Coffee Focus vs Kaizen

Coffee Focus is a browser-based collaborative Pomodoro service created and published by Abdelnaim BOUALI. People in a room share focus intervals and breaks synchronized in real time, and guests can join with a code without creating an account. Users can change Pomodoro, short-break and long-break durations. Weekly progress tracking and a team leaderboard add ways to follow individual or group activity. The maker presents the service for students, remote teams and developer pairs. It runs in a browser without a download or extension, and the About page says there is currently no application-level participant limit for rooms. The listed Free plan, however, allows up to three participants per session and uses only a 25/5 timer. The contact page says Coffee Focus no longer sells paid plans; former subscribers and Lifetime purchasers can contact support with questions. The privacy policy says necessary service data is not sold to third parties and that network exchanges use HTTPS/TLS. Consent for nonessential cookies, measurement and advertising can be withdrawn.

Kaizen is a focus and study app built around a Pomodoro timer, task and habit tracking, and camera-free Focus Rooms. The timer has presets, custom sessions from 5 to 180 minutes, and stopwatch mode. Rooms hold 2 to 50 people; users can join public rooms or private rooms with a code. There is no video or microphone, and members see one another’s status and focus tag. Tasks include an Inbox, subtasks, priorities, due dates, estimates and automatic time tracking. The free plan allows up to 7 active tasks, 5 habits, blocking for 3 apps, and statistics covering the last 30 days. App blocking is available on iOS and Android, not web or Windows. Kaizen runs on web, iOS, Android and Windows, with account data syncing across platforms. The free plan is free. Premium costs €3.99 a month or €39.99 a year; both include unlimited tasks, habits and app blocking, room creation, the full music and background library, and all-time statistics.