LifeAt has no mobile app. Its download page offers a desktop app for Mac and Windows, the workspace also runs in a web browser, and we found no LifeAt app for iPhone, iPad, or Android in the App Store or on Google Play.
LifeAt is an animated workspace: a moving scene with a timer, tasks, notes, a calendar, and music on top, plus co-working rooms with chat and video. People who look for something else usually want it on a phone, want company without a video call, or want less than a whole workspace.
This page is published by Kaizen, which makes a Pomodoro timer with Focus Rooms, so our app is in the list. To keep it fair, every price and limit below was checked on each company's own site, help center, or app store listing on November 11, 2026, and each section says where the other tool is the better choice.
Does LifeAt have a phone app?
No. This is what we found when we checked, and what it leaves you with on a phone.
What LifeAt offers. Two downloads, one for Mac and one for Windows. Its download page calls this the desktop app and describes launching it from the dock or the taskbar. The same workspace opens in a web browser, and you can look around before you make an account.
The app stores. We found no app from LifeAt in the App Store or on Google Play, for iPhone, iPad, or Android. The apps with similar names that come up are from other developers.
The website on a phone. The workspace is a website, so a phone's or an iPad's browser can open it. None of the LifeAt pages we checked say how it works on a phone, and its setup steps are written for the dock, the taskbar, and the menu bar.
APK files. LifeAt's download page has no Android file. An APK offered under its name comes from somewhere else, and we would not install one.
If the phone is the point, four of the alternatives below have phone apps: Kaizen for iPhone, iPad, and Android, StudyStream for iPhone and Android, TickTick for iPhone, iPad, and Android, and Discord, where study servers live.
What LifeAt does well
- The scenes. Moving backgrounds of cafes, nature, cities, and beaches, a sound library you can mix, and a media widget that plays YouTube and Apple Music inside the workspace. Its library of scenes is far bigger than Kaizen's.
- A calendar and a planner. LifeAt connects Google and Outlook calendars into one view, and its planner lets you drag tasks between days and onto the calendar to time-box them. Kaizen has neither.
- Notes. A notepad with formatting sits next to the tasks and the timer.
- Rooms with video and a shared timer. You join a public co-working room or invite people to your own. Rooms have chat and video, and a group Pomodoro timer that runs in sync for everyone.
- A Mac app. The desktop app runs on Mac and Windows, and on a Mac it puts your calendar in the menu bar. Kaizen has a Windows app but none for Mac, where it runs in the browser.
- A look before you sign up. The web workspace opens without an account. Kaizen asks for one first.
Why people go looking for something else
- On a phone, it is a browser tab. The apps are for Mac and Windows, and we found nothing from LifeAt in the App Store or on Google Play.
- A lot of it is Pro. LifeAt's pricing page lists what Pro includes, among them all of its spaces, the full daily planner, unlimited tasks and notes, multiple calendars, advanced analytics, and unlimited chat messages and members. The pricing page has no Free column. The web app's upgrade dialog adds "online co-working communities" to the Pro list, and LifeAt's task page says free users get one tag. Neither says what a free account can do in a room.
- The price. Pro is $12 a month, or $8 a month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial.
- The rooms come with chat and video. For a lot of people that is the point of them. Others want company and nothing to answer.
Quick comparison
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| Tool | What it is | Other people | Phone app | Free | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LifeAt | Animated workspace: scenes, timer, tasks, notes, calendar | Co-working rooms with chat, video, and a group timer | None: Mac, Windows, browser | Free plan, one task tag | Pro $12/mo, or $8/mo billed yearly |
| Kaizen (ours) | Pomodoro timer with backgrounds, music, tasks, habits, and app blocking | Focus Rooms of 2 to 50, no camera | iPhone, iPad, Android | Timer, joining any room, 7 tasks, 5 habits | €3.99/mo or €39.99/yr |
| StudyStream | Drop-in video study rooms | Large video rooms, camera optional | iPhone, Android | 1 hour of room time a day | Basic from $1.99/mo for 4 hours a day, Premium $6.99/mo unlimited |
| Focusmate | Booked 1:1 video sessions of 25, 50, or 75 min | One matched partner, camera required | None: browser | 3 sessions a week | $8/mo billed yearly, $12/mo monthly |
| Flocus | Browser dashboard: timer, tasks, themes, sounds | Solo | None: browser | Timer, 3 tasks, limited themes | Plus $9/mo, or $5/mo billed yearly |
| TickTick | To-do list and calendar with a Pomodoro timer and habits | Shared lists | iPhone, iPad, Android | 9 lists, 5 habits, basic calendar | Premium $49.99/yr |
| Discord study servers | Voice and text channels in a community | Yes, camera optional | iPhone, Android | Free | Free |
| Study-with-me videos | Watching someone else work, live or recorded | On screen only | Not an app: plays on any phone | Free | Free |
Currencies are the ones each company publishes: Kaizen quotes euros, the others US dollars. StudyStream's prices are from its US App Store listing.
