Comparison

OnLock vs Pomi Focus

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

Head to head
About

OnLock

This app enforces focus by locking distracting applications at the operating system level. It uses AI to verify study sessions with photos, ensuring your progress is genuine and building an earned streak. Features include scheduled blocks, intent journaling, and focus intelligence insights.

Highlights
  • OS-level distraction blocking
  • AI-verified study sessions
  • Streak building
  • Scheduled recurring blocks
  • Intent journaling
  • Focus intelligence insights
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Studying doesn't fail because you're lazy. It fails because Instagram is one swipe away, and willpower is not a strategy. OnLock is the block you can't talk yourself out of. When a session starts, OnLock locks your distractions at the operating system level using Apple's Family Controls. No "5 more minutes." No uninstall trick. The shield holds until you finish. But blocking is the easy part. The hard part is proving the work was real. Before any session counts toward your streak, OnLock's AI reviews a photo of what you did. No proof, no credit. THE SHIELD • Un-bypassable OS-level enforcement built on Apple's Family Controls • Locks the apps that derail you: social, games, browsers, anything • Holds through restarts, app deletion, and panic uninstalls • Schedule recurring blocks for the hours you always slip AI PROOF • Submit a photo of your notes, work, or finished problem set • AI verifies the session was genuine study before your streak counts • Catches the "I just sat there" sessions you'd rather forget • Builds a streak you actually earned THE INTERVENTION • A quiet pause before every session to ask if this is really study time • Journal your intent so distraction has to argue with your own words • Reflect after to see what is actually working THE WHY ON A TIMER • Plot your exams on a real countdown • Every session lands against the clock • See what each lost hour costs you FOCUS INTELLIGENCE • Learns your peak hours, worst blockers, and patterns • Tells you when to study and when to stop pretending • Your data, your insight, never shared ALWAYS ON • Home screen widgets in three sizes • Lock screen complications for glanceable streaks • Quick Study: one tap and you're locked in THE AESTHETIC A calm, editorial interface designed to feel nothing like the apps it replaces. No infinite scroll. No screaming notifications. No dopamine arcade. Just focus. PRIVACY • Screen time data stays on your device • Built on Apple's native Family Controls and Screen Time APIs • Photos for AI proof are reviewed and discarded • No tracking, no sale, no leak FREE Every feature above is included, free. No subscription, no upsells, no locked tools. Stop trying harder. Start being unable. OnLock. The focus you can't undo. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://onlock-api.joshuawang2048.workers.dev/legal/privacy

About

Pomi Focus

Features
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Pomi is a warm, quiet focus timer with a tiny peach-blob friend cheering you on. No streaks to break. No notifications begging you back. No accounts, no sign-ups, no clutter. Just you, Pomi, and a calm block of time. — HOW IT WORKS — • Pick a session length: 5, 15, 25, 45, 60, or 90 minutes • Tap Start — Pomi closes their eyes and breathes along with you • When time's up, Pomi celebrates with a happy little blush, a gentle chime, and a soft haptic tap • Your daily focused minutes quietly tick up at the top — DESIGNED FOR FOCUS — • A single screen. No tabs, no menus, no settings to fiddle with • Soft peach palette that's easy on tired eyes • Big readable countdown in a rounded monospaced font • Screen stays awake during a session so Pomi keeps you company • Background-safe: lock your phone, switch apps — your session keeps running and a notification lands the moment it's done — GREAT FOR — • Pomodoro-style work sessions (25 minutes on, short break) • Deep work blocks (45, 60, 90 minutes) • Quick 5-minute resets between tasks • Studying, writing, reading, drawing, meditating • Anyone who finds most productivity apps overwhelming

Screenshots

OnLock4 screens
Pomi Focus3 screens

Verdict

The call

OnLock and Pomi Focus are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OnLock versus Pomi Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnLockPomi Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTing Ting XuSai Htoo Han Naing

In-app purchases

None

OnLock

No in-app purchases

None

Pomi Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnLock free?
OnLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pomi Focus free?
Pomi Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OnLock or Pomi Focus have ads?
Neither OnLock nor Pomi Focus shows ads.

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