Focus timer vs Focus Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus timer
Enhance concentration with a Pomodoro-style timer. Choose from various ambient sounds to create a focused work or study environment. Customize focus and break durations, and receive end-of-timer reminders with a selection of sounds.
- Pomodoro timer with customizable intervals
- Ambient soundscapes for focus
- Customizable focus and break times
- End-of-timer reminders with sound options
- Minimalist interface with flip animation
- Background running support
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Focus timer is a tomato timer based app that helps you concentrate on your work and study. When you want to start concentrating on, you can choose an environment, accompanied by beaches, trains, rainy days, bonfire, country cricket sounds, and you will be comfortable concentrating on. Features: - Tomato timer, break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. - Support custom time, easy to set the focus time, rest time. - Set the reminder after the end of the timer, a variety of sounds to choose from. - Minimal interface design, timer display clear with flip animation - Supports background running
Focus Lock
Enhance concentration and achieve goals with customizable focus timers and distraction blocking. This tool offers ambient sounds, motivational quotes, and cross-platform support to optimize your workflow for deep work or short bursts of productivity.
- Block distracting apps
- Customizable focus and break sessions
- Ambient sounds for concentration
- Motivational quotes via widgets
- Cross-platform support (iOS, iPadOS, macOS)
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Focus Lock Pro is your ultimate tool for maximizing productivity and achieving your goals. With customizable focus and break sessions, distraction-blocking capabilities, and motivational quotes, Focus Lock Pro adapts to your personal workflow, whether you need short bursts of focus or extended deep work sessions. Key Features: - Block Distractions: Prevent distractions by blocking specific apps during focus sessions, ensuring you stay on track and accomplish more. - Customize Sessions: Set the perfect length for focus and break times. Whether you prefer short bursts or deep, uninterrupted work, tailor each session to your needs. - Ambient Sounds: Create the ideal environment for concentration with a variety of soothing ambient sounds. - Enhance your focus sessions with beautiful, relaxing wallpapers. - Motivational Quotes: Stay inspired and motivated with uplifting quotes displayed on your homescreen and lock screen through widgets. - Cross-Platform Support: Seamlessly integrated across iOS, iPad, and MacOS, Focus Lock Pro keeps you productive on all your devices. For more details, please read our Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/view/focuslock/privacy Terms of Service - https://sites.google.com/view/focuslockpro/terms Support Page - https://sites.google.com/view/focus-lock-pro/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Focus Lock at none against Focus timer's shown. Focus Lock also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Focus timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Focus timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus Lock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Lock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus timer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Focus timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Focus Lock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus timer | Focus Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | Konstantinos Meletiou |
Customer experience
Focus timer
Focus Lock
Bugs and requests
Focus timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer stops when device is locked or app is minimized
- Inconsistent timer behavior when switching between apps
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to set custom alarm/notification sounds
- Option to disable background sounds
- Automatic start/stop of focus and break timers
- Customizable timer duration
- Dark mode or theme options
Focus Lock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Focus timer
- Professional Version$2.99
Focus Lock
- Focus Lock Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Focus Lock Pro - Yearly14 Days trial$7.991 Year









