Focus Lock vs Easlo Experiments
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Lock
This app helps you stay focused by automatically blocking distracting applications during designated work or study sessions. It's designed to eliminate willpower reliance, ensuring your chosen apps remain inaccessible until your session concludes. Track your progress and celebrate your focus achievements.
- Automatic app blocking during sessions
- Customizable focus session durations
- Streak system for consistency
- Badge progression for motivation
- Session celebrations and rewards
- Daily and weekly focus statistics
- iCloud sync across devices
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FOCUS FIRST. EARN YOUR SCROLL. Focus Lock combines a Pomodoro timer with Screen Time app blocking. Choose your distracting apps, complete a focus session, and earn time to use them. Built by someone with ADHD who was tired of losing hours to doomscrolling. TWO WAYS TO FOCUS Lock In mode keeps your selected apps locked until you earn an unlock window by completing a focus session. Earned time is measured by actual app usage. Three five-minute emergency unlocks are available each day. Prefer session-based blocking? Turn off Lock In and block distractions only during focus sessions, with optional blocking during breaks. BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO On the inner display, the countdown and session controls sit on opposite sides of the fold. Half-folded on your desk, the timer stays visible above the controls. Open it like a book, fold it closed, or use Split View: your session keeps going. BUILD A FOCUS HABIT - Start with 25- or 45-minute focus sessions. - Tag your work and see where your focus time goes. - Track daily and weekly progress, streaks, and badges. - Share your focus cards and milestones. - Follow the timer with Live Activities and completion alerts. AlarmKit alarms are available on supported iOS versions with your permission. FREE AND PREMIUM Start free with up to three app or category selections for blocking. Premium adds unlimited selections, custom focus durations from 15 to 120 minutes, and custom tags. Optional subscriptions are available in the app; prices and trial availability are shown before purchase. Screen Time permission is required for app blocking. Privacy Policy: https://sleepybytes.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Easlo Experiments
This app encourages an experimenter mindset for personal growth. Track new habits, routines, or products for a set duration, logging progress and observations. Review your trials to decide if they fit your life.
- Set custom experiment frequency and duration
- Log progress with notes and photos
- Home screen widgets for mindfulness
- Assign reminders for experiments
- Review and reflect on experiment outcomes
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What if there’s a better way than blindly committing to goals and habits just because they’re recommended to us? By adopting the experimenter mindset, you can try new habits, routines, or products for a set number of days and see what actually works for you. Experiments helps you track these personal trials, letting you check in on your progress and log observations through notes or photos. At the end of your chosen duration, you can review and reflect on whether you want to continue with it. Key Features: · Set your own frequency and duration for each experiment. · Check in on your experiment and attach notes or photos. · Add home screen widgets to stay mindful of your ongoing experiments. · Assign reminders to your experiments for timely nudges. Experiment. Reflect. Repeat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus Lock at 5.0 against Easlo Experiments's 4.6. Focus Lock also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Easlo Experiments's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Lock sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Easlo Experiments sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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: Easlo Experiments has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Focus Lock's written reviews are positive against 90% of Easlo Experiments's.
Focus Lock ships an update every 2 weeks, Easlo Experiments every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Lock | Easlo Experiments |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SleepyBytes SIA | Easlo Pte. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Focus Lock
Easlo Experiments
In-app purchases
Focus Lock
- Focus Pro$1.997 Days
- Focus Pro$4.991 Month
- Focus Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Yearly Plan1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- Focus Pro$17.99
Easlo Experiments
- Experiments Pro$9.99









