CheriPom

CheriPom has been discontinued. Unfortunately, Apple charges quite a lot of money for the privilege of being an app developer. CheriPom never really saw enough exposure to be able to cover this cost. Apple removes your apps from the App Store if you don't renew your Developer License every year, so CheriPom is sadly no longer available to download. =(

My apologies to the few people who paid for CheriPom. I thank you very much for giving it a try. If it were up to me, the final version would still be available to you. That just isn't how Apple does things though. After having paid the developer fee for a couple years, it was just no longer viable to keep it in the App Store and continue development.

CheriPom was a simple and minimalist pomodoro timer for iOS.

What's a pomodoro timer? If you're new to the Pomodoro Technique, it's a common time management strategy comprised of doing short periods of work, and taking small breaks between them.

So what's the timer for? To remind you to take those breaks!

In a world where we push ourselves to constantly be more productive, it's important to remember that sometimes those little breaks can make the difference between being stuck on a task and finding your "eureka" moment.

But why is it called CheriPom?

You probably figured that “Pom” is short for Pomodoro, but the word “pomodoro” is just Italian for tomato. The Pomodoro Technique itself is named after the popular tomato-shaped kitchen timers that you must have seen somewhere before.

But you probably knew that already, or you wouldn’t be here.

During development, CheriPom's widget was starting to look so cute and small, kind of like a cherry tomato! And just like that, CheriPom seemed like the perfect name for it!