Comparison

PomoPanda vs YourScroll

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

Head to head
About

PomoPanda

This app uses a customizable panda companion and calming backgrounds to help users stay focused with timed work sessions and mindful breaks. It offers structured productivity tools with lighthearted rewards, prioritizing user privacy by storing all data locally.

Highlights
  • Customizable panda companion
  • Calming background scenes
  • Timed work and break sessions
  • Local data storage for privacy
  • Session summaries and stats
  • Offline-first functionality
Features
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Stay focused with a friendly panda by your side. PomoPanda is a calm Pomodoro and focus timer built for studying, deep work, and ADHD-friendly routines. Set a task, choose a duration, and let your panda keep you company while you focus. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Choose 15, 25, or 50-minute focus sessions • Set custom focus durations with Premium • Use Pomodoro cycles with configurable work, short-break, and long-break times • Get local notifications when it is time to focus or rest MAKE YOUR PANDA YOURS • Choose peaceful backgrounds for study and work • Dress your panda with hats and outfits • Complete focus sessions to unlock Celebration, Cozy, and Active outfit sets SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Review focus time by day, week, or year • Track sessions and total focused time • Keep your progress stored locally on your device PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account or login required • No advertising or analytics SDKs • Task names, customization choices, and session data stay on your device • Works offline except when purchases or product information are needed POMOPANDA PREMIUM Unlock Pomodoro mode, custom durations, premium outfits, and more with a weekly or yearly subscription, or choose the one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID settings. Prices may vary by region. Privacy Policy: https://appstore.devjmc.com/friendlyfocus/privacy Terms of Use: https://appstore.devjmc.com/friendlyfocus/terms Support: https://appstore.devjmc.com/support Build a calmer focus routine with PomoPanda.

About

YourScroll

Features
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YourScroll blocks the apps you lose hours to, and challenges you to reflect to get them back. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps you want to restrict and a daily limit. When that time is up, they lock. The next time you go to use them, YourScroll gives you a prompt to think about instead. Once you have taken a second to write an answer, you can use your apps freely, or decide you would actually rather get on with your day. There are hundreds of carefully curated prompts across ten categories, including Stoicism, Personal Identity, Creative Writing, Social Media, Relationships and Gratitude. Pick the categories you want to see and ignore the rest. Every entry stays in your own personal scroll, a record of all the times you took a second to use your brain. EXTRA FEATURES - Focus sessions. Need to lock in? Block your chosen apps for as long as you need, at any point in the day. - Bedtime. Schedule your apps to switch off at night and protect your sleep. - Banked time. Write while you still have screen time left and bank up to 20 minutes for later. - Strict Lock. For when you do not trust yourself later. With Strict Lock on, weakening any setting means reproducing a 141 word passage exactly. Any mistakes and you start again. PRIVACY - No account, no sign-up, nothing to log into. - Everything you write stays on your phone, because there is nowhere else for it to go. - YourScroll cannot even see which apps you picked. iOS keeps that to itself. PRICING - Free. - No in-app purchases. - No subscription. - No ads.

Screenshots

PomoPanda4 screens
YourScroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YourScroll at none against PomoPanda's 2. YourScroll also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). PomoPanda's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.4). On price, 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. PomoPanda sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. YourScroll asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PomoPanda ships an update every 6 months, YourScroll every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PomoPanda versus YourScroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomoPandaYourScroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJACOB COXJames Neville

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PomoPanda

Subscriptions1
  • Friendly Focus Weekly$6.997 Days
One-time1
  • Friendly Focus Lifetime$39.99
None

YourScroll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PomoPanda free?
PomoPanda is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YourScroll free?
YourScroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PomoPanda or YourScroll have ads?
Neither PomoPanda nor YourScroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PomoPanda or YourScroll?
PomoPanda ships an update every 6 months, and YourScroll every 2 days. Most recently, PomoPanda was updated on October 6, 2026 and YourScroll on October 7, 2026.

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