Comparison

BetterHabits vs Zipgoals

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

Head to head
About

BetterHabits

This app helps you build positive habits by letting you focus on a maximum of three at a time. It sends friendly reminders, tracks your progress, and keeps you motivated to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Focus on up to 3 habits
  • Daily reminders
  • Habit completion tracking
  • Motivation tools
  • Biometric authentication
Features
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Do you feel pressure about trying to develop several habits at once? The truth is, not all habits are equally important. BetterHabits tries to come up with a different solution for developing habits: you can only focus on up to three habits at a time, and BetterHabits will give you friendly daily reminders, track your habit completion, and keep you motivated until you finally complete your goal. Feature overview - Simplify habits management: Focus on at most 3 habits at a time, and put minimal effort into creating or editing habits without spending a lot of time fine-tuning them. - Notifications: Notifications can be set for each habit. You can complete habits directly via the notification without even going into the app. - Touch ID/Face ID: turn on biometric authentication to better protect your data. Upcoming features - Data visualization/Statistics - iCloud support - iOS 14 widgets - ... Your feedback or any bug reports are greatly appreciated! Please contact vitasuperh@gmail.com.

About

Zipgoals

This app helps you achieve your ambitions by combining goal tracking, milestone planning, and journaling. Break down large goals into manageable steps, plan your progress, and reflect on your journey with a rich editor and thought-provoking prompts.

Highlights
  • Goal setting with clear targets and deadlines
  • Milestone planning with nested sub-milestones
  • Rich text journal editor
  • Thought-provoking journal prompts
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Zipgoals — Goals, Milestones & Motivation Journal Turn your ambitions into achievements. Zipgoals is the goals app built for people who are serious about growth, combining powerful goal tracking, milestone planning, and deep journaling into one beautifully simple experience. Whether you're chasing a career milestone, working toward a personal breakthrough, or simply trying to understand yourself better, Zipgoals gives you the structure to move forward — one goal at a time. FEATURES GOALS Set meaningful goals with clear targets and deadlines. Break down big ambitions into manageable steps, track your progress, and stay focused on what matters most. Creating and completing goals in Zipgoals feels satisfying. MILESTONES Every big goal is made up of smaller wins. Milestones let you map out the stepping stones along the way, so you always know your next move. Check them off as you go and watch your progress build momentum. Even better, your milestones can contain milestones nested as deeply as you need. RICH JOURNAL EDITOR Write more than just words. Zipgoals' powerful block editor lets you format your thoughts exactly how you want whether you're doing a brain dump, writing a reflection, or mapping out your day. Bold ideas. Structure your thoughts. Journal the way that works for you. THOUGHT-PROVOKING PROMPTS Never stare at a blank page again. Zipgoals serves up carefully crafted journal prompts designed to spark deeper thinking, surface your goals, and help you understand what's driving you and what's holding you back. ALL YOUR DEVICES Your goals don't stop when you switch devices and neither does Zipgoals. Seamlessly synced across all your devices so your progress, journal, and milestones are always with you, wherever you are. Start your first goal today. Your future self will thank you.

Screenshots

BetterHabits4 screens
Zipgoals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BetterHabits at none against Zipgoals's shown. BetterHabits also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BetterHabits against 5.0 for Zipgoals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BetterHabits versus Zipgoals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetterHabitsZipgoals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Every 14 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLongyue HanBlit Labs

Customer experience

BetterHabits

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Zipgoals

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BetterHabits

No in-app purchases

None

Zipgoals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BetterHabits free?
BetterHabits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zipgoals free?
Zipgoals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BetterHabits or Zipgoals?
BetterHabits and Zipgoals are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BetterHabits or Zipgoals have ads?
Zipgoals shows ads; BetterHabits does not.

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