Lilo vs Focusly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lilo
This app transforms solo study sessions into engaging, social challenges. Compete with friends, track your progress, and climb leaderboards to make learning fun and motivating. Build lasting focus habits through friendly competition and visible achievements.
- Focus timer with distraction avoidance
- Study challenges with friends
- Live leaderboards for comparison
- Progress tracking and stats
- Habit building and streaks
- Social accountability
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Lilo is the study timer you use with friends. Start a focus session or a Pomodoro, challenge your friends, climb the weekly leaderboard and keep your study streak alive. 500K+ students have downloaded Lilo and left 200K+ ratings, because studying together works better than studying alone. STUDY TIMER AND POMODORO - Focus timer, stopwatch and Pomodoro with breaks. - Pick a subject and tasks before you start, so every session counts toward a goal. - Timer scenes and a full screen mode keep your phone out of the way. - A Live Activity and a home screen widget show your session and streak at a glance. CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS - Invite friends to a study challenge: streak, time goal, speed race or ranking battle. - Follow everyone's progress live and see who stays focused the longest. - Join a challenge from a link, even before you create an account. LEADERBOARDS AND STREAKS - Weekly rankings with your friends. - Daily study streak with streak protection, so one bad day does not erase your progress. - Comment on your friends' sessions and keep each other accountable. PLANNER AND STATS - Day planner with tasks and subjects. - Study history, subject distribution, activity heatmap and advanced stats. - Share your weekly results to Instagram Stories in one tap. FOCUS MUSIC AND SCENES - Lofi, nature sounds and white noise inside the timer. - Choose a timer scene and an accent colour that matches your mood. WHO IS LILO FOR High school and university students, exam season, homework, language learning, thesis writing, and anyone who focuses better with a bit of friendly competition. Lilo is free to use. Lilo Premium adds Pomodoro and stopwatch modes, the full focus music library and extra scenes. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms: https://lilostudytimer.com/terms/ Privacy: https://lilostudytimer.com/privacy/
Focusly
Enhance your focus with a visually appealing Pomodoro timer featuring animated backgrounds for a calm, distraction-free experience. It helps you manage study and work sessions effectively.
- Pomodoro timer
- Animated backgrounds
- Distraction-free environment
- Task management
- Customizable themes
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Focusly - Pomodoro & Tasks A Pomodoro timer designed to help you stay focused with beautiful, animated backgrounds that create a calm and distraction-free environment. More themes coming soon! Privacy Policy: https://matisandoval.com/privacy_policy_focusly Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Lilo at 4.7K against Focusly's 1. Lilo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). Focusly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lilo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Focusly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.59 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focusly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lilo has 4.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lilo ships an update every 10 days, Focusly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lilo | Focusly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawel Gladysz | Matias Sandoval |
Customer experience
Lilo
Focusly
In-app purchases
Lilo
- Premium Access Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Access$6.991 Month
- Premium Access Yearly$25.991 Year
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- Premium Access Yearly$29.991 Year
- Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Focusly
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$0.591 Month
- Annual Premium14 Days trial$3.491 Year
- Focusly Premium$5.00
- Lifetime Premium$9.99
