Comparison

Midoro vs Melt

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

Head to head
About

Midoro

Features
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Midoro is a warm, animated pomodoro focus tracker for anyone who wants a cozy space to focus. Studying will feel like curling up in your favorite cafe! Start a focus session, track what you're working on with custom tags, and have cute animations to keep you company while you work. Invite friends to a study room and focus together in real time. Midoro is free to use. Premium unlocks more flexible timers, extra tags, custom schedules, animations, critter cards, and advanced stats. FOCUS TIMER Pomodoro timer with customizable durations Free Focus mode for open-ended sessions Build your own schedule with multiple focus blocks per cycle Live notifications that show your timer progress on your lock screen or in other apps. No more picking up your phone "just to check the time" and falling into a scroll hole. STUDY ROOMS Create or join a room and focus alongside friends in real time Share an invite code and follow a schedule together Stay accountable together, with presence Studying alone feels like a slog. Studying with friends keeps you going. FOCUS TAGS Tag each session with what you're working on (subjects, reading, coding...) Track how much time you've spent on each subject Set weekly goals for each tag See exactly where your time goes and what you're actually getting done. STATISTICS & INSIGHTS Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly focus stats Track your progress across days, weeks, and months Focus scores that reward consistency Streaks, milestones, and personality insights Monthly recaps and focus critter cards Proof that you're making progress, even on the days when it doesn't feel like it. DESIGNED WITH CARE Every illustration is hand-drawn. Every animation is made by hand. No AI generated art, ever. Built for the way you actually study. SAY HI TO US Designed and illustrated by MiekoArts on Instagram Email: support@miekoarts.com Website: www.midoro.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Melt

Features
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The only focus timer where time melts in front of you. No rings. No bars. Just an ice cube, a candle, or an hourglass quietly dissolving as you work. When it's gone, your session is done. Quiet. Visual. Satisfying. --- THREE THINGS THAT MELT โ€ข Ice cube โ€” clear, translucent, the brand classic โ€ข Candle โ€” burns down to a stub, flame lit until the end โ€ข Hourglass โ€” sand drains grain by grain, with bottom pile rising POMODORO BUILT IN Auto-cycle focus + breaks. Set your own durations. The object resets each round. Configurable in Settings. CALM BY DESIGN No gamification. No badges. No streaks to break. A quiet log of when you focused, for how long, with which object. Optional gentle chime, optional haptics. Nothing more. 15 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT All session data lives on your device. No account, no signup, no analytics. Ad-supported (non-personalized). --- Focus deeply. Watch time melt.

Screenshots

Midoro4 screens
Melt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Midoro at none against Melt's shown. Midoro also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Midoro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Melt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Midoro ships an update every 4 days, Melt every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Midoro versus Melt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidoroMelt
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size104 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMieko Arts LLCCarles Calsina Colom

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Midoro

Subscriptions2
  • Midoro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Midoro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Midoro Premium Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Melt

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is Midoro free?
Midoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Melt free?
Melt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Midoro or Melt have ads?
Melt shows ads; Midoro does not.
Which is updated more often, Midoro or Melt?
Midoro ships an update every 4 days, and Melt every 3 months. Most recently, Midoro was updated on October 10, 2026 and Melt on October 24, 2026.

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