Power Focus vs Focus Watch
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.
Focus Watch
Enhance productivity with a task planning and focus timer. Track your progress with insightful charts and receive background notifications. Sync sessions across devices for seamless workflow management.
- Task planning and management
- Customizable work and break timers
- Background session timer with alarms
- Progress tracking with insightful charts
- Cross-device session syncing
- Apple Watch support
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Focus Watch is a perfect tool for those who strive for performance, now with AppleWatch support! It helps you in planning the tasks you need to accomplish, staying focused on them while running the sessions timer and analysing your progress with insightful charts. Focus Watch perfectly works in background mode, so you can start the timer and switch to any other app - you'll be notified with an alarm when the session ends. Key features: • Full control on the Focus timer - start, pause, resume, stop with just a single tap. • Customize the length of work sessions, short break, and long break. • Activate long break whenever is more suitable for you with just a single tap. • Receive alarm notifications even when the app is running in the background. • Manage the list of tasks you plan to work on. • Sync tracked sessions between your devices. • Track your progress with insightful charts, see how many sessions you've spent for any separate task in any given day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Focus Watch at none against Power Focus's shown. Focus Watch also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 66%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Power Focus's advantage is ratings volume (458 vs 110). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Focus Watch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.7 for Focus Watch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 458 and 110 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Power Focus's written reviews are positive against 83% of Focus Watch's.
Power Focus ships an update every 4 months, Focus Watch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Power Focus | Focus Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (458 ratings) — better | 4.7 (110 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 458 — better | 110 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fast Robo LLC | Andrii Zborovskyi |
Customer experience
Power Focus
Focus Watch
User reviews
Power Focus
From 458 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive
- 🚀 Streamlined functionality
- 💡 Effective for productivity
- 🤖 Seamless Apple Watch integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent timer behavior
- 📢 Distracting ads
- ⚠️ Unreliable notifications
- 🔌 Drains battery when locked
Focus Watch
From 110 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🚀 Increases productivity
- 👍 Helps stay focused
- 👍 Good for time management
- 👍 Works well with Apple Watch
Room to improve
- 👎 Customization options lacking
- 👎 Inconsistent notifications
- 👎 Alarm volume too low/inaudible with earphones
- 👎 Watch app limited (viewer only)
- 👎 No watch face complications
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
Focus Watch
Reported bugs
7 issues- Break mode doesn't work
- Reset counter button doesn't work
- Inaccurate history data (missing days)
- Alarm doesn't sound through earphones
- Notifications are inconsistent
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- App force closes when clicking on tasks
- No alarm even when enabled and volume up
Requested features
11 requests- Allow customization of time chunks (e.g., 50 min work, 10 min break)
- Add a ticking sound option
- Improve alarm volume and persistence
- Enable independent use of the Apple Watch app with full functionality
- Add Apple Watch face complications
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- Make timer visible on the phone's lock screen
- More customization options for color themes
- Option to disable pauses
- Manually sort to-do list items
- Add due-date property for to-do list items
- Improve handling of marking a task as 'done' mid-tomato
In-app purchases
Power Focus
- Tip$0.99
- Pro Upgrade$2.99
- Big Tip$4.99
Focus Watch
- Focus Watch Pro Version$1.99
Questions
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