Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Thicket

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 focus and build better work habits with a gamified productivity experience. This app combines the Pomodoro Technique with engaging coffee-themed animations, task management, and detailed progress tracking to make staying on task enjoyable and rewarding.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro intervals
  • Gamified progress with coffee animations
  • Integrated to-do list
  • Detailed statistics and reports
  • Task completion analytics
  • Barista rank progression
  • Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
Features
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Struggling to stay focused? CoffeePomodoro turns productivity into a delightful coffee break experience! Combine the proven Pomodoro Technique with beautiful coffee-themed animations. Track focus time, manage tasks & level up productivity while building better work habits. Perfect for students, professionals & anyone fighting distractions. WHY COFFEEPOMODORO? The only Pomodoro timer that makes focus fun & rewarding! Every session fills your virtual coffee cup with beautiful animations. Level up your barista rank, earn achievements & watch productivity grow. Unlike boring timers, CoffeePomodoro gamifies your work sessions. Stay motivated with visual progress, compete with yourself & build lasting productivity habits. POWERFUL FOCUS TIMER - Customizable Pomodoro intervals (25-5-15) - Smart break reminders - Skip breaks when in flow - Pause & resume anytime - Live Activities tracking - Beautiful coffee animations - Multiple timer presets TRACK PRODUCTIVITY - Detailed statistics dashboard - Daily, weekly, monthly reports - Visual insights & productivity trends - Task completion analytics - Focus time trends - Session history - Streak counter - Progress graphs - Total time statistics TASK MANAGEMENT - Integrated to-do list with timer - Quick task creation - Organize by projects & tags - Estimated Pomodoro per task - Subtasks support - Drag & drop reorder - Mark completed - Archive tasks - Task notes LEVEL UP PRODUCTIVITY - Barista rank progression - Earn XP per Pomodoro - Unlock achievements - Coffee filling animations - Track productivity level - Daily & weekly challenges - Beat personal best - Visual badges BEAUTIFUL DESIGN - Glassmorphism UI - Clean, modern design - Smooth animations - Minimalist interface - All screen sizes - Premium feel, free - Modern iOS design SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Gentle break reminders - Custom alert sounds - Bell & chime options - Volume control - Do Not Disturb mode - Silent sessions 36+ LANGUAGES - Worldwide language support - Real-time switching - Battery efficient - Works offline - Regular updates - Customer support APPLE INTEGRATION - Home Screen widgets - Live Activities - iPhone & iPad optimized - Seamless sync PERFECT FOR: - Students studying & exam prep - Professionals working remotely - Developers in deep work - Writers & creators - ADHD focus support - Freelancers & time management - Coffee lovers - Anyone battling phone distractions - People building better habits SCIENCE-BACKED Pomodoro Technique increases focus by 40%, reduces fatigue, improves time management, boosts task completion, decreases procrastination & enhances work-life balance. PRIVACY FIRST - No account required - Data stays on device - Optional Firebase backup - No data selling - GDPR compliant - Full data control FREE TO START Free: Unlimited Pomodoro sessions, task management, statistics, level progression & core features. Premium: Ad-free experience, cloud backup, 21+ background music, 12+ alert sounds & exclusive cups. Monthly ($1.99/mo), Annual ($12.99/yr) or Lifetime ($24.99). LOVED BY USERS "Best Pomodoro app! Coffee theme makes it enjoyable." - Sarah M. "Hit my productivity goals. Stats keep me motivated!" - Alex K. "ADHD-friendly & fun. Game changer!" - Jamie L. "Finally stopped procrastinating! The coffee rewards keep me going." - Mike R. DOWNLOAD TODAY Clean design. Powerful features. Zero distractions. Transform productivity with the most beautiful & rewarding Pomodoro timer. Start your coffee-powered focus session now! Perfect for work, study, focus & fighting procrastination. Free to download. No credit card required. Start focusing in 30 seconds. Try it now & discover why thousands choose CoffeePomodoro! Contact: hello@coffeepomodoro.com Follow: @coffeepomodoro Made with coffee and love by an indie developer who believes productivity should be enjoyable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Thicket

Features
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Plant a tree and leave your phone alone. Lock it, pocket it, put it face down — the tree keeps growing. Open something else and it dies. That is the whole idea, and it works because the stake is real. WHAT GROWS Every finished session becomes a tree in your grove. Days fill up, months fill out, and a year of attention turns into somewhere you can actually look at. Twenty species across six regions, and you cannot buy a single one. Each is earned by focusing — some by total hours, some by finishing long sessions, some found by chance in the ones over ninety minutes. Your trees, your garden, all of it earned. Pinch a grove to look closer. Everything is drawn again as you go, so it stays sharp all the way in, and the shapes you earned are worth looking at. A GARDEN YOU ARRANGE Seeds come from finishing sessions, and they buy things to put in your grove — a bench, a pond, a fire pit, a deer that only visits a forest left alone. Eighteen of them. A thing you place belongs to the day you placed it, so every grove ends up different, and you can buy the same bench again next week for another day. Hold anything to pick it up and move it wherever you like. It stays where you put it. THE APPS THAT ALWAYS WIN Pick the ones you cannot be trusted around. While a tree is growing they do not open, and the moment the session ends — finished or given up on — they open again. No schedules, no standing block, nothing left switched on behind you. You choose them in Apple's own picker, which means Thicket is never told which apps you picked. It only knows how many. Free, like everything else here that matters. DAY AND NIGHT After dark the grove gets a moon, stars and moonlight on the leaves. Not a dark mode — a time of day. It follows your phone, or you can hold it at night all day if you like. LOCKING YOUR PHONE IS FOCUSING Most focus apps cannot tell putting your phone down apart from picking up another app. Thicket can. A locked screen is exactly what it asks of you, so nothing is lost. Wandering into another app is what it is there to stop — and you get a warning with time to come back. QUIETLY BUILT · No account, no sign-up, no server · No analytics, no advertising, no tracking of any kind · Backup to your own iCloud, so losing a phone is not losing a year · Your whole history and every statistic, free forever THE FULL VERSION Free gives you the timer, deep focus, app blocking, the lock screen timer, all your statistics, iCloud backup, and four species to plant. The full version opens the rest of the catalogue: all twenty species, all six regions, the whole garden. You still earn every one of them by focusing — buying opens the catalogue, it never plants a tree for you. Thicket is made by one person. If something is wrong, write in and a real person answers. Privacy Policy: https://urosgruber.github.io/thicket/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Thicket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Thicket at none against Pomodoro Timer's shown. Thicket also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Thicket sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 9 days, Thicket every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Thicket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerThicket
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemzi AkgozUros Gruber

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium1 Year trial$12.991 Year
  • Annual Premium$12.991 Year
One-time7
  • Fries$3.99
  • Coffee$5.99
  • Pizza$7.99
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  • Lunch$9.99
  • Lifetime Upgrade$19.99
  • Pack all$19.99
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99
3 purchases

Thicket

Subscriptions2
  • Thicket Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Thicket Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Thicket Forever$34.99

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thicket free?
Thicket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Thicket have ads?
Pomodoro Timer shows ads; Thicket does not.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Thicket?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Thicket every 3 days. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on November 5, 2026 and Thicket on October 31, 2026.

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