Kissa vs Cozy Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kissa
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Kissa is a cozy Pomodoro timer that turns one task into a calming café ritual. Choose what you want to do, start Pomodoro or Count Up, and settle into your own illustrated coffee shop. Mix ambient sounds, complete focus sessions, earn cups, and unlock new characters and café details as your routine grows. Focus without punishment or pressure. Kissa gives you a quiet place to begin, restorative breaks, and an optional Gentle Nudge when you wander away. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Use Pomodoro for structured focus and breaks • Switch to Count Up for open-ended study, reading, or work • Choose a task before you begin, or start without one • Keep the screen awake while your session is active • Return gently with breathing and transition screens BUILD A SPACE THAT HELPS YOU START • Mix café ambience, rain, fire, keyboard sounds, noise, music, and more • Adjust each sound and save favorite mixes with Kissa Pro • Complete focus sessions to earn cups • Unlock characters, counters, plants, rugs, lamps, colors, and decorations KEEP YOUR NEXT STEP CLEAR • Capture simple to-dos without managing a complicated project system • Add tags and choose what you want to focus on now • Schedule future sessions and reminders with Kissa Pro SEE THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE • Review completed and canceled sessions in Timeline • Explore focus time, sessions, tasks, and streaks in Statistics • Watch your café grow along with your routine OPTIONAL APPLE INTEGRATIONS • Manually back up and restore your cups, unlocked items, tasks, history, and settings with private iCloud backups. Off by default, with no automatic synchronization between devices. • Save newly completed Focus sessions and Count Up sessions you explicitly finish as Mindful Minutes in Apple Health. Off by default; Kissa does not read Health data or export past history. • Export planned sessions from the Pro planner to Apple Calendar. Events remain independent copies, without automatic synchronization. GENTLE SUPPORT, YOUR CHOICE Choose Gentle Nudge for an optional reminder if you leave during Focus, or Open Table for a completely quiet session. Kissa never blocks your other apps. KISSA PRO Unlock advanced timers, custom breaks and cycles, the complete sound catalog, saved mixes, planning, Timeline, Statistics, custom tags, and access to additional café items, including items you can unlock with earned cups. Made for studying, working, reading, and anyone who wants a warmer, lower-pressure way to focus. Start free on iPhone and iPad. No Kissa account required Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cozy Library
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Make a little room for focus. Cozy Library transforms your iPhone and iPad into a quiet, mindful sanctuary. Settle into 10 hand-illustrated looping scenes featuring a woman studying by the window, sleeping companion cats, steaming coffee mugs, and gentle weather outside. Whether you're preparing for exams, reading, coding, writing, or deep in focused creative work, Cozy Library provides an aesthetic, distraction-free space designed to calm your mind and help you enter a state of effortless flow. FEATURES: • 10 Hand-Illustrated Study Ambiances Immerse yourself in 10 seamless looping scenes including Golden Sunset, Moonlit Library, Fireside Evening, Rainy Cafe, Snowy Winter, Spring Blossom, Misty Morning, Autumn Afternoon, Summer Fireflies, and Fresh Morning. • Mindful Pomodoro Timers & Quick Presets Switch instantly between saved Pomodoro profiles: - Classic 25/5 (25 min focus, 5 min break) - Deep Work 50/10 (50 min focus, 10 min break) - Quick Review 15/3 (15 min focus, 3 min break) Custom intervals, auto-start breaks, and open-ended count-up timers are fully supported. • Linked Tasks & Focus Goals Set an optional focus goal for every study session. Track exactly what you worked on, from chapter readings to coding projects, tied directly to your interval history. • Subject & Time Distribution Analytics See where your time actually goes. Beautiful interactive charts break down your focus hours across your subjects (Reading, Writing, Coding, Math, Language, Art, and custom subjects) alongside daily streaks and 7-day totals. • 10-Track Offline Soundscape Mixer Compose your ideal study audio backdrop with independent volume controls for Rain, Fireplace, Coffee Shop, Forest Birds, Ocean Waves, Night Crickets, Wind, Thunder, Keyboard Typing, and Clock Ticking. • Live Activities & Dynamic Island Keep track of your study countdown or count-up timer at a glance from your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island with custom aesthetic art and pause/resume indicators. • 5-Second Deliberate Stop Safeguard Protect your study streaks from accidental taps. Ending an active focus session requires holding the stop button continuously for 5 seconds (with an accessible single-tap countdown modal). • Optional Distracting App Blocking Choose specific distracting apps to shield during your focus sessions using Apple's Screen Time framework. Enjoy uninterrupted focus with complete privacy. • 100% Offline & Private No accounts, no ads, no cloud sync, and zero trackers. All your study sessions, task notes, and statistics stay 100% locally on your device. SUBSCRIPTION & LIFETIME OPTIONS: Cozy Library offers flexible plans with a 3-day free trial on monthly and yearly subscriptions, or a one-time lifetime purchase.
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Verdict
Kissa and Cozy Library are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Kissa sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months and Cozy Library sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Kissa | Cozy Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Andrade | Gopalakrishnan Nallathambi |
In-app purchases
Kissa
- Kissa Pro Quarterly$9.993 Months
- Kissa Pro Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- PRO Annualy Family$24.991 Year
- PRO - Lifetime$29.99
- PRO Family Lifetime$39.99
Cozy Library
- Cozy Library Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Cozy Library Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Cozy Library Lifetime$14.99








