Jeolmi vs Guardian Study Room
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jeolmi
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Jeolmi is a focus timer and to-do list with a small paper seal that copies whatever you write. Type "read chapter 4" and the seal picks up a book. Type "pay rent" and it brings a wallet (empty, it apologizes). Tap start, lock your phone, and the seal is on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, holding the prop next to your task while the timer runs. Every real 25 minutes of focus inks one grape on today's bunch. Checked-off tasks add grapes too, drawn dotted so you can tell them apart. Fill the day's grape slots and the seal sits up and claps. Once a day. What the seal does · Copies your task with a paper prop, live as you type. There are 32 props to find, and the ones you find stay on your prop shelf. · Stays on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you focus. Done, Pause and +5 work without opening the app. · Says one dry line per state. It never coaches and never guilts. · Wears what you give it: outfits, body colors, a four-slot desk. Outfits, desk items and two of the body colors cost Jelly, which you earn by focusing and finishing tasks. Nothing is random. · Goes for a swim once today's grapes are filled and comes back with one line. If you take a few days off, it folds you a paper crane. It never counts the days you missed. Everything below is free · Timer: count up with no cap, a 25-minute countdown, or any length from 5 to 240 minutes. Keeps running if the app is closed · Tasks: tap to check one off, or make it timed and see today's minutes on it. Today, tomorrow, weekday routines, subjects with colors · D-day: finals, SAT, ACT, custom dates, D+ after the day · Widgets: Home Screen and Lock Screen, with today's tasks, grapes and your D-day. Check tasks off right on the widget · Live Activity with the seal and your task, also in the Dynamic Island on iPhones that have one · Stats: a month of grapes, hours per subject, days showed up, lifetime hours Share, if you want A card of today's grapes, a mirror card with your task and the prop, a transparent sticker of your seal for notes apps and Stories, and a three-second clip of the flop or the clap. Nothing is posted anywhere by itself. Quiet by design One note a day at most, in the seal's voice, at a time you pick (8 p.m. unless you change it). A heads-up when a countdown ends. Quiet Mode is one tap. Days showed up are counted, never used against you: two freezes refill on their own, and no message ever says something is at risk. Stays on your phone Everything stays on your phone. There is no sign-up and no email, and your tasks and records never leave the device unless you share a card yourself. The app sends only anonymous usage statistics, never what you write, to help improve it. Your records are part of your iPhone's own backup (iCloud Backup or a computer backup), so restoring or moving to a new iPhone brings them along. In English, Korean and Japanese: it follows your iPhone, and you can switch any time in Settings → Language. Jeolmi is a spotted seal pup named after injeolmi, the Korean rice cake it resembles. It insists it is a seal, not a sea lion. This matters to it.
Guardian Study Room
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The room where it's okay to just sit down at your desk on the days you can't even start. Hang today's mood out to dry, and a guardian spirit that matches it appears and sits with you. ■ Hang out your mood · Pick today's feeling - anxious, drained, unmotivated, in flow, or pressured · When your session ends, the mood you hung out dries up and is put away ■ A guardian by your side · An otter, a puppy, or a cat appears to match your mood · Tap to change your guardian - each one offers a word of comfort · In the K-Study Room, meet the Maiden Ghost and the Young Lord Ghost ■ Pomodoro timer · 25 and 50 minute sessions built in · Set any length from 5 minutes to 3 hours · After each focus session, break guidance carries you to the next one · Time flows accurately even when you leave the app, and a bell and notification tell you when it's done ■ Today's to-dos and calendar · Check off today's tasks and manage to-dos per goal · See your exam day (D-Day), studied days, and a 7-day focus graph on the calendar · Streaks earn you a celebration from your guardian ■ Two room moods · The rainy Guardian's Room and the hanji-paper K-Study Room · The view outside the window changes with the time of day (dawn, day, dusk, night) ■ Gentle sounds · Rain, fireplace, lo-fi, and forest sounds on endless loop · Or keep it silent on days you'd rather not hear a thing · English and Korean are supported - the app follows your phone's language Great for you if · You fall apart quickly when studying alone · Starting is the hardest part (a guardian will hold you to "just five minutes") · Emotions keep getting in the way of studying ※ This app does not guarantee academic results. It is a helper for building study habits. ※ Timers and logs are stored on your device only and are never sent anywhere. ※ Please take plenty of breaks during long focus sessions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Guardian Study Room at daily against Jeolmi's weekly. Guardian Study Room also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jeolmi ships an update weekly, Guardian Study Room daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jeolmi | Guardian Study Room |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaewook Jung | Hyunwoo Lee |
In-app purchases
Jeolmi
No in-app purchases
Guardian Study Room
No in-app purchases









