# Bear Focus Timer: Work & Study

> Pomodoro, Flip & Forest Sounds

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1328806990](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1328806990)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1328806990`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** EUIHYUNG JUNG
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (155 ratings)
- **Version:** 16.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2018-01-12
- **Size:** 119 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bear-focus-timer-work-study/id1328806990)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.bearfocustimer.com/privacy-policy](https://www.bearfocustimer.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**Bear Focus Timer** is a simple Pomodoro timer for studying, work, reading, writing, creative projects, and everyday tasks. Choose a focus session, turn your iPhone face down, and stay focused without watching the screen. Tom the bear keeps you company while the timer runs, then rewards completed sessions with illustrated praise cards.

Customize focus and break durations to create a Pomodoro rhythm that fits your routine. Add optional forest-style white noise for a calm, nature-inspired background while you work. Save favorite praise cards to Photos, with cards available in English, Korean, and Japanese. Apple Watch support lets you manage focus and break timing from your wrist, depending on device and system settings.

## Rankings

- #118,388 — Overall
- #5 — Start a Focus Timer
- #37 — focus
- #59 — session
- #75 — work
- #92 — study

## Review summary

Users praise Bear Focus Timer for its simple, cute design and calm focus environment, with a strong emphasis on the Flip to Focus feature and customizable white-noise options. It’s ADHD-friendly, distraction-free, and easy to use. However, recurring reliability problems (timer not starting, locking the screen, or freezing) and inconsistent Apple Watch notifications temper enthusiasm. Many users also want extras like manual start, iPad support, widgets, and cross-device syncing.

### Pros

- Simple, minimalistic, ad-free timer that’s easy to use
- Effective Pomodoro focus aid and ADHD-friendly
- Charming bear visuals and encouragement
- Flip to Focus feature that reduces distractions
- White noise/sound options to customize the focus environment

### Cons

- Must flip the phone to start the timer; no on-screen start option
- Reliability issues: timer sometimes doesn’t start or stops at the lock screen
- Apple Watch notifications are unreliable/inconsistent
- Occasional freezes, glitches, or crashes affecting performance
- Missing features users want (iPad version, widgets/complications, health/tracking, cross-device syncing)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1328806990)