Sweet Time vs The Lore app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sweet Time
This app uses the Pomodoro technique to help you focus, gamifying the experience by letting you build and manage a pixel-art sweet shop. Earn coins by completing focus sessions and baking treats to unlock new desserts.
- Pomodoro timer (25/30 min)
- App blocking during focus
- Bake virtual desserts
- Build and manage a sweet shop
- Track focus statistics
- Unlock new desserts
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Sweet Time is a focus tool that combines time management with light gamification elements. Using the Pomodoro technique, it guides users to stay engaged and productive during each focus session — while gradually building and running their very own pixel-art sweet shop. Focus that's not just effective, but genuinely fun and rewarding. 【Core Features】 1. Pomodoro Timer A 25 or 30-minute focus countdown. While a session is running, other apps on your phone cannot be used. 2. Bake a Treat Complete a Pomodoro, craft a dessert. Every session, something sweet. 3. Run Your Sweet Shop Complete sessions, bake treats, sell them — earn coins and unlock more desserts in your collection. 4. Focus Stats Track your daily and weekly focus time at a glance, helping you build a lasting focus habit.
The Lore app
This app gamifies self-improvement with daily challenges designed to build consistency and positive habits. It focuses on progress over perfection, offering motivating tasks that help users grow in areas like focus, discipline, and productivity.
- Daily gamified challenges
- Streak building for consistency
- Focus on personal growth
- Progress tracking
- Distraction-free experience
- Habit formation
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Lore turns self-improvement into a game.Lore helps you stay consistent by giving you a new challenge every day. Each challenge is simple, motivating, and designed to keep you moving forward. Complete challenges, build streaks, and turn consistency into a habit instead of a struggle. There is no pressure and no overwhelm. Just daily wins that add up over time. Lore works by focusing on what matters most. You get daily challenges that reset every 24 hours, streaks that reward consistency, and challenges built around focus, discipline, and personal growth. You can track your progress over time in a clean, fast, and distraction free experience. Whether your goal is building better habits, improving mental strength, increasing productivity, or growing as a person, Lore gives you a reason to show up every day. Miss a day and you can reset and start again. Complete a streak and build momentum. Lore is not about perfection. It is about progress. Start today. Complete the challenge. Protect your streak.Start today. Complete the challenge. Protect your streak. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sweet Time at fortnightly against The Lore app's monthly. Sweet Time also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). The Lore app's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Sweet Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Lore app sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sweet Time against 5.0 for The Lore app. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Sweet Time's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Lore app's.
Sweet Time ships an update fortnightly, The Lore app monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sweet Time | The Lore app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sherry Zhu | Dagim Cross |
Customer experience
Sweet Time
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In-app purchases
Sweet Time
- 常驻扩展包1$1.99
The Lore app
- More challenges7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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