Comparison

Nela vs Pomi

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

Head to head
About

Nela

Features
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Study with a little friend who grows with every session. Nela is a focus timer with a study pet. Start a session, put your phone down, and your little red panda sits down to study with you. When the timer ends, you earn coins, your bond grows, and sometimes your pet finds something in the world you explore together. HOW IT WORKS • Start focus in one tap: Pomodoro, a timer or a stopwatch, with pause. • Pick a subject and, if you like, a task from your to-do list. • Put your phone down. The timer keeps running on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, even when you leave the app. • When it ends, your pet asks whether you finished your task, and you collect your rewards. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS, IF YOU WANT Turn on Block distracting apps for a session and Nela uses Apple's Screen Time to keep the apps you choose away until it ends. It's a switch, never a requirement. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A daily goal, with today's focus time on Home and in a widget. • Your days in a row, with a flame. Missing a day never takes away anything you've earned. • Stats by day, week and subject, with your best day. • Study quests with coins to claim: finish 3 sessions today, focus 2 hours this week, study 7 days in a row. • Routines with gentle reminders for the study days you plan. A PET AND A WORLD THAT GROW • Every session, your pet studies somewhere in its world, and each subject sends it to a different kind of place. • Collect postcards and discoveries, and open new parts of the map. • Spend coins in the shop on furniture, room styles and outfits, including a study corner. • Ambient sounds for your sessions: rain for everyone, and campfire, breeze, night and lo-fi with Nela Plus. KIND BY DESIGN Your pet never gets sick or runs away. Ending a session early is allowed, and the time you focused still counts. No ads. NELA PLUS, IF YOU WANT MORE The timer, your pet, the shop, study quests and app blocking are free. Nela Plus adds: • All 5 ambient sounds • All 12 study routines, up to 3 at a time • Double coins from every session • Your full stats history • Plus items and a daily deal in the shop Nela Plus is $3.99 a month, or $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial. Prices may differ by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. PRIVATE • No account needed to start. Your sessions and progress stay on your iPhone, with an optional backup when you sign in. • You choose which apps to block. Nela never sees which ones they are, and doesn't read anything inside your apps. Nela is a study tool, not a medical or mental-health treatment. Available in English, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Portuguese and Hebrew. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getnela.app/privacy

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Pomi

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Meet Pomi, a round little tomato who lives on a floating island and loves helping you focus. Pomi is a Pomodoro timer that turns every focus session into something cute to collect. Start a session and Pomi keeps an egg warm. Finish it, and the egg hatches into a Pomling — one of more than 60 collectible characters, from Sprout and DJ Ketchup to the legendary King Pomodoro. FOCUS, THE COZY WAY • Classic Pomodoro (25/5 with a long break every 4 sessions), Deep Work (50/10) or your own custom timer • Live Activity and Dynamic Island: watch your egg incubate and the time tick down from the Lock Screen • Accurate even in the background, with the screen locked or after a restart • Gentle notifications when focus or a break ends, with quick actions • Tag your sessions: Study, Work, Reading, Creative, Personal — or create your own ZERO GUILT • Strict Mode is optional. Leave the app for more than 10 seconds and your egg simply goes back to the nest. Nothing dies, nothing is lost, no shaming — just try again when you're ready. • Breaks become tiny rituals with Pomi: stretch, sip water, 4-7-8 breathing, or rest your eyes with the 20-20-20 rule. COLLECT AND GROW • Longer sessions and daily streaks make rarer eggs: Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary • A collection album with silhouettes of the Pomlings still waiting to be found • Monthly events with limited-time Pomlings • Your island grows with every hour of focus: flowers, trees, a cottage, string lights, a windmill and more SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Daily goal and streak, with a streak freezer for busy days (Pro) • Stats for today, the week, month and year, by tag, plus your golden hour • A shareable daily recap in Story format ALWAYS AT HAND • Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start focus in Pomi" • Focus filter: turn on Strict Mode and a tag automatically with your iOS Focus MADE WITH CARE • No ads. No third-party tracking. Everything stays on your device. • Ambient brown, pink and white noise to get in the zone (Pro) • Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support POMI PRO Pro unlocks every Pomling and monthly event, Deep Work and custom timers, the full island, your whole history, ambient sounds, the streak freezer, recaps without watermark, every widget, sky themes and alternate app icons. Choose a yearly plan (with a free trial for eligible new subscribers), a monthly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged at confirmation (or when the free trial ends). Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pomi-app.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Nela4 screens
Pomi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nela at 16.4 against Pomi's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Nela sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pomi sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Nela versus Pomi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNelaPomi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKovacs Software SolutionsRerisson henrique gomes de jesus porto

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nela

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Pomi

Subscriptions3
  • Pomi Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pomi Pro Annual Special$8.991 Year
  • Pomi Pro Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pomi Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Nela free?
Nela is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomi free?
Pomi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nela or Pomi have ads?
Neither Nela nor Pomi shows ads.

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