Comparison

Routine Timer vs Pomini

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

Head to head
About

Routine Timer

This app helps you stay on track with any routine by repeating custom intervals. Set durations, breaks, and receive alerts with sound and vibration, even when your phone is locked. It's ideal for hydration, workouts, study sessions, and more.

Highlights
  • Repeat any interval
  • Optional breaks
  • Fixed or infinite loops
  • Sound and vibration alerts
  • Active hours scheduling
  • Light and dark themes
Features
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Routine Timer is the simplest way to repeat any interval — for hydration reminders, workouts, study sprints, cooking, stretching, breathing, and any routine you want to stay on top of. Set a duration, add an optional break, and choose how many times it repeats. Routine Timer alerts you with sound and vibration at every interval, even when your phone is locked or the app is in the background. FREE • One timer that repeats any interval with a single tap • Optional break between intervals • Repeat up to 5 times • Alerts with sound and vibration, even when locked • Five built-in alert sounds • Clean light and dark themes • Start-delay countdown before the first interval ROUTINE TIMER PRO • Save up to 20 timers and run several at once • Repeat forever, or up to 99 times • Active hours — only get reminded during the times you choose • Every alert sound • Record or import your own alert sounds Pro is a yearly subscription with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Whether you're drinking more water, running intervals, or timing focus sessions, Routine Timer keeps your routine on track. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price until cancelled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://prioton.com/routine-timer/privacy.html

About

Pomini

Features
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Pomini is a beautiful pomodoro timer that just works. Sessions end exactly on time, even with your iPhone locked and the app closed. Reliability comes first. Pomini anchors every session to the clock instead of counting ticks, so the end of a focus session or a break always arrives on time. Never early, never late, never missed. The running timer lives on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island as a Live Activity. Play, pause and skip work right there, without unlocking your phone. Widgets for the home screen and lock screen show what is running, what comes next and what you finished today. New to the pomodoro technique? You work in focused sessions and take short breaks, with a long break after every fourth session. Pomini guides the cycle and you can shape every part of it. Whether you study for an exam, plan deep work blocks, or want structure that makes starting easier, the rhythm carries you. Stay off distracting apps while you focus. The app blocker runs on Screen Time: you choose the apps that stay available, and everything else waits until the break. iOS enforces it on your device. Tasks keep your day in view. Estimate each task in pomodoros and Pomini projects your finish time, updated live while the timer runs. Statistics show your focus time and sessions in clean charts, with a detailed session history. A daily goal and streaks are strictly opt-in. Pomini never guilts you: no sad mascots, no shame for a day off. Every session type comes with free preset durations, from a 5 minute break to 90 minute deep work blocks. Auto-start, four completion sounds, and an alarm that can repeat until you react are free as well. Pomini can save finished sessions to Apple Health as mindful minutes and, with Pro, add them to your calendar. Light and dark mode, eight accent colors, and twelve languages. The design keeps the timer first, and settings stay one quiet list. Private by design. No account, no tracking, no server. Your data stays on your phone. Free and Pro, stated plainly. The free timer is complete and stays that way: presets for every session type, auto-start, the Live Activity and Dynamic Island, widgets, tasks with the finish time projection, day and week statistics, all eight accent colors, and Apple Health. Free features never move behind the paywall, and the free presets are never narrowed. Pro adds the custom minute stepper, the app blocker, full statistics history with month and year views, creating and editing session tags, a custom accent color, and calendar sync. Pro is a subscription or a one-time purchase. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://denisfenger.github.io/pomini/privacy/

Screenshots

Routine Timer4 screens
Pomini4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pomini at every 4 days against Routine Timer's every 2 months. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Routine Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pomini sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routine Timer ships an update every 2 months, Pomini every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Routine Timer versus Pomini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine TimerPomini
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrioton LLCFenger Digital GmbH

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Routine Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Pomini

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Routine Timer free?
Routine Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomini free?
Pomini is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Routine Timer or Pomini have ads?
Neither Routine Timer nor Pomini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine Timer or Pomini?
Routine Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Pomini every 4 days. Most recently, Routine Timer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pomini on October 10, 2026.

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