Comparison

ChallengeUp vs Vyces

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

Head to head
About

ChallengeUp

This app helps you build new habits, improve self-care, or break bad ones with a structured, short-term challenge system. Focus on achieving goals within 7 to 60 days to experience lasting change without the pressure of lifelong commitment.

Highlights
  • Short challenge system (7-60 days)
  • Create custom challenges
  • Track progress visually
  • Receive goal reminders
  • Share progress on social media
  • Access useful challenge tips
Features
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A challenge isn't about "changing your life in a month." It's about "trying 30 days and seeing what happens." ChallengeUp is an app for short challenges: ready-made ones from 7 to 90 days, custom ones for any length. No endless "lifelong" trackers, no promises of a "new you." Just a clear format: pick a challenge, cross the finish line, see the result. WHAT'S INSIDE 10 ready-made challenges, free. From "no sugar" to "sleep before midnight," from "read every day" to "learn a foreign language." Each one comes with a clear description — what to do, why, and what to expect. Build your own in 30 seconds. Name, duration, frequency, reminders — and you're ready. No required fields, no endless setup screens. A finish line that motivates. Every challenge ends. It's not the "forever habit" that wears you out by week three. It's a defined distance with a finish — and the feeling of "I did it." Progress cards for social media. Share your wins with people who matter — close ones, friends, followers. Get support when you need it, and lock in the result by saying it out loud. The cards are drawn so they're a pleasure to share. No ads. Ever. Not in the free version, not anywhere else. ChallengeUp Plus When the free version isn't enough: — Unlimited active challenges (up to 3 in free) — Expanded catalog of exclusive challenges, with more added over time — Duration up to 1000 days — nearly three years of practice, for those who want to go long — Home screen widget — Additional colors and customization — Support for an independent dev team WHY A CHALLENGE Most habit trackers are built on the idea of a "forever" habit — you should brush your teeth or meditate every day for the rest of your life, and a single miss breaks everything. This rarely works, because the brain isn't built for infinite distances. According to Lally et al. (2009), a stable habit forms in about 66 days, not the often-cited 21. A short challenge is a way to cover that distance without burning out: with a visible finish, and the right to stop if it's not for you. ChallengeUp is an independent app. We're not building "another habit tracker." We're building the app we'd want to use for our own challenges: no fluff, no features for the sake of features, no pointless push notifications. Just what works. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://challengeupapp.com/privacy2026

About

Vyces

This app helps you track the frequency of your habits and identify patterns over time. It allows you to log specific actions and view historical data to understand correlations between different behaviors. The app offers both free and premium features for detailed analysis and customization.

Highlights
  • Log habit occurrences
  • View historical data
  • Identify habit correlations
  • Daily and weekly reports
  • Unlimited custom habits (premium)
  • Home screen widgets (premium)
  • Data export (premium)
Features
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Vyces is a habit logger for seeing what you do and how often. Record each time a habit happens, look back at your history and notice which habits show up together. No goals, streaks or challenges. Log cigarettes, vaping, drinks, coffee, sweets, scrolling or impulse buys. Keep a record of late bedtimes, late mornings and nights with too little sleep. One tap adds an entry, so you can record the same habit several times a day. Over time, see which days and hours a habit tends to appear, compare periods and explore habits you log on the same days. For example, see how often cigarettes and drinks appear together. Daily and weekly reports bring your records into one view. What you do with those observations is up to you. FREE • Log up to 2 habits • Keep your full history • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Sync through your own iCloud VYCES+ • Unlimited habits, including custom habits • Home Screen widgets for quick logging • Insights, statistics and hourly patterns • Habits that occur together and period comparisons • Daily and weekly reports • Custom app icons and background glow • Export your data as Markdown, CSV or JSON Your habit history is stored on your iPhone and syncs through your own iCloud account. It is not sent to our servers. You can use Vyces without creating an account. Usage analytics are off unless you choose to enable them. Available in English, Russian and Ukrainian. Vyces+ is an optional monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase or when an applicable free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Your history remains available when your subscription ends. Terms of Use: https://vyces.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://vyces.app/privacy

Screenshots

ChallengeUp4 screens
Vyces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ChallengeUp at free against Vyces's freemium. ChallengeUp also leads on ratings volume (42 vs 1). Vyces's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating, ads 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. ChallengeUp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Vyces sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ChallengeUp against 5.0 for Vyces. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChallengeUp has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of ChallengeUp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vyces's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChallengeUp ships an update every 2 months, Vyces fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChallengeUp versus Vyces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChallengeUpVyces
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (42 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB79 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLIKE WRONG LLPKonstantin Pochitalov

Customer experience

ChallengeUp

All ratings38 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.2%

Vyces

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ChallengeUp

Subscriptions1
  • Plus (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Vyces

Subscriptions2
  • Vyces+ Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Vyces+ Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ChallengeUp free?
ChallengeUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vyces free?
Vyces is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChallengeUp or Vyces?
Vyces is rated higher. ChallengeUp averages 5.0 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Vyces averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ChallengeUp or Vyces have ads?
Neither ChallengeUp nor Vyces shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChallengeUp or Vyces?
ChallengeUp ships an update every 2 months, and Vyces fortnightly. Most recently, ChallengeUp was updated on November 3, 2026 and Vyces on October 31, 2026.

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