Comparison

FIT vs Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

FIT

Features
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This is the FIT-Basic version, free of charge and free of advertisements. You will find a pro version called FIT-System in the App Store. The basic version provides all functionality but restricts the number of event categories to 12. You will experience this as sufficient for a versatile range of use cases. And may as appetizer for the unrestricted pro version. The author of the FIT-App is a scientist in Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering. Contacting him will help you to understand and use the potentials of the FIT technique and to innovate and improve your field study: juergen.held@hfg-gmuend.de In analysis of human or animal behavior you often have to record diverse activities. For example in field studies of Human Factors, Ergonomics, Psychology or in Biology you have to observe activities like tasks, interactions, states, postures, positions, locations, motions or any other observational events. For documentation of your observations you need to record or store them with a time stamp. Your objective is a list or table of the observed events with their related time stamp of occurrence or observation. Therefor you may use traditional time study Apps of key-stroke or pre-defined button recording. But very probably you will experience a set of problems: - You can not design your own user interface of recording. - Instead you have to use a restricted predefined set of buttons or icons. - You can not adapt the user interface to the context and your mental representations. - You have to declare and fix the meaning of your buttons before recording starts. - Memorization or learning of the fix set of buttons limits your event categories. - You can not easily change or adapt your interface during recording. The FIT (Flexible Interface Technique) App is different because: (1) It allows you to design a recording interface graphically or pictorially. In using or designing graphic symbols, text or simply by using photographs of the observation setting you can reach a better performance in recording in terms of faster reaction time, less erroneous input and the management of a much more higher amount of event categories. (2) Using the FIT-App you not declare the meaning of your interface in advance. There is no such thing like first defining everything of your study and then realize during pilot observations to change and redefine it. Instead you can start event recording even with a blank screen as your interface. The signature or meaning of your input in the FIT-App is done afterwards. It is a kind of reverse notation where you can focus on the observational character of the data and not have to narrow your capacities because of enforced occupation with predefined operators of the App. In a field study of human or animal behavior you will often be confronted with the need of a relatively fine grain of analysis. Thus managing a relatively high number of activities and states or locations is often the use case. To solve this with traditional event recording Apps is problematic because of the given interface you have to accept. The result of the FIT-App is a table of event data, i.e. the name or signature of the event and the time stamp in a table form. It can export to spreadsheet software as Numbers or Excel, or as a comma separated file (CSV) for use in statistical packages as R or SPSS. Your work with the FIT-App is supported by a iBook tutorial free of charge (see support link on this page). Additionally it provides you with recording examples and literature links. The FIT-App is just a tool and free of in-App registrations or advertisements. Using the FIT-App you will stay "in touch" with the history of Apple Inc. as the FIT software derives from a first App written in the nineties for the touch screen of the "Apple Newton Message Pad" computer.

