Comparison

Pond vs Little Tomato

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

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About

Pond

This app helps you regain control of your screen time and digital wellbeing. It offers mindful app blocking, tracks your digital balance, and provides a visual representation of your focused time. It's designed to foster healthier phone habits without guilt or gamification.

Highlights
  • Mindful app blocking
  • Screen time tracking
  • Daily balance score
  • Scheduled focus sessions
  • Lotus garden visualizer
  • Breathing prompts
Features
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Pond - Your Digital Sanctuary A mindful app blocker for screen time balance and digital wellbeing You already know the feeling. Another evening lost to scrolling. Reaching for your phone during dinner. The exhaustion of being always on. Your phone promised connection. Instead, it scattered your attention into a thousand pieces. Pond is different. A gentle app blocker and screen time tracker that helps you reclaim your time. Not through guilt or gamification, but through quiet intention and mindful awareness. Three Things That Matter: Daily Balance Score One number that shows the quality of your digital day. Are you creating or consuming? Connecting or scrolling? Resting or stimulating? Not to judge—to help you notice. Track your digital wellbeing and build healthier phone habits. Mindful Blocking Set focus sessions for work, meditation, meals, or sleep. Block distracting apps and social media automatically. Your scattered attention becomes whole again. Just you and what you chose to do. Your Lotus Garden Each moment of presence blooms a lotus in your pond. Not points or streaks—just quiet beauty that grows with your practice. A visual reminder of time well spent and focus reclaimed. What You Can Do: • Block distracting apps during focus time • Set daily limits on social media and screen time • Schedule recurring sessions (work, sleep, meals, study) • Track your balance and phone usage without judgment • Take mindful breaks with breathing prompts • See weekly patterns in your digital life This Isn't Another Productivity App Pond won't buzz you to work harder. Won't shame you for a bad day. Won't turn presence into competition. Just a quiet space. A gentle reminder. A place to return to stillness. Perfect for those seeking digital detox, building healthier phone habits, improving focus, or simply using their phone more intentionally. Pond — a calmer way to use your phone. Your Privacy Matters Everything stays on your device. No tracking. No social comparison. No data collection. Terms & Conditions https://go.pixo.co/pond-terms

About

Little Tomato

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Little Tomato simplifies starting a pomodoro session as much as possible, so even when session time need to be adjusted before start, it would still be just a one-touch action - swipe up/down and release. Beautiful themes, transitions, and animations are added from start to finish to make your experience fresh and enjoyable. There is also a very satisfying sound effect when you finish the session to make the experience even better! - Tap fruit icon to start - Slide green circle right to pause/resume - Slide green circle left to stop - Swipe up/down on red circle to adjust the mins, the faster you swipe the faster the value changes, and release to start with the new mins value - When mins change to 0, your phone will vibrate until you tap it to finish the session - If the app is turned into background, you will receive a notification when the mins change to 0 Hope Little Tomato can help you do more with good mood!

Screenshots

Pond4 screens
Little Tomato4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Little Tomato at none against Pond's 3. Little Tomato also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Pond's advantage is device support. On price 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. Pond sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Little Tomato asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pond versus Little Tomato: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPondLittle Tomato
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (848 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings848 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size350 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPIXO IncorporationZhou Fang

Bugs and requests

Pond

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Timer inaccuracies
  • Interface issues on Mac
  • Inability to share audio with other apps
  • Unreliable auto-reset functionality
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

7 requests
  • Auto-reset option
  • Ability to assign tasks to Pomodoros
  • Project/focus area tracking
  • Cross-device sync
  • Apple Watch support
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  • Ability to skip long breaks
  • Playlist support for sounds

Little Tomato

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pond

Subscriptions2
  • Pond Plus 1 Month$7.991 Month
  • Pond Plus 1 Year7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pond Plus Lifetime$99.99
None

Little Tomato

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pond free?
Pond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Little Tomato free?
Little Tomato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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