Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs SeedFocus

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

Features
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A calm, minimalist Pomodoro timer that helps you concentrate in short, focused bursts with regular breaks. Start a 25-minute focus session, take a 5-minute break, and repeat. Durations are fully configurable to match your own rhythm. FOCUS, AT A GLANCE - Clean, distraction-free timer with no clutter or unnecessary screens - Live Activity and Dynamic Island support, so your session is visible without opening the app - Home Screen widget for a quick glance at your progress - Keep-screen-on option while a session is running TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Daily focus time, streaks, and completed sessions - Session history with a 7-day, 30-day, and all-time view APPLE WATCH COMPANION - A themed, phone-tethered Apple Watch app with haptics, so you can start, check, and control sessions from your wrist SYNCED ACROSS YOUR DEVICES - Stats, settings, and theme sync automatically via iCloud POMODORO PRO Unlock the full experience with an optional one-time Pro upgrade: - Unlimited session history and detailed trends - Streaks, goals, and weekly insights - Custom themes and matching alternate app icons - Ambient focus sounds to help you settle in No account or sign-in is required — everything works immediately. Pro is a single one-time purchase, not a subscription: buy it once and it's yours for good.

About

SeedFocus

This app uses a gamified approach to Pomodoro timing, where a virtual flower grows during focus sessions and wilts if you leave the app. Completed sessions are added to a digital garden, visually representing your productivity over time. It offers various focus modes, app blocking, and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Gamified Pomodoro timer with virtual plant growth
  • Adjustable session and rest times
  • App blocking via Screen Time integration
  • Offline functionality
  • Apple Watch app with complications
  • Lock screen countdown and Dynamic Island support
  • Focus modes: Greenhouse, Lattice, Open Air
Features
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A flower grows while you focus. Leave the app, and she wilts. SeedFocus is a Pomodoro timer for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Start a session, put the phone down, and a seed grows into a bloom. Finished sessions are planted in your garden. Abandoned ones leave a wilt. Over the weeks, the garden shows how your days actually went. SEEDFOCUS AT A GLANCE • Pomodoro sessions of 25 minutes by default, adjustable from 5 to 120. • Short rests of 1 to 30 minutes, long rests of 5 to 60, and 2 to 8 sessions per cycle. • A count-up timer for open-ended work. • Blocks the apps you choose, such as Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, with Apple's Screen Time while you focus. • Works offline. No account, no sign-up, no ads. • A full Apple Watch app with complications. • The countdown on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. HOW FIRM IS YOUR GARDEN? • Greenhouse is strict: leave the app and your flower wilts. • Lattice is the app blocker: the apps you pick are put away until she blooms. Nothing wilts. • Open air is gentle: no blocking, no wilting, just an honest record of your focus. You choose the mode for each session. THE TIMER • Start from the app, a Home Screen widget or a Control Center button. • Keeps the screen on during a session, if you want it to. • Tags for Focus, Work and Practice, plus three of your own such as your subjects, so your hours have names. • Ambient sound while you work: Meadow rain, with Campfire, Breeze and Birdsong in Pro. APPLE WATCH Plant a seed, set the minutes with the Digital Crown, pause, change the tag or skip a rest without picking up your phone. Complications keep the session on your watch face. YOUR GARDEN • Poppy grows from your first session. Daisy and Bluebell are bought with the dew your sessions earn, and Sunflower comes with Pro. • Badges for showing up: first blooms, long stems, mornings at dawn. • Share a bouquet of your week, or a pressed-flower card of a good day. JOURNAL AND STATS Every session is kept as a pressed flower with its note. Your bloom rate shows how often you finish. Your golden hour shows when you focus best. People use SeedFocus as a study timer for exam revision, a focus app that keeps social media away, a deep-work timer for remote work, or short ADHD-friendly focus sprints. Same 25 minutes, different reason. PRIVACY There is no account and nothing to sign up for. Your sessions are stored on your device and the timer works without a connection. With Pro, sessions sync through your own iCloud between iPhone and iPad. WHAT'S INCLUDED The timer, all three modes including app blocking, the Apple Watch app, widgets, the Live Activity, the garden, badges and today's journal all come with the download. SeedFocus Pro adds: • The full calendar, with the planner and plan reminders. • Every past day of your journal. • Stats charts: focus by tag, focus trend and a heat map of your best hours. • Every sound, unlimited tags, the Sunflower and alternate app icons. • iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad. SeedFocus Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time purchase. Plant your first seed. 25 minutes, one flower. See if she blooms. Terms of Use: https://touch4feel.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://touch4feel.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
SeedFocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pomodoro Timer at daily against SeedFocus's every 3 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SeedFocus sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update daily, SeedFocus every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pomodoro Timer versus SeedFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerSeedFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanislav PavlovichevTouch 4 Feel

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
7 purchases

SeedFocus

Subscriptions4
  • SeedFocus Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Tendril Pro Monthly$4.951 Month
  • Tendril Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Tendril Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.901 Year
One-time3
  • Daisy$2.95
  • Bluebell$3.95
  • Tendril Pro Lifetime$44.49

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SeedFocus free?
SeedFocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomodoro Timer or SeedFocus have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor SeedFocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or SeedFocus?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update daily, and SeedFocus every 3 days. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and SeedFocus on November 8, 2026.

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