Comparison

DoBuff vs Joguman Pomodoro Timer

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

Head to head
About

DoBuff

Enhance your Reminders and Calendar with advanced time management, progress tracking, and goal setting. Visualize tasks on a timeline, utilize unique planning views, and gain insights with trend analytics. Integrates with Health data for comprehensive energy and focus management.

Highlights
  • Timeline task and event display
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly planning views
  • Dual tag systems
  • Focus timers and progress bars
  • Trend analytics and heatmaps
  • Calendar event integration
  • Health and sleep data integration
  • Widgets for various tracking needs
Features
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“DoBuff” is primarily built around Reminders and Calendar, providing core features such as time management, progress tracking, goal management, and more. “DoBuff” is designed to enhance Reminders and Calendar with a range of powerful additional features, helping you use them more effectively. “DoBuff” started as a collection of tools I built for my own use with Reminders and Calendar. It was developed around my personal needs and is now available for anyone with similar needs. If you are also a Reminders or Calendar user like me, “DoBuff” may be a great fit for you. Core features and goals (supported for both Reminders and Calendar events): 1. Display tasks and events on a timeline. 2. Unique weekly, monthly, and yearly planning views. 3. Two separate tag systems that can be used independently or synced with Reminders. 4. Focus timers based on Reminders for better time management. 5. Progress bars based on Reminders, with lists serving as progress trackers for goals. 6. Completion and time-spent statistics for Reminders lists. 7. Trend analytics, including tag-based focus time statistics, list tracking, yearly heatmaps, time paths, footprint maps, and more. 8. Countdown support for Reminders. 9. Mark Reminders as abandoned or postponed. 10. Calendar integration, including reading events and writing focus sessions to Calendar. 11. Counting and count tracking. 12. Enhancements available for Reminders are also supported for Calendar events. 13. Export and back up Reminders. 14. Reminder countdowns with support for system alarm countdowns. 15. Note templates for quickly adding notes. 16. Add notes to lists. 17. A range of widgets, including Focus widgets, Calendar widgets, Goal Tracking widgets, Today widgets, and more. 18. Automatic focus timing. 19. Favorites for Reminders and Calendar events. 20. Enhanced global search. 21. Apple Watch version. 22. Turn Reminders into anniversary reminders. 23. Pomodoro focus timer support. 24. Health and sleep data integration, including automatic sleep focus tracking. 25. Energy and focus management. 26. Energy level management. 27. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly records and summaries. 28. Daily mood tracking. 29. List migration. And several other feature enhancements. For Calendar events, DoBuff also provides workflow-based event management, such as marking events as completed or abandoned. These are only some of the features currently available in “DoBuff”. More features are being organized and will be released gradually. *Membership Subscription: Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and the renewal price will be confirmed at that time. Subscriptions can be managed by the user. Auto-renewal can be turned off after purchase by going to the user’s App Store account settings. 【Feedback & Support】 If you have any questions or issues while using the app, please contact us at: liyubelief@iCloud.com Terms of Use: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DSFZOeURmQk1McGVu Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DSFBQSWJwcERmRUhB

About

Joguman Pomodoro Timer

This app helps you focus on tasks by making time visible. It guides you to complete your work one step at a time, improving concentration and productivity.

Highlights
  • Visual time tracking
  • Task management assistance
  • Improved focus
  • Step-by-step work guidance
Features
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It’s hard to get everything done at once, but you can always take it one step at a time. When time becomes visible, it’s easier to stay focused. Brachio is here to help you stay on track!

Screenshots

DoBuff4 screens
Joguman Pomodoro Timer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joguman Pomodoro Timer at none against DoBuff's 3. Joguman Pomodoro Timer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). DoBuff's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (39 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. DoBuff sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Joguman Pomodoro Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Joguman Pomodoro Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DoBuff has 39 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of DoBuff's written reviews are positive against 92% of Joguman Pomodoro Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoBuff ships an update every 2 weeks, Joguman Pomodoro Timer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DoBuff versus Joguman Pomodoro Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoBuffJoguman Pomodoro Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (39 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.0% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宇 李Joguman, Inc.

Customer experience

DoBuff

All ratings39 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Joguman Pomodoro Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DoBuff

Subscriptions2
  • 月会员$0.991 Month
  • 年会员$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员$9.99
None

Joguman Pomodoro Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoBuff free?
DoBuff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Joguman Pomodoro Timer free?
Joguman Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DoBuff or Joguman Pomodoro Timer?
Joguman Pomodoro Timer is rated higher. DoBuff averages 4.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Joguman Pomodoro Timer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do DoBuff or Joguman Pomodoro Timer have ads?
Neither DoBuff nor Joguman Pomodoro Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoBuff or Joguman Pomodoro Timer?
DoBuff ships an update every 2 weeks, and Joguman Pomodoro Timer every 5 weeks. Most recently, DoBuff was updated on November 8, 2026 and Joguman Pomodoro Timer on November 9, 2026.

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