When comparing Focus Timer Reborn vs Brain Focus, the Slant community recommends Brain Focus for most people. In the question“What is the best Android Pomodoro app?” Brain Focus is ranked 1st while Focus Timer Reborn is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose Brain Focus is:
You can pause and resume the app, which is great because you can pause it and come back it it when something pops up instead of abandoning it.
Specs
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Pros
Pro It is free
Pro todo.txt lists
Easy to sync with Dropbox.
Pro Instance data sharing between web and Android app
Pro Nice log and stats
Pro Pause/Resume
You can pause and resume the app, which is great because you can pause it and come back it it when something pops up instead of abandoning it.
Pro Configurable work/break intervals
You can even configure your break intervals so that every few short breaks you get a longer break.
Pro Black theme available
Especially on Amoled screens, the dark theme looks great and saves battery life.
Pro Supports 25 languages
Pro Continuous mode
You can set it to start one timer after another until you manually stop it.
Pro Worked under old version of Android
Worked well on my ancient Google Nexus 7 tablet still running Android 4.4.
Cons
Con No continuous mode
Cannot be set to start one timer after another until you manually stop it.
Con No pause button
You cannot pause a session, only stop it completely.
Con No pre-end alert
Cannot be configured to deliver a different sound e.g. 1 minute before a timer finishes.
Con Doesn't have widgets
Doesn't have widgets for smartphone.
Con Using system sounds is a unstable feature
This feature is currently in Beta and may not work on some devices, possibly restricting you to the app's limited selection of sounds.
Con Statistics can to be improved
Con Buggy timer
When in full screen timer mode and switching from portrait to landscape view or the other way round, the timer will sometimes jump to 0, which really gets on your nerves after some time.
Con Advertising
Advertising in the free version.
Con Faulty statistics
The calculation of the total time spent working does not work correctly, e.g. the statistics show 4:10 hours for a total of 6 x 50 minutes sessions, which should result in 5:00 hours.