Comparison

Kaizen vs Focus & Study Timer

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

Head to head
About

Kaizen

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Kaizen is a focus timer that blocks your distracting apps, tracks your habits, and lets you study alongside others in live focus rooms. Start a session and the apps you picked stay blocked until your break. Free to use, with no ads. Premium features are marked below. POMODORO TIMER & STOPWATCH • Presets: Classic (25/5/15), Quick (15/3/10), Extended (50/10/30), Long Focus (90/15/30), or your own • Focus 5 to 180 minutes, short breaks 1 to 60, long breaks 5 to 120 • Stopwatch: count up with no fixed end and finish when you're ready • Auto-start runs sessions back to back while Kaizen is open, up to your long break • Keeps time in the background and notifies you when a session or break ends • Fullscreen mode that shows only the timer • Tag each session (Work, Study, and more) to see where your focus goes APP BLOCKER Kaizen uses Apple's Screen Time to block the apps and websites you choose: • Your apps are blocked during focus sessions and open again on your break • Block now: block them right away, until you turn it off • The block stays in place even if Kaizen is closed • An optional "Open anyway" button: you set how often, how long to wait, and for how long • Block up to 3 apps or websites free • Premium: up to 50 apps, plus Strict mode (stays blocked when you pause) and Locked mode (after the first minute the session can't be skipped or ended, with one emergency end a week) Your choices stay on your device. Kaizen can't see which apps you picked. HABIT TRACKER • Check-off habits, or timed habits your focus sessions count toward • Schedules: daily, specific weekdays, or a number of times per week • Forgiving streaks: a skipped day doesn't break them • A consistency score and trend chart for every habit • Backdate any past day and keep your full history • Reminders that follow each habit's schedule • Up to 5 active habits free, unlimited with Premium FOCUS ROOMS Stay on task next to other people, without a video call: • Join public rooms, or private ones with an 8-character code • See who's focusing, on a break, or paused, with live countdowns • No camera or microphone, just quiet company • Premium: create your own public or private rooms (2 to 50 people), manage them as host, and share the task you're working on Many people with ADHD use this kind of body doubling to get started and keep going. TASKS • Jot a task down in one line now, plan the details later • An unlimited inbox, so capturing a thought never hits a limit • Priorities, due dates, subtasks, time estimates, and reminders • Pick a task before a session and your focus time counts toward it • Today, Tomorrow, and Overdue badges keep deadlines in view • Up to 7 planned tasks free, unlimited with Premium THEMES & FOCUS MUSIC • 60+ backgrounds across Lofi, Nature, City, Cozy, Space, and Minimal, including animated ones • Lo-fi, ambient, nature, white noise, and classical tracks, saved for offline listening • Mute music on your breaks • Premium: every theme, the full music library, and your own photo as the background STATISTICS & STREAKS • Daily, weekly, and monthly focus totals • Charts for focus over time, by hour, by weekday, by tag, and by session type • Session history showing which tasks and habits each session counted toward • Re-tag or delete any past session • A daily focus streak • Premium: yearly and all-time statistics MADE FOR • Students studying for their exams • Remote workers and freelancers who need time for deep work • People with ADHD who focus better with structure and company • Anyone who reaches for their phone when they should be focusing WORKS EVERYWHERE Use Kaizen on iPhone, iPad, your computer, or the web. Your tasks, habits, and stats sync across all of them. Start a focus session, block your distracting apps, and see how much more you get done. Terms of Use (EULA): https://my-kaizen.com/eula Privacy Policy: https://my-kaizen.com/privacy Terms & Conditions: https://my-kaizen.com/terms Questions? Reach us at support@my-kaizen.com

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Focus & Study Timer

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Silence the noise. Enter Hunter Mode. Escape doomscrolling, digital fatigue, and constant mental noise. Bagheera Focus transforms daily productivity into an immersive, silent stalking path inside a beautifully designed, cinematic cyber-jungle. Designed for developers, designers, students, and focus-driven professionals, Bagheera merges high-fidelity ambient soundscapes, structured task planning, and lock-screen Live Activities into a gorgeous, ultra-dark Obsidian interface. Whether you are studying for finals, coding a flagship system, or managing ADHD cognitive load, Bagheera gives you the tools to stalk your goals and complete your daily hunts in complete peace. --- THE SILENT HUNTER CONCEPT Traditional timers are boring and add anxiety. Bagheera gamifies your day: • Your tasks are HUNTS. • Your daily schedules are HUNTING PATHS. • Your sessions are silent focus stalks. By conceptualizing productivity as a silent hunt, your brain enters flow state naturally, turning deep focus into a satisfying game. IMMERSIVE HUNTER MODE TIMER • Cinematic UI: Lock your attention with a gorgeous, neon-blue fluid timer ring and ambient animations that sync with your breathing. • Flexible Formats: Choose classic Pomodoro intervals, custom deep-work blocks, or open stopwatch tracking. • Pure Focus: No ads, no popups, no cognitive noise. Just you and the task. DYNAMIC ISLAND FOCUS STALKER (LIVE ACTIVITIES) • Lock Screen Tracking: Watch your active focus timer tick down directly on your iOS Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Active widgets: Access elegant Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that display your daily statistics and active hunter progress at a glance. • Persistent loop: Never lose track of your time—even when switching apps. DAILY PLANNER & HUNTS • Intuitive hunt logs: Organize your day as a list of targeted hunts. • Recurrence locks: Easily schedule "Daily Hunts" (recurring tasks) that automatically renew to build lasting habits. • Context-Safe Editing: Lock and control task recurrence rules mid-session to protect your database history. LUMINESCENT BACKGROUND SOUNDSCAPES • Mask Distractions: Play premium, looping spatial audio soundtracks that mask environment noise and activate flow-state brainwaves. • Ambient Presets: Choose from immersive soundscapes like Deep Forest, Calm Zen, Warm Rain, or Lo-Fi Studio. • Background audio: Seamless background playback integration—your focus sound never cuts out, even with locked screens. OBSIDIAN ANALYTICS & VELOCITY • Sleek tracking: View your focus stats in gorgeous, glowing interactive charts. • Completed hunts: Review historical progress with comprehensive habit heatmaps. • Streak tracking: Celebrate consistency and build focus velocity by keeping your hunting streak alive. --- 100% PRIVATE. OFFLINE FIRST. Your data belongs exclusively to you. All your hunts, timer histories, and preferences reside securely inside your local device database (Isar). Bagheera does not track, collect, or store your personal information on external servers. Silence the cognitive clutter. Stalk your target. Execute your hunt. Download Bagheera Focus today and enter your deep work flow.

Screenshots

Kaizen4 screens
Focus & Study Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus & Study Timer at none against Kaizen's 2. Kaizen's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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. Kaizen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Focus & Study Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kaizen ships an update every 2 weeks, Focus & Study Timer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Kaizen versus Focus & Study Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaizenFocus & Study Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMK DevelopmentDivyesh Patel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kaizen

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium (yearly)14 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

Focus & Study Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kaizen free?
Kaizen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus & Study Timer free?
Focus & Study Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kaizen or Focus & Study Timer have ads?
Neither Kaizen nor Focus & Study Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kaizen or Focus & Study Timer?
Kaizen ships an update every 2 weeks, and Focus & Study Timer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Kaizen was updated on October 1, 2026 and Focus & Study Timer on September 20, 2026.

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