Comparison

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer vs TimePalette

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

Head to head
About

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer

This app helps you focus by providing a Pomodoro timer with automatic app blocking. It visually tracks your progress with collectible coins for completed focus sessions, making your effort tangible.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro timer
  • Automatic app and website blocking
  • Visual focus coin collection
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Focus history and analytics
  • Customizable focus tags
  • Haptic feedback and physics-based coins
Features
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Make focused work easier to start, easier to protect, and easier to see. Lockodoro is a calm Pomodoro timer for studying, deep work, and everyday tasks, with focus coins that make your progress visible. FOCUS ON ONE THING Choose a focus tag, set your timer, and give one task your attention. Use Lockodoro as a study timer for exam preparation, a work timer for writing and coding, or a simple way to bring the Pomodoro technique into your day. Set focus sessions from 5 to 180 minutes and alternate focused work with short and long breaks. Start small, find your rhythm, and make time for rest. TURN FOCUS INTO LOCKCOINS Every completed focus session earns a bronze, silver, or gold Lockcoin based on how long you focused. Complete a full Pomodoro cycle to earn an extra gold coin. Watch your effort add up in a pile you can see and move. Tilt your iPhone to watch the coins tumble with realistic physics and haptic feedback. Your on-screen pile starts fresh with your first completed focus session each week. KEEP YOUR TIMER CLOSE Follow your session on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities on supported devices. Session-end notifications help you put your phone down without losing track of time. MAKE IT YOUR OWN • Choose your focus duration • Pick short breaks of 5 or 10 minutes • Pick long breaks of 15, 20, or 30 minutes • Use built-in tags for Work, Study, Reading, Exercise, and Planning • Adjust sound and vibration reminders • Keep the screen awake while the timer runs PROTECT YOUR FOCUS WITH LOCKODORO PRO Optional in-app purchase required. Use the app blocker to reduce distractions during focus sessions. With Screen Time permission, choose apps, categories, and websites to restrict. Blocking follows your active focus session and lifts when the session ends, so you can take your break without switching it off manually. UNDERSTAND YOUR FOCUS WITH PRO Turn your session history into a practical focus tracker: • Browse your personal focus history and previous weeks • See session time ranges, actual focus time, and daily totals • Review completed sessions and sessions stopped after at least 5 minutes • Add missed sessions manually, edit entries, or delete them PRO also lets you customize short and long break durations, choose how many focus sessions come before a long break, and create unlimited custom focus tags. Give each custom tag its own color and preferred session duration. BUILT FOR STUDY AND DEEP WORK From reading and revision to planning and creative work, Lockodoro gives your time management a simple structure: one task, a clear finish line, and a moment to recharge. Start with one session. Focus, rest, and repeat. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimePalette

Features
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TimePalette is a simple time-tracking app that lets you record and review your daily time with just a tap, whether you are studying, doing chores, working, enjoying hobbies, exercising, or resting. If you want to manage your time but find detailed planning and complex settings hard to keep up with, TimePalette makes it easy to simply record what you are doing now. Tap an item to start tracking, then stop when you are done. Your day is shown as a colorful timeline, so you can naturally look back and see how much time you spent on each activity. ■ What You Can Do with TimePalette ・Easy time tracking with a tap Record chores, study, work, breaks, sleep, hobbies, and other daily activities by tapping items that fit your lifestyle. ・Timers for each item Set timers such as 25 minutes for study and 5 minutes for breaks. A color bar shows the remaining time, making it easy to stay focused. TimePalette also works well as a Pomodoro timer. ・See your day in color View today’s records and untracked time on a timeline. Instead of planned time, you can visualize how you actually spent your day. ・Adjust records later You can add, edit, and delete past records. You can also adjust stop times or start a record from the beginning of an untracked gap. ・Customize items your way Set names, colors, icons, order, goal times, and reminders. Items you no longer use can be hidden from the tracking screen. ・Review with reports Check your time usage by day, calendar, period summary, and trend graphs. For items with goal times, you can also review your progress. ・Track from Apple Watch When it is hard to take out your iPhone, you can start tracking by tapping items on Apple Watch. ・Manage your data Create and restore backups, export CSV files, and save reports as PDF, PNG, or JPEG files. ■ Recommended For ・People who want a simple overview of how they spend each day ・People who want to record study time or work time ・People who want to track chores, childcare, exercise, hobbies, and daily life ・People who prefer reviewing what they actually did over making detailed plans ・People who could not keep using overly detailed time-management apps TimePalette is not an app for managing every minute perfectly. It is an app for making your daily time a little more visible, so you can look back and see what you spent your day on. The app is free to use. A one-time in-app purchase is available to remove ads.

Screenshots

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer4 screens
TimePalette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer at none against TimePalette's shown. TimePalette's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and TimePalette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, TimePalette every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer versus TimePalette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockodoro Deep Focus TimerTimePalette
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrzysztof BoneckiKNOWLEDGE UP LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Lockodoro PRO Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Lockodoro PRO Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
1 purchases

TimePalette

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.49

Questions

Is Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer free?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimePalette free?
TimePalette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or TimePalette have ads?
TimePalette shows ads; Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or TimePalette?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, and TimePalette every 9 days. Most recently, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and TimePalette on October 25, 2026.

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