Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs MoveM

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

This app helps you beat distractions by turning focus sessions into a flourishing botanical garden. Stay on task to watch your plants bloom, or they will wilt if you leave the app. It offers a strict anti-distraction timer, custom focus intervals, and rewarding 3D garden growth.

Highlights
  • Strict anti-distraction timer with plant wilting penalty
  • Customizable Pomodoro intervals
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
  • Lo-fi ambient soundscapes
  • Cognitive brain break mini-games
  • 3D garden rewards and themed biomes
  • Streak and habit tracking with Apple Health sync
Features
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Stop phone checking and beat distractions with Pomodoro Timer - Grow Focus. Turn study and deep-work sessions into a flourishing botanical garden. Plant a seed whenever you need to focus. Stay on task to watch it bloom into vibrant 3D flowers - leave the app to scroll social media, and your plant begins to wilt. Simple stakes, lasting focus. KEY FEATURES: • Strict Anti-Distraction Timer: Plant-wilt penalty keeps your phone down and your mind locked in. • Custom Pomodoro Rhythm: Choose classic 25/5 intervals or custom deep-work blocks. • Live Activities & Dynamic Island: Glancable focus timers directly on your Lock Screen. • Lo-Fi Ambient Audio: Rain, fireplace, and ocean soundscapes to silence background noise. • 10 Cognitive Brain Breaks: Science-backed mini-games to reset mental fatigue between sessions instead of doom-scrolling. • 3D Garden Rewards: Unlock rare flora across 7 themed biomes as your productivity grows. • Streak & Habit Tracking: Daily heatmaps, Home Screen widgets, and Apple Health mindful sync. Put down your phone, enter deep flow, and watch your focus bloom. Privacy Policy: https://themansigoel.github.io/grow-focus-web/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MoveM

This app helps you manage screen time by requiring physical exercise to unlock locked applications. It uses your phone's camera to count reps for exercises like push-ups and squats, earning you back minutes of app usage.

Highlights
  • App locking based on screen time limits
  • Camera-based rep counting with pose detection
  • Customizable exercise requirements per app
  • Workout and screen time statistics
  • Sweat points and leaderboards
  • Emergency unlock option
Features
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Apps lock. Exercise unlocks. MoveM gives the apps that eat your day a daily time budget. When the budget runs out, the app is locked — and the only way back in is to move. Prop up your phone, do the reps, and the camera counts them for you. Minutes land back in your budget the second you finish. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps. Pick them from Apple's Screen Time picker and give each one a daily amount of free time. 2. Time runs out, the app locks. MoveM watches the clock in the background. Open a locked app and you get MoveM instead. 3. Move to unlock. Push-ups, squats, jumping jacks or high knees — finish the set and the app opens again. WHAT YOU GET • Real limits, built on Apple's Screen Time framework — not a reminder you can swipe away • A camera rep counter using on-device body-pose detection, with a front-view pose guide and a voice counting along • A different price for every app: ten push-ups for one, thirty squats for the one you really cannot put down • Several exercises in a row when you want an app to cost more • Stats that put your screen time and your workouts on the same page, over 7 days, 30 days or 12 weeks • Sweat points and leaderboards — an overall board plus one for each exercise, reset at midnight in your own time zone • A share card built automatically after every session, with your exercises, reps and minutes earned • Emergency unlock for the moments you genuinely need the app right now PRIVACY Your camera never leaves your phone. Pose detection runs entirely on device; nothing is recorded, saved or uploaded. Apple's Screen Time framework hands the app opaque tokens, so we cannot see which apps you limit or how long you use them. Joining the leaderboard is optional, your account is anonymous by default, and a nickname and avatar are entirely up to you. You can delete your account and all of its data from inside the app. FREE AND LIFETIME MoveM is free to use with one app under a daily limit. Workouts and unlocks are unlimited on the free plan — there is no cap on how often you can earn time back. MoveM Lifetime is a one-time purchase that lets you limit as many apps as you like, each with its own budget and its own exercises, and includes every future update. It is not a subscription: you pay once, nothing renews, and nothing is charged again. The price is shown in the app before you confirm, and payment is charged to your Apple Account. Already bought it? Restore Purchases in Settings brings it back on any device signed in with the same Apple Account. LANGUAGES English, 简体中文, 日本語, Español, Français, Deutsch — switchable inside the app. LEGAL AND SUPPORT Privacy Policy: https://movem-ehc.pages.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://movem-ehc.pages.dev/terms Support: https://movem-ehc.pages.dev/contact Email: isrealleven@163.com

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
MoveM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pomodoro Timer at 5.0 against MoveM's 3.7. MoveM's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.19 per 7 days and MoveM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pomodoro Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 6 days, MoveM every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pomodoro Timer versus MoveM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerMoveM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMansi Agarwal宇 张

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro$1.197 Days
  • Monthly Pro$4.791 Month
  • Annual Pro$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • GrowFocus Pro (Lifetime)Free
1 purchases

MoveM

One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoveM free?
MoveM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pomodoro Timer or MoveM?
Pomodoro Timer is rated higher. Pomodoro Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MoveM averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Pomodoro Timer or MoveM have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor MoveM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or MoveM?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 6 days, and MoveM every 2 days. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and MoveM on October 31, 2026.

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