Comparison

PTimer vs Mochidoro

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

Head to head
About

PTimer

This app helps you focus by using the Pomodoro technique, allowing customizable work and break intervals with unique sounds and fonts. It integrates with Apple Health for mindful minutes and offers extensive device support.

Highlights
  • Customizable work/break intervals
  • Unique sound options
  • Customizable fonts
  • Apple Health integration
  • Widget support
  • Apple Watch support
  • Control Center integration
Features
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Focus matters. But so does rest. PTimer is a Pomodoro timer that supports both — your way. 【Sound the shift】 Mark every work-to-break and break-to-work moment with a sound you actually like. Choose from 20 system sounds or bring in your own music or audio files. Set a different sound for each transition. 【Make the time yours】 Change the timer font to any typeface you like, including your own font files. 【Honor your rest】 Breaks you spend quietly — without touching or lifting your device — can be saved to Apple Health as mindful minutes (opt-in in Settings). 【More features】 · 5 color themes: Green, Silver, Blush, Indigo, Citrus · Widget support (Home Screen / Lock Screen) · Live Activity support · Control support — launch from Control Center, Lock Screen, or the Action button (iOS 18+) · Apple Watch support · Low power mode 【About Pomodoro】 25 minutes of focused work, followed by a short break — repeated. Session length and break duration are fully adjustable.

About

Mochidoro

Features
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Focus. Earn a sticker. Fill your jar. Mochidoro is a cute Pomodoro focus timer for study and work, with a glass jar that fills up with the days you showed up. Pick a length (5 to 90 minutes), press start, and your cat doodles a little picture while you concentrate. Every finished session drops a hand-drawn shape into the jar. Reach your daily goal and a cat sticker falls in too. Tilt your phone and the stickers slide. Shake it and they tumble. A year from now, the jar is a year of days you actually sat down for. NO GUILT No streaks to lose. No red warnings. No "you failed". Stop a session early and nothing is taken away. Blank days are just blank. Made for anyone who gets distracted easily and does better with a gentle nudge than a nag. 80+ HAND-DRAWN CATS Coffee cats, box cats, sleepy loaves, a cat with a bouquet. Every goal you reach brings a new one, and milestones at 7, 30, 50, 100, 200 and 365 cats bring special ones. Tap "only cats" to see just your cats in the jar. A JAR YOU CAN PLAY WITH Real physics. Tilt, shake, tap the glass, drag a sticker. Tap any sticker to see the day it was earned and the note you wrote. A PAGE FOR EVERY DAY Your book has a page for each day. Paste your stickers, doodle with coloured pens, and write one line about what you worked on. Share a page as a picture. PAW COINS AND A LITTLE SHOP Earn a paw coin for every 25 minutes of focus, plus one to collect each day. Spend them on extra copies of the stickers you love, for your journal. A CAT TO SIT WITH YOU A bobblehead cat keeps you company on the Today screen. Tap its head and it wobbles. Poke it a few times and it might meow back. ALSO • Tags to see where your focus goes each month • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activity while you focus • Apple Watch: start, pause, see the time left, feel the finish • Monthly and yearly recaps you can share • Soft rain sound while you focus, and optional background music • Dark mode, like a desk lamp at night • Syncs between your devices with iCloud • English, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어 Free to use: the timer, the daily stickers, the jar, the journal, paw coins and the rain sound. MOCHI CLUB Join the club for the extras: seasonal cats, three more companion cats, four jar looks, nine app icons, six more focus sounds (wind, fireplace, library, café, summer outdoors, street), more paper for your book, unlimited tags, a yearly insights page, five paw coins a day, and a printable journal of each month. Monthly or yearly membership, or once for a lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chi0313.github.io/mochidoro-site/privacy.html

Screenshots

PTimer4 screens
Mochidoro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mochidoro at Free against PTimer's $0.99. On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mochidoro is free to download; PTimer costs $0.99 up front. PTimer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mochidoro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
PTimer versus Mochidoro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPTimerMochidoro
Price$0.99Free — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerakira kawakamiVCVC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PTimer

One-time3
  • Coffee$3.99
  • ランチ$9.99
  • お寿司$19.99
6 purchases

Mochidoro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • 20 Paw Coins$0.99
  • 70 Paw Coins$2.99
  • 200 Paw Coins$6.99
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  • Lifetime Membership$24.99

Questions

Is PTimer free?
PTimer costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Mochidoro free?
Mochidoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PTimer or Mochidoro have ads?
Neither PTimer nor Mochidoro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PTimer or Mochidoro?
PTimer ships an update every 6 days, and Mochidoro every 6 days. Most recently, PTimer was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mochidoro on October 24, 2026.

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