Comparison

Flower vs Bloomr

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

Head to head
About

Flower

Features
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Flower is a calm focus timer that turns every completed session into visible progress. Choose a duration, plant a flower, and put your attention back into the real world. When you complete a session, your flower grows. Keep focusing and you can collect rare flower fragments to unlock new species over time. Features: - Focus timer from 1 to 180 minutes - Lock-screen friendly sessions so you can put the phone away - Live Activity showing your remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Tags to label what each session was for - A growing garden that reflects completed focus sessions - Rare flower fragments after early successful sessions - Seasonal gifts tied to the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar - A solar term almanac showing the whole year at a glance - Daily, weekly, and monthly history - An achievement wall that tracks your long-term progress - Coins and a flower shop for long-term collection - Light, dark, and system appearance - Flower Plus: unlock premium flowers, advanced stats, iCloud sync, and future seasonal content with one lifetime purchase Flower is designed to be quiet, lightweight, and encouraging. It gives you a small ritual before focus and a visible reward after you finish.

About

Bloomr

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Bloomr is a calm focus timer where every session you finish grows a tiny bonsai. No guilt, no harsh alarms, just a few quiet minutes and something living to show for them. MEET MOCHI Mochi is your little tree buddy. Set a daily focus goal, start the timer, and watch your tree grow while you work. Stay with it and it blooms into a shower of petals. Step away mid-session and your tree wilts a little. A missed day never hurts it. WHAT YOU GET, FREE - A focus timer with a tree that grows live as the minutes pass - A daily goal ring on Home that shows how far you have come today - A Garden shelf that collects every tree you have grown - Three species to start: Juniper, Pine and Maple - Nine more trees that unlock as you grow: cherry blossom, birch, oak, cypress, willow, olive, cedar, palm and bamboo - Simple stats for your focus time - An optional daily reminder at 9 AM - No account, no sign in - Free with light ads. You can watch an optional ad to double a session's growth. BLOOMR PLUS - No ads, and rewards come without one - Six extra species and seasonal blooms: Azalea, Ficus, Jade, Ginkgo, Baobab and Magnolia, plus spring, summer, autumn and winter blooms - Ambient focus sounds: rain, forest, night garden and temple bell - Deep stats: weekly and monthly reports, your full history and CSV export - Garden studio: name your trees, choose stands and shelves, and share a garden card - Two extra color palettes: Celadon and Kiln, alongside the original rice paper PRICING Bloomr Plus is $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year. The yearly plan starts with a 7 day free trial, and we remind you 2 days before it ends. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region. Everything above in the free list stays free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you subscribe. Terms of Use: https://bloomr-app.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://bloomr-app.netlify.app/privacy Plant a session. Grow a bonsai. Bloomr.

Screenshots

Flower4 screens
Bloomr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flower at none against Bloomr's shown. Flower also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Bloomr's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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. Flower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bloomr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flower ships an update every 5 days, Bloomr every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Flower versus Bloomr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowerBloomr
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๅฑฑๆฐ ้ŸฉCristopher Guido

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flower

One-time1
  • Flower Plus Lifetime$1.99
2 purchases

Bloomr

Subscriptions2
  • Bloomr Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Bloomr Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Flower free?
Flower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bloomr free?
Bloomr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flower or Bloomr have ads?
Bloomr shows ads; Flower does not.
Which is updated more often, Flower or Bloomr?
Flower ships an update every 5 days, and Bloomr every 3 months. Most recently, Flower was updated on November 9, 2026 and Bloomr on November 10, 2026.

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