Comparison

番茄清单 vs Cuckoo Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

番茄清单

This app combines a Pomodoro timer with task management to boost your productivity. It offers features like gesture controls, smart reminders, and focus modes to help you stay on track and overcome procrastination. Track your progress with detailed statistics and enjoy gamified elements for a more engaging workflow.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro timer
  • To-do list management
  • Gesture controls
  • Smart reminders
  • Focus mode
  • Gamification
  • Detailed statistics
Features
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-- Strongly recommended by the Nice App -- A To-do Task App helping you improve working efficiency -- Combining the merits of PomodoCube and GTD 【PomodoCube】 Help you focused, and more importantly improve your execution. 【List】 Make you keep executing your targets, and more importantly develop systematic planning thinking. Main functions: 【Powerful gesture】 Complete by sliding right, hide by sliding left, order by holding down and add to today’s to-do tasks by double clicks. 【Powerful reminder】 Enhance reminders and keep reminding until you start your tasks and get rid of procrastination. 【Review and summary】 Daily review and summary help you improve each day. It is clear to see what did you do in every time period by recording time blocks. 【Focus Mode】 After staring Focus Mode, do not play with mobile phones and force yourselves to concentrate. 【Gamification】 Social ranking, achievement systems, completing targets easily and working enjoyably. 【Fast operation】 With 3DTouch and desktop Widget, you can also operate easily without opening APP. 【Detailed statistics】 Considerately count your Task Duration, Times and Completed Tasks of every day, every week, per month and per year so that you can clearly see your recent working efficiency and trends. Reflect and improve. 【Data synchronization】 With multiport synchronous data, there is no longer afraid of losing datas. JustList VIP Auto Renew Service Description: Subscription - monthly and yearly subscription Price - $0.99/month, $3.99/year Purchase Notes: 1.Subscription automatically renews and related fund will be charged 24-hours prior to the due date of current membership. 2.Auto-renewal subscription shall be turned off at least 24-hours before the due date of current membership if unneeded. 3.No cancellation or refund of the current subscription is allowed within the valid subscription period. 4.Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off within the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy - http://mozhenhau.com/just_privacy.html User Terms - http://mozhenhau.com/just_vip.html Contact us: Email: tomatolistapp@gmail.com

About

Cuckoo Timer

This app helps you manage tasks and cultivate skills by tracking time spent on each activity. It links tasks to specific skills, allowing you to visualize your progress towards mastery and achieve your 10,000-hour goals.

Highlights
  • Classical time tracking for tasks
  • Task management with skill attribution
  • Skill cultivation progress visualization
  • Daily beautiful background pictures
  • Full-screen focus mode
  • Task priority setting
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Task management combined with 10,000 hours rule. It takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in a field. We work not just for work, we complete our tasks not just for tasks themselves. In fact, what we want are SKILLS! Every task completed should end up with a better SKILL. ***What Cuckoo Can Do For You*** 1. Classical Time Tracking: Track time spent for every task you created. 2. Task Management: Shake your device to quickly add new Tasks, attribute your Task to a certain Skill that you want to cultivate. 3. Skill Cultivation: Tasks are for improving your skills. You can link multiple Tasks to one Skill, and time spent on those tasks will be summed as the total time of the Skill. So that you can see clearly how your skills grow towards 10,000 hours. ***More Features*** 1. A new beautiful background picture everyday; 2. Full-screen focus mode to focus on your work; 3. Advanced features such as task priority setting, iCloud sync. Privacy Policy & Use of Terms Link:https://cuckoo2017.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/布谷布谷隐私政策/

Screenshots

番茄清单4 screens
Cuckoo Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cuckoo Timer at none against 番茄清单's shown. Cuckoo Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). 番茄清单's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 71%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 番茄清单 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Cuckoo Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for 番茄清单 against 4.7 for Cuckoo Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 175 and 319 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of 番茄清单's written reviews are positive against 71% of Cuckoo Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

番茄清单 ships an update every 5 weeks, Cuckoo Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
番茄清单 versus Cuckoo Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter番茄清单Cuckoo Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (175 ratings) — better4.7 (319 ratings)
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews — better71.1% of reviews
Number of ratings175319 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer振华 莫俊航 何

Customer experience

番茄清单

All ratings175 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.4%

Cuckoo Timer

All ratings319 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative18.5%

User reviews

番茄清单

From 175 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 💡 Variety of features including Pomodoro timer
  • 🚀 Efficient task management
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited free features, requires paid subscription
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs reported
  • 🔋 High battery consumption for some users

Cuckoo Timer

From 319 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Clean, minimalist, and beautiful interface design
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive to use
  • ⏱️ Effective Pomodoro timer functionality
  • 💡 Innovative 10,000 hours tracking concept
  • 🎵 Calm and soothing audio experience

Room to improve

  • 🌐 Incomplete English translation throughout app
  • 🐛 Language setting doesn't fully apply to all text
  • 🔧 Multiple bugs on Mac M1 devices
  • ⏸️ Timer stops when phone is locked
  • 🎵 Music cannot be disabled (only 4 preset options)

Bugs and requests

番茄清单

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login issues for some users
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize Pomodoro timer duration
  • Integration with calendar apps
  • More customization options for layouts and themes
  • Offline mode or syncing capabilities

Cuckoo Timer

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Skill recording time sync issue with manually uploaded tasks
  • Timer freezes and requires manual time entry
  • Language setting reverts to Japanese unexpectedly
  • Data loss after app update
  • Skills option disappeared after update
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  • Notification sound doesn't work when muted
  • Manually entered tasks don't appear in daily reports
  • iPad text cutoff and layout issues
  • Music interruption during timer countdown

Requested features

12 requests
  • Complete English translation for all UI elements
  • Customizable number of tasks per Pomodoro session
  • Widget support for home screen
  • Focus mode that discards time if app is switched
  • Task deadline reminder notifications
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  • Daily recurring task functionality
  • Time-block calendar view showing task allocation
  • Ability to toggle/mute notification sounds
  • Mac version of the app
  • Undo/delete functionality for completed tasks
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Badge notifications for pending tasks

In-app purchases

3 purchases

番茄清单

Subscriptions2
  • Pomodoro VIP by Month$0.991 Month
  • Pomodoro VIP by Year$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Just professional edition2 variants$9.99
1 purchases

Cuckoo Timer

One-time1
  • Pro Account$1.99

Questions

Is 番茄清单 free?
番茄清单 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cuckoo Timer free?
Cuckoo Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 番茄清单 or Cuckoo Timer?
番茄清单 is rated higher. 番茄清单 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 175 ratings, while Cuckoo Timer averages 4.7 from 319 ratings.
Do 番茄清单 or Cuckoo Timer have ads?
番茄清单 shows ads; Cuckoo Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, 番茄清单 or Cuckoo Timer?
番茄清单 ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cuckoo Timer every 4 days. Most recently, 番茄清单 was updated on September 13, 2026 and Cuckoo Timer on September 22, 2026.

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