Comparison

Pomocat vs Brain Rescue

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

Head to head
About

Pomocat

This app helps you focus on tasks with a cute cat companion and calming white noise. It offers customizable timers, progress tracking, and the ability to focus with friends. Premium features include reminders, more sound options, and advanced to-do list management.

Highlights
  • Cute cat animations
  • Relaxing white noise
  • Focus with friends
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable timers
  • Dark mode
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

Brain Rescue

This app helps you reduce excessive phone use by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers customizable limits and focus sessions, with a visual 'Brain Meter' to track your progress towards healthier digital habits. Designed with a focus on mindful choices rather than punishment.

Highlights
  • Block selected apps and websites
  • Set daily screen time budgets or schedules
  • Initiate focus sessions
  • Use mindful passes for necessary access
  • Track screen time and focus minutes
  • Visualize habit improvement with Nori's habitat
Features
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Your attention deserves a place to recover. Brain Rescue is a kinder screen time app that helps you interrupt doomscrolling, protect your focus, and build phone habits that last. Choose the apps and websites that pull you in, set a daily budget or schedule, and let Nori—your tiny brain companion—reflect how your day is going. No shame. No all-or-nothing rules. Just enough friction to turn an automatic tap into an intentional choice. RESCUE YOUR ATTENTION * Block selected apps and websites with Apple’s Screen Time controls * Create a daily limit or schedule for work, study, mornings, and bedtime * Start 15-, 25-, or 45-minute focus sessions whenever you need a clear head * Use mindful passes when you genuinely need a few minutes * See your Brain Meter and understand what changed it MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE * Watch Nori’s habitat become brighter as your habits improve * Track screen time, focus minutes, streaks, and mindful passes * Review 7-day trends to spot the times and routines that trip you up * See how much time you may be reclaiming as your baseline develops DESIGNED TO FEEL HUMAN Brain Rescue doesn’t punish you for using your phone. It helps you pause, choose, and get back to what matters. The goal isn’t zero screen time—it’s screen time you meant to use. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your selected apps, websites, and Screen Time activity are processed on your device. No account is required for the core experience, and your detailed usage data stays on your phone. START FREE Use one protection profile, one schedule, a daily budget, Brain Meter, focus sessions, mindful passes, and 7-day progress for free. Upgrade to Brain Rescue Plus for unlimited profiles and schedules, deeper trends, stricter options, and more Nori habitats. Ready to rescue your attention? Set your first screen time plan and give your brain a little room to breathe. 1. This service is a subscription based paid service, which means you will prepay for future subscription usage. You can currently choose to use this service on a quarterly basis. At the end of each subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew by default, unless you cancel the automatic renewal yourself or we cancel the service. 2. Unsubscribe: To cancel the renewal, please cancel at least 24 hours in advance. You can unsubscribe by opening System Settings, clicking on Apple ID, clicking on Subscription, selecting Premium, and then unsubscribing. 3. Restore purchase: If you receive a prompt saying "You have already subscribed to this project" during the payment process and confirm that you have completed the purchase before, you can click "Restore Purchase" in the upper right corner to restore the purchase. Membership Service Agreement and Automatic Renewal Agreement: https://gcn1s2rmayw3.feishu.cn/wiki/YgqKwPdJmiH0ulkF92kco1CznCg?from=from_copylink Privacy Policy: https://gcn1s2rmayw3.feishu.cn/wiki/SGBIwmUWCiPWoWktE5sclLRgnol?from=from_copylink

Screenshots

Pomocat4 screens
Brain Rescue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Brain Rescue at none against Pomocat's shown. Pomocat's advantage is ratings volume (482 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Pomocat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Brain Rescue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pomocat against 5.0 for Brain Rescue. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pomocat has 482 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pomocat versus Brain Rescue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomocatBrain Rescue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (482 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings482 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJaeil Roh春城 贾

Customer experience

Pomocat

All ratings482 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive94.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative1.2%

Brain Rescue

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

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
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  • Multiple tasks in free version

Brain Rescue

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

Brain Rescue

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Pomocat free?
Pomocat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brain Rescue free?
Brain Rescue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pomocat or Brain Rescue?
Brain Rescue is rated higher. Pomocat averages 4.9 out of 5 from 482 ratings, while Brain Rescue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pomocat or Brain Rescue have ads?
Pomocat shows ads; Brain Rescue does not.

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