NEN vs inkept
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NEN
This app provides a calm, Pomodoro-style focus timer designed for deep work and study sessions. It helps users maintain attention with clear progress tracking and distraction-resistant routines, offering customizable break intervals and app blocking features.
- Focus, short break, and long break sessions
- Clear timer progress and round tracking
- Focus categories for different work types
- Block selected apps during focus (Pro)
- Apple Watch controls
- Live Activities and widgets
- Session history and progress insights
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NEN is a calm Pomodoro-style focus timer for iPhone and Apple Watch, built for deep work, study sessions, real breaks, and distraction-resistant routines. Start a focus session, move through short and long breaks, and keep your attention on the work in front of you. NEN is built around a simple Pomodoro-style timer flow with a quiet visual style, clear session progress, and useful controls when you need them. Use NEN for deep work, study blocks, writing sessions, coding, reading, or any routine where you want a focused rhythm without extra noise. Features: - Focus, short break, and long break sessions - Clear timer progress and round tracking - Focus categories for different kinds of work - Block selected apps during focus with NEN Pro - Apple Watch controls - Live Activities and widgets - Session history and progress insights - Optional NEN Pro lifetime unlock for deeper focus tools NEN is made for people who want a focused timer that feels calm, native, and easy to return to every day.
inkept
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Notes and flashcards in one quiet place. Write what you learn, turn what matters into cards, and see each one again right before you'd forget it. WRITE Markdown that tidies itself as you type. LaTeX formulas, code, pictures, checklists and tables, plus real Typst diagrams drawn right on your device. CONNECT Wiki links, tags and folders. A living graph of how your ideas link up, a board of pages, a timeline of what you wrote when. REMEMBER Select a passage, make it a card. FSRS, a modern spaced-repetition algorithm, picks the moment to show it again. You decide how much to remember. KEEP Everything lives as plain files in a folder you choose: iCloud Drive, your device, or the Obsidian vault you already have. Pick the same folder on iPhone, iPad and Mac and carry on where you left off. No account. No ads. No tracking. Free and open source.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: inkept at none against NEN's 1. On price, ads, 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. NEN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. inkept asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | NEN | inkept |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nijanthan Vijayakumar | Aliaksei Krauchanka |
In-app purchases
NEN
- NEN Lifetime Unlock$2.39
inkept
No in-app purchases









