Comparison

番茄ToDo vs Forest

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

Head to head
About

番茄ToDo

This app helps users cultivate focus and break procrastination habits. It offers a "scholar mode" to minimize phone distractions, a habit tracker, and a Pomodoro timer with white noise. It also includes study rooms for shared focus sessions.

Highlights
  • Scholar mode for distraction-free focus
  • Pomodoro timer with customizable intervals
  • Habit tracking and quantification
  • High-definition white noise for concentration
  • Study rooms for shared focus sessions
  • Data statistics and Apple Health integration
  • Minimalist and intuitive interface
Features
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极简清新强大的学霸模式&番茄工作法&习惯养成工具,保持专注,拒绝低头族。 ==学霸都在用的专注神器== 学霸模式:帮你暂时远离手机,抵制分心,专注当下。配合优美的白噪音在强大心流中高效学习工作 量化习惯管理:使用计时器量化你的每日习惯,完成一万小时计划很真的简单 强制提醒:一直不间断提醒到您完成所计划的待办为止,专治拖延症,不做手机控 高清白噪音:超高清的立体声白噪音资源,在舒缓优美的音乐中完成你的一万小时计划吧~ 统计数据:不仅有完善的数据统计模块,还可将时长计入 Apple Health 中「正念训练」 自习室:和朋友一起加入自习室,相伴提升自我 无广告,秒启动:坚持为所有用户提供无广告的清爽体验 功能完备:待办清单,番茄钟,白噪音,到点提醒,工作数据分析展示,个性化设置(背景音,背景色,番茄时间,休息时间)等等功能一应俱全,只为认真生活的你。 极简风:界面简洁美观,操作逻辑清晰简单,学习成本为0。优化大部分操作,以流畅的动画进行衔接,将操作过程最简化。 番茄工作法的关键是规划,追踪,记录,处理,以及可视化。您可以在此App中完成全部的番茄工作法流程,并随时查看记录,总结提高。

About

Forest

Develop good habits by growing virtual trees. Successfully completing focus sessions cultivates a thriving digital forest, while missed sessions result in dead trees. This app encourages self-discipline through a gamified approach to habit formation.

Highlights
  • Grow virtual trees for completed habits
  • Develop good habits
  • Gamified self-discipline
  • Track habit completion
  • Build a digital forest
Features
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Punch in forest is a learning self-discipline punch in app, which can help you form good habits. -Choose a sapling you like -Choose the habits you want to develop -Punch in 7 days and you'll get a tree -Of course, if you don't clock in according to the set time, the sapling will die and you will get a dead tree -Continue to complete the established clock, you will have a forest Mr. Ye Shengtao, a famous educator in China, said, "it's better to have a good habit if you accumulate thousands and millions". This sentence is given to every user. I hope the clock in forest can help you develop more and more good habits. [punch in forest - description of VIP automatic subscription service] 1. Subscription service: punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous monthly package (1 month), punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous quarterly package (3 months), punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous half a year (24 months) 2. Subscription price: 18 yuan / month for continuous monthly products, 40 yuan / quarter for continuous quarterly products, and 128 yuan / year for continuous semi annual products 3. Payment: after the user confirms the purchase and pays, it will be credited to the iTunes account 4. Apple's iTunes account will deduct fees within 24 hours before expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be postponed for one subscription cycle 5. To unsubscribe, please open the Apple phone "Settings" - > enter the "iTunes Store and app store" - > click "Apple ID", select "view Apple ID", enter the "account settings" page, click "subscription", select the punch in watermark camera - Super punch in King member to unsubscribe. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, the subscription will be automatically renewed 6. Punch in forest membership agreement: https://prdimages.growup.link/forestConfig/senlin_ vip.html Punch in forest user agreement: https://prdimages.growup.link/forestConfig/senlin_ userAgreement.html

Screenshots

番茄ToDo4 screens
Forest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 番茄ToDo at none against Forest's shown. 番茄ToDo also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (4.9K vs 4). Forest's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.3). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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ToDo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Forest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 — 4.9 for 番茄ToDo against 5.0 for Forest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 番茄ToDo has 4.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of 番茄ToDo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Forest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

番茄ToDo ships an update every 10 days, Forest monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
番茄ToDo versus Forest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter番茄ToDoForest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (4.9K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.9K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.312.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Paitui Technology Co., Ltd.青青 陈

Customer experience

番茄ToDo

All ratings4,860 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews495 reviews
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.1%

Forest

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

番茄ToDo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • White screen issue when editing whitelist
  • Inconsistent behavior of 'study mode' locking
  • Countdown timer not always working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add English language support
  • Improve syncing across devices
  • Introduce dark mode theme
  • Allow more customization of timers and backgrounds
  • Add multi-user functionality for shared study sessions

Forest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

番茄ToDo

One-time3
  • 番茄ToDo季度卡(3 个月)$1.99
  • 番茄ToDo季度卡(6个月)$2.99
  • 番茄ToDo季度卡(三年)$8.99
3 purchases

Forest

Subscriptions3
  • 打卡森林月度会员3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 打卡森林季度会员$5.993 Months
  • 打卡森林年度会员$19.491 Year

Questions

Is 番茄ToDo free?
番茄ToDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forest free?
Forest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 番茄ToDo or Forest?
Forest is rated higher. 番茄ToDo averages 4.9 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while Forest averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do 番茄ToDo or Forest have ads?
Forest shows ads; 番茄ToDo does not.
Which is updated more often, 番茄ToDo or Forest?
番茄ToDo ships an update every 10 days, and Forest monthly. Most recently, 番茄ToDo was updated on November 12, 2026 and Forest on November 3, 2026.

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