Comparison

Balance Check vs Tree

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

Head to head
About

Balance Check

This app helps you improve your well-being by focusing on eight dimensions of personal health. Create custom daily checklists, get task suggestions, and use tools like a notepad and stopwatch to manage your day and personal growth.

Highlights
  • Personalized checklists
  • Wellness dimension suggestions
  • Daily notepad
  • Stopwatch for time management
  • Favorite checklist creation
  • Task completion tracking
Features
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Personal health can be broken down into 8 categories, which researchers call the "Eight Dimensions of Wellness." Balance Check allows you to the ability to create daily checklists, while providing suggestions that cater to each of the 8 dimensions of wellness. Focus on specific areas of your life each day to improve your overall well-being and quality of life. Balance Check also allows you to create your own "Favorite" checklists. Use these lists to personalize checklists for specific purposes like: "Morning Routine", "Fresh Week Routine", "Study Routine" etc. If you have any spur of the moment ideas, Balance Check also comes with a daily note pad to help you keep track of your day. Make sure to utilize the stopwatch feature as well, to keep you on track with time management. Start improving your life in small ways, one checkmark at a time. App Contents: - Create personalized checklists - Suggestions for tasks with each individual wellness area - Famous quotes for inspiration - Daily note for keeping track of your day - Stopwatch to help with time management and timed activities - Ability to set current checklist as todays primary focus - Keep track of which items are completed - User friendly - Ad free

About

Tree

Features
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Headline: Your life needs an index. Tree adopts a minimal hierarchy to map your complex personal life into lightweight metadata. Stop trying to remember everything—use Tree to remember "how to find everything." Core Highlights: Metadata Mindset: Manage your life like clean code. Every node is a gateway to deeper information, condensing infinite complexity into an orderly directory. Dual-View Design: Canvas Mode: A God's-eye view. Zoom and pan on an infinite canvas to perceive the grand structure of your knowledge. Card Mode: Focus on the "now." Dive deep into specific branches and eliminate all external noise. Intuitive Interaction: Tap to expand, long-press for menus, and drag to reorganize. Every gesture is designed for pure intuition. Data Sovereignty: Markdown import/export with plain text storage. Your data always belongs to you. Why Tree? Cognitive Alignment: The human brain is naturally wired for hierarchy. Tree syncs with your innate cognitive patterns. The Ultimate Index: From root to leaf, our efficient retrieval logic guides you directly to your life’s milestones. Monochrome Aesthetics: Stripped of distractions, leaving only space for your thoughts. "The simpler the index, the vaster the world you command."

Screenshots

Balance Check3 screens
Tree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Balance Check at Free against Tree's $0.99. Balance Check also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 17.6). Tree's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Balance Check is free to download; Tree costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Balance Check ships an update every 6 months, Tree every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Balance Check versus Tree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalance CheckTree
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#190 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.2 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBradley Ensign绪 陈

In-app purchases

None

Balance Check

No in-app purchases

None

Tree

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balance Check free?
Balance Check is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tree free?
Tree costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Balance Check or Tree have ads?
Neither Balance Check nor Tree shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Balance Check or Tree?
Balance Check ships an update every 6 months, and Tree every 8 days. Most recently, Balance Check was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tree on October 18, 2026.

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