Ikizen vs Momentum
Choose Momentum if you want your new tab to guide timed focus sessions, with sounds and a range of task integrations. Consider Ikizen if you build software and want your goals, habits, contributions and deployment status on the page you keep opening.
We make Ikizen. This comparison uses Momentum's own documentation, checked on 2 October 2026, and the features in our current extension.
Momentum already does more than show a photo
Momentum's Focus Mode includes a site blocker, tab stashing and session statistics. Its Standard plan limits daily Focus Mode time. Plus removes that limit and adds advanced blocking options. Saying Momentum cannot block distractions would be wrong. Momentum Focus Mode documentation.
Momentum Plus also connects to task services including Asana, ClickUp, Google Tasks, Todoist and Trello. If one of those services runs your working day, check the integration before changing your dashboard. Momentum Plus features.
What you would use Ikizen for
Ikizen is a focus system for entrepreneurs and makers who have already quit social media. You still have work to finish, and a browser full of ways to avoid it.
The dashboard keeps a few current goals beside your habits, Todoist tasks and code activity. Connect GitHub and Bitbucket to see contributions together, keep your commit streak visible, and add deployment status for the repositories you care about. You choose the widgets and arrange them yourself.
The numbers need some judgment. A contribution graph records activity. It cannot tell you whether you built the right feature or helped a customer. Put your actual goal next to it so the graph has some context.
Scheduled website blocking is part of the same setup. You choose the days, times and bypass difficulty. You can also hide YouTube Shorts, quiet changing tab titles and set a tab limit.
What is free, and what needs a paid plan?
All Ikizen desktop widgets and focus tools are free without an Ikizen account. That includes the contribution wall, deployment status, Todoist integration and scheduled blocking. Connected services still need their own credentials.
The paid boundary is taking that setup across browsers and onto your phone. The plan includes cloud backup and the Android and iOS companion apps. The companion needs an existing paid account and desktop setup. On iOS, website blocking works in Safari through Screen Time, with a system block page and no bypass.
For Momentum, check the current Standard and Plus distinctions against the features you actually use. Its paid plan covers additional desktop capabilities, so the two products draw the line in different places.
Try it with one real project
If Momentum already helps you finish your work, keep it. Changing your new tab is not a project worth doing for its own sake.
If you want to try Ikizen, disable the other new-tab extension first so only one controls that page. Add your current project goal, connect your code activity and schedule one distraction to stay blocked during work. Use that for a few days before filling the dashboard with more widgets.
The setup guide walks through it. If detailed blocking rules are your main concern, read Ikizen vs LeechBlock NG.