Pirates vs Trovy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pirates
Take back control of your time by blocking distracting apps and websites. Utilize a focus timer with custom soundscapes to enhance productivity. Enjoy a fun, engaging experience with unique characters and ships while gaining clear insights into your progress.
- App and website blocking
- Focus timer with Pomodoro
- Customizable soundscapes
- Engaging character and ship designs
- On-device blocking via Screen Time API
- Progress insights
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A cozy Pomodoro timer with a crew of cat pirates. Start a focus round, sail with your cats, and earn gold when the timer ends. Your distracting apps stay locked until you're done. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. A TIMER THAT FEELS LIKE A GAME • Pick your focus and break lengths, or use the classic 25/5 • Earn gold every time a round ends, not at the end of the week • Recruit 7 cats, dress them in 170+ outfits, and decorate your ship and camp • Come home to a cozy camp with a hammock, a campfire, and cats wandering around while you work BUILT FOR DISTRACTED BRAINS • One big button to start. No setup, no to-do list first • Short rounds with a visible timer, so time stops feeling invisible • Streaks start at 1 day, so a bad week never wipes you out • Mix your own ambient sound: waves, rain, fireplace, lo-fi, and a purring cat KEEPS YOUR PHONE QUIET • Optional app and website blocking with iOS Screen Time. No VPN, no servers • You pick which apps lock during a round. Calls and texts always work • Quit a round early and you lose the reward. Hard mode locks the timer so you can't end it early MORE ON DECK • Live Activity keeps the timer on your lock screen and Dynamic Island • Three daily missions arrive in your mailbox and pay extra gold • Climb 11 pirate ranks from Deckhand to Legend of the Seven Seas • The Captain's log charts every focus minute PERFECT FOR • Students who want study sessions to feel less lonely and more finished • ADHD brains that do better with short rounds and instant rewards • Writers, developers, and anyone whose work needs long stretches of focus PRICING A monthly subscription, an annual subscription with 14 days free, or a one-time lifetime purchase. All unlock the full app. No ads, ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your progress stays on your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking. The lock runs on your device through Apple's Screen Time, and your app choices never leave it. The only things the app sends out are anonymous usage statistics and crash reports. Terms of Use: https://cachepapi.github.io/pirates-legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cachepapi.github.io/pirates-legal/privacy/ Study with cat pirates. Your first voyage awaits, Captain!
Trovy
Easily catalog your belongings with photos and details. Organize items by room and container, quickly find what you need, and generate insurance-ready reports. Offers a free tier for up to 20 items, with Pro options for unlimited use.
- Photo-based item entry with AI suggestions
- Organize by rooms and containers
- Quick item search by name
- Detailed item information (price, serial number, receipts)
- One-tap insurance-ready report export
- Private data storage
- Cross-device backup and restore
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Know what you own. Trovy is the home inventory that's fast to build, easy to search, and ready the day insurance asks. Snap a photo and your item becomes a sticker that lands in its room. Organize by rooms and containers, find anything by name, and export an insurance-ready report of your whole home in one tap. WHY TROVY • Snap it in 5 seconds — take a photo, AI suggests the name and category, done • Rooms and containers — mirror how your home actually works: room, box, item • Find it in 3 seconds — search by name and see exactly where it lives: Bedroom › Closet › Winter box • Know what you paid — brand, model, serial number, purchase date, price and receipt on every item • Whole-home report — items, categories and value by room, at a glance • One-tap export — a ZIP with a CSV inventory plus your photos and receipts, laid out the way insurers ask for it • Inbox — capture now, organize later • Sign in with Apple — back up your inventory and restore it on any device PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos and inventory are stored privately and are never sold or shared with advertisers. Subject extraction happens on your device. FREE AND PRO Trovy is free for up to 20 items — every room, container and photo included. Upgrade to Trovy Pro for unlimited items and report export: • Pro Monthly — US$2.99 per month, auto-renewing subscription • Pro Yearly — US$19.99 per year, auto-renewing subscription • Pro Lifetime — US$39.99, one-time purchase Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://shipswift.app/trovy/terms Privacy Policy: https://shipswift.app/trovy/privacy Questions or ideas? Reach us at wei@signerlabs.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pirates at none against Trovy's shown. Pirates also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Pirates sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Trovy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pirates against 5.0 for Trovy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively.
Pirates ships an update every 4 days, Trovy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pirates | Trovy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Jang | Signer Labs |
Customer experience
Pirates
Trovy
In-app purchases
Pirates
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
Trovy
- Trovy Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Trovy Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Trovy Pro Lifetime$39.99








