# Focus Noodles-Study timer

> Stay focus with fun

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1492424176](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1492424176)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1492424176`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ideaTiny Co., Ltd.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (205 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.9.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-20
- **First published:** 2020-02-25
- **Size:** 201 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-noodles-study-timer/id1492424176)
- **Website:** [https://www.ideatiny.com](https://www.ideatiny.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ideatiny.com/privacy](https://www.ideatiny.com/privacy)

## Description

Focus Noodles is a creative focus app and 2022 Apple Design Award finalist. Place your phone screen-down and start the timer to stay on task; if you reach for your device, it will vibrate, flash, and make noises to remind you to focus. When the timer ends, you’ll be rewarded with a whimsical mind-expanding fairytale card to celebrate a successful session.

Designed to fight phone addiction and boost productivity, Focus Noodles connects with HealthKit for mindfulness data and has a global community of users. Created by ideaTiny (fb@ideatiny.com).

## Rankings

- #102,783 — Overall
- #3 — Start a Focus Timer
- #19 — Paths to Productivity

## Review summary

Reviews praise Focus Noodles for its simple, distraction-free design and motivating noodle theme that boosts productivity. However, recurring reliability and stability issues—such as timer/label misbehavior and crashes—dominate complaints. Users also want more customization (ingredients, bowls, history) and richer rewards, plus flexibility to briefly check the phone. A subset finds it worth the price when functioning, but bugs and limited features largely affect perceived value.

### Pros

- Simple, easy to use with a no-frills design
- Helps focus and accountability by encouraging you to unplug from the phone
- Cute, minimal noodle theme that users find fun and engaging
- Clear cues (flashes and vibrations) when tasks are done or phone is touched
- Perceived good value for the price when it works

### Cons

- Reliability issues: timer/labels often misbehave, overlap, or sync incorrectly
- Stability problems: crashes after tutorials and occasional app instability
- Limited customization and features: few ingredients/bowls, no history, few add-ons, basic rewards
- Restricted usage: users want to check email or read while focusing, which feels impractical
- Perceived high price given bugs and missing features; some users question value

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1492424176)