Comparison

Salad Timer vs Mellow

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

Head to head
About

Salad Timer

This app uses the Pomodoro Technique to help you focus on tasks and study sessions. Choose a salad icon to represent your work, set a 25-minute timer, and take short breaks to stay productive.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro Technique timer
  • Pause and resume functionality
  • Short break support
  • 10+ customizable salad icons
  • 3+ background timer images
  • Work and study time tracking
Features
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Pomodoro Salad Timer:Stay focused and get more things done! Salad Timer is a science-based app that will motivate you to stay focused and get things done. It brings Pomodoro Technique, allows you to focus on work & study, check the time spent at work. It's the ultimate app helping you focus on work & study and tracking your working hours. How it works: 1. Pick a salad icon depending on the job you need to accomplish. 2. Set a timer for 25 minutes, keep focused and start working. 3. When the pomodoro timer rings, take a 5 minute break. Key Features: - Pause and resume Pomodoro - Support for short breaks - 10+ Salad Icons that you can separate your work mode - 3+ Salad Background Timer Image Privacy Policy: https://wemakegoodapps.gitbook.io/notes/salad-timer/privacy-policy Terms Of Use https://wemakegoodapps.gitbook.io/notes/terms/terms-of-use-1

About

Mellow

Features
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Thoughts do not always arrive as finished text. Sometimes you want to say a message better, capture an idea, or put an important task on your schedule. Mellow is an AI writing and capture assistant built around voice and text. You explicitly choose Rewrite, Quick Note, or Arrange. Mellow never guesses the mode, sends a message, or writes to your calendar automatically. THREE WAYS TO USE MELLOW • Rewrite: preserve your intent while making a message clearer and more considerate for the audience you choose • Quick Note: faithfully turn spontaneous ideas and observations into a readable title and natural paragraphs • Arrange: extract the task, relative time, place, and things to bring into a draft card, then decide whether to add it to Calendar, Reminders, or an alarm KEY FEATURES • Voice or text input: choose hold-to-talk or tap-to-start/stop, or stay entirely in text • Scene templates: control audience, tone, and writing guidelines, or create your own scene • Knowledge Base: save specialist terms, names, and common variants for consistent use in speech recognition, Rewrite, Quick Note, and Arrange; optionally sync them across signed-in Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices • Share extension: send selected text to Mellow from the system Share menu • Saving and connectors: use the system share sheet for Apple Notes, or sign in and explicitly save a selected Quick Note to Notion • Local records: Rewrite, Quick Note, and Arrange records stay on your device and can be deleted or disabled YOU STAY IN CONTROL Mellow never sends messages or creates schedules on its own. Every AI-generated result is labeled and shown to you first, so you can review, edit, copy, share, or save it. PRIVACY Mellow does not upload or store microphone audio. Only text and necessary context you explicitly submit to Rewrite, Quick Note, or Arrange is sent to Mellow Cloud. Knowledge Base entries stay local by default and can sync with your account when enabled. Connecting Notion sends no note by itself; Mellow sends a title and body only after you explicitly save that note. Mellow helps you put down what you want to say, what you just thought of, and what you need to do.

Screenshots

Salad Timer4 screens
Mellow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mellow at Free against Salad Timer's $2.99. Mellow also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Mellow is free to download; Salad Timer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salad Timer ships an update every 4 months, Mellow every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Salad Timer versus Mellow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalad TimerMellow
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIcePenguin's cruise diary海鑫 李

In-app purchases

None

Salad Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Mellow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Salad Timer free?
Salad Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mellow free?
Mellow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Salad Timer or Mellow have ads?
Neither Salad Timer nor Mellow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Salad Timer or Mellow?
Salad Timer ships an update every 4 months, and Mellow every 10 days. Most recently, Salad Timer was updated on October 8, 2026 and Mellow on October 7, 2026.

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