Critter Timer vs Mochi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Critter Timer
This app provides a cozy focus timer experience on your Apple Watch with charming, hand-illustrated woodland companions. Engage in focused work sessions while your critter friend studies alongside you, then enjoy gentle break animations that shift the scene to twilight.
- Standalone watchOS app
- Animated woodland companions
- Customizable focus and break lengths
- Time-sensitive notifications
- Daily session tracking and streaks
- Auto-start option for seamless transitions
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Critter Timer is a cozy focus timer for your Apple Watch, starring hand-illustrated woodland companions that move and work alongside you. Tap to start a focus session, and your chosen critter settles into their tiny world — a rabbit by candlelight in a cozy hut, a fox curled up in an English library, or a cat working at a cottage desk. They study while you study. Then it's break time. Your companion stretches, looks out the window, sips tea, gazes at the stars. The scene shifts to twilight. Two minutes, five minutes, however long you set — and back to focus when you're ready. DESIGNED FOR THE WRIST • Standalone watchOS app — no iPhone needed once installed • Beautiful animated scenes optimized for Apple Watch displays • Digital Crown to adjust focus and break lengths • Simple tap-to-start, tap-to-pause controls • Time-sensitive notifications keep you on schedule, even during Focus mode • Subtle haptics throughout — never jarring THREE COMPANIONS, ONE WORLD • A rabbit in a quill-and-ink study, candle flickering, cozy hut at dusk • A fox in a Victorian library, leather chairs and stacked books • A cat at a cottage writing desk, surrounded by warm lamplight FOCUS SESSIONS • 5 to 60 minutes, in 5-minute increments • Choose your length per session BREAK SESSIONS • 1 to 30 minutes • Different scene tone — softer light, looser poses • A gentle reminder to actually rest BUILT FOR DEEP WORK • Track your daily session count and watch your streak grow • Auto-start option flows you straight from focus into break, and back again — no taps, no friction • Resume gracefully if you switch wrists, get pulled away, or your watch sleeps mid-session • Distinct visual tone for focus vs. break so you always know where you are WHY YET ANOTHER TIMER? Most focus timers feel like productivity software. Critter Timer feels like a window into a small, kind world. Whether you're working, studying, reading, journaling, meditating, or just trying to be present for 25 minutes — your companion is right there, doing their thing alongside you. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. Just you, your watch, and a small woodland friend. Built with care for people who love their Apple Watch and want a focus tool that respects both their attention and their aesthetic.
Mochi
Organize your daily tasks, habits, and goals with a charming to-do list app. Customize its appearance with numerous themes and track your progress with satisfying visual cues. Stay on track with reminders and access your lists from your Apple Watch.
- Simple task and errand checklist
- Customizable themes
- Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch integration
- Habit and routine tracking
- Daily planner and schedule
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Optimized for iPhone Duo. Built with the latest SDK, the app fills the entire inner display and automatically adjusts its layout whether the device is folded or open. Mochi is the cute, cozy to-do list where every task can get its own little emoji — tap the circle when you’re done and enjoy that tiny burst of calm. Switch between 101 themes (5 free, 96 with Premium) and keep your list on a Home Screen widget and Apple Watch. Plan school, work, errands, groceries, habits and daily routines in one adorable place. • Simple checklist for tasks and errands • Reminders that keep you on track • Daily planner, agenda and schedule • Habit and routine tracking • Notes, grocery lists, widgets and themes The free version includes 2 lists with up to 4 tasks each, 5 themes and 1 emoji set. Premium, an in-app purchase, unlocks unlimited lists and tasks, all 101 themes and all 11 emoji sets. Mochi helps you build a softer, prettier and more motivated everyday routine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mochi at Free against Critter Timer's $1.99. Mochi also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 1). Critter Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Mochi is free to download; Critter Timer costs $1.99 up front. Mochi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Critter Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Critter Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mochi has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Critter Timer | Mochi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Todd Seabrook | Guan Feng Lai |
Customer experience
Critter Timer
Mochi
In-app purchases
Critter Timer
No in-app purchases
Mochi
- All Premium Skins$4.99









