Comparison

Bits vs Goaltender | Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Bits

This app helps professional stand-up comedians organize their writing process. Quickly capture ideas, add notes, build and reorder sets, and use on-stage mode for performances. Organize jokes with labels and track their status.

Highlights
  • Quickly capture joke ideas
  • Add detailed notes to each bit
  • Build and reorder performance sets
  • On-stage mode for live shows
  • Organize bits with custom labels
  • Track bit status (draft, done, gold)
  • Estimate and time bit performance
Features
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Bits is an app for professional stand-up comedians. It’s designed to keep your writing process fast and organized so you can focus on your comedy instead of the tools. Here's what it offers: *WRITE BITS* Whenever a funny thought pops into your brain, you can quickly add it to your infinite bits list. Just open the app, hit that plus button, and start writing. All your bits are saved securely*, instantly, and automatically so you won’t have to worry about that. *ADD NOTES* Writing the perfect bit comes with lots of experimentation and small details to remember. To help you with the ongoing process of adjustments, each bit has its section of notes. Bits and notes always come together so you won’t be able to lose important notes you’ve written to yourself. *BUILD SETS* We all wish for the perfect set. The set will catch the crowd on its first bit and finish with resounding laughter. This glory set is the easiest to build and manage. You can add bits to existing sets or create a new set and add bits to it. Simply drag & drop to reorder the bits and have them ready one by one. Move jokes up and down, remove and add until you find that perfect balance of laughs. *ON STAGE MODE* The old days of paper pages on a stool are over! When you’re up there on stage, you can switch to the on-stage mode and have your set ready for your performance. The screen will remain turned on and all black. While you perform, you can swipe right or left to indicate if the joke did well or not so you can come back to it later and reshape it the way you think best. *ORGANIZE WITH LABELS* Planning a Christmas set? And how about those airport bits? Or where did you put all of your funny bits about your dad? Oh, they’re all labeled! Label each bit with any label(s) you want. Either apply labels from the bit screen or add bits to an existing label from the labels screen. Access by bit the themes you think are most suitable for your next set. *SET STATUSES* Writing a bit is a process. It starts with a thought and moves up the ladder until it’s done. Draft, done, or gold - these are predefined statuses for your bits which will help you plan ahead and easily see which bits need more work, which can be performed and get laughs, and which are so good that you can close and get max cheers from your crowd. *TIME YOUR BITS* You got only 5 minutes, 5:10 at most. Which bits can be squeezed in to fit that time limitation? Oh, that’s easy. Each bit is generated with an approximate time it’ll take you to perform it, but you can always tweak it and make sure you can plan every bit to fit perfectly into its time slot. ---- --- *Please note that material backup, bit feedback, and custom icons are available to paid subscribers only. ---- --- I’d love to answer your questions or just hear what you think about Bits. Find me online at: amitay@thebits.club Twitter: @standUpBitsApp ---- --- Privacy Policy: https://www.thebits.club/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.thebits.club/termsnconditions

About

Goaltender | Habit Tracker

This app transforms your ambitions into a dynamic scoreboard, automatically calculating daily, weekly, and monthly targets to keep you on track. It focuses on what you need to do next, providing real-time insights into your progress and future outcomes.

