Power Focus vs BreakTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Power Focus
This app helps you overcome procrastination and boost productivity by breaking down work into manageable timed sessions with scheduled breaks. Track your progress with detailed statistics and enjoy customizable timer lengths and interactive notifications.
- Customizable work session timer
- Customizable break lengths
- Daily & all-time stats
- Interactive notifications
- Apple WatchOS support
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Beat procrastination by working in manageable amounts of time! Boost your productivity and focus on your tasks with Power Focus, the easiest to use countdown timer. [Phone features] * Customize your work session timer length * Customize your regular & long break lengths * View daily & all-time completed work session stats * Interactive notifications (Continue, Pause, or Stop current timer) * More customization choices in Options * Haptic Feedback (if your device supports it) * Use Siri Shortcuts (iOS 12) to start your timer * Dark Mode (iOS 13) support [Watch features] * Apple WatchOS support * Perform actions (Start / Pause / Resume / Stop) from either the watch or phone and continue on either device when in range * Use the digital crown to set work duration * Haptic feedback & timer transition animations * Note: watch is best used with phone to receive notifications [How it works] Use the intervals to get tasks done and give yourself a break in between tasks. Power Focus allows you to easily control the timer at your own pace. You can also customize the timer lengths for shorter work sessions, longer breaks, and more. Take a longer break after a few completed sessions. Keep track of daily and all-time completed work sessions. Get more work done by focusing on your job in manageable chunks of time. [Privacy] If you upgrade to Pro, our app does not run third party tracking to show ads. The free version may run ads to support ongoing development. [About] Power Focus is designed, built, and maintained in California. We'd love to know how we can improve your experience, so please contact us at support@fastrobo.co or tweet us @FastRobo.
BreakTime
This app helps you manage your work breaks to boost productivity and prevent eye strain. Easily start breaks with a tap and receive notifications when they end. It offers customizable durations and useful widgets.
- Start breaks with a tap
- Predefined break durations
- Break notifications
- Custom break duration
- Live activities
- Widgets for lock and home screens
- Dark mode support
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Work break timer - BreakTime is designed to help you keep track of your breaks throughout the day. With its simple and intuitive interface you can start a break with just a tap and be notified when a break with predefined duration has ended. Taking regular breaks while working is very important and Work break timer - BreakTime is a great tool to effectively manage your time, boost your productivity and avoid eye strain. Features: - Unlimited breaks (requires Premium upgrade) - Delete individual breaks - Breaks statistics for the last 7 days in the free version and 60 days with Premium upgrade - Custom break duration - Break notifications - Live activities - Lock screen and home screen widgets - Dark mode support - Work break timer - BreakTime works on iPhone and iPad Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BreakTime at none against Power Focus's shown. Power Focus's advantage is ratings volume (457 vs 12) and review sentiment (66% vs 50%). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Power Focus sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and BreakTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Power Focus against 4.8 for BreakTime. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Power Focus has 457 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Power Focus's written reviews are positive against 50% of BreakTime's.
Power Focus ships an update every 4 months, BreakTime every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Power Focus | BreakTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (457 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 457 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fast Robo LLC | Stoyan Hristov |
Customer experience
Power Focus
BreakTime
Bugs and requests
Power Focus
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer resets unexpectedly
- Watch app connectivity issues
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable auto-start/stop
- Customizable break durations
- Statistics and progress tracking
- Ability to remove ads
BreakTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Power Focus
- Tip$0.99
- Pro Upgrade$2.99
- Big Tip$4.99
BreakTime
- Unlimited Access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Access$9.991 Year
- BreakTime Premium$12.99
Questions
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