Comparison

Pops! vs Promise

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

Head to head
About

Pops!

This productivity app uses the Pomodoro technique with personalized coaching. It employs vibrations and light flashes to signal work and break times, with notifications to keep you on track. Get focused and manage your time effectively with a choice of three unique coaching styles.

Highlights
  • Personalized coaching styles
  • Vibration alerts for breaks
  • Flashing light notifications
  • Work and break timers
  • Customizable alerts
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Pops is a Pomodoro technique app with personality! Choose from three available coaches that offer three distinct flavors of Pomodoro and get working. Your phone will vibrate and flash its light to alert you of breaks and send you notifications to tell you when its time to get back to work. Now get to it!

About

Promise

This app helps you reduce screen time and digital distractions with playful app blocking and focus routines. It features a cute companion that keeps you accountable, offering gentle warnings before blocking access to distracting applications.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Reduce screen time
  • Set app limits
  • Focus routines
  • Soft warnings before blocks
  • Track screen time and usage
  • Build healthier phone habits
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Social media apps are designed to keep you scrolling. Promise helps you reduce screen time with playful app blocking, focus routines, and a cute companion who keeps you accountable. Set limits for distracting apps like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, games, or any app you want to use less. When you try to open a blocked app, Promise gives you a gentle pause before you continue. You can take a short break — or break your promise and watch your companion’s happiness drop. Promise is more than a screen time tracker or app blocker. It makes screen time control feel personal, visual, and motivating. Features: • Block distracting apps • Reduce screen time and doomscrolling • Set app limits and focus routines • Get soft warnings before hard blocks • Break the heart to unlock apps intentionally • Track screen time, phone pickups, and app usage • Build streaks and healthier phone habits • Choose cute companions like Whiskers, Mochi, or Capy Perfect for: • Reducing phone addiction • Spending less time on social media • Staying focused while studying or working • Building better digital wellbeing habits • Turning app blocking into something you actually care about Make a promise. Protect your companion. Take back your screen time.

Screenshots

Pops!3 screens
Promise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Promise at every 3 days against Pops!'s every 58 months. Pops!'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pops! against 5.0 for Promise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pops! ships an update every 58 months, Promise every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pops! versus Promise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPops!Promise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 58 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey Eugene HochJAKUB ELIAS

Customer experience

Pops!

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Promise

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pops!

No in-app purchases

None

Promise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pops! free?
Pops! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Promise free?
Promise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pops! or Promise?
Pops! and Promise are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pops! or Promise have ads?
Neither Pops! nor Promise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pops! or Promise?
Pops! ships an update every 58 months, and Promise every 3 days. Most recently, Pops! was updated on October 7, 2026 and Promise on September 30, 2026.

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