Comparison

Routine Timer & Habit Planner vs PomoGem

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

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About

Routine Timer & Habit Planner

Features
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RUU is an app that helps you get through your daily routines. Unlike a regular to-do list, it shows only what to do right now, with a timer. That means less time wondering, β€œWhat was I supposed to do next?” RUU is especially useful for people with ADHD who struggle with procrastination, planning backward from a deadline, or forgetting things. WHO RUU IS FOR β€’ You want your morning routine to go more smoothly β€’ You often notice the time you meant to leave has already passed and end up late β€’ You have tried habit apps before but stopped using them after a few days WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH RUU ● Build your own routines Just put the tasks you do every day in order. ● Do one task at a time with a timer See how much time is left for each step and focus only on what you are doing now. ● Hear the current task out loud Even when your hands are full, you’ll know what to do next. ● Run routines from your Apple Watch Keep going without opening your iPhone and getting pulled into something else. ● β€œQuick mode” for hard days Turn it on to skip every nonessential task at once. Use it to skip cleaning or studying on days when you’re at your limit. ● Add branches Put different paths into a single routine. For example: rainy days or sunny days, weekdays or weekends. WHAT RUU DOES NOT DO Γ— Streak tracking RUU does not include statistics showing how many days you have kept a habit going. Breaking a streak can hurt a little. And if that makes you abandon the habit itself, the tracking has defeated the point. If you’re okay with that, give RUU a try! I hope it makes each day a little easier. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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PomoGem

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Turn focused time into colorful gems. Gems stay when you take a day off. English and Japanese UI; support is currently provided in Japanese. FOCUS BY ACTIVITY Choose an activity and a free 25-, 45-, 60-, or 90-minute timer. Each completed minute adds 10 grams to your jar. β€’ Tap a gem to bounce it; long-press for details. Tilt your iPhone to move gems β€’ Vivid crystals reflect the colors in their breakdown β€’ Vertical menus and smoother returns from landscape timers to the portrait jar β€’ Every 250 minutes forms a crystal; ten form the next size. Remaining time carries forward β€’ Weekly and lifetime progress, milestones, and manual records separate from timed focus β€’ Share images and short GIFs of eligible records, with PomoGem branding and its website MUSIC FOR EACH ACTIVITY Set music and autoplay per activity using suggestions, your playlists, Apple Music search, or a shared link. Save choices in the activity editor. Music settings stay on this iPhone. Autoplay respects audio already playing. Playback uses the Music app; streaming music requires an Apple Music subscription. OPTIONAL SCREEN TIME GEMS In Settings > Add App Time, choose apps and an activity for each. Apps with the same activity combine their use: each confirmed 10 minutes adds a 100-gram gem. Activities count separately. Free: 5 apps; Pro: unlimited. OS notifications may be delayed. Periods under 10 minutes are not added. Gem recording pauses during focus timers. Apps you want to use less can add black gems every combined 10 minutes. This selection is unlimited for everyone. Black gems combine only with black gems; they never count toward study time, mass, rewards, or sharing, or subtract earned gems. An app cannot belong to both selections. Authorization and recording are optional. POMOGEM PRO A one-time In-App Purchase adds custom timers from 1:00 to 360:00 and unlimited Screen Time learning apps. Enter minutes and seconds or use wheels. Update both devices to hand off second-level timers. Pro has no subscription, trial, or renewal. The purchase screen shows your price. Time-based crystals no longer offer Pro month stamps. Session dates, monthly records, and your purchase remain intact. YOUR STORAGE CHOICE At first launch, choose private iCloud sync or this iPhone only. Device-only mode works without an Apple Account or network and never uploads automatically. If you confirm iCloud, activity names, achievement notes, records, settings, and the active timer use your Apple Account's private CloudKit storage. Initial loading and resuming sync require online checks. An eligible, previously verified local copy can be used offline in iCloud mode; changes wait on this iPhone for sync. Verified account changes or conflicting history can block access to protect data. Reopening the app may be required. A connection check does not prove all records have uploaded. Settings lets you enable iCloud using its data to replace device-only records, or disable it by copying verified data to this iPhone while retaining iCloud data. In iCloud mode, you may also preview the cloud contents and explicitly confirm replacing this device's data, including unsent changes. Histories are not merged. Replacing all iCloud data with device data remains unavailable. Transfers require a connection and restarts as instructed. Do not uninstall during a transfer. Uninstalling loses device-only records and unsent changes. Exported JSON cannot be reimported for restoration or migration. Screen Time app selections, pending thresholds, and black gems stay on this iPhone and are excluded from JSON export and storage transfers. Imported learning records follow your chosen storage, including private iCloud sync, but are excluded from shared images, GIFs, captions, and JSON export. Unverified summaries are excluded from sharing and export. Diagnostics stay on-device without app tokens or gem counts. No advertising, tracking, analytics SDK, or developer server.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PomoGem at 17.0 against Routine Timer & Habit Planner's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Routine Timer & Habit Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PomoGem sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routine Timer & Habit Planner ships an update every 5 days, PomoGem weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Routine Timer & Habit Planner versus PomoGem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine Timer & Habit PlannerPomoGem
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days β€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroto ShizukaShungo Ichikawa

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Routine Timer & Habit Planner

Subscriptions2
  • RUU Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • RUU Premium (Yearly)14 Days trial$34.991 Year
1 purchases

PomoGem

One-time1
  • PomoGem Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Routine Timer & Habit Planner free?
Routine Timer & Habit Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PomoGem free?
PomoGem is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Routine Timer & Habit Planner or PomoGem have ads?
Neither Routine Timer & Habit Planner nor PomoGem shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine Timer & Habit Planner or PomoGem?
Routine Timer & Habit Planner ships an update every 5 days, and PomoGem weekly. Most recently, Routine Timer & Habit Planner was updated on October 10, 2026 and PomoGem on October 26, 2026.

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