Comparison

App Blocker vs Cold Focus

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

Head to head
About

App Blocker

This app helps you build habits and improve focus, either solo or with friends. Track personal goals, engage in shared streaks, and use a Pomodoro timer for deep work. It offers ADHD-friendly features and syncs with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Solo or shared habit tracking
  • Joint streaks with friends
  • Real-time focus sessions
  • Multi-step habit goals
  • Apple Health sync
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • ADHD-friendly design
Features
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You opened your phone to check the time. Somehow, you're now watching a stranger renovate a bathroom. Stickly brings an app blocker, habit tracker and Pomodoro timer together, so your good intentions get a little more time on the schedule. GIVE YOUR ATTENTION SOME SPACE Choose distracting apps and set a blocking session for studying, reading, work or bedtime. Your thumb may file a complaint. BUILD HABITS YOU CAN SEE Track routines and count-based goals, see your progress in heatmaps and streaks, and earn medals for showing up. Small steps count. No motivational speech from a mountain. POMODORO, WITHOUT THE DETOUR Start a classic 25-minute focus session with 5-minute breaks. Keep the timer in sight with a Live Activity. “Just one more video” is not a recognised unit of time. FOCUS WITH A FRIEND Invite a friend to a shared Pomodoro session through a private iCloud connection. Accept the invitation, then the host starts the session. Both people need Stickly and iCloud. REMINDERS ON YOUR TERMS Choose reminder categories, timing and quiet hours. A habit app should not become another reason to check your phone. START FREE • 2 custom habits • 25 minutes of app blocking per day, per device, shared across blocking features • Classic Pomodoro, core stats and medals STICKLY PLUS Unlimited habits and app blocking, custom Pomodoro profiles, recurring blocking schedules, daily app limits, Apple Health habit completion, interactive habit widgets, advanced stats, and tools to host shared focus sessions and share habits. Monthly, yearly and lifetime options are available. Prices and any trial terms are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled; manage them in your Apple account settings. Privacy policy: https://wystoneapps.com/privacy Terms: https://wystoneapps.com/terms

About

Cold Focus

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Your phone was designed by teams of engineers to hold your attention. One app standing against that has to be serious. Cold Focus is a calm, disciplined focus timer for students and anyone doing deep work. Start a session and the distractions get locked away. Not hidden behind your willpower. Actually blocked. No cheating your way out. Cold Focus is a subscription app. There is no limited free version: you get everything from day one. WHY COLD FOCUS IS DIFFERENT Most timers trust you to behave. This one doesn't have to. When you start a session, Cold Focus locks the apps that pull you away and watches for the little escapes: picking up your phone, bailing early. It keeps you honest, so the time you set aside actually becomes focused time. FOCUS SESSIONS - Set a session, put the phone down, go deep. - Distracting apps stay locked until you're done. - Optional penalties raise the stakes when you break focus, as gentle or as strict as you want. FOCUS SOUNDS - A calm ambient sound plays while your session runs, and keeps playing with the screen off or when you leave the app. - Rain, wind, a river, forest, brown and pink noise, or quiet music. Let them flow one after another, or pick one and stay there. - Mute it any time from the session screen. It mixes with your own music, so it never interrupts what you are already listening to. MEET STEVE Steve is your focus companion. Calm when you're locked in, honest with you when you drift. A little character, a lot of accountability. Focus doesn't have to feel cold and clinical. BUILD A DISCIPLINED IDENTITY - Keep streaks and climb through focus levels. - You're not just logging hours. You're becoming the kind of person who finishes what they start. SEE YOUR FOCUS CLEARLY - Clean weekly, monthly and yearly stats. - An AI focus coach reads your patterns and tells you, in plain language, where your attention is leaking and how to fix it. YOU'RE NOT ALONE See how many people are in a focus session right now, around the world. Quiet company for deep work. BUILT FOR THE ENEMY OF FOCUS Endless feeds, notifications, the reflex to check your phone every few seconds. Cold Focus is built to break that loop, for exams, deadlines, reading, or any work that deserves your full attention. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Everything above is included. No locked corners, no ads, no upsells inside the app. Subscribe monthly or yearly. It's never too late to take your attention back. Your focus data stays yours. We only sync what you allow. Cold Focus is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://coldfocusapp.github.io/coldfocus/terms-of-service.en.html Privacy: https://coldfocusapp.github.io/coldfocus/privacy-policy.en.html

Screenshots

App Blocker4 screens
Cold Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: App Blocker at every 4 days against Cold Focus's every 2 weeks. Cold Focus's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. App Blocker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Cold Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App Blocker ships an update every 4 days, Cold Focus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
App Blocker versus Cold Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp BlockerCold Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB241 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWystone LLCHASAN BURAK ERDIN

In-app purchases

5 purchases

App Blocker

Subscriptions3
  • Stickly Plus$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Stickly Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Early Session End$1.99
  • Plus Lifetime$29.99
3 purchases

Cold Focus

Subscriptions3
  • Cold Focus Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Cold Focus Premium (Yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Cold Focus Premium (Yearly)$59.991 Year

Questions

Is App Blocker free?
App Blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cold Focus free?
Cold Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do App Blocker or Cold Focus have ads?
Neither App Blocker nor Cold Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, App Blocker or Cold Focus?
App Blocker ships an update every 4 days, and Cold Focus every 2 weeks. Most recently, App Blocker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cold Focus on October 31, 2026.

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