Comparison

Focus Friend vs LockedIn

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

Head to head
About

Focus Friend

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A lone penguin breaks from the colony and walks toward the mountains โ€” alone, determined, unstoppable. They called him a nihilist. They were wrong. He has a goal. YOUR MOUNTAIN IS CALLING You have goals the crowd doesn't understand. Dreams that require walking alone for a while. The Nihilist gets it. He's walking too. BLOCK OUT THE COLONY Distractions are the voices telling you to turn back. Lock them out. Automatically. Completely. EVERY STEP COUNTS Earn Sparks for every focused minute. Track your streaks. Watch your progress. The mountain only cares about consistency. FIND YOUR PACE Rain. Fireplace. Coffee shop ambiance. Set your Pomodoro. Start walking. They said he was walking toward nothing. The Nihilist is walking toward everything. FocusLock: walk toward your mountain. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/focusfriendpomodoro-timer/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/focusfriendpomodoro/home

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LockedIn

Features
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LockedIn turns your iPhone into a single-purpose focus device. Tap LOCK IN, set how long you want to focus, and the entire screen becomes a wall-to-wall LCD timer โ€” Casio watch face, brushed steel or olive military finish, your choice. No menus, no notifications mid-session, no temptation to scroll just one more time. โ€”โ€” FEATURES โ€”โ€” โ€ข Block timer. One session, one duration. From 1 minute to 10 hours. โ€ข Pomodoro mode. Configure focus length, break length, and rounds on the Timer page itself โ€” the cycle runs automatically with a bell at every leg transition. โ€ข Strict Mode. Pick which apps you want blocked. During a session, those apps cannot be opened. Notifications from them are suppressed. Built on Apple's Family Controls and ManagedSettings โ€” the same technology Apple uses for Screen Time. Phone calls still ring. โ€ข Rotate to lock in. From any page, rotate your iPhone to landscape to instantly start your default session. โ€ข Two Themes. Steel daylight LCD or Olive military LCD. Classic, Modern, Data-Bank, and Terminal digit faces. โ€ข Stats. 7-day pixel bar chart, recent session log, daily streak. โ€”โ€” PRIVACY โ€”โ€” Everything stays on your iPhone. No accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs, no network requests. Your focus log lives in your phone's local storage and never leaves it. Delete the app and the data is gone โ€” there is no server copy because there was never a server. โ€”โ€” WHO IT IS FOR โ€”โ€” Anyone who wants a focus timer that feels like a real device, not another app screaming for attention. Built for deep work, study sessions, writing, coding, meditation โ€” anywhere a clean countdown helps. โ€”โ€” WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED โ€”โ€” No login. No subscription. No upsell. No "Pro" tier. No notifications outside of the one chime when your session ends. No data leaves the device.

Screenshots

Focus Friend4 screens
LockedIn4 screens

Verdict

The call

Focus Friend and LockedIn are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Focus Friend versus LockedIn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus FriendLockedIn
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size54 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLahcen KCHIKECHEDhawal Gajwe

In-app purchases

None

Focus Friend

No in-app purchases

None

LockedIn

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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