CineFocus vs Waqt

CineFocus turns deep work into a cinema ritual. Pick a session, take your seat, tear the ticket — and stay until the credits roll. A focus timer and app blocker for people who want a ritual, not another Pomodoro. Every session is a showing. Every completed session is a memory. Over time, your focus becomes your favorite habit. A FOCUS RITUAL UNLIKE ANY OTHER Choose your session length, pick your seat, select your focus type, and tear the movie ticket to begin. It's deep work, reimagined as cinema — a Pomodoro alternative that doesn't feel like a productivity spreadsheet. IMMERSIVE FOCUS ENVIRONMENTS Sit in a quiet theater. Park at the drive-in under the stars. Each environment is designed to pull you into flow state and keep distractions at the door. BLOCK THE NOISE Lock out social apps, games, and anything else that steals your attention. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Reddit — silenced until the credits roll. Powered by Apple Screen Time. BUILT FOR HOW YOU FOCUS Deep Work — long, uninterrupted blocks for your hardest tasks Study — exam prep, reading, note-taking, test cramming Meditation — quiet, intentional sessions Reading — finish that book, one showing at a time Creative Flow — writing, designing, making Exercise — time-boxed movement TRACK YOUR SHOWINGS See your weekly runtime, daily streak, session count, and genre breakdown. Every session adds up. Every streak tells a story. Perfect for building a deep work habit that actually sticks. WIDGETS, LOCK SCREEN & STANDBY Glance at your current session from your Lock Screen, Home Screen, Dynamic Island, or StandBy. Live Activities keep your focus always in view. MADE FOR Students pulling all-nighters. Writers and designers chasing flow. Remote workers drowning in Slack. Readers reclaiming an hour with a book. Anyone with ADHD who needs a ritual, not a reminder. WHY CINEFOCUS IS DIFFERENT Other focus timers feel like chores. CineFocus feels like a ritual you look forward to. The ticket, the seat, the screen — small details that make deep focus something you actually want to do. No gamified guilt. No dying trees. No airport check-ins. Just you, in the best seat in the house. Turn your phone into a cinema. Turn your focus into a feature film. Get your ticket. Take your seat. The show starts when you do. Love CineFocus? Leave a review — it helps other focused people find us. - Subscription Plans: "CineFocus Premium (Annual Auto-Renewal)", "CineFocus Premium (Monthly Auto-Renewal)" - Subscription Type: Auto-renewable subscription - Subscription Price: $23.99 per year (annual auto-renewal) / $3.99 per month (monthly auto-renewal) - Cancel Subscription: To cancel your subscription, go to your iPhone Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions, and select "CineFocus Premium" to cancel. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the subscription period ends, the subscription will automatically renew. - The Apple ID associated with the auto-renewable subscription will be charged in your App Store account 24 hours before each billing period ends to extend the subscription. Terms of Service (including subscription policies): https://cinefocus.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cinefocus.netlify.app/privacy

Waqt adds a small pause before the apps that pull you in. One breath. Then a choice — open with intent, or let it go. Most screen time apps treat your phone like a budget to enforce. Waqt treats it like a habit to soften. The Gap is a five-second moment between the impulse and the feed — long enough to notice why you reached for the phone, short enough to feel like nothing. HOW IT WORKS — Pick the apps that pull you in: Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, any of them. — Choose a mode: Light (gentle), Balance (Gap + breathing), or Hard (daily limit). — Waqt steps in when you open one of those apps. A short pause, then your choice. — Your daily limit drops a little each week, so the change is gradual, not a cliff. THREE MODES LIGHT — a quiet check-in, every 15 to 60 minutes. No blocking. BALANCE — Light, plus a breathing pause when usage stacks up. HARD — Balance, plus a daily limit. When you reach it, the breath repeats. BUILT FOR INTENTION — The Gap: a five-second pause on every open — Breathing exercise: four in, four hold, six out — three cycles — Weekly reduction: 5%, 10%, or 20% off your daily limit each week — Multiple rules in parallel: different settings for different apps — Daily Opens counter: notice the pickups you didn't mean to make — Awareness analytics: what you opened, how often, how long — Custom mode (Premium): set your own Gap, breathing rhythm, and limit PRIVACY, BY DESIGN Waqt does not have a server. No accounts. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No tracking. Every rule, every count, every minute stays on your iPhone. Apple's Family Controls framework lets Waqt notice that an app was opened — never what you did inside it. WAQT PREMIUM Free: one rule in Light mode, basic stats. Premium: all modes, multiple rules, full analytics. 7-day free trial, then yearly subscription. Cancel anytime in Settings. — Support: cormus17@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://waqt-privacy.netlify.app Terms of Use: https://waqt-terms.netlify.app