Pomodoro Focus Timer vs SeedFocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pomodoro Focus Timer
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Zen Bear is a cozy Pomodoro focus timer. Work, study, read or write alongside an animated bear in a warm little room, and block distracting apps while you focus. POMODORO TIMER • Focus sessions from 5 to 180 minutes, breaks from 1 to 60 minutes, long breaks from 5 to 60 minutes • 2 to 8 sessions per cycle, with optional auto-start for breaks and focus • Pause, skip a phase or end a session at any time • Tag sessions as Work, Study, Reading or Writing • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS DURING FOCUS (PREMIUM) Choose apps and categories with Apple's Screen Time. They are blocked only while a focus session is running, and unblocked during breaks, when you pause, or when the session ends. Need something urgently? Tap Emergency Access on the block screen to unblock your apps for 15, 30 or 60 minutes, or to pause or end your session. A COZY ROOM TO FOCUS IN • Scenes: Day and Night are free; Rain, Autumn, Day Snow and Night Snow with Premium • Cat companions: 2 free, 5 more with Premium • Drinks: coffee and herbal tea are free, matcha with Premium • 13 lo-fi, jazz and ambient music tracks (3 free, 10 with Premium) STATS AND STREAKS See this week's focus time compared with last week, your 7-day consistency, completion rate, peak focus window, time per activity and your focus streak. REMINDERS A daily reminder to focus, plus a heads-up one minute before app blocking turns back on after Emergency Access. ZEN BEAR PREMIUM App blocking and the extra scenes, companions, drink and music listed above require Zen Bear Premium, an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Prices are shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dima-mishchenko.github.io/zen-bear/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://dima-mishchenko.github.io/zen-bear/terms.html
SeedFocus
This app uses a gamified approach to Pomodoro timing, where a virtual flower grows during focus sessions and wilts if you leave the app. Completed sessions are added to a digital garden, visually representing your productivity over time. It offers various focus modes, app blocking, and Apple Watch integration.
- Gamified Pomodoro timer with virtual plant growth
- Adjustable session and rest times
- App blocking via Screen Time integration
- Offline functionality
- Apple Watch app with complications
- Lock screen countdown and Dynamic Island support
- Focus modes: Greenhouse, Lattice, Open Air
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A flower grows while you focus. Leave the app, and she wilts. SeedFocus is a Pomodoro timer for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Start a session, put the phone down, and a seed grows into a bloom. Finished sessions are planted in your garden. Abandoned ones leave a wilt. Over the weeks, the garden shows how your days actually went. SEEDFOCUS AT A GLANCE • Pomodoro sessions of 25 minutes by default, adjustable from 5 to 120. • Short rests of 1 to 30 minutes, long rests of 5 to 60, and 2 to 8 sessions per cycle. • A count-up timer for open-ended work. • Blocks the apps you choose, such as Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, with Apple's Screen Time while you focus. • Works offline. No account, no sign-up, no ads. • A full Apple Watch app with complications. • The countdown on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. HOW FIRM IS YOUR GARDEN? • Greenhouse is strict: leave the app and your flower wilts. • Lattice is the app blocker: the apps you pick are put away until she blooms. Nothing wilts. • Open air is gentle: no blocking, no wilting, just an honest record of your focus. You choose the mode for each session. THE TIMER • Start from the app, a Home Screen widget or a Control Center button. • Keeps the screen on during a session, if you want it to. • Tags for Focus, Work and Practice, plus three of your own such as your subjects, so your hours have names. • Ambient sound while you work: Meadow rain, with Campfire, Breeze and Birdsong in Pro. APPLE WATCH Plant a seed, set the minutes with the Digital Crown, pause, change the tag or skip a rest without picking up your phone. Complications keep the session on your watch face. YOUR GARDEN • Poppy grows from your first session. Daisy and Bluebell are bought with the dew your sessions earn, and Sunflower comes with Pro. • Badges for showing up: first blooms, long stems, mornings at dawn. • Share a bouquet of your week, or a pressed-flower card of a good day. JOURNAL AND STATS Every session is kept as a pressed flower with its note. Your bloom rate shows how often you finish. Your golden hour shows when you focus best. People use SeedFocus as a study timer for exam revision, a focus app that keeps social media away, a deep-work timer for remote work, or short ADHD-friendly focus sprints. Same 25 minutes, different reason. PRIVACY There is no account and nothing to sign up for. Your sessions are stored on your device and the timer works without a connection. With Pro, sessions sync through your own iCloud between iPhone and iPad. WHAT'S INCLUDED The timer, all three modes including app blocking, the Apple Watch app, widgets, the Live Activity, the garden, badges and today's journal all come with the download. SeedFocus Pro adds: • The full calendar, with the planner and plan reminders. • Every past day of your journal. • Stats charts: focus by tag, focus trend and a heat map of your best hours. • Every sound, unlimited tags, the Sunflower and alternate app icons. • iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad. SeedFocus Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time purchase. Plant your first seed. 25 minutes, one flower. See if she blooms. Terms of Use: https://touch4feel.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://touch4feel.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: SeedFocus at 3 against Pomodoro Focus Timer's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Pomodoro Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SeedFocus sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Pomodoro Focus Timer | SeedFocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Mishchenko | Touch 4 Feel |
In-app purchases
Pomodoro Focus Timer
- Monthly, full access$3.991 Month
- Full access$29.991 Year
SeedFocus
- SeedFocus Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Tendril Pro Monthly$4.951 Month
- Tendril Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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- Tendril Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.901 Year
- Daisy$2.95
- Bluebell$3.95
- Tendril Pro Lifetime$44.49
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