Comparison

NEN vs inkept

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

inkept

Features
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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.

Screenshots

NEN4 screens
inkept4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NEN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. inkept asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NEN versus inkept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNENinkept
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNijanthan VijayakumarAliaksei Krauchanka

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NEN

One-time1
  • NEN Lifetime Unlock$2.39
None

inkept

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NEN free?
NEN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is inkept free?
inkept is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NEN or inkept have ads?
Neither NEN nor inkept shows ads.

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