Comparison

Alpha vs Track

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

Head to head
About

Alpha

This self-improvement app guides you toward a more fulfilling life with daily journaling, habit tracking, and goal management. It offers insights into your growth and challenges to build resilience, all in just 5 minutes a day.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling with prompts
  • Habit tracking with visual progress
  • Goal setting and achievement
  • Progress analytics and insights
  • 21-day resilience challenges (Quests)
  • Custom themes and creative sparks
Features
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An operating system for people who want to live better. Each day, Alpha runs a simple practice: your priority and most important tasks, a short reflection, and the habits that keep life in balance. Not five more apps — one system that fits in a few minutes. WHAT'S IN THE SYSTEM • Today & Alfie — your daily companion helps you pick what matters, walk through the practice, and cheer when you show up • Hitlist & reflection — set your priority with the most important tasks and a short journal so the day has a clear shape • Habits — track the routines that keep life in balance, with streaks that reward consistency • Move, Meditate & Breathe — short sessions for body and calm; workouts and sessions can sync with Apple Health • Themes & widgets — personalize the look; Home and Lock Screen widgets keep your next step visible • Streaks — every day you show up counts, with skip days so one off-day doesn't end the run ALPHA PRO • Custom themes and personalization • Advanced analytics and insights • Priority cloud sync and data export • Exclusive growth prompts and quests Download Alpha and start a few focused minutes a day — the system keeps running. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Track

This free application helps you monitor progress towards various personal objectives. You can track financial targets, fitness milestones, reading goals, or even habits you want to reduce. It offers diverse tracking methods and presents your data through clear visualizations.

Highlights
  • Track financial targets
  • Monitor fitness milestones
  • Log reading progress
  • Reduce negative habits
  • Visualize progress
  • Add new data easily
Features
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A free app for fully-featured personal goal tracking. Track progress towards a target dollar amount, rep count, or books read. Or, track your monthly run mileage with a 30 day rolling window. Track negatives as well - reduce your dessert frequency with a "lower is better" goal. You can track Best Efforts, Exact Values, or Occurences. We'll generate rich visualizations, and an easy interface for adding new data.

Screenshots

Alpha4 screens
Track4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Track at none against Alpha's 6. Track also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Alpha sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Track asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Alpha against 5.0 for Track. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alpha ships an update every 2 weeks, Track weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Alpha versus Track: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlphaTrack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Labs Inc.Nonagon LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Alpha

Subscriptions5
  • BetterMe Pro$0.991 Month
  • Alpha Monthly$1.991 Month
  • BetterMe Pro$4.996 Months
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  • BetterMe Pro$7.991 Year
  • Alpha Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • BetterMe Pro Forever$17.99
None

Track

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alpha free?
Alpha is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Track free?
Track is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alpha or Track?
Alpha and Track are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Alpha or Track have ads?
Neither Alpha nor Track shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alpha or Track?
Alpha ships an update every 2 weeks, and Track weekly. Most recently, Alpha was updated on November 2, 2026 and Track on October 31, 2026.

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