Comparison

The Long View vs Behavior Tracker

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

Head to head
About

The Long View

This app visualizes the long-term health consequences of daily nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices. It helps users understand how their current habits will affect them in the future, from next year to two decades from now.

Highlights
  • Long-term health impact visualization
  • Nutrition tracking
  • Exercise tracking
  • Lifestyle choice analysis
  • Future effect projection
Features
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The Long View makes quitting something you can see: the time you are winning back, worked out from your own habit and your own history. Tell it roughly how much you smoke, and it shows the years that habit is quietly costing you, and how many come back as you stop. Every day you log updates the picture, and the more you cut down and the longer you go, the more time you have won back. WHY THE LONG VIEW - See the time you are winning back, growing as you cut down and quit. - A forecast shaped by your own smoking history, so the time is yours, not a one-size number. - Daily check-ins that take one tap. - Health milestones, showing what your body recovers the longer you stay smoke-free. - Keep a photo of your reason, the person or promise you are quitting for, where you will see it. HONEST BY DESIGN - It is not medical advice. It is a motivational estimate. - It will not shame you. A day you smoked is a number you log, not a verdict. - The figures come from published research, and the full methodology is in the app and on our site, so you can check where every number comes from. YOUR PRIVACY Your history and your photo are yours. When they sync between your devices, they are sealed with a key made on your device that never reaches our servers, so what we store is unreadable to us. No advertising, no trackers, no selling your data. PREMIUM Premium adds money saved from your own price per pack, a personal quit plan, the full recovery timeline, and sync across all your devices: phone, tablet, watch, Mac and PC. Sign in once with your email and your Premium follows you everywhere, with no code to lose. It also unlocks widgets, the Watch app, full history and export. The forecast and your daily check-ins are always free. And it is built to be finished. Stay smoke-free for a year and you are done: you keep everything for good, and you stop paying. If you are still paying us in two years, we did something wrong.

About

Behavior Tracker

This app helps you identify and understand the triggers behind unwanted behaviors like overeating, smoking, or doomscrolling. By logging urges and their causes, you can uncover patterns and gain insights to make lasting changes and break negative cycles.

Highlights
  • Log urges and causes
  • Discover behavioral patterns
  • Identify trigger-effect links
  • Frequency and time analysis
  • Personalized behavior recommendations
  • Customizable triggers and behaviors
Features
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Ever wonder what triggers your urges to drink, smoke, overeat, doomscroll, or gamble? TriggerLink connects triggers to behaviors so you can break the cycle. When an urge hits, log what led to it: stress, boredom, or social situations, then discover your patterns and gain the insights you need to resist urges and make lasting changes. UNDERSTAND YOUR TRIGGERS. CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIORS. TriggerLink helps you break the cycle by connecting your behaviors to their triggers. TriggerLink reveals the cause-and-effect patterns behind your behaviors. Track what triggers your urges—stress, boredom, arguments—and see exactly how they connect to your actions. Understanding the "why" is the first step to lasting change. HOW IT WORKS: SIMPLE CAUSE & EFFECT TRACKING When an urge hits, log it in seconds: - Cause (Triggers): What led to it? (Stress, Argument, Boredom, Loneliness) - Effect (Behavior): What happened? (Drank alcohol, Overate, Smoked, Doomscrolled) - Context: Add optional notes for deeper understanding Then watch the patterns emerge. SEE THE CONNECTIONS - "Stress → Drinking: 8 times this month" - "Argument → Overeating: 5 times this week" - "Boredom → Doomscrolling: most common at 9pm" These insights reveal your patterns, identify warning signs, and show exactly what drives your behaviors. TRACK CAUSES (TRIGGERS) - Emotional: Stress, Depression, Loneliness, Anxiety - Social: Arguments, Conflicts, Social Situations - Physical: Tired, Hungry, Pain - Environmental: Work Problems, Saw Trigger - Custom: Add your own unique triggers TRACK EFFECTS (BEHAVIORS) - Substance: Drinking, Smoking, Vaping - Eating: Overeating, Binge Eating, Sugar Cravings - Digital: Doomscrolling, Gaming, Procrastinating - Emotional: Lost Temper, Self-Isolated, Overthinking - Resistance: Track when you resist urges - Custom: Create behaviors specific to your journey DISCOVER YOUR PATTERNS - Cause-effect links: See which triggers lead to which behaviors - Frequency analysis: Identify your most common patterns - Time patterns: When are you most vulnerable - Trigger rankings: Know your highest-risk situations - Visual insights: Charts that make patterns clear - Filter by timeframe: 7 days, 30 days, year, all-time trends SMART SUGGESTIONS - Personalized behavior recommendations - Discover behaviors you should track - 50+ pre-made suggestions by category - Insights that learn from your habits FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE - Create custom behaviors with emojis and colors - Add your own trigger categories - Organize everything to fit your life - Make it personal to your journey PERFECT FOR - Addiction recovery: Understand what triggers drinking, smoking, or substance use - Emotional eating: See the connection between feelings and food - Anxiety management: Track what triggers stress responses - Breaking bad habits: Identify root causes of unwanted behaviors - Therapy support: Share insights with your therapist or counselor - Self-improvement: Build awareness through data-driven insights - Sobriety tracking: Prevent relapse by knowing your triggers - Mental Health: Use as a CBT-based log for anxiety, ADHD symptoms, or stress. WHY CAUSE-EFFECT TRACKING WORKS Understanding triggers is essential for behavior change. When you can see the cause (trigger) before the effect (behavior), you can: - Interrupt automatic responses - Avoid high-risk situations - Develop coping strategies - Build lasting awareness - Make intentional choices instead of reactive ones TriggerLink turns this into a simple daily practice. YOUR PRIVACY - iCloud sync - All data stored securely on your device - Completely private Whether you're in addiction recovery, managing emotional eating, working with a therapist, or building self-awareness, TriggerLink gives you the clarity you need to understand your patterns and make lasting changes. ---- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pixolini.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

The Long View4 screens
Behavior Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Long View at every 2 days against Behavior Tracker's every 10 days. The Long View also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. The Long View sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Behavior Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 The Long View against 5.0 for Behavior Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Long View ships an update every 2 days, Behavior Tracker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
The Long View versus Behavior Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Long ViewBehavior Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAugustus Travels LLCPixolini, Inc.

Customer experience

The Long View

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Behavior Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Long View

One-time1
  • $0.99 One-Time Donation$0.99
3 purchases

Behavior Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • TriggerLink Premium Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • TriggerLink Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • TriggerLink Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is The Long View free?
The Long View is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Behavior Tracker free?
Behavior Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Long View or Behavior Tracker?
The Long View and Behavior Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do The Long View or Behavior Tracker have ads?
Neither The Long View nor Behavior Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Long View or Behavior Tracker?
The Long View ships an update every 2 days, and Behavior Tracker every 10 days. Most recently, The Long View was updated on September 11, 2026 and Behavior Tracker on September 17, 2026.

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