Comparison

Basic Journal vs Simple Habits!

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

Head to head
About

Basic Journal

A fast and simple journal app designed for busy individuals to quickly jot down notes on daily activities. It offers an elegant, chronological display of entries with easy editing and export options.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Chronological note display
  • Summary and detail views
  • Edit and delete notes easily
  • Recently edited notes highlighted
  • iCloud syncing
  • Text export option
Features
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Waste less time fiddling with your phone, and spend more time learning, working, or training! If you are an active or busy person, you need to take notes quickly, easily, on whatever device you have with you. This app is a fast and simple journal/diary for your daily activities. This app is ideal for fitness enthusiasts, gym users, dancers who need to make notes on choreography, or anyone who needs fast and simple note-taking. Why this app? Other note-taking apps are complicated and difficult to navigate, and your notes are quickly buried. They are just not practical for quickly noting down or recalling corrections and notes during a class, lecture or workshop. This app keeps all your notes on display in a large, friendly format, in chronological order. • Elegant and simple layout of notes by date. • Summary view for a quick overview. • Detail view to browse all notes at once. • Edit or delete notes quickly from any screen. • Recently edited notes are highlighted. Data storage: • Your notes are synced across all your iOS devices. It doesn't matter if you delete the app or lose your device; your notes are stored with Apple's iCloud (subject to iCloud availability, and it being enabled on your device). • Text export option: you can get all your notes out of the software any time you want, to keep your own backups, share, or use elsewhere. NOTES Accidents happen, so it is recommended that you make regular backups with the export function. You are responsible for maintaining your own backups in case of data loss. It may take a while to sync your existing notes when you first install the app on an extra device: be patient! Make sure iCloud is enabled on your device to use the syncing feature.

About

Simple Habits!

Easily build positive habits with a simple tap interface. Track your progress with current and longest streaks, and add notes to each entry for personalized reflection. This app helps you stay motivated on your journey to self-improvement.

Highlights
  • Add/remove entries with a tap
  • Add notes to entries
  • Track current streaks
  • Track longest streaks
  • Simple habit building
Features
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Build habits one day at a time: - Add or remove an entry with a tap - Add a note to each entry - Tracks current and longest streaks

Screenshots

Basic Journal4 screens
Simple Habits!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Habits! at 5.0 against Basic Journal's 3.3. Simple Habits! also leads on ads (none vs shown). Basic Journal's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Basic Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Habits! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Habits! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Basic Journal versus Simple Habits!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic JournalSimple Habits!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HudsonThe Binary Kitchen, LLC

Customer experience

Basic Journal

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Simple Habits!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Basic Journal

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Simple Habits!

One-time1
  • Habits Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Basic Journal free?
Basic Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Habits! free?
Simple Habits! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Basic Journal or Simple Habits!?
Simple Habits! is rated higher. Basic Journal averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Simple Habits! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Basic Journal or Simple Habits! have ads?
Basic Journal shows ads; Simple Habits! does not.

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