Comparison

Pomoly Focused Working vs mailin

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

Head to head
About

Pomoly Focused Working

This app uses the Pomodoro Technique to help you focus on tasks with timed work and rest intervals. It offers a clean interface, widgets, and ambient sounds to enhance concentration without distractions.

Highlights
  • Classic Pomodoro timer (25/5 or custom)
  • Home, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • Live Activity in Dynamic Island
  • Apple Watch complications and controls
  • Session logging with task labels
  • Ambient sound options
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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Deep work, one tomato at a time. If you have downloaded a focus app only to find it gamifying your attention with dying virtual trees and guilt-tripped streaks, Pomoly is the calm alternative. It is a Pomodoro timer for adults who simply want to finish things — twenty-five minutes of focused work, five minutes of rest, repeat — the rhythm that has helped writers, engineers and students ship for decades, without turning concentration into a digital pet. The philosophy is simple: a focus timer should hold the clock so your brain does not have to, then step out of the way. There is no account, no cloud upload, no third-party server reading what you work on — your session tracker history stays on this device. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Start a session with one tap and the productivity timer runs whether the app is open or not, surfaced through a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, with Home Screen and StandBy widgets keeping the count glanceable. Apple Watch complications give full session control from your wrist, and Siri Shortcuts let you start a deep work block hands-free with a single phrase. Label each session with the task at hand, layer in ambient sound — rain, cafe chatter, forest, brown noise — and let gentle break reminders pull you out at the right moment instead of mid-thought. A clean weekly, monthly and yearly view shows where the hours actually went and which days were truly focus sessions versus context-switching. Custom intervals stretch this tomato timer beyond the classic 25/5 — 15/3 for short bursts, 50/10 for longer drafting blocks, 90/20 for ultradian-rhythm advocates and any combination in between. A task timer mode tags each pomodoro to a project so the writing hours, coding hours and study timer blocks are visible separately at the end of the week. Edge cases stay graceful: an interrupted session can be paused and resumed without breaking the streak, a sudden meeting can shorten the current block without ruining the day's record, and a long deep work stretch can roll without forcing artificial breaks. Auto-start of the next focus session is opt-in for those who want the rhythm to carry itself. The interface ships in 39 languages with VoiceOver accessibility, Dynamic Type and high-contrast support, designed for long writing sessions where eyes get tired. Everything works offline, including the timer, widgets, and the analytics. There is no analytics framework, no marketing email and no behavioural profile sold on. Whether you are a writer guarding drafting time, a student running a study timer, a developer in deep work, or anyone breaking out of constant context-switching, this concentration timer stays quietly in the background — a tool for time blocking, not another productivity game. Unlock with Pro: • Unlimited session history (free tier: last 7 days) • All widgets, themes and StandBy layouts • Custom intervals beyond classic 25/5 (15/3, 50/10, 90/20) • Advanced analytics — most productive hours, streaks, totals • Custom ambient sounds and data export in CSV or JSON Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

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mailin

Features
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mailin turns exported email into an organized, searchable, defensible case file — on your Mac. No account, no tracking. Import Gmail Takeout (.mbox), Apple Mail (.emlx), Outlook (.msg/.pst/.ost), Lotus Notes (.nsf), or .eml files and mailin builds a fast, structured archive you can search, analyze, and export. GUIDED JOBS, NOT JUST TOOLS Pick the job you came to do and mailin walks you through it step by step — saving your work as you go and producing a numbered document you can reopen, export to CSV, and pull into reports. - 47 built-in workflows across 5 roles: Forensic, Legal/eDiscovery, IT, Journalist, Personal - Auto-save, sequential step gates, sign-off, and who/when attestation - Attach the exact files and archive emails as evidence to each step - A numbered document trail (issue, notes, reversal) tied to a tamper-evident log SEARCH AND BROWSE - Full-text and structured search across subjects, senders, and body content - Conversation threading, smart filters (sender, domain, date, attachments, flagged, size) - Gmail label detection from Takeout ANALYSIS AND INSIGHTS - Analytics dashboard: volume timeline, top contacts, activity heatmap, attachment mix - Communication patterns, relationship/entity network graphs, topic clusters - Thread Story: a one-click narrative of any thread, grounded to only its emails - Duplicate and near-duplicate detection with a review pass - Anomaly detection and smart alerts for unusual senders, off-hours, and auth failures - PII detection and GDPR data-subject-access reporting with a redaction pass - Executive dashboard for a case-level KPI overview EXPORT - Per-email: EML, PDF, TIFF, MSG - Documents: Word, CSV, JSON, Markdown, plain text, MBOX, portable HTML viewer, vCard, ICS - Bates-stamped PDF and Concordance load files for legal production - Forensic reports with SHA-256 hashes and hash manifests - Bulk attachment download and redaction marking for safe sharing FORENSIC AND LEGAL - Tamper-evident, HMAC-chained audit log across every action - Chain of custody: acquire, hash, preserve, verify - Custodians and legal holds: issue, acknowledge, preserve, release - SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication analysis; MIME tree inspection - Cryptographically signed exports (Ed25519) PRIVATE BY DESIGN On-device by default. The developer collects nothing. - Zero analytics, zero tracking, zero third-party SDKs - Optional Face ID / Touch ID lock and App Sandbox with minimal permissions - Privacy Manifest declares no data collection by the developer Built natively with SwiftUI. Universal Purchase — buy once, use on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION mailin Personal — Monthly: USD 4.99 / month mailin Personal — Yearly: USD 44.99 / year (save 25%) mailin Personal — Lifetime: USD 99.99 one-time mailin Professional — Monthly: USD 9.99 / month mailin Professional — Yearly: USD 79.99 / year (save 33%) mailin Professional — Lifetime: USD 249.99 one-time Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Manage subscriptions in System Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Lifetime purchases are permanent and do not auto-renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sasmalgiri.github.io/mailin/privacy/ DISCLAIMER mailin augments your judgment; it does not make legal determinations for you. All software, including AI features, can produce inaccurate or incomplete results — always verify important outputs before relying on them. Forensic features (chain-of-custody, Bates numbering, signed exports, HMAC-chained audit logs) support common forensic and eDiscovery workflows, but the admissibility of digital evidence is jurisdiction-specific. Consult qualified legal counsel for evidentiary use. mailin makes no warranty of fitness for any specific legal or regulatory purpose.

Screenshots

Pomoly Focused Working4 screens
mailin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pomoly Focused Working at monthly against mailin's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Pomoly Focused Working sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and mailin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomoly Focused Working ships an update monthly, mailin every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pomoly Focused Working versus mailin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomoly Focused Workingmailin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.517.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBahattin DuranShrabani Sasmal

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pomoly Focused Working

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
4 purchases

mailin

Subscriptions4
  • mailin personal monthly$4.991 Month
  • mailin professional monthly$9.991 Month
  • personal yearly 01$44.991 Year
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  • mailin professional yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Pomoly Focused Working free?
Pomoly Focused Working is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mailin free?
mailin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomoly Focused Working or mailin have ads?
Neither Pomoly Focused Working nor mailin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomoly Focused Working or mailin?
Pomoly Focused Working ships an update monthly, and mailin every 3 months. Most recently, Pomoly Focused Working was updated on September 7, 2026 and mailin on September 20, 2026.

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