ZenLocks vs FocusOrbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZenLocks
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ZenLocks helps you put your phone down and return to the life in front of you. Not every quiet moment needs another scroll. Morning coffee with your partner, an afternoon with your child, a patient conversation with your parents, or a few minutes alone with your own breath. ZenLocks turns focus into a clear commitment: choose a duration, start a session, and let system-level blocking keep distracting apps out of reach. Why ZenLocks - Strict focus timer: set a session and stay with it. - System-level app blocking: built on Apple Screen Time APIs to block selected distractions. - Deliberate exit friction: no simple cancel button during a session, so your first decision has a little more weight. - Focus stats: see your sessions, streaks, and reclaimed time. - Privacy first: your focus data stays on device and can sync through your private iCloud account. - No ads, no third-party analytics, no tracking. ZenLocks is not here to punish you for using your phone. It is here for the moments worth protecting: love, family, rest, deep work, and the quiet attention you keep meaning to give back to yourself. Lock screen, unlock life.
FocusOrbit
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Focus Orbit is an iPhone focus timer that turns your concentration time into a spaceflight experience. It includes two modes: “Custom Flight,” which works as a standard focus timer, and “Planet Roadmap,” where you advance from Earth to the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as you accumulate focus time. One of the app’s strongest features is its “Mission Pass” boarding sequence before each session begins. Instead of simply tapping a start button, the user slides their mission pass to the right and physically feeds it through the on-screen scanner to authorize the flight. This makes the moment you begin focusing feel intentional, immersive, and memorable. Before each session, users choose their task, duration, and destination, then scan their mission pass to start the flight. Once the journey begins, the app avoids unnecessary interaction and lets users stay focused inside a calm, space-themed environment. After the session ends, the destination reached and focus record are saved to the flight log, making it easy to reflect on steady progress over time. In Planet Roadmap mode, focus time carries over continuously instead of resetting each time, allowing users to keep moving deeper into the solar system. Planets that can be landed on include landing, authorization, and liftoff sequences, while non-landable planets are passed through with flyby sequences, giving users a stronger sense of progress and achievement as they continue studying or working. Focus Orbit is designed to create immersion and a sense of momentum without losing the core purpose of a focus timer. It transforms studying, reading, creative work, and deep tasks into a quiet, cinematic journey through space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FocusOrbit at none against ZenLocks's 3. ZenLocks's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. ZenLocks sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. FocusOrbit asks for nothing beyond the download.
ZenLocks ships an update weekly, FocusOrbit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZenLocks | FocusOrbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 浩 张 | kenshin miyamoto |
In-app purchases
ZenLocks
- 中杯$1.99
- 大杯$5.99
- 超大杯$9.99
FocusOrbit
No in-app purchases









