Comparison

App Blocker & Focus Timer vs Unium

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

Head to head
About

App Blocker & Focus Timer

Features
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Put your phone on lockdown and get real work done. FocusLock is a deep work timer with a built-in app blocker: start a focus session and iOS Screen Time shields the distracting apps you picked until your time is up. Most timers just count minutes while your worst app stays one tap away. FocusLock pairs a precise wall-clock timer with Apple's Family Controls, so the apps that break your focus are actually shielded during the session — chosen privately by you in Apple's own picker, never seen by us. WHAT YOU GET • Start a 15, 25, 45, 60 or 90 minute session and the apps you chose go behind a shield until it ends • A wall-clock timer that survives backgrounding and relaunch — the minutes you log are minutes that really passed • Zen Mode: a quiet full-screen clock that keeps the display awake, with nothing else on screen • A daily goal with current and best streaks — hit today's minutes and the chain stays alive • Every session saved to a private on-device log: categories, notes, search, and a seven-day chart across Deep work, Study, Creative and Admin PERFECT FOR • Students who need study blocks that social apps cannot interrupt • Remote workers defending deep work hours from their own phone • Writers, coders and creators tracking honest maker time • Anyone breaking a phone habit one shielded session at a time WHY NOT JUST USE iOS SCREEN TIME LIMITS? System limits are easy to snooze and hard to aim at a single work block. FocusLock uses the same system power but ties it to a session with a start, an end, a goal and a log — so you see exactly how many focused minutes you actually earned. If you deny or revoke the Screen Time permission, the timer still works and the app tells you plainly that shielding is off. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Sessions, goals, streaks and settings stay on this device. App selections are opaque Apple tokens — FocusLock never learns which apps or websites you chose. No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. FULL ACCESS FocusLock requires a Full Access purchase: an auto-renewing Weekly or Yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime unlock. Every plan includes the session timer, app shielding, Zen Mode, the complete session archive, streaks and all-time totals. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. Start one session tonight: pick 25 minutes, shield your worst app, and watch the streak begin. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

About

Unium

Collaborate on AI conversations with friends, family, or teams. Share a single pay-as-you-go balance instead of individual subscriptions. Access multiple advanced AI models and manage chats by project.

Highlights
  • Collaborative AI conversations
  • Shared pay-as-you-go balance
  • Access to multiple AI models
  • Group chats into projects
  • Web search and image generation
  • Private user accounts
Features
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Unium is the AI that helps you solve problems together. You invite your partner or friend into the chat and let AI mediate, suggest ideas and research information. So you no longer need to share screenshots, links or retell what AI told you - now AI can talk to everyone and everyone can talk to AI in the same place. That's perfect for planning trips, navigating relationships, resolving arguments and more. It's always there to hear all sides, suggest compromise, research a fact or otherwise help all of you to move forward. Besides that, you can still have private chats with AI, without compromising your privacy. Getting started is free. Once you need more usage, you can buy a subscription and share it with everyone automatically. Free users get access to our automatically chosen model. Paid users can choose models for themselves, including GPT 6, Claude Opus 5.5, Gemini 3.8 Flash and others. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: https://unium.tech/support End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

App Blocker & Focus Timer4 screens
Unium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Unium at every 5 days against App Blocker & Focus Timer's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. App Blocker & Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Unium sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App Blocker & Focus Timer ships an update every 4 months, Unium every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
App Blocker & Focus Timer versus Unium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp Blocker & Focus TimerUnium
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperLEAN ASIA CO., LTDUncertainty Works Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

App Blocker & Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Digital Detox Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Pomodoro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Concentration Lifetime$49.99
9 purchases

Unium

Subscriptions3
  • Together$9.991 Month
  • Together Plus$19.991 Month
  • Household$39.991 Month
One-time6
  • 500 Credits$4.99
  • 1000 Credits$9.99
  • 2200 Credits$19.99
Show 3 more
  • 3500 Credits$29.99
  • 4700 Credits$39.99
  • 6000 Credits$49.99

Questions

Is App Blocker & Focus Timer free?
App Blocker & Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unium free?
Unium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do App Blocker & Focus Timer or Unium have ads?
Neither App Blocker & Focus Timer nor Unium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, App Blocker & Focus Timer or Unium?
App Blocker & Focus Timer ships an update every 4 months, and Unium every 5 days. Most recently, App Blocker & Focus Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Unium on October 31, 2026.

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