Comparison

Habiq vs Screen Time Control

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

Head to head
About

Habiq

Features
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Habiq is the habit tracker for people who miss a day sometimes. No rigid "everyday or nothing" streaks — track daily, weekly, or custom schedules, keep your data private with iCloud sync, and build routines your way. Connect Apple Health and habits like steps, sleep or workouts complete themselves. Unlike rigid daily checklists, Habiq lets you set the frequency that fits your life — daily, a few times a week, or any custom schedule. Miss a day without guilt, and stay motivated with visual streaks that celebrate your consistency. WHY HABIQ - Flexible frequency — track habits daily, weekly, or on your own custom schedule, not just "every day or nothing" - Apple Health sync — link a habit to steps, sleep, workouts, water, mindful minutes and more, and your progress fills in automatically; data is only read on your device and never shared - iCloud sync, privacy-first — your data syncs across your devices and stays yours; nothing is sold or shared - Streaks that motivate — watch your consistency grow and stay accountable to yourself - Smart reminders — gentle notifications that nudge you at the right moment, not the wrong one - Progress at a glance — clean stats and graphs show your trends over days, weeks, and months - Notes on every habit — jot down context, reflections, or details right where you track them - Archive, don't delete — retire a habit you've mastered without losing its history Whether you're building a fitness routine, a reading habit, a mindfulness practice, or breaking away from screen time, Habiq adapts to how you actually live. Use it as a daily planner, a to-do list with streaks, a habit journal, or a focus and productivity tool: build discipline, stay motivated, and reach your goals, with home screen widgets to keep you on track. Start free with up to 3 habits. Upgrade anytime with a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase to unlock unlimited habits, Apple Health sync and the full feature set. Download Habiq today and start building habits that last. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU Have questions, ideas, or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @habiq.app Email: support@habiq.app Terms of Use: https://habiq.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://habiq.app/privacy

About

Screen Time Control

This app helps you build healthy habits by locking distracting apps until your goals are met. It uses photo proof for habit verification and offers a personalized visual world to motivate your progress. Rest days are accommodated without breaking your momentum.

Highlights
  • App blocking until habits are completed
  • Photo proof for habit verification
  • Customizable habit enforcement
  • Progress tracking that forgives missed days
  • AI-generated personalized visual worlds
  • On-device privacy for all data
Features
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LockLive is an app blocker and habit tracker in one. Choose the apps that distract you, and they stay locked until the habits that build your life are done. You already know the life you want: calmer mornings, a body you've cared for, real time with the people you love, a craft you actually returned to. And you know exactly where that time goes instead. The scroll. The game that was going to be ten minutes. The limits you set and ignore. The app you delete and download again by Thursday. Willpower isn't the plan anymore. LockLive is. YOUR APPS WAIT UNTIL YOUR HABITS ARE DONE Choose the apps that take your time - the feeds, the games, whichever ones pull you. Each day they stay locked until the habits you've gated are finished - then they open. No countdown to bargain with, no limit to dismiss. Apple's Screen Time technology does the blocking, entirely on your device. THE HABIT APP THAT CAN'T BE LIED TO Anyone can tap Done and keep scrolling. When it matters, LockLive asks for proof: snap a photo of the made bed, the shoes on your feet, the page you wrote. Your promise to yourself, protected from your own five seconds of weakness. YOU CHOOSE THE TEETH Every habit gets exactly the enforcement you give it: just track it, prove it with a photo, or lock apps behind it. Every lock is set by you and only you. Lock & Live is your own hand on the door - never a nanny. PROGRESS THAT FORGIVES YOU Firm about today, kind about yesterday. There are no streaks to break: a missed day is a dip in your score, not a reset to zero. The gate holds today's line; it never punishes you for yesterday's. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Rest days are part of the plan, not a failure of it. Rest a habit for sickness, travel, or a hard week, and its progress holds while Lock & Live picks back up with you. There is always an honest way through a hard day - that's what makes the locks livable. A WORLD PAINTED FOR WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING Describe what you're working toward in a few words, and Lock & Live's AI paints you a space for it: a beautiful, personal world made just for you. Your habits live inside that space, building the life it pictures. It's a glimpse of who you're becoming, not another gray checklist. PAINTING CREDITS & PURCHASES Painting your space is powered by AI, so it runs on credits. Your subscription includes 30 painting credits each month, and creating or changing a painting uses one. If you want to keep adjusting beyond your monthly amount, you can buy an optional one-time pack of 50 extra credits ($4.99) that never expire. Everything else - all your habits, locks, history, and core features - is included with your subscription and never uses credits. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account, no cloud, no one watching over your shoulder. Even proof photos never leave your phone. The reward was never the phone. It's the mornings, the body, the work, the people - the life your habits build while the feed waits its turn. Your apps can wait. Your life can't. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.locknlive.com/privacy

Screenshots

Habiq4 screens
Screen Time Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen Time Control at every 2 days against Habiq's every 2 weeks. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Habiq sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Screen Time Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habiq ships an update every 2 weeks, Screen Time Control every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Habiq versus Screen Time Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabiqScreen Time Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita VasilyevJohn Engleman

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Habiq

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$79.99
3 purchases

Screen Time Control

Subscriptions2
  • Sona Habits Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Sona Habits Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • 50 Painting Credits$4.99

Questions

Is Habiq free?
Habiq is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Time Control free?
Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Habiq or Screen Time Control have ads?
Neither Habiq nor Screen Time Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habiq or Screen Time Control?
Habiq ships an update every 2 weeks, and Screen Time Control every 2 days. Most recently, Habiq was updated on November 3, 2026 and Screen Time Control on October 31, 2026.

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