Comparison

Lock vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Lock

This app helps users focus on tasks using timed study sessions, fostering accountability through shared progress and group grinding. It aims to transform screen time into productive output.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro study sessions
  • Group study grinding
  • Progress sharing
  • Accountability features
  • Screen time to productivity conversion
Features
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Lock-in is a social study app built around Pomodoro sessions. Start a focus session, grind together with others, share your progress, and stay accountable. Turn screen time into real productivity.

About

Focus Timer

Features
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Focus for 25 minutes — and a building rises in your city. Focus Timer is a calm Pomodoro timer with a reason to stay off your phone: every session you finish becomes one building in a little isometric city that's yours to explore. Quick sessions raise cottages; long deep-work sessions raise townhouses and apartment blocks. Keep showing up and your city grows whole districts — leafy neighborhoods, a market square, parks, and one day, a clock tower. • One finished session = one building, forever — tap any building to see the day, the minutes, and what you were working on • Longer sessions build bigger buildings • A real little city: roads, gardens, districts, landmarks — pinch, pan, explore • Classic Pomodoro breaks, gentle and optional • Pick your length: presets, or a simple stepper up to an hour • Streaks and lifetime focus stats • No account, no ads getting in the way of the work — everything stays on your device Free for 7 days, then a single one-time unlock. No subscription, ever. Part of Appopolis — a little city of small, focused apps.

Screenshots

Lock4 screens
Focus Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lock at none against Focus Timer's 1. 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. Focus Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lock versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockFocus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAzizbek ZaylobiddinovRAGHAV MODGIL

In-app purchases

None

Lock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Timer

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$4.49

Questions

Is Lock free?
Lock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lock or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Lock nor Focus Timer shows ads.

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