Comparison

Focus vs Zonein Timer

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

Head to head
About

Focus

Features
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You pick up your phone to do one thing. 40 minutes later, you've done everything except that thing. Lose 4 hours a day to your phone and that's 120 hours a month: enough to finish the thing you keep putting off. Focus locks your distracting apps and puts those hours into it. Finished in weeks. Not someday. NAME THE THING Write the one thing you keep pushing to tomorrow. Focus shows how many hours it needs and how many weeks it takes at your pace, so it stops being "someday". LOCK YOUR APPS, THEN WORK Start a block and the apps you chose are locked until it ends. The screen shows what this hour is going into. No pause button, no quick peek. LOCKED BEFORE YOU REACH Set the times you usually lose it, like after work or late at night. Focus locks your apps at those times by itself, even when the app is closed. (Pro) SEE THE HOURS COME BACK Every block adds to your "taken back" time. Your week shows your screen time next to the hours you put into your thing and the pieces you finished. FINISH IN WEEKS Focus keeps your finish date in weeks: on pace, ahead or behind. Miss a day and the next block picks up where you left off. BUILT FOR BRAINS THAT DRIFT One task at a time. One clear next step. Nothing to set up before you can start. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your screen time stays on your iPhone. Focus uses Apple's Screen Time framework and never sees which apps you use or for how long. Your tasks never leave your devices except through your own iCloud. FREE AND PRO Your first 3 locked blocks are free. Pro unlocks unlimited locked blocks and scheduled locks. Choose weekly, yearly, or Forever with a single payment. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bytenpixels.com/privacy

About

Zonein Timer

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Zonein is a minimal focus timer that hides time while you work. No stats. No streaks. No gamification. Just a beautiful timer that gets out of your way. How it works: - Set your focus duration and tap Start - Time disappears โ€” you see only "Focus" and a subtle ambient animation - Tap the amber button to briefly peek at remaining time, then it fades back into fog - When focus ends, a gentle sound and haptic notify you - Rest countdown begins automatically - After rest, you're back to the start โ€” ready for another round Features: - Focus & Rest two-phase timer - Time hidden during focus with fog-reveal effect - Organic aurora animation - Customizable focus (5โ€“120 min) and rest (1โ€“60 min) durations - Sound and haptic feedback - Light and dark mode with warm material palette - Background timer with local notifications - Zero data collection, zero accounts, zero internet Zonein is not a productivity tool. It's a ritual.

Screenshots

Focus4 screens
Zonein Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zonein Timer at none against Focus's 6. Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Zonein Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Focus versus Zonein Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusZonein Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size96 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiten SiddhpuraYU AN

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Focus

Subscriptions4
  • Focus Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Focus Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Focus Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Focus Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Focus Premium$3.99
  • Focus Executive Lifetime$69.99
None

Zonein Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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