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PomoZentra vs Focus To-Do

Focus To-Do combines a Pomodoro timer with a task list and habit tracking, across desktop and mobile. PomoZentra combines a timer with a dated weekly plan by work area, and scores how closely you matched it. The honest difference: one is a better task manager, the other answers a question about your week that a task list cannot.

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The short verdict

Read this and you can probably stop. The rest of the page is detail.

Choose PomoZentra if

  • You already have a task manager and do not want another
  • You want to know where your attention went by work area, not which tasks closed
  • You want to be measured against a plan you set in advance
  • You want partial credit for work that progressed without finishing

Choose Focus To-Do if

  • You want one app holding tasks, subtasks, habits and the timer together
  • You need a full task manager with tags, lists and due dates
  • You want native apps across desktop and mobile with sync between them
  • You track completed pomodoros per task as your main measure

At a glance

Buying criteria only. The feature-by-feature detail is further down.

ComparesPomoZentraFocus To-Do
Core questionDid my focus match the plan I setHow many pomodoros did each task take
Best forReviewing the shape of a weekManaging tasks and habits in one place
Organising unitWork area, then taskTask and project
Task management depthLightweight queueDeep: subtasks, tags, due dates
Weekly plan by work areaIncludedNot offered
Partial creditIncluded, partly counts as halfA session completes or it does not
Native appsNot offered, browser onlyIncluded across platforms
CostFree during early access, no cardFree tier and paid version, see their site

Compiled from each product's own public description, last reviewed June 2026. Competitor products change often, so confirm anything that matters to your decision on Focus To-Do's own site before choosing.

Why people look for something else

Not complaints about Focus To-Do, which does its job well. These are the situations where a different question is being asked.

Closed tasks are not the same as a good week

You can close fifteen tasks and still miss the one thing the week was for. Counting tasks or pomodoros per task cannot see that; comparing against a plan by work area can.

A task list has no view of proportion

The useful question is often what share of the week reached revenue or delivery. That is an area-level question, and a task-level tool is not built to answer it.

You may already own a task manager

If your tasks live in another tool you like, a combined timer and to-do app asks you to move them or run two lists. PomoZentra is deliberately not a task manager.

What each one actually does

Grouped by outcome rather than one long checklist. "Check their site" means we could not verify it well enough to state it.

Timer

ComparesPomoZentraFocus To-Do
Pomodoro timer with breaksIncludedIncluded
Adjustable lengths and long breaksIncluded, without resetting the current blockIncluded
Timer survives refresh or closed tabIncludedCheck their site
Pomodoro count per taskIncluded as done versus plannedIncluded

Tasks and planning

ComparesPomoZentraFocus To-Do
Task listLightweight queue, area firstDeep: subtasks, tags, due dates
Habit trackingNot offeredIncluded
Weekly plan by work areaIncludedNot offered
Focus areas for the weekIncludedNot offered
Reusable week templatesIncludedCheck their site

Scoring and review

ComparesPomoZentraFocus To-Do
Headline measurePlan alignment and focus shareSessions or pomodoros completed
Honest three-answer checkIncluded: yes, partly, noNot offered
Per-area caps so surplus cannot hide a gapIncludedNot offered
Wasted time logged and subtractedIncludedNot offered
CSV and JSON exportIncluded, self-serveCheck their site

Setup and learning curve

How long before the tool is worth anything.

PomoZentra

About five minutes before the first number means anything, because the plan has to exist first. After that it is one tap per block. Nothing to import and no account required to try it.

Focus To-Do

Starting a timer against a task is immediate. Getting full value means putting your tasks into it, which is a larger commitment if they currently live elsewhere.

What each costs

PomoZentra

Free during early access, with no credit card and nowhere in the app to enter one. Every current feature is included. We may add optional paid features later, but pricing and plan details have not been decided, and any change will be communicated before it takes effect.

Focus To-Do

We deliberately do not publish Focus To-Do's prices on this page. Competitor pricing changes, and a stale figure here would misinform you at exactly the moment you are trying to decide. Check their official pricing page for current numbers, plan limits and terms.

Integrations

Whether it connects to the tools you already run.

PomoZentra

None, and no public API. Google for sign-in only.

Focus To-Do

Check their current documentation. A task manager typically offers more here, including sync across its own apps.

Customisation and scale

PomoZentra

Six renameable work areas, weekly focus areas, editable session lengths, optional output targets with your own weekly goal. No projects, no tags, no due dates.

Focus To-Do

Task-level structure: lists, tags, priorities and due dates, which is exactly the flexibility PomoZentra does not provide.

Support

PomoZentra

One inbox, [email protected], answered by the team that writes the code. No live chat, no guaranteed response time.

Focus To-Do

Check their published support channels.

Switching, honestly

There is no migration tool, and pretending otherwise would waste your time.

  1. STEP 1Export your history from Focus To-Do first. PomoZentra cannot import it, so if you want that record, get it out while you still have access.
  2. STEP 2Start fresh, which matters less than it sounds. Alignment only ever compares a week against a plan set inside PomoZentra. Imported hours would have nothing to align against, so there is little for a migration to carry.
  3. STEP 3Run both for a fortnight. Keep Focus To-Do exactly as it is and add PomoZentra alongside. Two weeks is the minimum before the numbers say anything, and nothing forces a decision during that time.
  4. STEP 4Decide with your own data. If the weekly comparison is not telling you something you did not already know, stop. Export from PomoZentra as CSV or JSON at any time and delete the account from Settings.

When PomoZentra is the wrong choice

Stated plainly so you do not find out three weeks in.

Do not use it if

  • You bill clients by the hour, or need invoices and rates
  • You need a team: seats, assignees, shared boards or a manager view
  • You need it to connect to your existing tools, or an API
  • You need native mobile apps rather than a browser tab
  • Your calendar is filled by somebody else, leaving nothing to plan
  • You need vendor security certifications for procurement

What it is genuinely good at

One narrow thing: telling you, work area by work area, whether the week you planned on Monday is the week you actually had, while there is still time to change it.

If that is not the question keeping you up, Focus To-Do is very likely the better purchase, and we would rather you made it.

Comparison questions

Can I import my tasks from Focus To-Do?

No. There is no importer. PomoZentra's task queue is deliberately light, and alignment compares a week against a plan set inside PomoZentra, so imported task history would have nothing to align to.

Do I have to give up my task manager?

No, and you probably should not. PomoZentra is not trying to be one. Most people keep tasks where they already are and use PomoZentra for the block, the area and the honest check.

Which is easier for a first-time Pomodoro user?

Focus To-Do, most likely. Starting a timer against a task requires no planning step. PomoZentra asks you to decide the week first, which is more upfront work and the reason its number means something.

Does PomoZentra track habits?

No. It tracks focus blocks against work areas. Habits are a different shape of problem.

Is there a mobile app?

No. Browser only, with an adaptive layout. If native apps across devices matter to you, that is a genuine advantage for Focus To-Do.

Has anyone switched from Focus To-Do?

PomoZentra is in early access and we have no switching stories to show yet. When there are, they will be published with permission and a name attached.

Try it against your own week

No comparison page settles this. Two weeks of your own data will.

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Read the method

How alignment is calculated, why credit is capped per area, and what the product refuses to guess.

Read the FAQ

Forty-nine answers on setup, scoring, cost, data and the product's limits.