Comparison

Session vs Lock In League

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Session

Track your progress towards mastering skills by logging dedicated practice time. Manually log sessions or use the automatic timer to record your efforts. Start making measurable progress on your goals today.

Highlights
  • Create custom activities
  • Manual session logging
  • Automatic timer
  • Track progress towards goals
  • Skill mastery tracking
Features
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ty for 5+ years of Session! but it's time to start a new arc. search timespent on the app store to see what's next. —cal --- "The secret to getting ahead is getting started." ―Mark Twain They say it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill, but who's counting? Now, you can with Session. Create an activity, and log sessions manually or with the automatic timer. Whether it's for 10 hours, 100, 10,000 or more – start making progress towards your goals today.

About

Lock In League

Features
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Stop scrolling. Lock in. Lock In League turns focus into a ranked competition. Start a session, get matched against a rival at your level, and try to outwork them in real time. Most focus apps treat productivity like meditation. This one treats it like a sport. HOW IT WORKS Pick a duration. Pick a task. The match starts. You and your opponent both have HP. Distractions drain it. The longer you stay locked in, the more damage you deal. Highest Deep Work Score at the end takes the match. Win matches, climb the ladder. Lose them, drop ranks. NO FORCED BREAKS This is not a pomodoro app. No 25-minute interruptions. No rest phase that kills your flow right when you finally got into it. You work until the match ends. Built for real deep work, coding, writing, studying, anything that takes more than 25 minutes to load into your head. THE LADDER Climb through Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master. Ranks reset every season. Where you finish says something real about how you actually spent the last three months. WHY IT WORKS Solo focus timers stop working after week two. The novelty dies and the streak turns into homework. A real opponent, a real outcome, and a rank that can drop changes the math. You show up because something is on the line. WHAT YOU GET - Ranked matches against rivals at your skill level - Deep Work Score tracked across every session - HP system that punishes phone-checking - Continuous focus sessions with no forced breaks - Task-based sessions for study, work, coding, writing, anything - Seasonal ladder with rank decay - Full match history and focus stats PRICING Lock In League is a paid app. Your first ranked session is free so you can feel how the matchmaking and outcome system play. Full access requires a subscription after that. No ads. No data resold. No fake free trial that auto-charges you. WHO IT IS FOR Students grinding for exams. Builders shipping side projects. Writers, coders, traders, anyone with a real goal who keeps drifting from it. People who liked Forest and Focus Keeper but want to keep playing past month two. WHO IT IS NOT FOR If you want a calm meditation timer with rain sounds, this is not that. Lock In League is closer to a competitive game than a wellness app. Privacy policy: https://lockinleague.github.io/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Lock in. Climb the ladder.

Screenshots

Session4 screens
Lock In League4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Session at none against Lock In League's 2. Session also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lock In League sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Session asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Session versus Lock In League: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSessionLock In League
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (933 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings933 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.2 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlasshouse Studio, LLCUros Stojanovic

Bugs and requests

Session

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer inconsistencies when exiting the app
  • Inability to add time manually (only minutes, not hours)
  • App crashes when trying to add a session manually

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add delete and rename session functions
  • Implement activity editing (color, icon, name, description)
  • Provide activity reordering capability
  • Include activity time tracking by day/week/month/year
  • Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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  • Integrate music playback or nature sounds

Lock In League

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Session

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lock In League

Subscriptions2
  • Lock In League Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Lock In League Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Session free?
Session is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lock In League free?
Lock In League is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Session or Lock In League have ads?
Neither Session nor Lock In League shows ads.

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