Highlights
  • Live Pace Engine
  • Smart Forecasting
  • Goal Decomposition
  • One-Tap Logging
  • Visual Progress Dashboard
  • Pace Alerts
  • Custom Units
Features
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Stop guessing. Start achieving. Goaltender is the goal tracker that turns your ambitions into a live scoreboard. Set any measurable goal: workouts, books, savings, miles, hours practiced, and the app automatically calculates exactly what you need to do today, this week, and this month to stay on pace so you'll hit your goals. Most goal apps tell you what you’ve done. Goaltender tells you what you must do next. HOW IT WORKS - Set a quantified goal with a target number and deadline - Goaltender calculates your required pace (e.g., 2.9 workouts/week) - Log progress in under 2 seconds with one-tap tracking - Every time you log, the app recalculates your new required pace - See instantly if you’re ahead, on track, or behind POWERFUL FEATURES - Live Pace Engine: Dynamically recalculates your required pace every time you log progress. Fall behind? The math adjusts automatically so you always see the real path to your goal. - Smart Forecasting: See where you’ll actually land based on your current pace. “At this rate, you’ll finish 24 of 30 books by Dec 31.” No surprises. - Goal Decomposition: Break big goals into daily, weekly, or monthly targets. “Run 500 miles this year” becomes “1.4 miles/day.” - Any Goal, Any Timeframe: Track daily, weekly, monthly, annual, or multi-year goals. From “500 words today” to “$1M in 10 years.” - One-Tap Logging: Log workouts, pages, hours, dollars, or any custom unit in under 2 seconds. Frictionless by design. Visual Progress Dashboard — See progress charts, pace lines, and ahead/behind indicators at a glance. Green means go. Red means push harder. - Pace Alerts: Get notified when you’re falling behind or surging ahead so you can adjust in real time. - Purpose-Driven Goals: Attach a “why” to every goal. Inspired by Tony Robbins’ RPM system: Result, Purpose, Massive Action. - Custom Units: Track anything: workouts, miles, books, reps, meditations, posts, hours, dollars, or create your own. BUILT FOR ACHIEVERS - Goaltender is designed for people who love data, systems, and results. Whether you’re an entrepreneur tracking revenue milestones, an athlete logging training volume, a reader chasing a yearly book goal, or anyone who believes that what gets measured gets managed. This app is your competitive edge. WHY GOALTENDER? Other apps track what you’ve done. Goaltender tracks your trajectory. That subtle shift—from progress to pace—is the difference between hoping you’ll hit your goals and knowing exactly what it takes. Download Goaltender today and turn every goal into a math problem you can solve. Version 1.0 — Launch Edition • Set measurable goals with targets and deadlines • Live pace engine recalculates every time you log • Smart forecasting shows where you’ll actually land • One-tap logging for workouts, books, miles, dollars & more • Visual dashboard with ahead/behind indicators • Pace alerts keep you accountable

Screenshots

Bits4 screens
Goaltender | Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Goaltender | Habit Tracker at none against Bits's 10. Goaltender | Habit Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bits's advantage is ratings volume (229 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bits sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Goaltender | Habit Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goaltender | Habit Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bits has 229 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bits versus Goaltender | Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitsGoaltender | Habit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (229 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings229 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmitay TweetoDaniel Russo

Customer experience

Bits

All ratings228 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.9%

Goaltender | Habit Tracker

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

Bugs and requests

Bits

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App fails to save edits and loses material
  • Cross-platform synchronization not working properly
  • Entire joke libraries deleted without warning
  • Writing streak counter resets unexpectedly
  • Bits randomly dropped from sets
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  • Text formatting jumps to bottom of page when adding line breaks
  • Sets page pops up repeatedly when trying to navigate back
  • Gags stuck scrolled to top when editing
  • Keyboard stays on screen blocking text visibility
  • Showtime swipe function has unintuitive directional logic
  • Data loss on app updates or device transfers

Requested features

17 requests
  • Font size adjustment for visually impaired users
  • Better web version functionality
  • iPad-optimized version
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to record and playback jokes
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  • Keyword search functionality for set building
  • Performance tracking with worked/didn't work indicators
  • Gag title feature for better organization
  • Bullet points and checkbox formatting within gags
  • Drag-and-drop custom gag organization
  • Social component to connect with other comedians
  • Timer with toggle visibility during showtime
  • Better text formatting and color highlighting
  • Improved showtime display with larger text
  • Filter and sort gags by status (drafts, completed, etc.)
  • Ability to edit gags while in a set
  • Auto-correct and spell-check functionality

Goaltender | Habit Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Bits

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$9.991 Year
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$49.991 Year
None

Goaltender | Habit Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bits free?
Bits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goaltender | Habit Tracker free?
Goaltender | Habit Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bits or Goaltender | Habit Tracker?
Goaltender | Habit Tracker is rated higher. Bits averages 4.7 out of 5 from 229 ratings, while Goaltender | Habit Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bits or Goaltender | Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither Bits nor Goaltender | Habit Tracker shows ads.

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