Routine Planner, Habit Tracker vs Count Up Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
Build better habits and manage your time effectively with a personal assistant designed for structured time management. This app helps you create and stick to routines with flexible timers, voice alerts, and progress tracking. Explore recommended routines and stay motivated with a supportive community.
- Flexible routine timers with voice alerts
- Customizable routines with over 800 emojis
- Daily, weekly, and monthly progress tracking
- Recommended routines and habit challenges
- Cross-device integration (tablet, smartwatch, smartphone)
- Motivational chatbot and community features
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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.
Count Up Timer
Track multiple concurrent time sessions for cooking, workouts, or work sprints. Gain insights into your time usage with daily, weekly, and monthly statistics. Build habits with goal setting and stay motivated with streak tracking.
- Multiple concurrent timers
- Session insights by day, week, month
- Habit building with daily goals
- Streak tracking and accountability
- Background running
- Lock Screen Live Activities
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Stop losing track of how long things actually take. Count Up Timer runs multiple timers at once. For work, workouts, study, or anything you want to measure. 100% free. No ads. No subscription. FEATURES • Multi-timer: track several activities at once • Tags & goals: label sessions, set daily targets, build streaks • Insights: see where your time goes by day, week, month, all-time • Widget + Lock Screen Live Activities: keeps running when the app is closed • No accounts, no ads, no data collection PERFECT FOR Work sprints • Pomodoro • HIIT & workouts • Study sessions • Cooking • Habit tracking • Side projects • Meditation Be mindful, stay productive and track your time with Count Up Timer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Count Up Timer at none against Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's 22. Count Up Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 5) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and rating 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
Both are free to download. Routine Planner, Habit Tracker sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Count Up Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Routine Planner, Habit Tracker against 4.8 for Count Up Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Routine Planner, Habit Tracker has 18K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Count Up Timer's.
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker ships an update every 10 days, Count Up Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Routine Planner, Habit Tracker | Count Up Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18K ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Routinery Corp. | Taras Savytskyi |
Customer experience
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
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Bugs and 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
Count Up Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
- Routinery Premium (Weekly)7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Routinery Premium (1 Month)$3.991 Month
- Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$5.001 Month
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- Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$5.491 Month
- Routinery Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Routinery Premium (3 months)7 Days trial$12.493 Months
- Routinery Plus Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (6 months)7 Days trial2 variants$24.006 Months
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)$24.991 Year
- Routinery Membership1 Year trial$36.001 Year
- Routinery Scholarship$36.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)1 Year trial$36.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$36.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.491 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$41.991 Year
- Routinery Premium (Family)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Routinery 1-month Gift$4.19
- Routinery 6 months Gift$20.00
- Routinery 6 months Gift$27.99
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- Routinery 12 months Gift$30.00
- Routinery 12 months Gift$41.99
Count Up Timer
No in-app purchases
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