Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Deep Hours

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

Deep Hours

Features
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Deep Hours 是一个为长期主义设计的时间记录与习惯追踪 App。你可以为阅读、健身、冥想等真正重要的事情或者刷短视频等你想摈弃的坏习惯建立项目,记录每一次投入的时间或次数,查看今日、本周和长期累计进度。 Deep Hours 相信一万小时理论。真正重要的成长不是一瞬间发生的,而是在一次次专注投入中慢慢积累。每一分钟都在复利。同样的,坏习惯的积累也非一日之寒 主要功能: - 为不同目标创建项目 - 支持时间记录与次数记录 - 支持每日打卡 - 查看今日、本周和项目累计统计 - 导出本地数据 - 删除本地数据 - 本地优先,当前版本的数据默认保存在本机 适合: - 想养成长期好习惯或者摈弃坏习惯的人 - 想记录阅读、运动、冥想或练习时间的人 - 想减少无意识消耗,把注意力投给重要事情的人 - 想看到长期积累进度的人 Deep Hours 帮你把分散的努力,沉淀成看得见的进步。 另外,私心推荐《掌控习惯》这本书。

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Deep Hours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deep Hours at none against Pomodoro Timer's 6. Deep Hours also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Deep Hours asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 2 days, Deep Hours daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Deep Hours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerDeep Hours
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTigran Muradyan玮琳 张

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

Deep Hours

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

Deep Hours

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deep Hours free?
Deep Hours is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Deep Hours have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor Deep Hours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Deep Hours?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 2 days, and Deep Hours daily. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Deep Hours on October 28, 2026.

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