Comparison

Focus Tower vs VeraLok

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

Head to head
About

Focus Tower

This app helps you build productive habits and overcome distractions using the Pomodoro technique. Plan tasks, set focus timers, and build virtual towers to visualize your progress. Earn rewards and unlock new themes to stay motivated and get more done.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Task planning
  • Gamified tower building
  • Unlockable themes and rewards
  • Distraction blocking
  • Progress statistics
Features
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Most focus timers hand you a number at the end of the week. This one hands you a city. Set the timer and put the phone down. Every finished session lays another floor on your tower. Put a roof on it and the whole tower moves into a city you build — where it stands for good and pays you rent every day. BUILT ON THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE Work in one focused block, rest, repeat. Twenty-five minutes on, a short break, a longer one after four — the rhythm people have used since the 1980s, except here each block leaves a floor behind. BUILT FOR ATTENTION THAT WANDERS Starting is the hard part, so the app makes starting small: one block, 25 minutes, a reward you can see at the end of it. The shield takes the temptation off the table instead of asking you to out-argue it, and a session survives a locked screen — so a wobble costs you nothing. If you have ADHD, that is usually the combination that finally sticks. Focus comes from the rhythm, not from willpower. BLOCK WHAT PULLS YOU AWAY — FREE, ALWAYS • Shut selected apps for the length of a session, using Apple's own Screen Time • Keeps working with the screen locked and outside the app • No limit on how many, no paywall on blocking — ever THE TIMER • Pomodoro presets (10 / 25 / 45 min) or any length you like • Automatic cycles: focus → break → focus, a long break after four • Name the session — every floor remembers what you built it for • Lock your screen and the session keeps running. Nothing is lost. • Your floor rises on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island WHAT YOU KEEP • 6 towers to unlock, each with its own world and music • 6 lands to settle, 12 plots to a city • Finished towers pay daily rent in coins • 32 achievements, from your first floor to a city on every land • Daily streaks with streak protection • Towers, cities and history sync through your own iCloud PROOF YOU DID THE WORK • Export every session as a CSV spreadsheet — date, task, minutes, coins • Or as a printable PDF table, with your totals across the top • Export your city as a picture and show someone what a month of focus looks like • Your tower and streak on a home screen widget, your session on the Lock Screen Useful for a thesis log, for billable hours, or simply for proving to yourself that the week happened. FAIR AND PRIVATE • Free. One-time purchases only — no subscription • No ads. No accounts. No trackers. • We collect nothing. Your sessions stay on your device and in your iCloud. Put the phone down. Build something.

About

VeraLok

Features
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VeraLok gives you control over your verified identity and how it is used. Create and manage your VLK_ID, complete secure identity verification, review institutional access requests, and decide when your verified information can be used. With VeraLok, you can: • Create and manage your VLK_ID • Complete secure identity verification and liveness checks • Review and respond to institutional identity requests • Grant access with your consent • View identity and access activity • Lock or unlock access when needed • Use your VeraLok Wallet and QR experience for supported identity interactions VeraLok is built around individual control, privacy-conscious verification, secure platform operations, and auditable identity interactions. Institutions request access. You remain in control. VeraLok does not require a citizen subscription or in-app purchase. Learn more: https://www.veralok.com Support: https://www.veralok.com/support Privacy: https://www.veralok.com/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Focus Tower4 screens
VeraLok4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus Tower at none against VeraLok's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. VeraLok sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $149.99 per year. Focus Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Tower ships an update weekly, VeraLok every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Focus Tower versus VeraLok: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus TowerVeraLok
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal CilindzVeraLok Holdings Inc

In-app purchases

None

Focus Tower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

VeraLok

Subscriptions1
  • Veralok Plus$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Tower free?
Focus Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VeraLok free?
VeraLok is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Tower or VeraLok have ads?
Neither Focus Tower nor VeraLok shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Tower or VeraLok?
Focus Tower ships an update weekly, and VeraLok every 10 days. Most recently, Focus Tower was updated on October 11, 2026 and VeraLok on October 6, 2026.

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