Comparison

Pomolings vs OnBoard

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

Head to head
About

Pomolings

Enhance your focus with a cute character-driven Pomodoro timer. Organize tasks, enjoy calming ambient sounds, and track your productivity with detailed reports. Sync your data across devices and personalize your experience.

Highlights
  • Smart Pomodoro timer with custom options
  • Task organization with tags and subtasks
  • 20+ calming ambient sounds
  • Focus time tracking and reports
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Personalization with dark mode and themes
Features
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Pomolings helps you stay focused with cute characters, calming ambient sounds, and a simple, effective Pomodoro system. Perfect for study, work, and daily routines. ■ SMART POMODORO TIMER • Ready-to-use timers for Deep Work, Study, and Quick Tasks • Create custom timers for any task • Auto-start sessions and skip breaks • Runs reliably even in the background ■ TASK MANAGEMENT • Organize tasks with tags and subtasks • Repeat tasks daily, weekly, or on weekdays • Automatically track focus time per task ■ AMBIENT SOUNDS & ALARMS • 20+ calming white noise sounds • Rain, ocean, café, fireplace, and more • Cute animal alarm sounds ■ STATS & INSIGHTS • Clear and intuitive focus records • Weekly and monthly focus reports • Discover your most productive hours ■ CLOUD SYNC • Sign in with Apple or Google • Sync data across multiple devices ■ PERSONALIZATION • Dark mode support • Multiple color themes Pomolings is free to use. With Premium, you can unlock unlimited tags, all sounds, and cloud sync. Support: support@fixitdev.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://pomolings.fixitdev.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://pomolings.fixitdev.com/en/privacy

About

OnBoard

Features
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OnBoard is the appointment book for businesses that work by appointment: hair salons, barbershops, beauty and nail studios, repair shops, clinics, tattoo studios and consultancies. See at a glance who's coming today, when, and who's running late, with every client's history one tap away. Free and unlimited: unlimited clients, appointments and categories, with no subscriptions and no in-app purchases. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • Today's appointments with time, client, service and notes • Jump to any date with the calendar, or back to today with one tap • Upcoming and past appointments, kept apart and counted CHECK-INS AND LATENESS, WITH A SWIPE • Swipe right when a client arrives, or left for a no-show • Or touch and hold an appointment and pick from the menu • Lateness is logged for you: late arrivals are marked "Arrived late" • A red alert when a pending appointment passes your grace period • You decide how many minutes count as late (1 to 60) and when appointments move to past YOUR CLIENTS, ALWAYS AT HAND • A card for each client with phone, email, notes and "client since" date • Every client's full appointment and attendance history • Call or email straight from the client card • Search by name, phone or email • When you book, OnBoard recognizes the phone number and suggests the client: no duplicates ORGANIZE BY SERVICE • Create your services with an icon and a color: haircut, color, check-up, consultation, pickup… • Filter each service's appointments from the sidebar EXPORT YOUR DATA • Export your clients as CSV or JSON whenever you like, for your spreadsheet or your CRM ON IPHONE, IPAD AND IPHONE DUO • A sidebar on iPad and iPhone Duo, with the list and the details side by side • Native iOS 27 design, with Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver • Automatic sync with your iCloud across all your devices TRULY PRIVATE No accounts, no ads and no tracking. OnBoard collects no data at all: your appointments and clients only travel to your own iCloud.

Screenshots

Pomolings4 screens
OnBoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnBoard at none against Pomolings's 2. OnBoard also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pomolings's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence 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. Pomolings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. OnBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomolings ships an update weekly, OnBoard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pomolings versus OnBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomolingsOnBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFixIt DevRuben Gonzalez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pomolings

Subscriptions2
  • Pomolings Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Pomolings Premium (Yearly)$9.991 Year
None

OnBoard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomolings free?
Pomolings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnBoard free?
OnBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomolings or OnBoard have ads?
Pomolings shows ads; OnBoard does not.
Which is updated more often, Pomolings or OnBoard?
Pomolings ships an update weekly, and OnBoard every 5 days. Most recently, Pomolings was updated on October 25, 2026 and OnBoard on October 31, 2026.

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