Comparison

Pomodoro vs hawsar

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro

Enhance your focus and productivity with a timer that breaks work into intervals. This app helps you manage tasks using the Pomodoro technique, offering customizable timers, relaxing sounds, and progress tracking. It supports various Apple devices and works offline.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Customizable intervals
  • Relaxing sound player
  • iOS widgets and Apple Watch support
  • Task management
  • Progress tracking
  • White noise integration
Features
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The Best Pomodoro Application. Work with this app to improve your productivity by breaking up after each working period. Features - Timer list - Relaxing sound player - iOS14 Widgets Support - Apple Watch Complications - White noises are played with timer - Customizable timer style & background image - Customizable settings for your working interval and short, long break interval - Offline mode - Dark mode - Manager your task using Pomodoro technique - Focus with white noise sounds - Track your progress - Background scheduling and notification - Support Working on backgrounds - Voice Feedback after finishing work and break - Universal app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch Feedback email - jason@delightroom.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

hawsar

Features
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Plan your wedding. Know your budget. Find the right vendors. Hawsar is a Kurdish app for finding wedding venues and services, and planning your celebration. It opens straight onto Home: you can plan, work out your costs and browse vendors without an account. HOME • Set the date and we count the days for you. • The cost card shows one figure for what the wedding costs, worked out for 300 guests until you change it. Tap it to open the cost page. • "What needs arranging" lists what the wedding needs, from the venue to the invitation cards, each with an estimated price. • Tick a line when it is arranged, change its price, remove it or add your own. On a line for a type of vendor, tap "Find a vendor" to see the listings in that category. • Your date, costs and list are kept on your device. WHAT THE WEDDING COSTS • Enter the number of guests, the 21K gold in mithqals and the mahr. • See everything together in Iraqi dinars with the US dollar equivalent, split into the wedding, the gold and the mahr. • The page shows the dollar rate and the gold price per mithqal it uses, with the date of the gold price. When no gold price is available, it says so and leaves the gold out. • The prices on your list are Hawsar's own estimates, and you can change any of them. Vendors set the final price. VENDORS • Browse wedding service categories and the vendors listed in each. All listings are in Erbil. • Search vendors by name. • Filter a category by price, using its price ranges or a range you set. The nearest listings come first when you allow location. • Each vendor has one page: photos you can open full screen, the starting price and, where the vendor has added them, an introduction, services, offers with prices, video, working hours, location and Instagram. • Prices show in the currency the vendor entered, dinars or dollars. • Where the vendor has marked its location, get directions in Google Maps or Waze. MAP • See vendors that have added their location on a map, filter by category or search by name, and tap a pin for the price, contact buttons and directions. • Location is optional. Hawsar asks for it only on the Map tab, and without it the map opens on central Erbil. WEDDING GUIDE • Six stages of a wedding: court marriage, religious marriage, engagement, henna night, the wedding and haftiyana. • Each stage explains what happens and what to have ready, with links to the services it needs. WITH AN ACCOUNT Sign in with an Iraqi mobile number and a one-time code to: • Call or WhatsApp a vendor. Hawsar hands you to the phone dialler or to WhatsApp, and you talk to the vendor directly. If you have set a wedding date or guest count, the WhatsApp message starts with them, and you can edit it before sending. • Save vendors, tick "I booked them" to mark that line of your list as booked, and keep a note on each. • Write a review of a vendor you called or messaged through Hawsar. Reviews are checked before they appear. • Delete your account from the Account tab at any time. LANGUAGES Kurdish (Sorani), Arabic and English. Hawsar opens in Kurdish; change the language under Account > Language. No ads. Built in Erbil, for couples planning their wedding in Kurdistan.

Screenshots

Pomodoro4 screens
hawsar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hawsar at none against Pomodoro's 5. hawsar also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pomodoro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. hawsar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro ships an update monthly, hawsar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pomodoro versus hawsar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodorohawsar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDelightApps Corp.Hadi Hussein

Bugs and requests

Pomodoro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Timer stops counting when switching apps
  • Notifications not working consistently
  • Premium features not functioning as expected
  • App crashing or freezing on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to sync timers across devices
  • More customization options for backgrounds and sounds
  • Improved statistics and reporting
  • Better support and communication from developers

hawsar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pomodoro

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Club$0.991 Month
  • Pomodoro - premium$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • Tip$0.99
  • Premium$7.99
  • Lifetime premium$9.99
None

hawsar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro free?
Pomodoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hawsar free?
hawsar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro or hawsar have ads?
Pomodoro shows ads; hawsar does not.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro or hawsar?
Pomodoro ships an update monthly, and hawsar every 4 days. Most recently, Pomodoro was updated on October 14, 2026 and hawsar on October 10, 2026.

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