AppTime vs PomoGarden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppTime
Build positive habits and manage your screen time by earning points for completing goals. Trade self-discipline for freedom and reduce distractions with a rewarding system.
- Build custom daily habits
- Earn points for habit completion
- Redeem points for entertainment app time
- Track daily status with Health Value
- Complete system tasks for extra time
- Home screen widgets for quick check-ins
- iCloud sync across devices
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Self-discipline for more freedom Turn good habits into usable screen time. Every check-in becomes a small reward for yourself. HabitTime helps you build daily habits and manage entertainment app time. With Health Value, points, system tasks, and screen time rewards, you can reduce distractions in a more positive and rewarding way. ■ Build Daily Habits Create your own habit goals, such as running, studying, meditating, walking, or putting down your phone before bed. Earn points every time you complete a habit check-in. Make your progress visible and easier to keep going. ■ Redeem Screen Time with Points Complete habits to earn points, then use those points to redeem time for entertainment apps. Trade self-discipline for freedom, and take control of your screen time instead of letting it control you. ■ Track Your Daily Status with Health Value The Health Value module on the home screen helps you quickly understand your screen time status for the day. As you reduce entertainment time and complete more habits, your daily progress becomes clearer. ■ System Tasks for Better Self-control In addition to custom habits, HabitTime provides system tasks to help you get back on track. When you want to continue using entertainment apps, you can complete a small task first and earn more free time. ■ Custom Habit Management Create custom habits with your own name, emoji, points, target count, and notes. View your habit cards in grid or list layout, and organize your daily goals at your own pace. ■ Quick Check-in Widget HabitTime supports home screen widgets. Check your habits and complete check-ins without opening the app. Make habit tracking faster, easier, and more suitable for daily use. ■ iCloud Sync Across Devices Habits, check-in records, and points can sync through iCloud. Switch between devices and continue tracking your progress anytime. Reducing entertainment time is not about limiting yourself. It is about giving time back to yourself. HabitTime Use self-discipline to earn freedom. Subscription Information Pro membership supports lifetime purchase, monthly subscription, and yearly subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal price will be confirmed. You can manage or cancel your subscription in system settings: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Active subscriptions cannot be canceled or refunded during the subscription period. Terms of Use: https://www.notion.so/timekeep/HabitTime-User-Agreement-34e5858d47868102819cd470c6e2380d?source=copy_link Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/timekeep/HabitTime-Privacy-Policy-34e5858d4786804cbc80e9b66b6fe777?source=copy_link Feedback is welcome: 3578027083@qq.com
PomoGarden
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PomoGarden is a focus timer that cares about both halves of deep work: the block where you concentrate, and the break where you recover. Focus better. Break better. ONE TAP TO FOCUS Open the app and start. Your last session length is remembered, two classic lengths (15 and 25 minutes) sit beside your own custom number, and a single tap on the Home Screen widget or the iOS 18 Control Center button launches a session instantly. No setup ceremony, ever. A DIAL YOU CAN READ AND PRESS Tap the timer to switch between time left, time elapsed, and the clock time your block finishes. Swipe it to change how much it shows: a single calm dial, or companion dials for what comes next, water you've drunk, and distractions you've logged. An optional ticking pulse beats quietly in your pocket, once a second or once every five minutes — your choice, silent, and off by default. A SESSION THAT CAN RUN ITSELF Turn on auto-start and a session flows hands-free: focus, break, focus. Leave it off and every phase waits for you. The next-phase dial lets you reshape what's coming without leaving the phase you're in. SMART BREAK COACH Breaks are where most timers abandon you. PomoGarden's coach reads the moment — how many blocks you've done, whether it's a long break, whether it's the afternoon dip — and puts the three most useful recoveries in front of you, fully on-device and offline: - Rest Eyes: the 20-20-20 rule, gently guided — included for everyone - Reset: one minute of guided breathing, with haptics that follow your lungs (Pro) - Deep Reset: three minutes, for the long breaks (Pro) - Move: three quick desk exercises for the sitting body (Pro) - Posture: shoulders, spine and screen height (Pro) An optional water nudge appears only on the break screen — never as a notification. PROTECT YOUR FLOW Deep in it when the timer ends? Flow protection keeps counting up and saves the extra minutes as overtime. Take the break when you are ready. A GARDEN THAT GROWS WITH YOU Every completed session grows a plant. Your garden is a quiet record of every focused hour — an achievement, not a game. Small stoic reminders keep you company along the way. UNDERSTAND YOUR FOCUS Insights tells you, in plain sentences, what your numbers mean: how this week compares to last, when your focus lands best, and how often you get pulled away. Log a distraction with one honest tap during any block. Every number is calculated on your device. PLAN YOUR DAY (PRO) Sketch your week into focus blocks; the timer surfaces what is next and starts it with one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no analytics, no third-party services, and it works completely offline. SEVEN DAYS, THEN YOU DECIDE Every Pro feature is unlocked the moment you open the app, for a full week. No card, no sign-up, nothing to cancel. When the week ends the timer, your garden, this week's insights, the widgets and guided eye rest stay free forever. PRO, ONCE The Break Coach, your full focus history, the Day Planner and the Full timer face are PomoGarden Pro: a single one-time purchase with Family Sharing. No subscription. No ads. No account. Nothing to cancel, nothing to remember. Most focus apps bill you every month for the rest of your life; PomoGarden asks once and every future update is included. Everything stays on your device, and the app works with no connection at all. Lock your phone, watch your garden grow, and let the app carry the rhythm. Focus better. Break better. ---------- Privacy Policy: https://tenisify.net/pomogarden/privacy-3/ Terms of Use: https://tenisify.net/pomogarden/terms-3/ Support: https://tenisify.net/pomogarden/support-3/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PomoGarden at every 9 days against AppTime's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. AppTime sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year and PomoGarden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AppTime ships an update every 3 weeks, PomoGarden every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | AppTime | PomoGarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 帆 邱 | umit uregun |
In-app purchases
AppTime
- Subscribe Pro$5.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$7.99
- Lifetime Pro$9.99
- Lifetime Pro$19.99
PomoGarden
- PomoGarden Pro$4.99









