Pomi vs Hold Focus

A calm Pomodoro timer: focus labels, streaks, readable statistics and reminders that fit your week. No sign-up; your focus history stays on your phone. NO ACCOUNT. YOUR RECORDS STAY ON YOUR PHONE. Your focus history, labels, reminders and settings are saved on your phone. There is no account to create, and your focus records never reach us. A CALM POMODORO TIMER • Set your own focus and break lengths • Pause, pick up where you left off, finish the cycle • See how far you still are from today's goal • Follow the countdown on the Lock Screen with a Live Activity • See the timer in the Dynamic Island on supported iPhones • Check today's progress in the home-screen widget FOCUS LABELS, AND STATISTICS THAT SAY SOMETHING Give a session the label Work, Study, Read, Write, Code, Design or Deep Work — or make your own. Pomi turns finished sessions into clear statistics: • Your current streak and your longest • This week's sessions and focus time • Which hour of the day you focus best • How much time each label takes REMINDERS THAT FIT YOUR WEEK Create a reminder for any time and choose exactly which weekdays it repeats. You write the title and the message. The free tier allows two; Pomi Pro allows more. YOUR LOOK, YOUR LANGUAGE Choose the light, dark or system appearance. Pomi speaks 12 languages: English, Turkish, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. ADS THAT RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY The free version shows a banner and, now and then, a full-screen ad. The ads are never personalised, and Pomi does not follow you across other apps. Everything advertising and purchases need in the way of data is set out in the Privacy Policy. POMI PRO: ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Pomi Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase: • No ads, ever • Any color, even on your lock screen • Monthly insights & trends • More reminders The timer itself works in full without Pro. The store shows the price before you buy. Studying or working, Pomi keeps what matters from the Pomodoro method: start, stay, and let every session add up. Privacy Policy: https://alperefesahin.github.io/pomi-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Hold Focus is a reminder, not a blocker. You name the one thing you are working on and how long it should take. Then you put the phone down. When you pick it up again, the task is already on the Lock Screen with the time left on it. At intervals it asks you one question. Nothing is ever blocked. Every question has a way through, and taking it costs you four seconds and nothing else. There is no streak to lose, no score, and no red. WHAT IT DOES One task, one sentence. Not a list, not a project, not a backlog. The task and the time left on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on the Home Screen — wherever you happen to look first. Reminders that arrive with the app closed, and that still reach you when a Focus mode is on, because that is exactly when you are trying to concentrate. Optionally, choose which apps count as a distraction. Hold Focus then notices when you have been in one and counts what actually broke the work, so the session ends with an honest picture rather than a guess. A Shortcuts action, so an automation can put your task in front of you the moment a chosen app opens. PRIVACY Nothing leaves your phone. There is no account, no server, no sync, no analytics, no ads and no third-party code. If you choose apps to watch, Apple hands the app anonymous tokens. Hold Focus never learns which apps you picked — when it shows you what interrupted you, iOS is drawing those names itself. Your history stays on the device and you can erase all of it with one tap. WHAT IT WILL NEVER DO Hold Focus never blocks, restricts, hides or delays access to anything. It has no parental mode and no employer mode. It cannot be pointed at another person.