Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Microva

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

Enhance your focus and productivity with customizable timers based on the Pomodoro technique. Track your progress with insightful charts, receive timely notifications, and organize sessions by category. Sync across devices and build consistent, lasting habits for a deeper, more balanced life.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus and break timers
  • Progress tracking with charts and analytics
  • Alarms and notifications
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Session organization by category
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Focus streak and goal building
Features
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FocusKit helps you work with deeper focus, protect your time, and build a calmer daily rhythm. Features Smart Focus Sessions Use Pomodoro-style focus and break timers that fit the way you work. Stay productive, take better breaks, and keep your day balanced. Progress Tracking See your focus time, patterns, streaks, goals, and long-term progress with clear charts and helpful insights. Alarms and Notifications Never lose track of time. FocusKit can alert you when a session ends, when a break begins, or when it is time to get back into flow. Live Activities Follow your current session from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island without unlocking your iPhone. Categories Organize sessions by project, task, or purpose so you can understand where your time really goes. iCloud Sync Keep your sessions and categories in sync across your devices, with privacy and security built in. Consistency Maintain focus streaks, reach daily and weekly goals, and turn focused work into a lasting habit. Home Screen Widgets Bring FocusKit to your Home Screen. Start, pause, or check your current session at a glance without opening the app. Choose from multiple widget sizes and styles, view your daily focus progress, track your streaks, and start a new session with a single tap. Apple Watch Take FocusKit with you wherever you go. Start, pause, and end focus sessions from your wrist, get haptic feedback for session transitions and breaks, check the remaining time, switch categories on the fly, and keep your streak alive even when your iPhone is out of reach. Complications put your next focus session one tap away from any watch face. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tryfocuskit.com/privacy/

About

Microva

Features
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Microgreens are easy to grow - until you lose track of what's in which tray, forget a stage, or can't remember what you did last time. Microva is the microgreens tracker, tray planner, and grow log that keeps every grow organized from seed to harvest. Whether you grow broccoli microgreens, radish, pea shoots, sunflower, or cress and more, Microva helps you stay organized, follow the right timing, and keep every tray on track. Use Microva to: - create and manage microgreens trays with smart defaults - track each tray through seeding, germination, growing, and harvest - follow action checklists for every stage - log tray actions and review tray history - see all active trays in one simple dashboard - view upcoming and past grow events in a calendar - save photos for each tray and watch progress over time - get reminders for stage transitions and grow tasks - read built-in guides and variety reference content From your first tray to a steady growing routine, Microva gives you one place to manage the whole process - and makes microgreens feel less intimidating and more repeatable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Microva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Microva at 15.1 against Pomodoro Timer's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pomodoro Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Microva sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update fortnightly, Microva every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Microva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerMicrova
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian RoehlRafal Nawojczyk

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions4
  • FocusKit Pro (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • FocusKit Pro (1 Month)$1.991 Month
  • FocusKit Pro (1 Year)$9.991 Year
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  • FocusKit Pro (1 Year)$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • FocusKit Pro (Lifetime)$17.99
  • FocusKit Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
5 purchases

Microva

Subscriptions5
  • Microva Weekly Pro Plan$4.997 Days
  • Microva Weekly Pro Plan Discounted14 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Microva Monthly Pro Plan$6.991 Month
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  • Microva Annual Pro Discounted$28.991 Year
  • Microva Annual Pro Plan1 Month trial$33.991 Year

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Microva free?
Microva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Microva have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor Microva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Microva?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Microva every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on October 9, 2026 and Microva on October 8, 2026.

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