Comparison

PottyPond vs Puddly Potty Training Timer

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

Head to head
About

PottyPond

This app simplifies potty training with a calm, shame-free approach. Log successes and accidents with a single tap, fostering progress through a visual journey. Advanced features for predictions and reporting are available with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • One-tap logging for pees, poops, tries, and accidents
  • Living pond and crown journey to celebrate progress
  • Calm, shame-free design
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Next-go predictions
  • Accident pattern analysis
  • PDF & CSV reports
Features
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PottyPond takes the guesswork out of potty training — one calm tap at a time. Log every pee, poop, try, and accident in a single tap. Every win grows a living pond and moves your child along a crown journey toward "graduation." Accidents stay completely neutral — no red marks, no shame — mirroring pediatric guidance that punishment backfires. No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone. WHY PARENTS LOVE POTTYPOND • One-tap logging — pees, poops, tries, and accidents in seconds • A living pond and crown journey that celebrate progress, not perfection • Calm, shame-free design that follows pediatric best practices • Fully offline — your child's data never leaves your phone POTTYPOND PRO — a one-time unlock, never a subscription • Next-go predictions: see your child's likely next window • Accident patterns: spot the times of day that trip them up • PDF & CSV reports to share with a co-parent, sitter, or pediatrician • Track multiple children • Unlimited history Potty training is a season, not forever — so PottyPond is a single one-time purchase. Pay once, it's yours. A calmer path to dry days. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pottypond.com/privacy

About

Puddly Potty Training Timer

Features
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Puddly is built around the one thing that actually matters in those first days: taking your toddler to the potty on time, without losing your mind. THE TIMER THAT WORKS Set an interval that suits you, five minutes or fifty, and Puddly nudges you once, gently, when it is time to try. The timer resets every time you log a visit, so it follows your day instead of fighting it. Nap? Car journey? Grandma's house? Pause it with one tap. Quiet hours keep the night silent. One reminder, never a stream of them. LOG IN THREE TAPS Went, sat but nothing, or an oops. That is the whole thing. Add "told me first" or "went by themselves" when those happy days come. A STICKER FOR EVERY EVENT, INCLUDING THE ACCIDENTS This is where Puddly is different. Most apps mark an accident as a red cross in a table. Puddly gives your child a sticker for it: a frog leaping happily into a puddle, an octopus with eight mops, a duck doing a belly flop. Accidents are part of learning, and nothing in this app will ever make your child feel bad about one. No red marks, no broken streaks, no graph that goes down. NINETY STICKERS TO COLLECT, AND TO COLOUR IN Puddy the frog and his friends Ducky, Okki and Noni. Every sticker opens as a colouring page: fill an area with a tap, or draw with a pen or a pencil. Ten fat swatches for small fingers, the whole colour wheel one tap further for a grown-up. Print any of them on real paper, blank or coloured in. THE 3 DAY METHOD, GUIDED If you are doing the popular three day approach, Puddly walks you through it: what to prepare, what each day looks like, and what is completely normal (day two is the hard one, for everyone). After that it keeps going with the milestones that actually matter: the first time they tell you BEFORE, the first dry day, the first trip out of the house. SHARE THE GOOD DAYS Every milestone makes a card you can send to your partner or the grandparents in one tap, straight from your phone. PRIVACY, PLAINLY No photos or video of your child. The app has no camera feature at all. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Your child's name and their whole log stay on the device and are never sent anywhere. WHAT IT COSTS The timer, the log, the 3 day guide, the starter sticker set, colouring, printing and sharing are all free. Extra character packs are a one-time purchase, and there is a single unlock for everything. No subscription. No ads. Potty training is messy, tiring and shorter than it feels. Puddly keeps the timer honest, keeps the mood light, and gives your toddler something to be proud of. Puddly offers routine guidance for parents. It is not medical advice.

Screenshots

PottyPond4 screens
Puddly Potty Training Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Puddly Potty Training Timer at 15.0 against PottyPond's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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. PottyPond sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Puddly Potty Training Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PottyPond ships an update every 10 days, Puddly Potty Training Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PottyPond versus Puddly Potty Training Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPottyPondPuddly Potty Training Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDENYS IVASECHKOOleksandr Kazakov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PottyPond

One-time1
  • PottyPond Pro$12.99
4 purchases

Puddly Potty Training Timer

One-time4
  • Okki's Clean-Up Crew$2.99
  • Ducky's Splash Park$2.99
  • Noni's Cosy Forest$2.99
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  • Everything Forever$8.99

Questions

Is PottyPond free?
PottyPond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puddly Potty Training Timer free?
Puddly Potty Training Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PottyPond or Puddly Potty Training Timer have ads?
Neither PottyPond nor Puddly Potty Training Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PottyPond or Puddly Potty Training Timer?
PottyPond ships an update every 10 days, and Puddly Potty Training Timer weekly. Most recently, PottyPond was updated on October 24, 2026 and Puddly Potty Training Timer on October 5, 2026.

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