Comparison

Pomocat vs Better Notes

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

Head to head
About

Pomocat

Boost your productivity with a cute cat companion and calming white noise. This app offers a simple, intuitive interface to minimize distractions and keep you motivated during work, study, or any focus-required activity. Enjoy adorable animations, track your progress, and even focus with friends.

Highlights
  • Adorable cat animations
  • Relaxing white noise options
  • Focus sessions with friends
  • Progress tracking calendar
  • Customizable timer settings
  • Dark mode support
  • Reminders and D-Day tracking (Premium)
Features
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Boost Your Focus with Pomocat: Cute Cat and White Noise Pomocat is your productivity partner, helping you focus with a cute cat companion and a serene environment. The adorable cat animations keep you company, reducing boredom and loneliness, and making it easier to stay positive. With a simple, intuitive UI, Pomocat minimizes distractions, letting you effortlessly dive into your work or studies. Whether it's meditation, exercise, cleaning, drawing, reading, or any other focus-required activity, Pomocat keeps you motivated and makes focusing enjoyable. Why You'll Love Pomocat Adorable Cat Animations - Get encouragement from cute cat animations that bring a smile to your face while you focus. Relaxing White Noise - Stay calm and minimize distractions with soothing white noise, helping you stay in the zone. Focus Together with Friends - Invite friends, hold each other accountable, and stay motivated while working together. Track Your Progress - Record your focused days on a stamp calendar and celebrate your achievements. Customizable Experience - Enjoy dark mode, flexible timer settings, and a variety of alarm sounds to suit your style. Premium Features Upgrade to Pomocat Premium for even more tools to enhance your focus: Reminders and D-Day Tracking - Stay organized with schedule reminders and countdown important events with D-Day tracking. Additional White Noise Options - Access over 20 extra white noise sounds to find the perfect background for your focus sessions. Flexible Focus Time Settings - Set your focus time as freely as you need, giving you ultimate control over your schedule. More Cute Animations - Enjoy even more adorable cat animations to keep you entertained while you work. Manage Multiple To-Do Lists - Keep track of all your tasks with the ability to manage multiple to-do lists, making productivity easier. Pomocat turns focus time into fun time—helping you escape the noise, concentrate on what really matters, and achieve your productivity goals. Download Pomocat now and start your focus journey today! By using this app, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Better Notes

Features
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Better Notes is a calm place to write without building a filing system around every thought. Better Notes requires a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase, to access its note-taking features. There is no permanent free tier. Eligible users can try the yearly subscription free for 7 days. All features described below are included with these access options. Write naturally. Better Notes quietly notices useful details and keeps them within reach, without turning your writing space into a dashboard. WRITE FIRST Capture a thought, list, task, date, link, or personal detail in a clean editor. Better Notes organizes clear signals quietly, and you can always correct what it noticed. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS • See upcoming dates and actionable notes in Overview • Turn clear dates and birthdays into local reminders • Repeat birthday reminders yearly • Find people mentioned across your notes • Keep, rename, merge, or hide people whenever you choose CLEAR THE CLUTTER Review brings back likely temporary notes when enough useful cleanup has accumulated. Keep them, decide later, or delete them with 30-day recovery through Recently Deleted. ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES See what is coming next from the Medium Home Screen widget. Better Notes also includes privacy-safe Lock Screen widgets, a focused iPad layout, and JSON or Markdown export. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The intelligence that organizes your writing runs on your device. Better Notes has no advertising, tracking, cloud AI, Contacts access, or Better Notes account. Account-style notes use safer previews, but Better Notes is not a password manager. PREMIUM ACCESS Purchase required. Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions and a one-time Lifetime purchase unlock the same complete app. Eligible users can start a 7-day free trial of the yearly subscription, which becomes a paid yearly subscription unless cancelled before the trial ends. There is no permanent free tier. Prices and trial eligibility are shown before purchase and vary by App Store storefront. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://betternotes.net/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pomocat4 screens
Better Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Better Notes at none against Pomocat's shown. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Pomocat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Better Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pomocat versus Better Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomocatBetter Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (540 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings540 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJaeil RohRami Hussein

Bugs and requests

Pomocat

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Numbers overlap on certain phone displays
  • Theme compatibility issues with iOS 18

Requested features

6 requests
  • Home screen widgets for timer tracking
  • iPad widget support
  • Dynamic Island timer display for background tracking
  • More color customization for cat and app interface
  • Built-in to-do list functionality
Show 1 more
  • Multiple tasks in free version

Better Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pomocat

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly Pass$2.991 Month
  • Premium Semiannual Pass$13.996 Months
  • Premium Annual Pass$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Better Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Better Notes Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Better Notes Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Better Notes Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Pomocat free?
Pomocat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Better Notes free?
Better Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomocat or Better Notes have ads?
Pomocat shows ads; Better Notes does not.

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