Comparison

Yoodoo vs LockIn Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Yoodoo

This app provides a flexible planning system designed for individuals who struggle with procrastination, time blindness, or distractions. It helps users organize tasks, block time, and use focus timers, with features like auto-rescheduling for missed items. The system aims to help users move from feeling scattered to structured, even without perfect discipline.

Highlights
  • Flexible task lists
  • Time blocking with InstaPlan
  • Built-in focus timer
  • Auto-rescheduling of missed tasks
  • Habit tracking
  • Widgets and reminders
Features
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The planner for days that don't go to plan. On iPhone, iPad, the web and your computer. With Pro it all syncs, and Yoodoo works with Claude and ChatGPT: plan your day in a chat and it lands on your timeline. Most planners work until about 10am. Then a call runs long, you lose an hour to your phone, or you just don't start, and the whole day gets written off. Yoodoo expects that. It fits the rest of your day around what actually happened, so you keep going. Built ADHD first, for every brain that's wired a little differently. Diagnosed, on a waiting list, just pretty sure, or simply juggling too much. If your days keep breaking, it's for you. GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD - Say or type everything that's on. Ask Yoodoo turns it into tasks, files them into lists and plans the day, times and all. - Lists for everything else, with one star for what matters. A DAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO - A real timeline where an hour looks like an hour, with your calendar in it. - Plan today: tick what's happening, pick the one that matters, and Yoodoo builds your day around what can't move. Breaks included. - See how long you've got before the next thing, not just the time it starts. Handy if time blindness is your thing. HELP TO START - Just start: five minutes and a timer. The hardest bit of a big task, done. - Focus shows one step at a time, so a mountain becomes the next small thing. - Steps: Yoodoo cuts a big task into tiny ones, and the first is so small you just start. - Block the apps that pull you away, on a schedule or right now. FIX MY DAY, WHEN IT SLIPS - Something ran over? Yoodoo asks one simple question and moves the rest. - Behind on a few things? See what still fits, and let the rest roll to later. Your day's priority stays protected. - Things you didn't get to roll on. They never pile up and never turn red. - Nothing changes until you say Looks right. FEEL GOOD AT THE END OF THE DAY - Wrap up in three taps: what's done, what moves, and tomorrow's ready. - Habits and routines that run on a timer, with no streak shaming. - A week's story that shows what you actually got done. ALL IN ONE PLACE Planner, to-do list, focus timer, app blocker, habit tracker and calendar, working together. Widgets, Live Activities, Siri, task alarms for the things you can't miss, and Yoodoo on the web and your computer too. YOUR FIRST WEEK IS ON US Try every Pro feature free for seven days with the App Store's free trial. After that, keep Pro, or carry on with Lite for free. Nothing you make is ever deleted. Lite, free for good: one list, one habit or routine, one day template, the timeline, Fix my day, the focus timer, one calendar, the Today widget. Pro: Ask Yoodoo and Plan it for me, steps for big tasks, the app blocker, two-way calendars, task alarms, unlimited lists, habits and templates, every widget, all the music, dark mode and your own colours, and Yoodoo on the web and desktop with sync and backup. Change or cancel any time in Settings. Two taps. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT On Lite, your plans stay on your phone. We never sell your data, and there are no ads. WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2022 About 100,000 people have used Yoodoo. We're small but mighty, and we read every message, feature and bug you send us. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.yoodoo.app/privacy-policy

About

LockIn Focus Timer

This productivity app employs a tough-love approach to focus training. It challenges users to confront reasons for quitting mid-session, offering three distinct modes for building focus habits.

Highlights
  • Tough-love focus trainer
  • Confront reasons for quitting
  • Quick Hit mode (15 min)
  • Standard mode (25 min)
  • Beast Mode (50+ min)
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LockIn is the productivity app that doesn't let you lie to yourself. Most focus apps baby you. They let you quit with one tap when things get hard. LockIn is different. When you want to quit mid-session, our tough-love trainer makes you confront exactly why you're giving up. THREE SESSION MODES - Quick Hit (15 min) - Build the habit - Standard (25 min) - Classic deep work - Beast Mode (50+ min) - For the serious

Screenshots

Yoodoo4 screens
LockIn Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockIn Focus Timer at none against Yoodoo's 5. LockIn Focus Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Yoodoo's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Yoodoo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. LockIn Focus Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LockIn Focus Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yoodoo has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Yoodoo versus LockIn Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYoodooLockIn Focus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmart Recipes LTDMartin Francis

Customer experience

Yoodoo

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative20.5%

LockIn Focus Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Yoodoo

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes when adding tasks
  • App won't open with new iOS update
  • Tasks disappear after adding
  • Tasks don't update without force closing
  • Selecting destination section doesn't work
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  • Free lifetime promotion leads to charge
  • App restarts and loses edited tasks
  • Scheduled tasks don't show in timeline
  • Daily notification doesn't come through
  • Timeline jumbled after use
  • Templates disappear
  • App freezes when reporting issues

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode in free version
  • Manually choose day end time
  • Web version
  • Chinese version
  • Easier way to repeat tasks
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  • Import calendars

LockIn Focus Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Yoodoo

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly with 3-day trial3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • YooDoo Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • YooDoo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime with discount$49.99
  • Lifetime$149.99
None

LockIn Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yoodoo free?
Yoodoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockIn Focus Timer free?
LockIn Focus Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yoodoo or LockIn Focus Timer?
LockIn Focus Timer is rated higher. Yoodoo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while LockIn Focus Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Yoodoo or LockIn Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Yoodoo nor LockIn Focus Timer shows ads.

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