Comparison

Couples Screen Time vs PomPup

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

Head to head
About

Couples Screen Time

This app helps couples manage screen time and tasks together. By sharing a screen time pool and to-do lists, users earn minutes back by completing tasks, keeping a shared flame alive. It encourages accountability and shared goals for digital well-being.

Highlights
  • Shared screen time pool
  • Shared to-do lists
  • Earn screen time by completing tasks
  • Visual flame indicator
  • App locking when time is up
  • Individual and couple modes
Features
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Screen time for couples. Cut it together. Burn is a screen time app for couples. Invite your partner, share one pool of screen time, and share whichever to-do lists you like. Finish tasks to earn logs and feed them to Burn, a little flame you keep lit together. Doomscroll the pool dry and both of your distracting apps lock. No willpower required. Just someone in your corner, and a flame worth keeping lit. BURN DUO: SHARE IT WITH YOUR PARTNER (FREE) • One shared screen time pool, with a daily goal either of you can change • Share any to-do list: groceries, chores, date night plans. Everything else stays private • Either of you ticks a shared task off, it's done for both • One log pile: tasks either of you finishes refuel you both • See your partner's day: how much they burned, and where it went by the app groups they name • Get a heads-up when your partner adds or finishes a shared task • One flame, one streak. It breaks the moment either of you burns the last minute • Own Burn+? Your partner gets it too while you're in a Duo • Syncs through your own iCloud. No Burn account, no sign-in HOW IT WORKS • Start each day with a screen time budget • Scrolling the apps you pick burns through it, minute by minute • Hit zero and those apps lock • Finish tasks to earn logs • Feed logs to Burn: every log buys 10 more minutes Rather go solo? Burn works just as well on your own. GET STUFF DONE • Give every task its own log reward, so big jobs pay more • Daily, weekday, or custom repeating tasks for your habits • Plan Today, Tomorrow, and the days ahead • Sort tasks into color-coded categories, private or shared • Shake to undo if you tap too soon A FLAME WORTH KEEPING LIT • Burn reacts to your day: happy when you're on track, worried when time runs low, out cold when it's gone • Tap, pet, and drag logs in to feed him • Dozes off at night with a sleepy face • Keep Burn lit all day to build your streak YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Choose exactly which apps and categories burn fuel • Everything else stays open • Set your own daily budget • No account, no sign-in, no ads. BURN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • 13 flame colors, each with a matching app icon • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a task list you can check off without opening the app • Live Activity: watch your fuel count down in the Dynamic Island • Low fuel warnings before your apps lock • Screen Time Insights: see which apps ate your time, by day, week, and month Burn uses Apple's Screen Time to track and limit only the apps you choose. What you do in them never leaves your device. In a Duo, your partner sees only your totals, the app groups you name and your shared lists, synced through your iCloud.

About

PomPup

Features
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Meet PomPup, a warm focus timer with a virtual dog who grows happier as you build a steady routine. Complete a focus session and your pup enjoys a well-earned snack. Return consistently and watch their mood, energy, health, and playful personality blossom. If you take time away, your companion may miss you—but every state is recoverable and every fresh start is celebrated. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Countdown timer with customizable focus and break durations • Open-ended stopwatch for flexible sessions • Pause and reset controls, with optional auto-start • Full-screen distraction-free focus view • Lock Screen Live Activities and Dynamic Island timer on supported iPhones • Completion sounds, haptics, and optional local notifications SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Daily, weekly, and monthly focus statistics • Activity history and streak tracking • Time breakdown by unlimited custom tags • Daily timeline with editable focus records • Add sessions completed outside the app • Home Screen widgets for today's focus and your pup's mood CARE FOR YOUR COMPANION • Name your dog and make PomPup feel like home • Visible fullness, mood, health, and energy • Encouraging happiness stages and playful celebrations • Adoption date, companion age, anniversaries, and lifetime sessions • Gentle optional reminders without shame or pressure PRIVATE AND LOCAL-FIRST PomPup works without an account or PomPup server. Your focus history and companion data stay on your device. Export and restore a versioned backup whenever you choose. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Just calmer focus and a pup who is always happy to see you.

Screenshots

Couples Screen Time4 screens
PomPup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PomPup at none against Couples Screen Time's 1. PomPup also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Couples Screen Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PomPup asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Couples Screen Time versus PomPup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCouples Screen TimePomPup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent NguyenAruna Sharma

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Couples Screen Time

One-time1
  • Burn+$9.99
None

PomPup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Couples Screen Time free?
Couples Screen Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PomPup free?
PomPup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Couples Screen Time or PomPup have ads?
Neither Couples Screen Time nor PomPup shows ads.

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