Comparison

Focus Pause vs Klyo

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

Head to head
About

Focus Pause

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Trying to spend less time on your phone, but keep reaching for it anyway? A spare moment. A tiring day. Something you would rather put off. You open a familiar app for a quick look, and the time you meant to spend studying, working, or resting slips away. Focus Pause helps you change what happens in those small moments. Take a breath before opening an app and decide what you came to do. Block distractions when you need to focus. Then look back at when you stopped and when you kept going. You do not have to change every habit at once. Start with one pause, one focus session, and find a way of using your phone that works for you. PAUSE BEFORE YOU OPEN • Use iOS Shortcuts to add a pause before opening distracting apps. • Follow a breathing animation, then ask yourself: what am I opening this app for? • Choose your purpose and decide whether to continue or put your phone down. • Set a usage duration when you continue. Protection kicks in when time is up, giving you another chance to stop and choose. MAKE SPACE TO FOCUS • Quick Timer immediately blocks selected apps and categories for study, work, reading, or rest. • Choose 15, 30, or 60 minutes, or set a custom duration from 15 minutes to 24 hours. • An immersive full-screen timer keeps the remaining time in view. Minimize it and your session keeps going. • Follow your countdown with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. BUILD FOCUS INTO YOUR DAY • Schedule app blocking for work, study, sleep, or any time you want fewer distractions. • Set multiple time periods, all-day blocks, or overnight periods. • Pause, resume, or adjust your schedules as needed. • Quick Timer and schedules can run together. Ending one leaves the others in place. UNDERSTAND YOUR HABITS • See whether you stopped or continued after each opening pause. • Review recent records, opening paths, and your stop rate to spot apps and purposes that tend to distract you. • Look back at Quick Timer and scheduled blocks, including completed, ended-early, and interrupted sessions. • Use your own choices to shape what you do next time. YOUR CHOICES. YOUR RECORDS. Focus Pause uses Apple’s Screen Time controls to select and block apps. Focus and review records stay on your device. You can end an active block early after confirmation when you need to. • Focus and review records stay on your device. RevenueCat receives an anonymous member ID and purchase history for access and subscription analytics. START FREE. UPGRADE WHEN YOU NEED MORE. The free version includes the opening pause for up to 2 apps, up to 5 purposes per app, Quick Timer, and your first 2 schedules with one active day each. Premium unlocks unlimited protected apps, schedules, and custom purposes, multiple active days, more breathing settings, and deeper review insights. Choose monthly, yearly, or Lifetime Premium. Less opening out of habit. More choosing for yourself. Make time for what you want to do, and for the life around you. SUBSCRIPTIONS Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account subscription settings. Lifetime Premium is a one-time purchase and does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Terms of Use: https://focuspause-privacy.pages.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://focuspause-privacy.pages.dev/

About

Klyo

This app helps individuals who struggle to gain weight by tracking their calorie intake. It's designed for 'hard gainers' and busy people who need to increase their food consumption to build muscle.

Highlights
  • Calorie tracking for bulking
  • Designed for hard gainers
  • Helps build muscle
  • Supports busy individuals
  • Tracks food intake
Features
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klyo is the weight gain app for people who struggle to eat enough. A calorie tracker built for bulking, not cutting, for hard gainers, ectomorphs, and busy people who skip meals and can't gain weight no matter how hard they train. YOUR NUMBER, EVERY DAY klyo works out what you actually burn, adds the right surplus, and gives you one number to hit. No macro spreadsheets, no guessing. 30 seconds a day. BUILT TO MAKE EATING EASIER Most tracking apps exist to help you eat less. Every mechanism in klyo does the opposite: - Calorie Gap Alert tells you how far behind you are while there is still time to fix it - Top Up suggests what to eat right now to close the gap - Pre-Sleep Reminder catches the day before it ends - Adaptive targets adjust when your weight stalls QUICK WINS, FREE Real-time food suggestions ranked by how many calories they add for the least effort. Free for everyone, no subscription needed. TRACK IN SECONDS Log a meal by typing it, or point your camera at the plate and let klyo estimate it (AI photo logging requires a klyo Pro subscription). Your foods are saved automatically, so the second time takes one tap. WEEKLY WEIGH-IN One weigh-in a week, synced with Apple Health. klyo shows the trend instead of the noise, and adjusts your target when the scale stops moving. WHAT IS FREE AND WHAT IS PAID Free: your daily calorie target, one meal log per day, weekly weigh-in, and Quick Wins. klyo Pro (paid subscription): unlimited meal logging, AI photo logging with the camera, and the klyo coach chat. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS klyo Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. $59.99 per year with a 7-day free trial, or $9.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tryklyo.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://tryklyo.io/privacy

Screenshots

Focus Pause4 screens
Klyo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Focus Pause at none against Klyo's shown. Klyo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Focus Pause sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Klyo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Pause ships an update every 10 days, Klyo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Focus Pause versus Klyo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus PauseKlyo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB59 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer达晖 全Bar Cayouf

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Pause

Subscriptions2
  • VIP Monthly$1.991 Month
  • VIP Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
2 purchases

Klyo

Subscriptions2
  • Klyo Pro · Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Klyo Pro · Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Focus Pause free?
Focus Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Klyo free?
Klyo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Pause or Klyo have ads?
Klyo shows ads; Focus Pause does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Pause or Klyo?
Focus Pause ships an update every 10 days, and Klyo every 3 days. Most recently, Focus Pause was updated on October 28, 2026 and Klyo on October 23, 2026.

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