Comparison

Progress vs PomoGarden

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

Head to head
About

Progress

Consolidate all your project needs into a single workspace, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications. Organize tasks, documents, calendars, and communication with integrated tools and AI assistance.

Highlights
  • Integrated Kanban board
  • Real-time collaborative documents
  • Two-way Google Calendar sync
  • Team chat with channels
  • File sharing and preview
  • Screen and voice recordings
  • AI assistant for project summaries
Features
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Progress puts everything a project needs into one shared workspace — so you stop juggling ten different apps and losing track of where things live. Every project you create comes with a full set of built-in tools. Use the ones you need, hide the ones you don't, and reorder them to match how you work. One link holds the entire project. WHAT'S INSIDE EVERY PROJECT • Board — a fast kanban board for tasks, with checklists, labels, and due dates • Notes & Documents — rich documents with @mentions and real-time collaboration • Calendar — events that sync two-way with Google Calendar • Chat — real-time team chat with channels, DMs, mentions, and file sharing • Files — upload, preview, and share images, videos, and documents • Recordings — capture screen and voice recordings in seconds • Sketch — a whiteboard for diagrams and quick ideas • Sign — send and sign documents • Bookings — share a link and let people book time on your calendar • Sheets, CRM, and more A PROJECT-AWARE AI ASSISTANT Progress includes an AI assistant that reads from your project's board, notes, files, and chat — so you can ask questions, summarize what's happening, and get help with full context instead of a blank slate. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY WORK • Two-way Google Calendar sync • Built-in voice dictation • Real-time notifications and sounds • Native desktop and iPhone apps, plus the web — your work stays in sync everywhere The whole project. One link. No tab-juggling.

About

PomoGarden

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
PomoGarden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progress at none against PomoGarden's 1. Progress also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. PomoGarden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 4 days, PomoGarden every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Progress versus PomoGarden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressPomoGarden
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatch Recap LLCumit uregun

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PomoGarden

One-time1
  • PomoGarden Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PomoGarden free?
PomoGarden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progress or PomoGarden have ads?
Neither Progress nor PomoGarden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or PomoGarden?
Progress ships an update every 4 days, and PomoGarden every 9 days. Most recently, Progress was updated on September 19, 2026 and PomoGarden on August 14, 2026.

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