Comparison

Pompom vs Chronicling

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Chronicling

Log habits, chores, and symptoms with a flexible tracker. Visualize frequency, patterns, and time since last logged. Offers gentle reminders and customizable categories.

Highlights
  • Log events with a tap
  • Track frequency and patterns
  • Gentle reminders and goals
  • Customizable categories and groups
  • Sync across Apple devices
  • Export data to CSV
Features
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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/.

Screenshots

Pompom3 screens
Chronicling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chronicling at 4.8 against Pompom's 3.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pompom sells 10 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chronicling holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chronicling has 188 ratings behind it against 4, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pompom ships an update fortnightly, Chronicling weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pompom versus Chronicling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPompomChronicling
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (188 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews79.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4188 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal SmialkoRebecca Owen

Customer experience

Pompom

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive41.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative48.4%

Chronicling

All ratings188 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative13.8%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pompom

Subscriptions2
  • Pompom+ Monthly$10.491 Month
  • Pompom+ Annual$79.991 Year
One-time8
  • 1 hour transcription credit$1.99
  • Sound+ (1 hour)$1.99
  • 2 hours transcription credit$2.99
Show 5 more
  • Sound+ (2 hours)$3.99
  • Sound+ (5 hours)$7.99
  • 1 hour voiceover credit$12.99
  • 3 hours voiceover credit$34.99
  • Pompom+ Lifetime$125.99
3 purchases

Chronicling

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Pompom free?
Pompom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chronicling free?
Chronicling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pompom or Chronicling?
Chronicling is rated higher. Pompom averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Chronicling averages 4.8 from 188 ratings.
Do Pompom or Chronicling have ads?
Pompom shows ads; Chronicling does not.
Which is updated more often, Pompom or Chronicling?
Pompom ships an update fortnightly, and Chronicling weekly. Most recently, Pompom was updated on November 7, 2026 and Chronicling on November 7, 2026.

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