Start with the part of LifeAt you use
LifeAt is several tools in one window, and each has a different replacement.
"I want it on my phone." Kaizen has apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android, on one account with the web and Windows, so sessions, tasks, and stats follow you from the desk to the phone. StudyStream has iPhone and Android apps, TickTick covers iPhone, iPad, and Android, and Discord's phone apps carry the study servers with you.
"I want other people around, without a call." Kaizen's Focus Rooms show a name with a drawn avatar or initials, a live status, and a focus tag. No video, no mic, no chat. The body doubling guide explains why that is enough for a lot of people. Discord study servers work with cameras off.
"I want to work with my own friends." A Kaizen private room is free for up to 4 people: one person creates it and shares the 8-character code or an invite link, which opens the installed app or, without one, the web app. The virtual study rooms guide walks through the setup. A private Discord server is the other free route.
"I want a scene and music behind the timer." Kaizen has still and animated timer backgrounds, plus focus music in five categories, with a free selection of each and the full library on Premium. Flocus Plus takes your own image or a YouTube video as its theme. A study-with-me video gives you a scene with a person in it.
"I want it free." Kaizen's free plan has the full timer and stopwatch, joining any room, hosting a private room for up to 4, 7 tasks, 5 habits, and 30 days of stats, with no ads. Discord servers and study-with-me videos cost nothing. LifeAt has a free plan too.
"I want rooms with video." Stay with LifeAt, or look at StudyStream for big drop-in rooms and Focusmate for one partner in a booked slot. Kaizen has no video.
"I want my calendar and my tasks in one place." That is LifeAt's planner, and Kaizen does not replace it: Kaizen has tasks with due dates, reminders, and repeats, but no calendar. TickTick is the alternative here.
The alternatives in detail
Kaizen
Ours, so read accordingly. Kaizen puts the timer on your phone: a Pomodoro timer or a count-up stopwatch, in apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android, with the same account on the web and Windows. A still or animated background and focus music sit behind it. On a phone or tablet it can block the apps you pick while a work session runs. The task you focus on logs its own minutes, focus-time habits fill on their own, and the free plan shows the last 30 days of stats.
Focus Rooms are the co-working part. A room holds 2 to 50 people, each on their own timer, and shows who is focusing, on a break, or away, with the tag they are working under. There is no camera, no microphone, and no chat.
Joining any room is free, public ones from the list and private ones by code or invite link, and so is hosting a private room for up to 4 people. Hosting a public room or one of up to 50, and sharing your active task, are part of Premium, at €3.99 a month or €39.99 a year with a 14-day trial. Neither plan has ads.
Where LifeAt wins: Kaizen has no calendar, no planner, and no notes. Its rooms have no video and no chat, and no shared timer, because each person runs their own. LifeAt has far more scenes, a Mac app where Kaizen uses the browser, and a workspace you can open without an account.
StudyStream
StudyStream runs drop-in video study rooms on the web and in iPhone and Android apps. The camera is optional. Free covers 1 hour of focus room time a day, Basic 4 hours, and Premium is unlimited, at $6.99 a month in the US App Store listing, with Basic from $1.99.
Where it wins: more people in one room than a Kaizen room holds, and the phone apps LifeAt lacks. Where it loses: the free plan stops after an hour a day. The StudyStream alternatives page has the full comparison.
Focusmate
Focusmate is video co-working cut down to one partner: you book a 25, 50, or 75-minute session and a matched person works with you on camera. Three sessions a week are free, then $8 a month billed annually or $12 billed monthly. A camera is required. There is no app, but its FAQ says a phone with a camera works and suggests adding the site to your home screen.
Where it wins: a booked slot with someone waiting, which an open room never gives you. Where it loses: the camera is mandatory, and you book ahead instead of dropping in. The Focusmate alternatives page has the full comparison.
