Comparison

Routine Timer vs Mochidoro

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

Mochidoro

Features
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Focus. Earn a sticker. Fill your jar. Mochidoro is a cute Pomodoro focus timer for study and work, with a glass jar that fills up with the days you showed up. Pick a length (5 to 90 minutes), press start, and your cat doodles a little picture while you concentrate. Every finished session drops a hand-drawn shape into the jar. Reach your daily goal and a cat sticker falls in too. Tilt your phone and the stickers slide. Shake it and they tumble. A year from now, the jar is a year of days you actually sat down for. NO GUILT No streaks to lose. No red warnings. No "you failed". Stop a session early and nothing is taken away. Blank days are just blank. Made for anyone who gets distracted easily and does better with a gentle nudge than a nag. 80+ HAND-DRAWN CATS Coffee cats, box cats, sleepy loaves, a cat with a bouquet. Every goal you reach brings a new one, and milestones at 7, 30, 50, 100, 200 and 365 cats bring special ones. Tap "only cats" to see just your cats in the jar. A JAR YOU CAN PLAY WITH Real physics. Tilt, shake, tap the glass, drag a sticker. Tap any sticker to see the day it was earned and the note you wrote. A PAGE FOR EVERY DAY Your book has a page for each day. Paste your stickers, doodle with coloured pens, and write one line about what you worked on. Share a page as a picture. PAW COINS AND A LITTLE SHOP Earn a paw coin for every 25 minutes of focus, plus one to collect each day. Spend them on extra copies of the stickers you love, for your journal. A CAT TO SIT WITH YOU A bobblehead cat keeps you company on the Today screen. Tap its head and it wobbles. Poke it a few times and it might meow back. ALSO • Tags to see where your focus goes each month • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activity while you focus • Apple Watch: start, pause, see the time left, feel the finish • Monthly and yearly recaps you can share • Soft rain sound while you focus, and optional background music • Dark mode, like a desk lamp at night • Syncs between your devices with iCloud • English, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어 Free to use: the timer, the daily stickers, the jar, the journal, paw coins and the rain sound. MOCHI CLUB Join the club for the extras: seasonal cats, three more companion cats, four jar looks, nine app icons, six more focus sounds (wind, fireplace, library, café, summer outdoors, street), more paper for your book, unlimited tags, a yearly insights page, five paw coins a day, and a printable journal of each month. Monthly or yearly membership, or once for a lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chi0313.github.io/mochidoro-site/privacy.html

Screenshots

Routine Timer4 screens
Mochidoro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mochidoro at every 6 days against Routine Timer's every 2 months. Mochidoro also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Routine Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Mochidoro sells 6 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, Mochidoro every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Routine Timer versus Mochidoro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine TimerMochidoro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB76 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperPrioton LLCVCVC

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
6 purchases

Mochidoro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • 20 Paw Coins$0.99
  • 70 Paw Coins$2.99
  • 200 Paw Coins$6.99
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  • Lifetime Membership$24.99

Questions

Is Routine Timer free?
Routine Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mochidoro free?
Mochidoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Routine Timer or Mochidoro have ads?
Neither Routine Timer nor Mochidoro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine Timer or Mochidoro?
Routine Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Mochidoro every 6 days. Most recently, Routine Timer was updated on November 5, 2026 and Mochidoro on November 4, 2026.

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