Pomodoro Diary vs HabitKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pomodoro Diary
This app combines a Pomodoro timer with daily check-ins to help you build habits and track your time. Record your activities, monitor progress with statistics, and manage your time effectively through a visual timeline. It also offers data backup and customization options to enhance your productivity journey.
- Pomodoro timer
- Daily habit check-ins
- Time logging
- Progress statistics
- Timeline view
- Data backup and sync
- Customizable themes
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Focus for a while, check in, jot down a line. Day by day it adds up, and it's all there when you look back. Pomodoro Diary puts a focus timer, a habit tracker and a time diary in one calm place. 【FOCUS TIMER】 • 25-minute Pomodoro sessions, a custom length, a count-up timer, or an untimed check-in • Take a break, then roll into the next session • Keep the screen on while you focus • Completion sound and vibration • Free white noise: light music and mountain birds 【HABITS AND TO-DOS】 • Repeat daily, weekly, on chosen weekdays, monthly, once, or long-term • Set goals by count or by minutes • Break bigger tasks into subtasks • Missed a check-in? Long-press the date to add it • Archive a habit and keep its full history • The free plan includes up to 5 habits 【MOMENTS: YOUR TIME DIARY】 • When you finish, an optional prompt lets you write a one-line note • Browse every session and check-in on a day-by-day timeline • The "From your diary" card on the home screen brings back this day last year, or a random page 【STATISTICS】 • A free overview of completions, focus time, active days and your daily average 【WIDGETS】 • Home-screen widget with today's list • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you focus 【FREE CLOUD SYNC】 • Sign in with Apple, Google or email, and your data syncs automatically between your phone and the web app at pomodorodiary.com • Reinstall or switch phones, sign in again, and everything comes back • Export all your data as a spreadsheet (CSV), JSON or the raw database, and import from a local export file • Dark mode and 15 interface languages 【POMODORO DIARY PRO】 Available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Pro adds: • Unlimited habits • Full statistics: streaks, month-over-month, peak focus hours, time distribution, yearly heatmap and trends • Export Moments as an image • Daily automatic backup, plus backup to your own WebDAV • Designer themes • More white noise (rainstorm, night beach, tropical rain) and more completion sounds • Custom vibration • Let a new day start after 2 AM, for late nights Use it for studying, deep work, workouts, reading, writing, or any routine you want to keep. Pro subscription: Pro is offered as Monthly (auto-renews monthly), Yearly (auto-renews yearly), and Lifetime (one-time purchase, does not renew). Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically within 24 hours before the end of the current period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pomodorodiary.com/en/privacy
HabitKit
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"HabitKit" is an app that helps you record your habits and check in, helping you develop good habits and get rid of bad habits. Gain vitality points by checking in, making the process of developing habits no longer boring and full of motivation. Things accumulate, the process is visible, and you slowly move towards success. The main functions are: 1. Gamification design: Set the vitality value for the habit. You can get the vitality value by checking in. Accumulate the vitality value, and cultivating habits is no longer boring. 2. Multi-dimensional statistics: Make progress visible, prevent motivation from diminishing, and make goals no longer far away. 3. Super cute icons: A large number of Emoji check-in icons make self-discipline check-in more vivid. 4. Rich reminders: Various reminder methods every day, no excuses for laziness. 5. Desktop widgets: Check-in and statistics are all available, enriching your desktop and reminding you all the time. 6. Data integrity: iCloud data backup is provided so that your efforts will not be lost. With continuous persistence, meaning will naturally emerge. Our perseverance is the footprint for us to become better. Subscriptions and Buyouts. 1. Some features of HabitKit require unlocked premium membership for full access. You can choose to unlock all features on a monthly, yearly or buyout basis. 2、When you choose monthly or yearly subscription, it will automatically renew by default at the end of each subscription period, unless you explicitly cancel the auto-renewal by yourself. 3、Buyout is a one-time unlocking, lifetime use. When you choose to buy out, you can use the advanced features indefinitely without paying again. Automatic subscription service description 1. Subscription Services HabitKit Bookkeeping monthly subscriptions, HabitKit Bookkeeping annual subscriptions 2. Subscription Price The monthly subscription is $0.99/month and the annual subscription is $4.99/year. 3. Payment Users will be credited to their iTunes account after confirming their purchase and payment. 4.Automatic Renewal The Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before the expiration date, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period after the successful charge. 5.Close the service You can go to "Settings" -> "iTunes Store and App Store" -> click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", enter "Account Settings" page, click "Subscriptions", and manage automatic subscription service. If you want to cancel it, you can close it 24 hours before the end of each billing cycle, and the subscription will not be charged within 24 hours before the expiration date. 6. Service Agreement Terms of Use: https://tyrant2013.github.io/tyrant.github.io/TermsOfUse.html Privacy Policy: https://tyrant2013.github.io/tyrant.github.io/privacy.html We value your ideas, feedback and suggestions, get in touch with us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Elliot_iOS Email: knowtimefeeback@163.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pomodoro Diary at every 2 weeks against HabitKit's monthly. Pomodoro Diary also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Pomodoro Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and HabitKit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pomodoro Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, HabitKit monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pomodoro Diary | HabitKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POMODIARY LLC | 晓伟 庄 |
In-app purchases
Pomodoro Diary
- Pomodoro Diary Pro · Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pomodoro Diary Pro · Yearly$12.991 Year
- TomatoPlan Pro Forever$29.99
HabitKit
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
- Professional Edition$4.99









