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Every one of these puts you in a room with other people.

The live video, the timer and the check-ins are more or less the same everywhere. What differs is what surrounds the session, and what the whole thing costs. Here is the honest version.

Feature
Crews
Flow Club
Focusmate
Flown
Cave Day
Pricing
Starting price
Free
$33/mo
Free
Free (Fri only)
$9.99/mo
Full access price
$25/mo
$40/mo
$8–12/mo
$19–25/mo
$30–40/mo
Free sessions included
5 a month
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3 a week
4 a month
Trial only
Founding member pricing
$15/mo forever
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Session experience
Session format
10 verbal + observers
Group, up to 8
1:1 paired
Group, facilitated
Group, guided
Session durations
15 min – 3 hrs
30 – 180 min
25, 50, 75 min
Multiple types
30 min – 3 hrs
Session vibes
6 distinct vibes
By host style
Desk / moving
6+ session types
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Verbal + observer seats
Both, every room
Chat-only option
Quiet mode
Silent drop-ins
Muted in sprints
Music in the room
4 soundtracks + silence
Host playlists
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Check-in and check-out
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Real-time chat
Yes
Limited
Text only
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Getting work done
Task tracking
Projects + subtasks
Basic to-do list
One intention
Intention setting
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Tasks carry to next session
Yes
Yes
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Streaks and accountability
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Session analytics
Yes
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Basic stats
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Community and hosting
Host your own sessions
Any member, day one
After 10 sessions
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Follow favourite hosts
Yes
Yes
Favourites
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Host verification
Rating-based
Application
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Staff facilitators
Staff guides
Sessions running 24/7
Yes
Yes
Yes
Drop-ins only
Focus Lounge
Platform
Native mobile app
iPhone + iPad on the App Store; Android in beta
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Dark mode
Yes
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Video built in, no Zoom
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Competitor details come from their own public pricing and feature pages, last checked September 2026. Spot something out of date and we'll fix it.

Why Crews

Where the difference actually shows up.

Six things that are true here and mostly not true elsewhere.

Verbal and observer seats in every room
Not everyone wants to be on camera. Take a verbal seat for the check-ins, or an observer seat to work alongside the room without the social cost. Observers can join after the start, so a room you like is never a hard no.
Real task management, not one intention box
Projects and subtasks that live where the work happens. Whatever you don't finish carries into your next session instead of getting lost between two rooms.
Built-in music sharing made easy
Deep focus, creative, study, writing, light work, admin. The host sets what the room plays — lo-fi, binaural, café or nature — and you keep your own volume.
Hosting from your first day as a member
Hosting comes with membership, with no application to fill in and no waiting until you've sat through ten sessions first. Host ten public sessions in a month and you'll earn ten dollars off the next one.
Everything between the sessions
Crews with their own chat, pages, wins feed and rooms. Most tools end at the timer. This is the part that makes you come back tomorrow.
Forty to sixty percent cheaper
Twenty-five dollars a month for all of it, or fifteen locked in as a founding member. No contracts either way.

The easiest way to compare is to sit in one.

Fourteen days unlimited, no card. Take an observer seat if you'd rather watch first.