Other focus timers took the same twenty-five minutes and shaped them differently. These are the ones people ask us about, each one read on the vendor's own pages and linked back to where every claim came from.
Checked 21 September 2026
Every row is checked against the vendor's own site, and the date is on the page. Where a vendor publishes nothing for a row, the cell says so rather than guess.
| Promise | Pomodoro Warrior | Forest | Focus To-Do | Pomofocus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus and rest intervals | 25 : 5 Classic, plus Lightning 15 : 3 and Siege 50 : 10 | Not published | 25 minutes of focus and 5 of break, with the lengths editable | 25 minutes of focus and 5 of break, with a long break every four pomodoros |
| Your own intervals | Yes, forged with the Royal Guild Pass | Not published | Focus, short break and long break lengths are configurable | Focus, short and long break lengths are editable, and so is the long break interval |
| Rest you cannot skip | Yes, the next wave waits for it | Not published | Skipping a break is offered as a feature, and so is continuous mode | The break is another stage, and auto starting it is a setting you choose |
| Quests and gold | Daily quests and forged oaths pay gold | No quests. Coins grow the forest and unlock species | No quests or gold. Tasks and habits are the loop | No quests or gold. A day streak and a focus hours ranking instead |
| A room you furnish | Banners, chests and a hearth, bought with gold | The forest itself is the decoration, with species and land styles | Nothing to furnish. Projects, tags and themes take its place | Nothing to furnish. Reports are what builds up |
| Ambient soundscapes | 10 loops | Ambient sounds ship. One Mindful Space soundscape is free, the rest are Plus | White noise ships, with no published list, count or price | No nature soundscapes: alarm tones, ticking, white noise and brown noise |
| Theme cartridges | 4 cartridges | Not published | Themes and dark mode ship, with no published list | Eight colour themes and dark mode in the shipped app, with a colour per stage |
| Sync between devices | Account sync | Account sync across iPhone, iPad, Android and the browser extension | Syncs between Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, the watch and the extension | Account sync of the timer state, plus a cross-device mobile alarm |
| Ads | None | Occasional ads in the free tier, never during a focus session. Plus removes them | Not published | Ads in the free tier. Removing them is one of the premium features |
| What you get before paying | 7 days free, then $1.99 a month | Core timer, Deep Focus on one app, ambient sounds, Plant Together, coins | Not published | Timer, tasks, templates up to three, and day, week and month reports |
| Price | $1.99 monthly, $19.99 yearly | $5.99 monthly or $35.99 yearly on the US App Store. The old one-off Pro is no longer sold | Lifetime $11.99, three months $3.99, Premium $1.99 on the US iOS store | Not published |
Each rival gets its own page: the same rows in prose, the vendor's own links, and what the difference means on a normal working day.
Forest put a tree on the clock. It grows while you work and dies if you leave for a blocked app, and the coins a finished session pays unlock species and land styles for your forest. Plus adds ad removal, every soundscape and planting real trees with coins.
Focus To-Do is a task manager with a Pomodoro timer inside it. Projects, subtasks, priorities, reminders, due dates and habit tracking, on Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Apple Watch and a Chrome extension, with white noise and reports on where the hours went.
Pomofocus is a timer in a browser tab. Twenty-five and five by default, with tasks, estimates, templates and stage lengths you can edit, reports for the day, week and month, and free downloads for Mac, Windows and Linux. No install on the phone, and no account needed to start the timer.
All product names, logos and brands are property of their respective owners. Pomodoro Warrior is not affiliated with any rival named here. Prices and features are quoted as their makers publish them and can change.
Pick a dungeon, start the timer and let the warrior fight while you work. The campfire is waiting at the end of the wave.
