Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Nudge

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

This app helps you improve focus and productivity using the Pomodoro technique. It offers customizable work and break intervals with a distraction-free interface to help you manage your time effectively for work or study.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro and break lengths
  • Distraction-free minimalistic design
  • Support for short and long breaks
  • Time management using the Pomodoro method
  • Helps improve concentration and reduce stress
Features
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Pomodoro Timer is a focus timer for work and study: 25 minutes of work, a short break, and a long one every four rounds. You change any of those numbers. Nothing to sign up for. The timer runs against a fixed end time, so locking the screen, switching apps or iOS closing the app in the background does not stop it. WHAT IT DOES • Pomodoro timer with your own work, short break and long break lengths • Focus modes: ready-made presets and your own, each with its own lengths and sounds • Seven ambient sounds generated live — rain, waves, brown noise and more • Live Activity and Dynamic Island: the phase and the time left on your Lock Screen • Home Screen widget • Stats by day and week: sessions finished and time focused • Auto-continue with a countdown before the next phase, or straight through • A notification the moment a session ends COMMON QUESTIONS Does the timer keep running with the screen locked? Yes. It counts against a fixed end time, so locking the phone, switching apps or even iOS closing the app in the background does not stop it. Leave notifications on and you get the alert when the session ends. Do I need an account? No. There is no login and no sign-up. Does it work offline? Yes. What is free and what is Premium? The timer, the breaks, the ambient sounds and the stats are free, with ads. Premium removes the ads and unlocks every focus mode and as many custom modes as you want. You can also unlock a mode temporarily by watching a short video. Can I change the 25 minutes? Yes, and the breaks too. The classic numbers are only the default. Where do I get help? Settings has a Help screen inside the app, with the questions people actually write in about. Terms of Use: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/terms-condition/ Privacy Policy: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

About

Nudge

Features
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Nudge Your ADHD brain doesn’t need another planner. It needs something that picks the next move and keeps you locked in. Nudge removes the noise. No dashboards. No backlogs. No guilt. Just one task, a timer, and a planet that grows while you focus. --- ## How it works 1. Brain dump your tasks. No organizing required 2. Nudge picks the best one for right now 3. Start the timer and watch your planet evolve 4. Finish the task and keep the planet 5. Repeat and build your universe --- ## Grow planets while you focus Every focus session grows a planet in real time. Start with a dead rock. Stay focused and it transforms into a living world with oceans, forests, and clouds. Unlock all 6 planet types: * Terrestrial * Desert * Ice * Volcanic * Ocean * Mystic Complete tasks to collect them all and fill your universe. The timer lives in a dark space view filled with stars. It feels like building something, not just watching time pass. Your history becomes Your Universe. Every planet you’ve earned, all in one place. --- ## Built for ADHD brains * Can’t decide what to start → Nudge decides * Task paralysis → you only see ONE task * Time blindness → you see time through planet growth * Fell off for a week → no guilt, just “welcome back” --- ## No guilt. No tricks. * No subscriptions or dark patterns * Streaks that don’t punish you * No exploiting forgetfulness * Works offline * No account required * Your data stays on your device --- ## Features * Smart task picker (priority + time of day + randomness) * Planet-growing focus timer * 6 collectible planet types * “Your Universe” history view * Confetti on task completion * Guilt-free streak tracking * Progress sharing * Gentle daily reminders * Dark mode --- Built by someone with ADHD, for people with ADHD. One task. One planet. One thing at a time.

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Nudge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nudge at none against Pomodoro Timer's 4. Nudge also leads on ads (none vs shown). 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 Timer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Nudge asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Nudge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerNudge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrima HdezDhruv Kapadia

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions3
  • Pomodoro PRO week sub$0.997 Days
  • Pomodoro PRO month sub$1.991 Month
  • Pomodoro PRO year sub$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pomodoro Pro Lifetime$28.99
None

Nudge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nudge free?
Nudge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Nudge have ads?
Pomodoro Timer shows ads; Nudge does not.

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