Comparison

FocusLapse vs KLOCK

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

Head to head
About

FocusLapse

Record your study or work sessions as time-lapse videos. This app helps reduce phone distractions and provides a visual log of your effort. Review your progress with animated overlays and history tracking.

Highlights
  • Record study/work sessions as time-lapse videos
  • Animated analog clock overlay
  • Front and rear camera support
  • Adjustable video speed
  • Focus history and progress graphs
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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FocusLapse turns your study, work and reading sessions into time-lapse videos and a personal focus log. Set down your phone and start focusing. Recording yourself at work can help you stay with the task in front of you. Turn a long session into a short video, then look back and see the effort you put in. Features • Record time-lapse videos while you focus • Review your focus time in charts • Add a rating and a note to each session • Delete unwanted sessions and remove their time from your totals • Switch between front and rear cameras • Choose video orientation, clock design and study-time display before recording • Combine multiple time-lapse videos into one highlight video • Save finished videos to Photos • Check your focus time in a widget Keep a visual record of your study or work routine. You can share your finished videos through your usual social apps. Free to use, with no ads or account required. Videos, focus records, ratings and notes stay on your device and are not sent to the developer's servers. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and French. The app follows your device's preferred languages.

About

KLOCK

Features
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When you need to focus, choose KLOCK. Keep reaching for your phone when you’re supposed to be studying? It’s time to really lock in. Key Features AI Focus Care If you get distracted while studying, AI catches it instantly. It smartly checks whether you’re actually focused, so your study flow doesn’t get interrupted. Timelapse That Records Your Effort Your study sessions are automatically recorded and turned into clean, shareable timelapse videos. Seeing how long you truly stayed focused naturally boosts your motivation. 25 Minutes On → Real Breaks Focus for 25 minutes and break time is automatically earned. Go hard when you study, fully relax when you rest. Clean Design + Dark Mode A sleek, distraction-free interface. Just having it open makes you feel more focused. Start today with Clark and turn your study time into real, intentional time. When you track it, it changes. Focus becomes a habit.

Screenshots

FocusLapse4 screens
KLOCK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KLOCK at daily against FocusLapse's fortnightly. KLOCK also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusLapse ships an update fortnightly, KLOCK daily. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FocusLapse versus KLOCK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusLapseKLOCK
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.515.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developercocon Godo KaishaChanwoo Seong

In-app purchases

None

FocusLapse

No in-app purchases

None

KLOCK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusLapse free?
FocusLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KLOCK free?
KLOCK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusLapse or KLOCK have ads?
Neither FocusLapse nor KLOCK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusLapse or KLOCK?
FocusLapse ships an update fortnightly, and KLOCK daily. Most recently, FocusLapse was updated on September 11, 2026 and KLOCK on September 13, 2026.

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