Session vs Smol Habit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Session
Track your progress towards mastering skills by logging dedicated practice time. Manually log sessions or use the automatic timer to record your efforts. Start making measurable progress on your goals today.
- Create custom activities
- Manual session logging
- Automatic timer
- Track progress towards goals
- Skill mastery tracking
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ty for 5+ years of Session! but it's time to start a new arc. search timespent on the app store to see what's next. —cal --- "The secret to getting ahead is getting started." ―Mark Twain They say it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill, but who's counting? Now, you can with Session. Create an activity, and log sessions manually or with the automatic timer. Whether it's for 10 hours, 100, 10,000 or more – start making progress towards your goals today.
Smol Habit
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Easy habit making w/ your smol trainer! With Smol Habit, you can: - Create habits for desired weekdays - Match your habits with the colors and symbols you choose - "Tap tap" to mark the completion of your everyday habits - Track the status of each of your habits (top streak, ongoing days, achievement progress) - Check your overall progress with a calendar view - Receive a daily "seed" reward for every full-day habit completion - Unlock various "Hamcheese stages" with the seeds you've earned - Change the app's icon and display mode (to dark mode) as you want [Premium Features] - 20 ongoing habits - Habit pausing feature - Daily habit reminders (notifications) - Unlocked Hamcheese stages - Premium Hamcheese achievement badges [To-be Updated Features (Premium)] - Hamcheese SMS stickers - Interactive widgets For Terms of Use of the app, visit: https://app.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/67wqn1ue
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Session at Free against Smol Habit's $2.99. Session also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.0). Smol Habit's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). 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
Session is free to download; Smol Habit costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Session ships an update every 4 months, Smol Habit every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Session | Smol Habit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (936 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 936 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Glasshouse Studio, LLC | MET HK |
Bugs and requests
Session
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer inconsistencies when exiting the app
- Inability to add time manually (only minutes, not hours)
- App crashes when trying to add a session manually
Requested features
6 requests- Add delete and rename session functions
- Implement activity editing (color, icon, name, description)
- Provide activity reordering capability
- Include activity time tracking by day/week/month/year
- Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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- Integrate music playback or nature sounds
Smol Habit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Session
No in-app purchases
Smol Habit
No in-app purchases
