Comparison

Focus Flow vs EarnLock

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

Head to head
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Focus Flow

Features
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Focus Flow helps you stay consistent with distraction-free focus sessions. Features: • Fast, minimal focus timer • Custom durations and break flow • Daily goal and session tracking • Weekly stats, streak, and focus score • Home Screen widgets (Premium) • Theme customization (light/dark + accent colors) Premium is a one-time lifetime purchase — no subscription. Designed for students, creators, and professionals who want a simple but powerful focus routine. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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EarnLock

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It's 11pm again, and you couldn't name a single thing you saw. You didn't decide to spend two hours there. Nobody does. Those apps are built by people whose whole job is to decide it for you, and they are very good at it. So EarnLock takes the decision out of the moment and hands it to the one thing that can't be talked around: your body. MOVE FIRST. SCROLL LATER. Pick the apps that keep eating your evenings. Pick what a day of effort looks like — steps, active minutes or calories. Until you get there, those apps don't open. When you get there, they open by themselves, for the rest of the day. No timer to wait out. No "five more minutes." No argument at all, because there's nobody to argue with. Apple Health keeps score, and steps are hard to fake from the sofa. WHY THE LAST ONE STOPPED WORKING Every blocker you've tried left the key in your pocket: a password you chose, a delay you can sit through, a screen you dismiss twice and never see again. It holds for a week — until the one night it doesn't. After that it never holds again. EarnLock puts the key where your 11pm self can't reach it: a few thousand steps away. You can still get in. You just have to briefly become the kind of person who goes outside. That's the whole idea. Not discipline. A price. WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGES For the first week, EarnLock blocks nothing. It watches, so you see the real number before you judge yourself by it. Most people are surprised, and not pleasantly. Then the locking starts, and something quiet happens. You head out at 8pm meaning to check one thing, and come back having forgotten. Days stack into a streak. The grid on your Home Screen fills in, square by square, with proof that isn't a feeling. Half-days count too: reach 50% and an hour opens immediately. Effort always buys something. HONEST BY DESIGN Nothing leaves your iPhone. Not a step, not an app you locked, not a streak. No account, no login, no server, no analytics — there is nowhere for it to go. Health data is read-only and stays where it was. The free tier is a real one: one blocked app, real step tracking, your streak and every widget, forever. No trial that bills you on day three. No countdown invented to hurry you. If you upgrade, it's on a day you chose. WHAT'S INSIDE Ā· Lock any app or category with Apple's own Screen Time controls Ā· Earn with steps, active minutes or active calories Ā· Halfway to your goal opens an hour, right now Ā· Separate goals for workdays, evenings and weekends Ā· Rest days you bank by going further — a streak that survives real life Ā· A contribution grid of every day you earned, on your Home Screen Ā· Apple Watch app, Live Activity and a Dynamic Island countdown Ā· One tap to answer "what am I actually looking for right now?" Ā· Siri, Shortcuts and a Control Center button for today's progress Ā· 39 languages, full VoiceOver, text that scales to the largest sizes IF YOU'VE UNINSTALLED ONE OF THESE BEFORE Then you know how it goes: two good weeks, one bad night, gone. That isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when the only thing standing between you and the app is you. Put something real in the way — something you can always get past, on foot. Move first. Scroll later. —— Free forever: one blocked app, steps, streaks and every widget. Premium adds unlimited apps, every activity unit, Apple Watch, Live Activity, Smart Schedules, insights and rest-day shields — monthly, yearly, or one payment for life. Family Sharing included on every paid plan, for up to 6 people. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Focus Flow4 screens
EarnLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: EarnLock at none against Focus Flow's shown. EarnLock also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Flow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and EarnLock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Focus Flow versus EarnLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus FlowEarnLock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCEYHUN KAYACANAntti Aittamaa

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Flow

Subscriptions1
  • FocusFlow Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime UpgradeFree
  • FocusFlow Lifetime$4.99
3 purchases

EarnLock

Subscriptions2
  • EarnLock Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • EarnLock Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • EarnLock Premium Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Focus Flow free?
Focus Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EarnLock free?
EarnLock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Focus Flow or EarnLock have ads?
Focus Flow shows ads; EarnLock does not.
Which is updated more often, Focus Flow or EarnLock?
Focus Flow ships an update every 2 weeks, and EarnLock every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Flow was updated on September 9, 2026 and EarnLock on September 21, 2026.

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