About

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

This app helps you build and execute daily routines by breaking them into small, manageable steps with guided timers and voice prompts. It's designed to make starting tasks easier, prevent time from slipping away, and track your progress with visual cues.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step routine execution
  • Voice-guided prompts
  • Customizable timers for each step
  • Integration with AI assistants
  • Home screen widgets
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Progress visualization with plant growth
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You've checked the boxes. The day still didn't happen. Routinery tracks your routines and then runs them with you. App of the Day 2026 (Apple) - Best ADHD App of 2025 (Forbes Health) - 5 million downloads A habit tracker, routine tracker and day planner in one. Stack small habits into a daily routine, break it into 1-5 minute steps, and each step runs on its own timer while a voice calls out what comes next. Morning routines, bedtime wind-downs, study blocks, workouts, medication - anything with a fixed order runs the same way. WHY IT WORKS - Starting gets easier. "Study" is too big to begin; "sit at the desk, 1 min" is not. Small steps lower the cost of the first move. - Nothing to decide mid-run. You set the order once, when you built the routine. Nothing left to choose means less to stall on. - Wins come back often. A finish is logged every step, not once a day. - No time math. You set each step's length once. Sink into one thing and the voice pulls you out, so an afternoon doesn't vanish. ASK CHATGPT OR CLAUDE TO BUILD IT - "Make me a 40-minute weekday morning routine" and it lands in the app. - Your assistant can handle routines alongside other tools you've connected there, like Google Calendar. - Connects to ChatGPT, Claude and others over our MCP server, included in the free plan. IT STARTS ON TIME, SCREEN OR NOT - Set the weekdays and time; the reminder arrives then. Weekdays only, three times a week, whatever your schedule. - The voice reads each step aloud, so the routine keeps running while you shower or cook. - A home screen widget shows today's list without opening the app. - Start on the phone, carry on from watch, tablet, or Mac. STAY DEEP IN ONE THING - A pomodoro that announces the next task, so the block keeps its own momentum. - Build the environment: white noise, Focus mode, landscape view, Shortcuts. - Stretch a timer, skip a step, reorder what's left - all without leaving the run. DON'T DO IT ALONE - Share a routine's task list with family or a friend and see how far each of you got. - Finish a routine and the result goes straight to the person you picked. SEE IT ADD UP - A plant grows for each day you keep a streak; weekly and monthly stats show what holds. FOR THE DAILY AND THE ONE-OFF - Keep undated tasks and weekly repeats in one daily routine planner. - A one-time task gets a timer too. - Can't face it now? Park it in Anytime for later. - Shift work that moves weekly still fits: Morning, Afternoon, Evening. - See the day as a list, a calendar, or a timeline. WHO USES ROUTINERY - Adults with ADHD who know the task and still can't start - People who lose hours once they sink into something - People who double-check in case they missed one - Anyone who waits to start until they can do it perfectly - Shift workers, people on daily medication, parents on the school run - Anyone who wrote a routine down and never once ran it ROUTINERY AT A GLANCE Is Routinery free? Yes. 2 routines free, no account, first one running in under a minute. Premium lifts the routine cap: monthly, 6-month or yearly. The free plan shows ads; Premium is ad-free. Do I need an account, and what about privacy? No account, no sign-up. Routine data is stored on our servers; usage analytics go through third-party tools. What you type is never used to train AI models. Email hello@routinery.app and we delete your data. Does Routinery work offline? Almost entirely. Routines, timers, voice, reminders and history run offline. Only device sync needs a connection. What does Routinery connect to? Siri Shortcuts, widgets, Apple Watch, and AI assistants over MCP. No direct sync with Apple Health or calendars. No export button either; pull your data out over MCP instead, free plan included. What devices does Routinery run on? iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. No web version. Questions, bugs or ideas: hello@routinery.app Routinery is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat ADHD.

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Routine Planner, Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FIT at none against Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's 10. FIT also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Routine Planner, Habit Tracker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. FIT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FIT ships an update fortnightly, Routine Planner, Habit Tracker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FIT versus Routine Planner, Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFITRoutine Planner, Habit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (18K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—82.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—18K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB166 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJuergen HeldRoutinery Corp.

Bugs and requests

FIT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Routine steps not updating correctly
  • Crashes when trying to edit routines
  • Sync issues between phone and Apple Watch app

Requested features

5 requests
  • More than 2 free routines
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Ability to create checklists within tasks
  • Option to run routines without set times
  • Improved Apple Watch integration and complications

In-app purchases

None

FIT

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

Subscriptions8
  • Routinery Premium (Weekly)7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial2 variants$6.991 Month
  • Routinery Premium (3 months)7 Days trial$12.493 Months
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  • Routinery Plus Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.001 Year
  • Routinery Premium (6 months)7 Days trial$33.496 Months
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)1 Year trial$49.991 Year
  • Routinery Membership1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is FIT free?
FIT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Routine Planner, Habit Tracker free?
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FIT or Routine Planner, Habit Tracker have ads?
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker shows ads; FIT does not.
Which is updated more often, FIT or Routine Planner, Habit Tracker?
FIT ships an update fortnightly, and Routine Planner, Habit Tracker every 8 days. Most recently, FIT was updated on November 11, 2026 and Routine Planner, Habit Tracker on November 13, 2026.

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