Comparison

Cadence vs PomoGarden

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

Head to head
About

Cadence

This app helps you quietly track recurring tasks without push notifications. It displays what needs to be done on your home screen widget, allowing for quick completion and customization. It also tracks your task completion history to help you understand your patterns.

Highlights
  • Widget-based task display
  • No push notifications
  • Customizable appearance
  • Streak and completion tracking
  • On-device data storage
  • Task grouping by relevance
Features
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Cadence is the recurring task tracker that doesn't nag. Water the plants. Change the sheets. Call your mum. Cadence keeps the rhythm of recurring life quietly on your home screen, so you can see what's due without a single push notification. Every household task, on a gentle loop. Set up a task once, choose how often it repeats, and Cadence takes it from there. When it's time, it shows up. When it's not, it stays out of the way. Your week, quietly organized. See today, this week, and later at a glance. Cadence groups tasks by when they actually matter, so you can scan the week ahead without scrolling through a wall of checkboxes. See it on your home screen. The widget is the whole point. One glance tells you what needs doing. Tap to open, mark things done in a single action. No badge to clear, no inbox feeling, no opening yet another app just to remember what you were supposed to be doing. Make it yours. Forty colours, dozens of icons, one tap to pick. Give "water plants" a leaf. Give "rent day" red. Your widget ends up looking like you, not like a productivity app. See your rhythm. Cadence tracks streaks, completions, and how far you've drifted over time, so you can notice the patterns without obsessing over them. The gym tasks you always skip. The weekly ones you nail every Sunday. A quiet record of what your week actually looks like. Stop worrying. Start doing. No push spam. No daily summary emails. No reminders piling up in Notification Center. Cadence shows you the right task at the right time, in the one place you already look, and otherwise stays silent. Your data, your device. No account required. No cloud sync you didn't ask for. Your tasks live on your device, full stop. Export anytime to back them up, import anytime to move them over. Cadence is for the stuff that comes back around. The gentle, unglamorous, every-few-days tasks that keep a life running. Set them up once, glance at the widget, carry on.

About

PomoGarden

Features
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Turn focus into something you can see. Start a session and a plant grows on your timer; finish it and the plant joins your garden. PomoGarden is a calm Pomodoro timer for studying, deep work and everyday focus. Try everything for 7 days. No payment details, nothing to cancel. FOCUS YOUR WAY - Classic Pomodoro, Deep Work and Flowmodoro: work until you're done and the break scales with you - Custom timer lengths, three timer faces, a soft tick and haptics that work even in silent mode - Flow protection: deep in it when time's up? Keep going, the extra minutes are saved - Auto-start breaks and focus for hands-free sessions - Live Activity, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Control Center control and Siri Shortcuts DESIGNED FOR iPHONE DUO - Open it like a book: the timer on one page, today's progress and your plan on the other - Stand it half-open on the desk and it becomes a quiet desk clock - Tap a plant and read its story on the facing page; Insights spread across both pages GROW A GARDEN - 19 plants to collect, from daisy and clover to the legendary Ghost Orchid - See your garden as a grid, a collection or a timeline of your work BREAKS THAT RECHARGE - The Break Coach suggests the right recovery: guided breathing, desk stretches, posture resets or 20-20-20 eye rest - Water reminders and a longer break after a few sessions INSIGHTS THAT MEAN SOMETHING - Today, Trends and Sessions: focused minutes, streaks, focus score, mood, time away and the time between sessions - Daily goals in minutes or pomodoros, goal days, and where your time goes by mode PLAN AND FOLLOW THROUGH - Day Planner: shape your week into focus blocks in minutes or pomodoros, get a reminder as each one starts and load it with one tap - Goals with deadlines that show whether you're on track PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone - Automatic daily backup to your own iCloud Drive; restore in one tap after a reinstall - Available in 15 languages POMOGARDEN PRO The timer, your garden and your daily goal are free, always. Pro adds Insights, the Break Coach, auto-start and flow protection, your own focus modes and goals, the Day Planner, the Full timer face and the Collection and Timeline garden views. Choose yearly or monthly, or buy Lifetime once. Yearly and Lifetime include Family Sharing. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tenisify.net/pomogarden/terms-3 Privacy Policy: https://tenisify.net/pomogarden/privacy-3

Screenshots

Cadence4 screens
PomoGarden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cadence at none against PomoGarden's 3. PomoGarden's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). 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. PomoGarden sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cadence asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadence ships an update every 2 months, PomoGarden every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cadence versus PomoGarden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadencePomoGarden
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKadi Kramanumit uregun

In-app purchases

None

Cadence

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PomoGarden

Subscriptions2
  • PomoGarden Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PomoGarden Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • PomoGarden Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PomoGarden free?
PomoGarden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cadence or PomoGarden have ads?
Neither Cadence nor PomoGarden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cadence or PomoGarden?
Cadence ships an update every 2 months, and PomoGarden every 9 days. Most recently, Cadence was updated on October 22, 2026 and PomoGarden on October 25, 2026.

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