Kaizen vs Pomodoro Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaizen
This app helps you stay focused by blocking distracting apps and websites. It also includes a habit tracker, task manager, and live focus rooms for collaborative study sessions. Customize timers and themes for a personalized productivity experience.
- Customizable Pomodoro timer
- App and website blocking
- Habit tracking with forgiving streaks
- Live focus rooms for co-studying
- Task management with priorities
- Themed backgrounds and focus music
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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, even with Kaizen closed: • During focus sessions, until your break • Block now: until you turn it off • Schedules: block a set of apps at the same times every week • An optional "Open anyway" button: you set how often, how long to wait, and for how long • Free: up to 3 apps or websites and 1 schedule • Premium: up to 50 apps and 8 schedules, Strict mode (stays blocked when you pause) and Locked mode (no ending a session or schedule early, 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 any room free, or host a private one and invite up to 3 friends with a link • See who's focusing, on a break, or paused, with live timers • No camera or microphone, just your avatar and quiet company • Premium: host public or bigger rooms (up to 50 people), 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 • 70+ 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
Pomodoro Focus
This app helps you discover your optimal work rhythm with personalized session recommendations. It offers various focus and break timers without guilt or pressure, adapting to your attention patterns.
- Personalized work rhythm recommendations
- Multiple focus and break timer options
- Gentle attention nudges
- Daily summary and history tracking
- Live Activity integration
- Unlimited work contexts (with purchase)
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ReFocus answers one question: how should I work best today? It picks the right rhythm for you, from Pomodoro (25/5) to 40/10, 52/17 or 90-minute Deep Work, and when your attention drifts, it simply helps you come back. No blocking, no badges, no guilt. HOW IT WORKS • Answer four short questions once, in about 30 seconds • Get a daily recommendation that fits how you focus • Start with one tap; ReFocus gently notices when you step away • Two quick taps after each session make tomorrow's pick better FREE All methods, focus and break timer, Live Activity, gentle nudges, daily summary, this week's history and up to 3 work contexts, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. REFOCUS PLUS, ONE-TIME PURCHASE Apple Watch and complication, widgets, iCloud sync, month view and trends, focus insights and unlimited contexts. No subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kaizen at 5.0 against Pomodoro Focus's 4.0. Pomodoro Focus's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Kaizen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pomodoro Focus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kaizen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Kaizen ships an update every 2 weeks, Pomodoro Focus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaizen | Pomodoro Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MK Development | Mikail Yurt |
Customer experience
Kaizen
Pomodoro Focus
In-app purchases
Kaizen
- Premium (monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium (yearly)14 Days trial$39.991 Year
Pomodoro Focus
- Space pack$0.99
- Home pack$0.99
- Build pack$0.99
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- Minimal pack$0.99
- Calm pack$0.99
- Food pack$0.99
- Abstract pack$0.99
- ReFocus Plus$1.99
- Momo$1.99
- All scenes$4.99
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