Comparison

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer vs Winston

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

Winston

Features
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Your phone, on your side. Winston is a goal tracker with teeth. Set a focus period and iOS itself blocks the apps you didn't allow, even when Winston is closed. Everything else lives in one calm place: your day, your habits, your books, your training week. FOCUS Plan when to protect your attention. Each period blocks everything except the apps you allow on it, enforced by Screen Time rather than by willpower. Periods repeat on the weekdays you choose, so deep work can end when the weekend starts. TODAY The whole day on one screen: your schedule, how much of it is protected, and what comes next. LEARNING Books and courses, with the progress you actually made. Put a course on a weekly schedule and it shows up on your day. HEALTH A weekly training plan, and the small habits worth keeping. Tick them off today; they reset for tomorrow. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. Winston never learns which apps you have or open; the list of what stays allowed lives with iOS on your device. Your goals sync to your own account, so they follow you to a new phone. Sign in with Apple when you want that, and delete your account from inside the app whenever you choose. Winston is free.

Screenshots

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer4 screens
Winston4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Winston at none against Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer's 2. Winston also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads 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. Winston asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, Winston every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer versus Winston: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockodoro Deep Focus TimerWinston
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrzysztof BoneckiMarco Tulio Teixeira

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
None

Winston

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer free?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Winston free?
Winston is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or Winston have ads?
Neither Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer nor Winston shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer or Winston?
Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer ships an update every 5 days, and Winston every 11 days. Most recently, Lockodoro Deep Focus Timer was updated on October 28, 2026 and Winston on October 25, 2026.

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