Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs PACE_APP

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

Features
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Stay Focused. Get More Done. 100% FREE Pomodoro Focus Timer helps you study and work in focused 25-minute sprints with short breaks. It's the Pomodoro Technique made simple and beautiful — a clean, distraction-free focus timer for studying, working, coding, reading, or any task that needs deep concentration. CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS STYLE Unlike a basic pomodoro timer, Focus Timer gives you beautifully themed timer styles for every kind of work: - Study Timer — stay locked in during revision and exam prep - Coding Timer — a developer-friendly focus mode - Reading Timer — calm, distraction-free reading sessions - Meditation Timer — relax and breathe between sprints - Digital Clock & Classic — minimal, full-screen focus Each theme has its own look, so your focus timer matches your task and your mood. HOW IT WORKS Work for 25 minutes, take a 5-minute break, then repeat. After 4 pomodoro sessions, enjoy a longer 15-minute break. This simple time-management method helps you stay focused without burning out. FEATURES - Simple Pomodoro timer — one tap to start focusing - Customizable sessions — adjust focus and break lengths to fit your routine - Track progress — daily and weekly productivity stats - Smart alerts — sound and vibration notifications - Beautiful design — light and dark themes - Fully offline — no internet, low battery usage PERFECT FOR - Students preparing for exams (study timer) - Remote workers and professionals staying productive - Writers beating writer's block - Developers coding with focus - Anyone fighting procrastination or managing ADHD WHY THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE WORKS The Pomodoro Technique is a proven time-management method that improves concentration, reduces mental fatigue, beats procrastination, and builds better work habits. Used by millions of students and professionals worldwide to focus, study, and get more done.

About

PACE_APP

This app provides tools to manage your time effectively, from short-term tasks to long-term goals. It offers real-time tracking for routines and accumulates progress for multi-month journeys, helping you stay on track and visualize your achievements.

Highlights
  • Live pace tracking for tasks
  • Adaptive timing adjustments
  • Real-time arrival targets
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Apple Watch notifications
  • Automated session tracking for goals
  • Progress visualization for long-term projects
Features
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Time blindness isn't a discipline problem. It's a visibility problem. PACE gives you two instruments. Routines handle the next ten minutes. Journeys handle the next ten months. Both do the same thing: they take the arithmetic you can't do in your head and put it on screen, continuously. ROUTINES — for the parts of the day that keep slipping Give each task a time limit. Start the routine. PACE tracks you against the plan in real time and tells you whether you're ahead or behind — not at the end, but right now, on the task you're doing. - Live pace tracking. Every task shows time remaining and whether you're gaining or losing ground. - Adaptive timing. Started fifteen minutes late? PACE shortens the tasks you've allowed it to shorten, proportionately, so you still make it. - Arrive targets. Add a destination and PACE folds in live travel time — driving, walking, or biking — then works backwards to the exact minute you should start. - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. The countdown lives outside the app. You don't have to unlock your phone to know where you stand. - Apple Watch. The last seconds of every task buzz your wrist. Advance without touching your phone. JOURNEYS — for the goals that take months Twenty minutes a day is invisible until something counts it. Journeys log every session against a long-term goal and show you the total you've actually accumulated. - Sessions, hours, and milestones tracked automatically. - Honest progress math: how far along you are, and what this week still owes you. - Time banked — the hours you put in that you'd never otherwise have noticed. NEEDS ATTENTION — nothing slips quietly One list on the home screen surfaces everything drifting. Amber for overdue or behind pace. Gray for gone quiet. Green for on track today. You see it the moment you open the app. BUILT FOR - Adults with ADHD and anyone who loses time without meaning to - People who keep starting the same habit and can't tell if it's working - Anyone who does the morning routine every day and is somehow still late - Students who need a system for keeping track of assignments, projects and study habits. Keep pace with time — minute to minute, and month to month. PACE Pro subscription: $6.99/month or $49.99/year, each starting with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thepaceapp.info/privacy

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
PACE_APP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pomodoro Timer at none against PACE_APP's 2. Pomodoro Timer also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). PACE_APP's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. PACE_APP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Pomodoro Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 3 months, PACE_APP every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pomodoro Timer versus PACE_APP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerPACE_APP
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSulton GafurovTodd Shannon

In-app purchases

None

Pomodoro Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PACE_APP

Subscriptions2
  • PACE Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PACE Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PACE_APP free?
PACE_APP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomodoro Timer or PACE_APP have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor PACE_APP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or PACE_APP?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 3 months, and PACE_APP every 10 days. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and PACE_APP on September 29, 2026.

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