ADHD
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer争捷 陈Caspar Baumeister

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fota Focus

One-time1
  • Full Journey$5.99
2 purchases

Pomodoro Timer ADHD

Subscriptions1
  • Sprout Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Sprout Plus Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Fota Focus free?
Fota Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomodoro Timer ADHD free?
Pomodoro Timer ADHD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fota Focus or Pomodoro Timer ADHD have ads?
Neither Fota Focus nor Pomodoro Timer ADHD shows ads.

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