Focus - Deep Work Timer vs Focus Keeper

Focus - Deep Work Timer

• Apple users who want a timer and a task list in one app
• People who like to review focused time by task in charts
• Mac users who want the timer in the menu bar
• Those who prefer data kept in their own iCloud with no ads

Focus Keeper

• Students timing study sessions and exam preparation
• People who want a plain Pomodoro timer with progress charts
• Keeping one timer history across a phone and a browser

Focus - Deep Work Timer

• Apple platforms only: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. No Windows, Android or web version is listed.
• The vendor does not publish which features need Focus Pro, and its FAQ sends buyers to the App Store for prices.
• The App Store shows yearly items from $19.99 to $49.99, so the price offered in the app may differ from the $39.99 listed first.
• Focus for Mac is a separate App Store listing from the iPhone and iPad app. It needs macOS 14.0 or later, and the iPhone app iOS 18.0.

Focus Keeper

• Focus Keeper publishes no price list; the US App Store shows Pro purchases at seven different amounts.
• The vendor does not say which features are limited to Focus Keeper Pro.
• There is no Mac or Windows app; on a computer it runs in the browser.
• The pages read describe a timer and tracker only, with no blocking of apps or websites.

Focus - Deep Work Timer

Timed focus sessions

Sessions and breaks follow the Pomodoro rhythm, with lengths you set yourself. When a session ends, the app shows a full-screen alarm on iOS 26 and a notification elsewhere.

Tasks and projects

Tasks are collected in the app and grouped into projects. You pick one before starting a session, so each session is logged against the task it was spent on.

Statistics and session timeline

Pie and bar charts break focused time down by task, with calendar views and day, week, month and year ranges. Sessions in the timeline can be added, edited or deleted afterwards.

Goals

A daily time goal or a session goal sets a target for the day, and a compact overview compares focused time with last week or last month.

Mac menu bar timer

Focus for Mac keeps the timer in the menu bar, offers notification styles from subtle to full-screen, and supports desktop widgets on macOS Sonoma or later.

Sync across Apple devices

Tasks, the timer and statistics sync through iCloud between iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, with widgets, Live Activities, Siri and Shortcuts support.

Focus Keeper

Pomodoro timer

Runs the classic cycle of 25-minute focus sessions and 5-minute breaks, with a longer break after four sessions, and can start the next session automatically.

Custom session lengths

The length of focus sessions, short breaks and long breaks can each be changed to fit your own way of working.

Charts of focus time

Work sessions are logged automatically, and charts show focus time and work patterns so you can spot trends.

Tasks alongside the timer

Tasks are kept with the timer and its analytics, so sessions can be tied to what you are working on.

History saved to an account

Focus sessions and tasks are saved automatically, and the history can be opened from any device.

Web, phone and watch

A timer runs in the browser at focuskeeper.co, with apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android.

Focus - Deep Work Timer

• Free$0

  The app is free to download and start using. The vendor's pages do not say where the free version stops.

• Focus - Monthly$6.99

  per month, US App Store in-app purchase

  Focus Pro paid month to month, after a 7-day free trial. The Mac listing shows the same price.

• Focus - 3 Months$14.99

  per 3 months, US App Store in-app purchase

  A three-month Focus Pro term, shown on the iPhone and iPad listing but not on the Mac one.

• Focus Yearly$39.99

  per year, US App Store in-app purchase

  Listed first on both listings. Other items named Focus Yearly appear at $19.99, $27.99, $29.99 and $49.99, plus Focus Early Bird at $29.99.

• Patron Subscription$59.99

  per year (the Mac listing calls it annual)

  A higher-priced subscription item on both App Store listings. The vendor's site does not describe what it adds.

Focus Keeper

• Free$0

  The apps are free downloads and the web version has a free sign-up. What the free version leaves out is not published.

• Focus Keeper Pro 1 Month$3.99 or $12.99

  per month, US App Store; two purchases listed

  The listing shows two monthly Pro purchases without saying how they differ or which one a new subscriber is offered.

• Focus Keeper Pro 1 Year$34.99 to $69.99

  per year, US App Store; three purchases listed

  Yearly Pro purchases appear at $34.99 and $69.99, with a third named 1 Year Standard at $49.99.

• Focus Keeper Pro$99.99 or $199.99

  US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown

  Two purchases are named only Focus Keeper Pro. The listing does not say whether they are one-time unlocks.

Focus - Deep Work Timer

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing costs about 52% less than monthly

  The US App Store lists Focus Yearly first at $39.99 against Focus - Monthly at $6.99, which comes to $83.88 over twelve months.

Focus Keeper

No public discounts listed.