Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs playfullynow

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 concentration and manage your time effectively with a customizable timer. Track your progress, utilize ambient sounds, and enjoy a distraction-free interface to build better focus habits.

Highlights
  • Adjustable focus and rest durations
  • Session analytics and insights
  • Ambient focus sounds
  • Productivity tracker with custom tags
  • Minimal, distraction-free interface
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Pomidor is a calm, simple pomodoro timer for studying and deep work. Plan your day, focus in timed sessions, take real breaks, and watch the hours add up. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Set your own focus and rest lengths, or count up with Timeless mode and stop when you're done • Name your sessions and organize them with tags • The screen stays awake while you focus, and sessions can pause automatically when you leave the app • A gentle notification tells you when a session or a break is over PLAN THE DAY, THEN WORK THE PLAN • Daily Focus Planner: list today's tasks and estimate how many pomodoros each one needs • Start a focus session straight from a task and watch its progress fill in • Move unfinished tasks to the next day with one tap • Task History: look back at any day and pull a past task into today SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Calendar, charts and a full session history, filtered by tag • A heatmap of your focus days • Insights: focus score, your best focus hours, weekly trends and session quality STAY IN THE ZONE • Ambient sounds that keep playing when your phone is locked • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island keeps your timer in view • A home screen widget with your focus time, sessions and streaks MAKE IT YOURS • Themes and alternate app icons • Your sessions, tags and plan sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud, and everything works offline Made for students, ADHD-friendly routines, writing, coding, homework and deep work: anyone who does their best work in focused sprints with real breaks. WHAT IS FREE, WHAT IS PRO Free: the focus and rest timer with your own lengths, the Live Activity, quick stats, one planned task a day, the piano ambient sound and iCloud sync. Pomidor Pro adds unlimited daily tasks with one-tap carry-over, Timeless mode, full analytics and insights, your own tags, every ambient and end sound, all themes and app icons, and the home screen widget's stats. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase; the price is shown in the app before you buy. Subscription payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before it ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/pomidor-privacy-policy/24e82531-5536-4894-9bae-fdfa1228b0d9/privacy

About

playfullynow

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This app isn’t about using your phone less. It’s about seeing your time away from your phone add up. How to use it? Lock your phone from the app, then unlock back into it to see your time away add up. Or just stay on and watch every second add up. Tap or swipe anywhere for a minimal view. Earn a Trophy for any uninterrupted 2+ hours session away from your phone. Earn a Finisher Flag for 2+ hours away in a day, across any number of sessions. The app also shows your potential - how much life you could take back by the end of the year if your longest stretch today kept going. No setup No login No account No permissions No data collection No analytics No ads No notifications No streaks to lose No guilt No punishments No blocking No VPN No subscription No brick to buy

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
playfullynow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: playfullynow at none against Pomodoro Timer's 6. Pomodoro Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.6). 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. playfullynow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pomodoro Timer versus playfullynow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro Timerplayfullynow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTigran MuradyanVINIT KAUSHIK

Bugs and requests

Pomodoro Timer

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust timer duration from main screen
  • Sync focus sessions to calendar
  • Integration with action button to start/pause session
  • Option to bypass session title screen

playfullynow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Pomidor Pro$2.991 Month
  • Pomidor Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • One Coffee$0.99
  • Three Coffees$2.99
  • Five Coffees$4.99
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  • Lifetime Pro Access$24.99
None

playfullynow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is playfullynow free?
playfullynow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro Timer or playfullynow have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor playfullynow shows ads.

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