Comparison

Zentime vs FocusLapse

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

Head to head
About

Zentime

This app helps you regain focus by automatically locking applications after a set usage time. It enforces limits to prevent mindless scrolling and time-wasting, promoting calmer, more productive phone usage.

Highlights
  • Automatic app locking
  • Customizable usage timers
  • Enforced app limits
  • Reduces mindless scrolling
  • Promotes focused time
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Zentime is a simple app blocker for calmer, more focused time on your phone. Choose how long you want to use an app before you open it—when the timer ends, Zentime locks the app automatically. Because the block is enforced—not just a reminder—Zentime helps you avoid mindless scrolling and stop wasting time. We hope Zentime makes your day a little better. Privacy Policy: https://tinylab-apps.web.app/zentime/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

FocusLapse

Record your study or work sessions as time-lapse videos. This app helps reduce phone distractions and provides a visual log of your effort. Review your progress with animated overlays and history tracking.

Highlights
  • Record study/work sessions as time-lapse videos
  • Animated analog clock overlay
  • Front and rear camera support
  • Adjustable video speed
  • Focus history and progress graphs
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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FocusLapse turns your study, work and reading sessions into time-lapse videos and a personal focus log. Set down your phone and start focusing. Recording yourself at work can help you stay with the task in front of you. Turn a long session into a short video, then look back and see the effort you put in. Features • Record time-lapse videos while you focus • Review your focus time in charts • Add a rating and a note to each session • Delete unwanted sessions and remove their time from your totals • Switch between front and rear cameras • Choose video orientation, clock design and study-time display before recording • Combine multiple time-lapse videos into one highlight video • Save finished videos to Photos • Check your focus time in a widget Keep a visual record of your study or work routine. You can share your finished videos through your usual social apps. Free to use, with no ads or account required. Videos, focus records, ratings and notes stay on your device and are not sent to the developer's servers. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and French. The app follows your device's preferred languages.

Screenshots

Zentime4 screens
FocusLapse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusLapse at none against Zentime's 7. FocusLapse also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, update cadence, 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. Zentime sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. FocusLapse asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zentime ships an update weekly, FocusLapse fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Zentime versus FocusLapse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZentimeFocusLapse
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyunosuke Nagasecocon Godo Kaisha

Customer experience

Zentime

Written reviews35 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.6%

FocusLapse

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Zentime

Subscriptions4
  • Zentime Pro2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Zentime Pro$5.991 Month
  • Zentime Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Zentime Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Zentime Pro$59.99
  • Zentime Pro$99.99
None

FocusLapse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zentime free?
Zentime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusLapse free?
FocusLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zentime or FocusLapse have ads?
Zentime shows ads; FocusLapse does not.
Which is updated more often, Zentime or FocusLapse?
Zentime ships an update weekly, and FocusLapse fortnightly. Most recently, Zentime was updated on October 20, 2026 and FocusLapse on October 16, 2026.

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