Comparison

Focus Timer vs Foldleaf Reader

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

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About

Focus Timer

Features
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Pick one task. Tap start. Twenty-five minutes later, it's done. Focus Timer turns "I'll do it later" into finished work. One task, one timer, one tap. The Pomodoro method does the heavy lifting for you: focus, short break, repeat, and a long break after every round. And you get proof, not guesswork. Every session lands on your timeline, in your charts and on your daily goal, so tonight you know exactly where your day went. WHAT YOU GET • A Pomodoro timer that runs the whole cycle for you: focus, short break, long break, with round dots that show where you are. • Your own rhythm: set focus, break and long break lengths and the number of rounds. • Auto-start: the next session begins on its own, so you never lose momentum between blocks. • Tasks with a built-in timer: start focusing straight from a task and see how long every task really took. • Study tracker: focus time, total time and sessions by day, week and month. • Session timeline: your whole day, every session and every break, on one line. • Daily goal: set a target and watch it fill up. • Streak and heatmap: see every day you showed up, and keep the chain going. • Session-end alerts and keep screen awake, so the timer never gets in your way. • App blocking: lock distracting apps while a focus session runs. They unlock when it ends. • iCloud sync: your sessions and tasks on all your devices, through your own iCloud. Optional. • Private by design: your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. No account needed. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a task. 2. Tap start and focus for 25 minutes. 3. When the timer rings, take a 5-minute break. 4. After four rounds, take a long break. 5. Check your timeline and your streak. Repeat tomorrow. BUILT FOR Students preparing for an exam, homework and long study sessions, and anyone who is done losing afternoons to procrastination. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION All features require Focus Timer Pro: a monthly or yearly subscription with automatic renewal (the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase with no renewal. You see the price in your local currency before you buy. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scanlystudio-focus-timer.expo.app/privacy/ Support: https://scanlystudio-focus-timer.expo.app/support/

About

Foldleaf Reader

Features
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Foldleaf Reader is a reader and notetaker for PDFs and EPUBs that turns pages like paper, trims the margins off every page, and lets you write and highlight with the Apple Pencil — on iPad, iPhone and iPhone Duo. PAGES THAT TURN • Page Curl: drag a page from its edge and it follows your finger, the next one waiting underneath. • Vertical Page Curl: a page hinged along its top, turned upward like a wall calendar. • Or flick through pages, scroll down one long column, or scroll across the pages side by side. • One page or two side by side, chosen for you whenever the window is wide enough. MARGINS GONE • Crop View trims every page of a PDF once — drag a rectangle round what matters, and the whole document opens that way from then on. • Most papers waste a third of each page on white space. Crop it, and every page is bigger. • Zoom Lock holds your framing from page to page; Horizontal and Vertical Zoom Lock keep a zoomed-in column steady as you scroll. WRITE AND HIGHLIGHT • Four pens — Pen, Fountain Pen, Pencil and Marker — with six colours and six nib widths, each responding to the Pencil's pressure and tilt in its own way. • Hold the pen still at the end of a line and it snaps straight. • A highlighter in five colours: select text, or simply sweep across the lines, in PDFs and EPUBs alike. • Double-tap the Apple Pencil for the rubber. Pick up the pen or highlighter just by bringing the Pencil to the page. • Share a PDF with your ink and highlights written in as standard annotations, readable in Preview, Acrobat and other apps. PAPERS AND BOOKS, BUILT IN • Browse arXiv inside the app and save a paper in one tap — it arrives named for its number, authors and title. • Project Gutenberg's tens of thousands of free books, saved as EPUBs with their illustrations. • A web browser that keeps any PDF or EPUB you tap. • Or add files from Files and iCloud Drive. Edit a PDF in place, and your annotations are saved into the original wherever it lives. A LIBRARY THAT STAYS TIDY • Folders, favourites and recents, sorted and viewed the way each folder likes. • Search titles and authors, search inside a book, and name your bookmarks. • Deleted books wait in the Bin for a week, in case you change your mind. MADE FOR READING • Controls along the top, or in a column down the side so a tall page keeps its height. • Paper colours from white to beige to black, and an appearance that follows the system or doesn't. • Fullscreen with a small corner cluster, keyboard shortcuts, and trackpad and mouse support. • Left-handed layout, Keep Screen On, and support for VoiceOver. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no tracking and no analytics. Your library stays on your device. TRY EVERYTHING FREE Every feature is free for 14 days. After that, reading, your library, paged view and the plain backgrounds stay free — and so does everything you have already marked or cropped. Page curl, scrolling, the zoom locks, paper colours, Crop View, the pen, the highlighter, side controls and Back and Forward unlock with a single purchase: once, not a subscription, and on your iPhone and iPad alike. Questions and suggestions: foldleafreader@gmail.com

Screenshots

Focus Timer4 screens
Foldleaf Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Timer at every 6 days against Foldleaf Reader's fortnightly. Focus Timer also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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. Focus Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Foldleaf Reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Timer ships an update every 6 days, Foldleaf Reader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Focus Timer versus Foldleaf Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TimerFoldleaf Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAndreas DucaTiann-Tevong You

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Focus Timer Pro – Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly – 50% Off$39.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly – 25% Off$59.991 Year
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  • Focus Timer Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro Lifetime – 50% Off$114.99
  • Focus Timer Pro – Lifetime$229.99
2 purchases

Foldleaf Reader

One-time2
  • 14-Day TrialFree
  • Unlock Foldleaf Reader$9.99

Questions

Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foldleaf Reader free?
Foldleaf Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Timer or Foldleaf Reader have ads?
Neither Focus Timer nor Foldleaf Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Timer or Foldleaf Reader?
Focus Timer ships an update every 6 days, and Foldleaf Reader fortnightly. Most recently, Focus Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Foldleaf Reader on October 24, 2026.

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