Pompom vs Chronicling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pompom
This app streamlines podcast creation by offering multi-track recording, text-based audio editing, and automated enhancements. It helps users produce studio-quality podcasts efficiently, from recording to publishing, with features like transcription and audiogram creation.
- Multi-track audio recording & editing
- Edit audio via text editor
- Free transcription
- Create audiograms
- One-click audio enhancements
- Export lossless audio
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Pompom is the production studio for podcasts which makes podcast-creators' lives easier. We build our app to help podcasters, from beginners to experienced pros, produce studio quality podcasts and spend less time editing. We worked hand-in-hand with podcasters to develop our user interface and features to solve their greatest frustrations. Main features: • Multi-track audio recording & editing • Free transcription • Edit transcribed audio using Pompom's Text Editor • Create shareable videos (audiograms) from your audio clips • Search in your transcribed recordings • Find long pauses • Find background noise • One-click audio enhancements • Audio effects • Chapter markers and podcast metadata • Export lossless audio files Pompom is built for iOS following best practices and so it supports all the latest powerful features like multi-window support, auto-saving, undo-redo actions, and more. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy is available at getpompom.com/privacy.
Chronicling
This app provides a flexible way to monitor habits, health, mood, and daily activities. It offers customizable tracking options, quick logging methods, and insightful data visualization to help users identify patterns and maintain consistency. Secure syncing and data export are also available.
- All-in-one habit and health tracking
- Fully customizable categories
- Fast and effortless logging
- Smart reminders for goals
- Detailed data logging (notes, numbers)
- Visual insights and trends
- Private and secure iCloud sync
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Keep track of anything you want to keep an eye on, from habits and chores to symptoms. Chronicling shows how long it's been, how often things happen, and which days and times they tend to happen. Some things happen every day, like coffee, a walk or your medication. Others come and go: changing the bed sheets, a headache, calling home. Chronicling handles both, so it all lives in one place. "If you're looking for a flexible approach to tracking events in your life and want to try an app with an excellent, modern design that supports the latest iOS and iPadOS technologies, be sure to give Chronicling a try." - MacStories LOG IT IN A TAP - Add events from your Apple Watch, widgets, Control Center, the Lock Screen, Siri and Shortcuts - Record a number or a note too, such as cups, miles, pages or how you felt - Automate logging with Shortcuts, from workouts to arriving home SEE HOW OFTEN, AND WHEN - Time since last logged, average gap and longest gap for every category - Heatmaps, charts and trends over weeks, months and years - Spot patterns by weekday and time of day - An annual Wrapped to look back at your year GENTLE REMINDERS - Time Since Last Event: get a nudge when it's been too long since you last logged something, from a few hours to a few months - Daily Goal: pick a time of day, and you'll only be notified if you haven't hit that day's goal - Rolling Goal: aim for a number over the last few days or weeks, with a daily check that only notifies you if you're falling short YOUR CATEGORIES, YOUR WAY - Create your own categories with emoji or symbols and your own colors - Choose the period each category's stats cover - Organize them into groups and filter by Focus ON ALL YOUR DEVICES - iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro - Private iCloud sync between your devices - Export to CSV or a single-file backup at any time - your data is yours If you have questions, suggestions or any other feedback, please contact me at support@chroniclingapp.com. Subscriptions to Chronicling Premium will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see https://chroniclingapp.com/terms-of-use/ and https://chroniclingapp.com/privacy-policy/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chronicling at 4.8 against Pompom's 3.7. Chronicling also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 42%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pompom sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $10.49 per month and Chronicling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chronicling holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chronicling has 186 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Pompom's written reviews are positive against 79% of Chronicling's.
Pompom ships an update fortnightly, Chronicling weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pompom | Chronicling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (186 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews | 79.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 186 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Smialko | Rebecca Owen |
Customer experience
Pompom
Chronicling
In-app purchases
Pompom
- Pompom+ Monthly$10.491 Month
- Pompom+ Annual$79.991 Year
- 1 hour transcription credit$1.99
- Sound+ (1 hour)$1.99
- 2 hours transcription credit$2.99
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- Sound+ (2 hours)$3.99
- 4 hours transcription credit$4.99
- Sound+ (5 hours)$7.99
- 1 hour voiceover credit$12.99
- 3 hours voiceover credit$34.99
- Pompom+ Lifetime$125.99
Chronicling
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$39.99









