Pond - Screen Time & Pomodoro

Pond - Screen Time & Pomodoro

By PIXO Incorporation

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2014-04-08
  • Current Version: 2.0.7
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 350.13 MB
  • Developer: PIXO Incorporation
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
Score: 4.60689
4.60689
From 842 Ratings

Description

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

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Reviews

  • Nice idea but very buggy

    2
    By EliKo.
    I like the idea of this app and the features, but it would be nice if it worked a bit better. The active notifications banner stays wide so I can’t see the clock or battery indicator whenever a block period is going. The block scheduling also just doesn’t work reliably. I just had to play with the settings on a block to get the app to notice that it was scheduled and actually activate it. It’s also weird to market a nice simple, bug-free pomodoro timer app (which attracted lots of appropriately great reviews) and then suddenly replace it on everyone’s devices with this really heavy, kind of invasive app with paid features. I actually like what “Pond” is going for but… kinda skeevy tbh. And buggy.
  • App changed fundamentally

    1
    By shmiggles8128
    This used to be a pomodoro timer and is now a spyware app (asked for screen time access?!?!).
  • What did you do

    1
    By IR2BMLGSWAGGY
    This used to be a simple, nonintrusive timer. Now it requires additional access. I don’t need all these stupid bells and whistles - I just want my pomodoro timer
  • Rug pulled

    1
    By Unfortunate74907
    This app was simple and great pomodoro timer and it appears to have been switched to slop that wants access to all my screen time data.
  • Rebrand/redesign. I have no interest in this app now.

    1
    By green lentil
    The developers have completely replaced the app that originally garnered the high reviews you see. This used to be a very simple and easy to use pomodoro app that was good for setting interval timers. That is what the 5 star ratings were from. The app developers have no idea what made their app successful in the past.
  • Utterly ruined

    1
    By Verxion
    This used to be an incredibly great app but now they’ve utterly ruined it and turned it into useless garbage. :(
  • Ruined an excellent app

    1
    By @spellbang
    Requires data sync now. Deleting immediately, sorry. Focus Keeper was great as-is.
  • app ruined

    1
    By sweet-JP
    decent app suddenly turned into something asking for a bunch of permissions; it took me awhile to even figure out what the app was, it seemingly appeared out of nowhere. this app is piss
  • Updated and Is No Longer What It Used to Be

    1
    By SkittlesBeats
    This was an amazing pomodoro timer app — and it was free and without a subscription. It was suddenly updated and is put behind a paywall. Absolute slop.
  • Ruined a great app

    1
    By BostonMarketer
    I loved this app when it was a well-designed pomodoro timer. I used it for years. Now it’s asking me to access my data without offering anything of value. Delete! What a shame.

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