Comparison

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer vs Yalla Focus

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

Yalla Focus

This app integrates courses, a Pomodoro timer, notes, flashcards, and quizzes into a single study workspace. It helps organize tasks, focus on learning, and retain information through various practice tools and progress tracking. Features include customizable focus sessions, soundscapes, and AI-powered content generation.

Highlights
  • Integrated Pomodoro timer with customizable sessions
  • Organize courses, notes, PDFs, and recordings
  • Create flashcards and build quizzes
  • Spaced repetition review system
  • AI-powered content generation from notes and PDFs
  • Progress tracking with a gamified garden
  • Live Activities and Apple Watch companion
Features
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Your study day, from the first plan to the last review. Yalla Focus brings your courses, Pomodoro timer, notes, PDFs, recordings, flashcards and quizzes into one study workspace. Plan what matters, focus on it, and turn what you learn into something you can remember. Available in English and Arabic, with right-to-left layouts. FOCUS WITH A PURPOSE • Set your own focus sessions and breaks, with sessions from 5 to 240 minutes. • Choose deep work, study, creative or reading modes. • Set the atmosphere with rain, cafés, ocean waves and other soundscapes, with a separate volume control. • Use strict mode and optional Screen Time app blocking to reduce distractions. • Follow the countdown with Live Activities, Dynamic Island and the Apple Watch companion. KEEP YOUR COURSES TOGETHER • Organize tasks, study plans, notes, links, PDFs and review material by course. • Write rich notes with images and audio, or use paged notebooks for handwriting, drawings and text. • Annotate PDFs and write with Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad. • Record a lecture alongside your notes and revisit the transcript where supported. • Plan study blocks alongside your Apple Calendar events. TURN MATERIAL INTO PRACTICE • Create question-and-answer, fill-in-the-blank and image-occlusion flashcards. • Review with spaced repetition and optional daily reminders. • Build quizzes with instant feedback or exam mode, optional timers and answer shuffling. • On supported devices, generate cards or quizzes from text, PDFs, notes and audio transcripts using on-device AI. • Split longer sources into pieces, choose the sections you want, generate in batches, and review the results before saving. • Import an audio file or choose a saved recording to use as study material. SEE YOUR EFFORT GROW Completed focus sessions grow your garden. Track your focus history, daily goals and streaks, and unlock flowers and achievements as you build a study habit. Widgets keep your progress close at hand. YOUR WORK, YOUR BACKUP Study content is stored locally. Export a backup or enable scheduled backups to your own iCloud Drive. No advertising. OPTIONAL YALLAFOCUS PRO Start with the free focus timer, tasks and study tools. Pro unlocks unlimited course workspaces and flashcard decks, image-occlusion creation and space to bank more streak freezes. Weekly, monthly, six-month and yearly subscriptions are available. Prices and any eligible offers are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple account settings. AI generation requires iOS 26 or later, a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled, and a supported source language. Audio-file transcription requires iOS 26 or later and a supported speech language; language downloads may be needed. Arabic interface support does not guarantee Arabic AI generation on every device or system version. Review generated material for accuracy. Privacy: https://yallafocus.com/privacy/ Terms: https://yallafocus.com/terms/ Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer4 screens
Yalla Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Yalla Focus at every 2 days against Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer's every 5 days. Yalla Focus also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Yalla Focus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer against 5.0 for Yalla Focus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, Yalla Focus every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer versus Yalla Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockodoro Deep Focus TimerYalla Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB223 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKrzysztof BoneckiMohammad sulaiman

Customer experience

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Yalla Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
4 purchases

Yalla Focus

Subscriptions4
  • YallaFocus Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • YallaFocus Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • YallaFocus Pro Six Month$4.996 Months
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  • YallaFocus Pro Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer free?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yalla Focus free?
Yalla Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or Yalla Focus?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer and Yalla Focus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or Yalla Focus have ads?
Neither Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer nor Yalla Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or Yalla Focus?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, and Yalla Focus every 2 days. Most recently, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer was updated on October 16, 2026 and Yalla Focus on October 21, 2026.

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