Comparison

CUG vs Cadence

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

Head to head
About

CUG

Features
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Aplicación Oficial para la gestión, registro y seguimiento de asistentes de la comunidad universitaria a los eventos del Consejo Universitario General de la Universidad Veracruzana. Incluye información general, orden del día, código QR de acceso al evento.

About

Cadence

This app helps you build positive routines or break bad ones with a focus on daily progress. It offers flexible tracking options, visual progress overviews, and on-device data privacy. Unlock unlimited habits and sync features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Flexible habit scheduling
  • Visual progress grids and heatmaps
  • Momentum rings for 30-day performance
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Actionable lock screen alerts
  • Private, on-device data storage
Features
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Cadence is a calm, strictly private habit tracker with no subscriptions that helps you focus on your daily progress. No cluttered interfaces and no account signups. Whether you want to build a positive routine or break a bad one, Cadence gives you the clarity to actually stick to it. Log habits by hand, or connect Apple Health and let them log themselves. AUTOMATIC WITH APPLE HEALTH • Connect Once: Link a habit to a Health metric like steps, workouts, water, sleep, or mindful minutes. • Logs Itself: The moment you reach your goal, Cadence marks the habit done for you. Your streak keeps going without a single tap. • You Decide: Connect only the habits you want, and switch it off any time. TRACK IT YOUR WAY • Target Goals: Set "at least" goals to build up or "at most" limits to cut back. • Simple Habits: Track "yes or no" routines like reading or meditating. • Any Schedule: Every day, specific weekdays, 3 times a week, 5 times a day, every other day. If it fits your life, Cadence can track it. • Skip Days: Mark a day as "not applicable" without breaking your streak. Life happens. SEE THE FULL PICTURE • Overview: Your home base to visualize all your habits and progress at a glance. • The Visual Grid: View your long-term consistency on a beautifully color-coded calendar heat map. • Habit Details: Track streaks, personal bests, and completion rates across weeks, months, and years. • Momentum Rings: Instantly gauge your 30-day rolling performance directly from your habit list. ON YOUR WRIST & HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch: Log habits and check your progress right from your wrist. No phone needed. • Widgets: Keep a single habit front and center with small widgets, or track your entire day at a glance. • Heatmap Widget: Put one habit's recent weeks on your Home Screen as a grid of days, shaded by how much you did, with its ring beside them. STAY ON TRACK • Actionable Alerts: Log a habit as "Done" or "Skip" directly from your lock screen without opening the app. • Smart Reminders: Nudges that adapt to you. Hit your weekly goal early, and Cadence stays quiet until next week. • Daily Notes: Attach context to any entry (like noting the weather for a run). • Adaptive Theming: Full support for Light and Dark modes with a carefully curated 28-color palette. YOUR DATA, YOUR BUSINESS Cadence has no analytics, no tracking SDKs, and no data harvesting. Your habit data lives locally on your device, with free iCloud sync through your private Apple account. Cadence reads Health data on your iPhone and never sends it to us or third parties. Health-derived habit entries may sync through your private iCloud when iCloud Sync is enabled. FREE VS. UNLOCKED Use Cadence completely free for up to 4 active habits, including full iCloud sync. Need more? A single one-time purchase unlocks Cadence: • Unlimited active habits • CSV data export and import • Home Screen widgets • Apple Watch app • All future updates No subscriptions. No auto-renewals. Pay once, own it forever.

Screenshots

CUG4 screens
Cadence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CUG at none against Cadence's 1. CUG also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Cadence's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads 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. Cadence sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CUG asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CUG ships an update every 5 months, Cadence every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CUG versus Cadence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCUGCadence
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUniversidad Veracruzana - UVHyundoh Kim

In-app purchases

None

CUG

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cadence

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$2.99

Questions

Is CUG free?
CUG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CUG or Cadence have ads?
Neither CUG nor Cadence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CUG or Cadence?
CUG ships an update every 5 months, and Cadence every 10 days. Most recently, CUG was updated on October 5, 2026 and Cadence on October 7, 2026.

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