Flocus
Flocus is a browser dashboard with a focus timer, a to-do list, stats, ambient sounds, and themes. It covers the solo half of LifeAt. Free has the timer, up to 3 tasks at a time, one day of stats, and limited themes and sounds. Plus is $9 a month or $5 a month billed yearly. Its help center says there is no iPhone or Android app and that it is designed for desktop and tablet.
Where it wins: themes, including your own uploads and YouTube video themes on Plus. Where it loses: no phone app, and it is a solo tool. The Flocus alternatives page covers it in full.
TickTick
TickTick is a to-do list and calendar app with a Pomodoro timer, white noise, and a habit tracker built in. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web. Free covers 9 lists of 99 tasks each, 5 habits, and a basic calendar view. Premium is $49.99 a year.
Where it wins: tasks and a calendar in one app on every device, the part of LifeAt that Kaizen does not cover. Where it loses: it is a task manager first, and the full calendar views are part of Premium.
Discord study servers
A study server is a Discord community with voice channels where people sit muted, often with cameras off, and text channels for the breaks. Servers are free, and Discord runs on phones and computers.
Where they win: the talk between sessions that LifeAt's room chat gives you, free and on a phone. Where they lose: no scene and no timer unless someone runs a bot.
Study-with-me videos and streams
A study-with-me video puts a person at a desk on your screen, often with a scene, music, and a timer in the frame. It is free and plays on any device.
Where they win: nothing to set up. Where they lose: the person on screen does not know you are there. A study of these videos found they lower pressure but show no advantage over working alone, so treat them as atmosphere, not accountability.1
When to stay with LifeAt
If you work at a computer and want the whole desk in one window, stay. LifeAt puts your calendar, a daily planner, notes, tasks, a timer, and music inside one scene, and no alternative on this page does all of that. Its rooms give you video, chat, and a timer the whole group shares, which Kaizen's rooms do not. It has a Mac app, and Kaizen does not. A phone app for the hours away from the desk can sit next to it without replacing it.
Questions
Is LifeAt free?
Partly. There is a free plan, and the web workspace opens without an account. The full daily planner, all of the spaces, unlimited tasks and notes, multiple calendars, and unlimited room members are on LifeAt's list of what Pro includes. Pro is $12 a month, or $8 a month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial.
Does LifeAt have a desktop app?
Yes, for Mac and Windows, from its own download page. Neither is needed: the same workspace runs in a web browser.
Which LifeAt alternatives work on iPhone and Android?
Kaizen has apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android, plus the web and a Windows app. StudyStream has iPhone and Android apps, TickTick covers iPhone, iPad, and Android, and Discord runs on both. Focusmate and Flocus have no phone app.
Is there a free alternative to LifeAt?
Kaizen's free plan lets you join any Focus Room and host a private one for up to 4, with the full Pomodoro timer and stopwatch, a selection of backgrounds and music, and no ads. Discord study servers and study-with-me videos are free. StudyStream is free for an hour of room time a day, and Focusmate for three sessions a week.
Which LifeAt alternative has co-working rooms?
Kaizen's Focus Rooms, for 2 to 50 people with no camera. StudyStream has large video rooms and Focusmate pairs you with one partner on video. The virtual study rooms guide compares every way to work next to other people online.
Sources
Checked on November 11, 2026 at LifeAt's home page (opens in a new tab), download page (opens in a new tab), pricing page (opens in a new tab), and web app (opens in a new tab), whose upgrade dialog shows the Pro prices and trial, its feature pages for co-working (opens in a new tab), spaces (opens in a new tab), the calendar (opens in a new tab), tasks (opens in a new tab), notes (opens in a new tab), and the Pomodoro timer (opens in a new tab), and searches for LifeAt in the App Store and on Google Play. Also StudyStream's help articles on plans and daily time limits (opens in a new tab) and the camera (opens in a new tab) and its App Store listing (opens in a new tab), focusmate.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), focusmate.com/faq (opens in a new tab), flocus.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) and Flocus's help article on phone apps (opens in a new tab), TickTick's pricing page (opens in a new tab), download page (opens in a new tab), and Google Play listing (opens in a new tab), and my-kaizen.com/pricing.
Footnotes
- Ren, N., Reynolds, B. L., and Rusk, B. V. (2025). Virtual companionship or flesh and blood: The effects of study-with-me videos on learners' intrinsic motivation, perceived pressure, and performance. Computers & Education, 228, 105243. doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105243 (opens in a new tab) ↩