Comparison

Yoink vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Yoink

This app helps friends reduce screen time together through shared minutes, app blocking, and real-world challenges. Create a squad, pick apps to cut back on, and share screen time. Earn minutes back by completing activities and motivate each other to spend less time on phones.

Highlights
  • Shared screen time balance
  • App blocking
  • Real-world activity challenges
  • Squad creation and management
  • Progress tracking
  • Motivation and accountability
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Make screen time a team sport. Yoink helps friends reduce screen time together through shared minutes, app blocking, and real-world challenges. Create a squad, pick the apps you want to cut back on, and share your screen time. Use some minutes, and there’s less for the squad. Earn them back, and everyone gets more. BUILT FOR SQUADS Yoink is made for: • Friends who want to stay accountable • Students reducing social media distractions • Anyone who finds goals easier with support SHARE YOUR MINUTES Your squad works with one shared screen-time balance. Use less and leave more minutes for everyone. Use more and the squad can see it in the activity feed. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Choose the apps you want to cut back on. Selected apps stay blocked until you Yoink time from the shared pool. If the pool is empty, your squad can earn minutes back. YOINK WHEN YOU NEED IT Need a few minutes? Yoink the time you need, use the app, and move on. Your squad can see the activity, so your screen time stays visible without making things overly strict. EARN MINUTES BACK Step away from your phone and help your squad recover time. Complete activities like steps, workouts, push-ups, check-ins, and other challenges to earn minutes back. Earn coins along the way and use them to unlock rewards. KEEP EACH OTHER MOTIVATED See squad activity, track progress, celebrate wins, and make screen-time goals feel less lonely. HOW YOINK WORKS 1. Create or join a squad. 2. Choose the apps you want to cut back on. 3. Share a screen-time balance. 4. Yoink time when you need it. 5. Earn minutes back through real-world activities. 6. Support your squad and keep making progress. Yoink turns reducing screen time into something shared, visible, and rewarding. Spend less time on your phone, together. Yoink is free to use. An optional auto-renewable Squad Pass is available in weekly and annual billing periods. Squad Pass unlocks unlimited selected apps, squads of up to six members, advanced earning challenges, Explore check-ins, full squad stats, and Strict Mode for the purchaser and their current squad. Prices vary by region and are displayed before purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.yoinktime.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.yoinktime.com/privacy

About

Focus Timer

Features
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Focus Timer: Pomodoro turns overwhelming work and study sessions into short, winnable focus sprints. Set a task, start the timer, and let proven work/break cycles keep you concentrated, fresh, and consistent — one Pomodoro at a time. Built for students, developers, writers, and anyone doing deep work, Focus Timer combines a beautiful distraction-free countdown with focus statistics, streaks, and ambient concentration sounds. No account, no ads, and everything works 100% offline. WHY FOCUS TIMER • FOCUS IN SPRINTS — A clean circular Pomodoro countdown with cycle dots keeps you on task. Label every session (Study, Coding, Reading, Writing…) so your time has a purpose. • SMART BREAKS, NO BURNOUT — Short breaks after every focus session and an automatic long break after each cycle keep your energy and concentration high all day. • TRACK YOUR PROGRESS — See today's focus time, weekly charts, best days, session history, and your daily goal. Watch your focus minutes grow. • BUILD A STREAK — Focus at least once a day and keep your streak alive. Small daily wins become a lasting deep-work habit. • FOCUS SOUNDS — Ticking clock, white noise, deep noise, and soft rain help you stay in flow while you work or study. • MAKE IT YOURS — Customize focus length, short and long breaks, cycles per set, daily goal, and session alerts. Classic 25/5 Pomodoro, 50/10 deep work, or fully custom. • SESSION ALERTS — Get notified the second a focus session or break ends, even when your phone is locked. • PRIVATE BY DESIGN — No account, no tracking, no data collection. Your focus history never leaves your device. FOCUS TIMER PRO (PURCHASE REQUIRED) Focus Timer requires a Focus Timer Pro purchase to use the app. Choose the plan that fits you (US prices; local prices may vary): • Yearly — $19.99/year with a 3-day FREE trial • Monthly — $2.99/month • Lifetime — $39.99 one-time payment, yours forever Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The free trial converts to a paid yearly subscription unless cancelled before the trial ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appios432.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy_0805149280.html Start your first focus sprint today — your future focused self will thank you.

Screenshots

Yoink4 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Yoink and Focus Timer 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. Yoink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Yoink versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYoinkFocus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDEVESH DUPTALAMD Shahariar Nazim Joy

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Yoink

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Squad Pass$4.997 Days
  • Annual Squad Pass$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Yoink free?
Yoink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yoink or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Yoink nor Focus Timer shows ads.

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