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Pomodoro Warrior vs Forest

Forest put a tree on the clock. It grows while you work and dies if you leave for a blocked app, and the coins a finished session pays unlock species and land styles for your forest. Plus adds ad removal, every soundscape and planting real trees with coins.

Checked 21 September 2026 | https://www.forestapp.cc/


  1. Focus and rest intervals

    Pomodoro Warrior

    25 : 5 Classic, plus Lightning 15 : 3 and Siege 50 : 10

    Forest

    Not published

  2. Your own intervals

    Pomodoro Warrior

    Yes, forged with the Royal Guild Pass

    Forest

    Not published

  3. Rest you cannot skip

    Pomodoro Warrior

    Yes, the next wave waits for it

    Forest

    Not published

  4. Quests and gold

    Pomodoro Warrior

    Daily quests and forged oaths pay gold

    Forest

    No quests. Coins grow the forest and unlock species

  5. A room you furnish

    Pomodoro Warrior

    Banners, chests and a hearth, bought with gold

    Forest

    The forest itself is the decoration, with species and land styles

  6. Ambient soundscapes

    Pomodoro Warrior

    10 loops

    Forest

    Ambient sounds ship. One Mindful Space soundscape is free, the rest are Plus

  7. Theme cartridges

    Pomodoro Warrior

    4 cartridges

    Forest

    Not published

  8. Sync between devices

    Pomodoro Warrior

    Account sync

    Forest

    Account sync across iPhone, iPad, Android and the browser extension

  9. Ads

    Pomodoro Warrior

    None

    Forest

    Occasional ads in the free tier, never during a focus session. Plus removes them

  10. What you get before paying

    Pomodoro Warrior

    7 days free, then $1.99 a month

    Forest

    Core timer, Deep Focus on one app, ambient sounds, Plant Together, coins

  11. Price

    Pomodoro Warrior

    $1.99 monthly, $19.99 yearly

    Forest

    $5.99 monthly or $35.99 yearly on the US App Store. The old one-off Pro is no longer sold

The Honest Take

Forest and Pomodoro Warrior make a different ask of the same working day. Forest asks you to stay out of the app you were avoiding, and it never asks you to stop: there is no rest timer to protect, no quest board and nothing to spend coins on beyond the forest itself. We put a monster on the clock and then make you sit down at the fire. If what you want is a hard blocker with a garden in it, that is Forest. If the missing piece is the rest, and a reason to open the app again tomorrow, that is what the dungeon is for.

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Rest your weary mind. Reclaim your time.

Pick a dungeon, start the timer and let the warrior fight while you work. The campfire is waiting at the end of the wave.