Comparison

Sweet Time vs Cogi

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro timer (25/30 min)
  • App blocking during focus
  • Bake virtual desserts
  • Build and manage a sweet shop
  • Track focus statistics
  • Unlock new desserts
Features
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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.

About

Cogi

This app helps you retain insights from books you've read. It resurfaces your highlights and quotes daily using spaced repetition, ensuring that important ideas stick with you over time. Engage with content through simple swipe gestures and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Daily highlight cards with swipe gestures
  • Spaced repetition for memory retention
  • Quote Mix for content control
  • Customizable daily highlight count
  • Shareable quote cards
  • Streak tracking and leaderboard
  • iCloud sync
Features
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You read great books. You highlight powerful ideas. Then you forget them. Cogi fixes that. It takes the quotes and highlights from the books you've read and resurfaces them daily using spaced repetition. The same memory technique used by language learners and medical students. Ideas come back to you at scientifically timed intervals so they actually stick. Every morning, Cogi serves you a handful of highlights on beautiful, minimal cards. Swipe right if it resonated, left to see it again sooner, or up to remove it. That's it. No clutter, no feeds, no noise, just the wisdom you already collected, working its way into how you think. Features: - Daily highlight cards with swipe gestures - Spaced repetition intervals that adapt to your reviews - Quote Mix to control which books appear more or less - Customizable daily highlight count (3 to 15) - Share beautifully designed quote cards - Streak tracking with a global leaderboard - iCloud sync across all your devices - Light and dark mode - Completely free, no ads Cogi is built for readers who believe the best ideas deserve more than one reading.

Screenshots

Sweet Time4 screens
Cogi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cogi at none against Sweet Time's 1. Cogi also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Sweet Time's advantage is ratings volume (8 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. Sweet Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cogi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sweet Time against 5.0 for Cogi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweet Time ships an update fortnightly, Cogi every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sweet Time versus Cogi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweet TimeCogi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSherry ZhuPrince Malik

Customer experience

Sweet Time

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%

Cogi

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sweet Time

One-time1
  • 常驻扩展包1$1.99
None

Cogi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sweet Time free?
Sweet Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cogi free?
Cogi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sweet Time or Cogi?
Sweet Time and Cogi are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Sweet Time or Cogi have ads?
Neither Sweet Time nor Cogi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweet Time or Cogi?
Sweet Time ships an update fortnightly, and Cogi every 3 days. Most recently, Sweet Time was updated on October 22, 2026 and Cogi on October 16, 2026.

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