Pavlok vs Vertane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pavlok
This app helps you build better habits and break bad ones through advanced tracking and behavior reinforcement. It integrates with a wearable device for immediate feedback and offers personalized insights, community support, and rewards to motivate your self-improvement journey.
- Habit tracking and progress monitoring
- Pavlok wristband integration for feedback
- Personalized insights with machine learning
- Community support and shared progress
- Rewards and motivation system
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The Pavlok app is your indispensable companion on the path to self-improvement. With cutting-edge habit tracking and behavior reinforcement strategies, Pavlok empowers you to transform your habits and embrace a more positive lifestyle. Key Features: Habit Tracking: Set goals, track progress, and gain real-time insights into your habits. Our advanced tracking algorithm provides valuable data to help you understand your habits better and make informed choices. Pavlok Wristband Integration: Amplify your habit transformation with the Pavlok app and our Pavlok wristband. Experience gentle vibrations or "zaps" as immediate feedback, encouraging you to stick to good habits and break free from the bad ones. Personalized Insights: Leverage Pavlok's machine learning algorithms to gain deep insights into your patterns, triggers, and effective behavior change methods tailored to you. Community Support: Connect with a vibrant community of like-minded individuals also on their journey of change. Share progress, find support during challenging times, and celebrate victories together! Rewards and Motivation: Earn points for maintaining good habits, conquer challenges, and unlock exclusive content and rewards using your hard-earned points. Change may be tough, but Pavlok makes it easier. Embark on your transformational journey today with Pavlok – Your Habit Changing Companion. Bid farewell to old habits and embrace the new you! Please note that the full functionality of the app requires a Pavlok device, which is sold separately. Important: For payments and subscriptions, we adhere to the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA). You can review the terms by visiting https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Vertane
This app helps you break unwanted habits by focusing on daily actions and building a life where the habit doesn't fit. It offers a shame-free approach to setbacks, rewarding progress rather than just days clean.
- Daily action tracking
- Urge management tools
- Progress-based XP system
- Shame-free slip logging
- Pattern analysis for urges
- Accountability partner
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Quit the habit you've already tried to quit a hundred times. Not by resisting it every day. By building a life it doesn't fit into. Picture six months from now. Your head is quiet. You've got energy for the gym, for your work, for the person you're with. Nothing feels like a fight. You just don't go there. ONE THING A DAY Every morning, one action. Not ten. One. You pick it, you lock it in, you do it, you get credit for it. WHEN THE URGE HITS, TAP SHIFT One two-minute thing to do right now. Cold water. Twenty pushups. Step outside. Text someone. Free, unlimited, always. The worst moment of your day is not the moment to hit a paywall. YOU GET CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU DID Most apps count days clean. Miss one, you're back to zero, and you feel like garbage. Vertane counts actions. XP for what you actually did today. Eight ranks to climb, Seeker to Master. A SLIP TAKES NOTHING FROM YOU Log it. Your XP stays. Your level stays. Your badges stay. Your calendar keeps every day you showed up. The streak resets. That's all. No red anywhere in this app, and no lecture waiting for you. FREE FOREVER - SHIFT, unlimited - Today's action - Your streak - The no-shame reset PREMIUM - Your full calendar and history - XP, levels, 8 ranks, 18 badges - Patterns: when your urges actually cluster - An accountability partner - Breathing and sleep tools No feed of strangers. No fake stats about your brain. No score telling you how broken you are. Nobody has to know you're using this. The name doesn't say what it's for. Neither does the icon. Lock it behind Face ID, and never make an account at all. I built this because I've been there for years, and I got tired of apps that made me feel worse every time I slipped. A setback is the recipe for a comeback. — R. Vertane is free to download. Premium is an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial, or monthly or weekly with no trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://vertane.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://vertane.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vertane at 5.0 against Pavlok's 4.5. Vertane also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Pavlok's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Pavlok sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Vertane sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vertane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pavlok has 3.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Pavlok's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vertane's.
| Parameter | Pavlok | Vertane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.1K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 291 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Behavioral Technology Group, INC. | ROCCO EMILIANO RUANO |
Customer experience
Pavlok
Vertane
Bugs and requests
Pavlok
Reported bugs
5 issues- Alarms disappearing or not working
- Frequent app crashes and disconnections
- Inability to log in or create new accounts
- Sleep tracking data not syncing properly
- Inconsistent shock/vibration functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Integration with health/fitness apps
- More customization options for alarms and habits
- Standalone device functionality without app
- Improved battery life and charging
- Better app stability and user experience
Vertane
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pavlok
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Challenge Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Ai Coach Monthly Access$9.991 Month
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- Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
- Ai Coach Yearly Access$99.991 Year
- Shock Clock3 Update$49.99
Vertane
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Annual - Special Offer$19.991 Year
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- Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year









