Comparison

Pomo Easy vs Pomodoro Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Pomo Easy

Features
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Pomo Easy is a plain, exact Pomodoro timer: a dial, a headline that says what’s happening, and a single button. Twenty-five minutes on, five off, and a long rest once you’ve done four. Change any of it. WHY PEOPLE KEEP IT • It never drifts. Pomo Easy keeps the end time, not a ticking counter, so locking the screen, a restart or a clock change can’t stretch a session. • It reaches you. Session alerts are Time Sensitive and arrive with the app closed, in a sound you pick. • It reads at a glance. The top of the screen says “12 minutes of focus left” or “Long break”, and a bar shows how far into the cycle you are. LOCK SCREEN, HOME SCREEN, WRIST • A Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown. • Widgets that roll over to the break by themselves, on your Home Screen or beside the clock. • On Apple Watch: whatever the iPhone dial is doing, with start, pause, skip and reset a tap away. PLAN THE HOUR • Attach a task and Pomo Easy tallies each finished session against it. Remove a session from History and the tally follows. • History shows today, the past week, your run of days and your strongest day. • On iPhone Duo, unfold for the whole cycle beside the dial. MAKE IT YOURS • Focus from 5 to 90 minutes, breaks from 1 to 60, two to eight sessions per cycle, and optional auto-start for breaks or focus. • Background noise for deep work: white, pink, brown, rain, café or ocean waves, still playing when the iPhone locks. • Eight accents, and the app icon changes to match. Dark mode comes in Graphite or Black. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE Pomo Easy has no sign-in, no ads and no trackers. Sessions, tasks and settings are kept on this iPhone only.

About

Pomodoro Buddy

Enhance your concentration with a beautifully designed focus timer. It utilizes structured work sessions and breaks to help you achieve deep focus for studying, coding, or professional tasks. Track your progress and visualize your achievements with engaging features.

Highlights
  • Dual timer modes (focus sessions or Pomodoro cycles)
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Immersive fullscreen focus mode
  • Visual tomato plant growth tracker
  • Customizable work and break durations
  • Session statistics and progress tracking
  • Home Screen widget for at-a-glance progress
Features
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Boost your productivity with Pomodoro Buddy — a beautifully designed focus timer built for iOS.   Pomodoro Buddy brings the proven Pomodoro Technique to your iPhone with a polished, glass-inspired interface. Whether you're studying for exams, coding a project, or tackling important work, this elegant timer helps you maintain deep focus through structured work sessions and strategic breaks. Key Features: - Dual Timer Modes — Choose simple focus sessions or full Pomodoro cycles with automatic breaks - Live Activities — Track your timer right from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island without opening the app - Focus Mode — An immersive fullscreen timer with beautiful gradient backgrounds for distraction-free sessions - Growing Tomato Plant — Watch your tomato plant grow from seedling to harvest as your session progresses - Customizable Durations — Set work, short break, and long break lengths to match your workflow - Smart Notifications — Gentle alerts let you know when sessions complete, even in the background - Session Statistics — Track your daily progress, weekly trends, and streaks with detailed charts - Home Screen Widget — See your daily focus progress at a glance without opening the app - Haptic Feedback — Subtle tactile responses keep you connected to your session Perfect For: - Students preparing for exams or working on assignments - Software developers maintaining coding flow states - Writers and content creators managing creative sessions - Professionals tackling deep work and complex projects - Anyone looking to improve focus and time management Privacy First: Your productivity data stays completely private. Pomodoro Buddy stores everything locally on your device — no accounts, no data collection, no online tracking. Your habits and statistics remain yours alone. Transform scattered work time into productive, focused achievement. Download Pomodoro Buddy today and experience the power of structured productivity.

Screenshots

Pomo Easy4 screens
Pomodoro Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pomo Easy and Pomodoro Buddy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pomo Easy versus Pomodoro Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomo EasyPomodoro Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew StricklandDanial Beg

In-app purchases

None

Pomo Easy

No in-app purchases

None

Pomodoro Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomo Easy free?
Pomo Easy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pomodoro Buddy free?
Pomodoro Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomo Easy or Pomodoro Buddy have ads?
Neither Pomo Easy nor Pomodoro Buddy shows ads.

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