Focus Keeper vs Session

Focus Keeper is a Pomodoro timer and productivity service for planning work sessions, organizing tasks and following focus patterns. Its web timer shows 25-minute focus periods, 5-minute short breaks and 25-minute long breaks. Users can combine the timer with a task list; work sessions are logged automatically, then displayed in charts showing focus time and work patterns. The service also describes identifying focus patterns and tracking habits. Sessions and tasks are saved automatically, with history accessible on any device. Focus Keeper is web-based and available on iOS and Android, and the homepage offers a free signup option. Premium features may involve a subscription. Users can cancel at any time and keep premium access through the current billing period, but are not refunded for that cycle. The privacy policy says account and usage data may include name, email, password, task details, session durations, settings, IP address and browser activity. It says reasonable measures are used to protect personal information but absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Session is a focus app that blocks selected distractions and tracks work progress. It is built around uninterrupted 25-minute sessions: while a session runs, selected apps and websites are blocked, then restored when the session ends. Afterward, Session asks what the user learned and provides an end-of-day progress review. Its website blocker works with Safari, Chrome, Brave, and Microsoft Edge, but not browsers such as Firefox. Session is available as an extension and on iOS and macOS. Progress syncs between iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with data saved and backed up on Session’s server. The Free plan is free and includes unlimited sessions and rests, analytics from the past two days, and calendar-event viewing. Pro adds custom session and break durations, full session logs, Mac app and website blocking, Slack status controls, calendar features, and AppleScript and Apple Shortcuts automation. Pro Yearly is $3.33 a year, billed at $39.99 per year; Pro Monthly is $4.99 a month. A seven-day trial is listed.