Comparison

My Little Pomodoro vs Focus Pet

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

Head to head
About

My Little Pomodoro

This app helps you combat smartphone distractions and improve focus using the Pomodoro technique. Earn rewards by concentrating to decorate a virtual room and enjoy calming music. Track your progress and build a more fulfilling day.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro Timer
  • Room Decoration
  • Focus Music
  • Exercise Tracking
  • Statistics
  • Power-Saving Mode
Features
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In today’s world full of smartphone temptations, it’s hard to stay focused. My Little Pomodoro helps you stay away from your device while you concentrate. As you enjoy cozy music and build your own warm room, your day will gradually become more meaningful and fulfilling. Your cute friends Pommi and the cat Doro will always be by your side. Based on the Pomodoro technique, it helps you manage your focus and break time and the more you focus, the more you can decorate your room. Turn your time into something lively and rewarding. ⏰ Features Pomodoro Timer: Freely set focus time, short break, and long break Room Decoration: The more you focus, the richer your room becomes Music: Emotional OST, piano tunes, and nature sounds to boost your focus Exercise: Count your squats and stay healthy Statistics: Easily view your focus, rest, and exercise logs Power-Saving Mode: Quiet at night, protects your screen and saves battery ⏰ Perfect for those who... Want to focus better on study or work Are looking for a cozy, emotional timer Feel motivated by decorating and visual progress Love the vibe of Forest or LoFi Girl One session at a time — build your rhythm. An experience where your focus, your room, and your self all grow together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Focus Pet

This app combines a focus timer with a virtual pet to help you stay productive. Earn coins during focus sessions to grow and customize your pet, and build a world for it. It offers various focus modes, ambient sounds, and motivational tools.

Highlights
  • Focus timer with Pomodoro, deep work, and stopwatch modes
  • Virtual pet growth and customization
  • Habitat and room design for pets
  • Streaks, goals, and progress tracking
  • Ambient focus sounds
  • Coin rewards for focus sessions
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Focus for 25 minutes. Come back to a pet that grew because you did. Focus Pet Study Timer turns study sessions into progress you can see. Start a Pomodoro, put the phone down, and every focused minute earns coins, XP and a streak worth protecting. A POMODORO TIMER THAT STICKS • Pomodoro (25/5), free timer or stopwatch • Your own focus and break lengths • Tag every session by what you're working on • Link a session to a task and tick it off the moment you finish • Daily goals, reminders and a full screen with nothing to tap • Live Activity keeps the countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island STUDY WITH FRIENDS, IN REAL TIME Focus Rooms let you work next to people instead of alone. • Start or join a room of up to 4 people • Shared sessions with synced Pomodoro rounds and breaks • Everyone's pets sit together in the same habitat • Bonus coins when you finish together • Invite by link or straight from your friends list A PET THAT NOTICES • A growing cast of pets to unlock, each with its own animations • Raise one from baby to young to adult • Rare color variants and a shop full of accessories • Focus and it's happy. Disappear for days and it isn't. BUILD A PLACE WORTH COMING BACK TO • Habitats from a cozy room to a space station • Backgrounds and furniture for every mood • Drag anything anywhere, flip it, resize it • Better habitats pay bigger coin and XP bonuses on every session THE REST OF YOUR DAY • Calendar with tasks, repeats and reminders • Habit tracker with streaks and milestones • Journal with mood tracking and daily prompts • Meditation and breathing exercises for the gaps in between PROOF YOU'RE IMPROVING • Focus time by day and week • Your peak hours, best days and completion rate • Records for your longest session and best day • Achievements, streaks and streak freezes for the day life gets in the way SOUNDS THAT SHUT THE WORLD OUT Rain, forest, cafe, lo-fi and more pick one and let the room disappear. FOCUS PET PREMIUM • No ads • Bonus coins every day and after long sessions • Exclusive pets, backgrounds and ambient sounds • A full-year focus heatmap, monthly summaries and mood insights • Your complete session history, not just the last few • Unlimited pauses mid-session WHO IT'S FOR Students and exam prep, remote workers, developers, designers, writers and researchers — anyone working in Pomodoro rounds, time blocks or deep work sessions. Syncs to the cloud, in light or dark mode. Download Focus Pet Study Timer and turn every focused minute into something you can see. Terms of Use: https://www.mooderbaylabs.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mooderbaylabs.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

My Little Pomodoro4 screens
Focus Pet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: My Little Pomodoro at 273 against Focus Pet's 3. My Little Pomodoro also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Focus Pet's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. My Little Pomodoro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Focus Pet sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus Pet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Little Pomodoro has 273 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of My Little Pomodoro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Focus Pet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Little Pomodoro ships an update every 4 days, Focus Pet every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Little Pomodoro versus Focus Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Little PomodoroFocus Pet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (273 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings273 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEVFLOOR Co.,Ltd.Orhun Arda Kaya

Customer experience

My Little Pomodoro

All ratings273 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.1%

Focus Pet

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Little Pomodoro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Timer stops when app is closed or device is turned off
  • Music playback issues when switching between apps

Requested features

5 requests
  • Display current time and date during study sessions
  • Option to use break music as study music
  • More furniture/room customization options
  • Expand exercise tracking beyond just squats
  • Add a to-do list or task management feature

Focus Pet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

My Little Pomodoro

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
One-time7
  • Tomato 300$0.99
  • Tomato 2000$4.99
  • Tomato 5000$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Special Gift$12.49
  • Purchase Premium$12.99
  • Tomato 12000$19.99
  • Tomato 30000$42.99
5 purchases

Focus Pet

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Premium$3.991 Month
  • All premium. Save 58% vs monthly.$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Focus Pet - Study Timer$0.99
  • Focus Coins 1200$1.99
  • Focus Coins 3000$3.99

Questions

Is My Little Pomodoro free?
My Little Pomodoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Pet free?
Focus Pet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Little Pomodoro or Focus Pet?
Focus Pet is rated higher. My Little Pomodoro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 273 ratings, while Focus Pet averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do My Little Pomodoro or Focus Pet have ads?
Both My Little Pomodoro and Focus Pet show ads.
Which is updated more often, My Little Pomodoro or Focus Pet?
My Little Pomodoro ships an update every 4 days, and Focus Pet every 3 days. Most recently, My Little Pomodoro was updated on October 28, 2026 and Focus Pet on October 10, 2026.

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