1000 Hours vs Eff Tracking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
1000 Hours
This minimalist application helps you track your progress towards achieving specific goals by recording daily practice hours. It allows you to set goals with custom icons, log your practice time, and maintain a diary of your progress and daily mood. Review your past performance and notes through a dedicated history section.
- Set habit goals with custom icons
- Record daily practice hours
- Leave progress diary entries
- View historical records and memos
- Minimalist and simple interface
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— Useful features — Goal: Set habit goals and choose fun icons for it. Tracker: Record the hours you have practiced each day. Memo: Leave a diary of your progress and vibe of the day. History: Check your previous record and memos. While other habit trackers in the market are making things complicated, ”1000 Hours” tries to make things simpler. Instead of banners popping up reminding you to practice every day, it is just here helping you quickly record your every single minute achieving that 1000 hours.
Eff Tracking
Visualize your weekly progress by tracking everyday effort. Plan your day with saved activities, log your accomplishments, and monitor your goals with visual breakdowns and historical charts. Collaborate with others through shared circles for enhanced accountability.
- Weekly Eff targets
- Saved Activities with Eff values
- Today planning
- Activity Logs and breakdowns
- Week-over-week History charts
- Partner and Group Circle sharing
- Offline access
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Eff helps you turn everyday effort into visible weekly progress. Create reusable Saved Activities, assign each one an "Eff" value -- short for Effort --, and plan what belongs on Today. As your week unfolds, complete to-dos, quick-log favorites, and save Activity Logs that show exactly where your effort went. Set a weekly Eff target and track completed versus remaining Effs. Review color-coded breakdowns, see week-over-week History charts, and understand your progress without overcomplicating your routine. Eff also supports Partner and Group Circles for shared progress, shared history, and Circle reminders. Use Circles to stay aligned with a partner, small group, or accountability circle. Features include: • Weekly Eff targets • Saved Activities with Eff values, categories, colors, favorites, and schedules • Today planning with reusable activities and one-time to-dos • Quick logging from the Today screen • Activity Logs and color-coded breakdowns • Week-over-week History charts • Partner and Group Circle sharing • Local notifications for planning, unfinished items, weekly pace, inactive days, Circle updates, and sync attention • Offline access after onboarding, with supported changes queued until sync is available Start small, stay consistent, and make your weekly effort visible. Terms of Use: https://efftracking.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://efftracking.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eff Tracking at 5.0 against 1000 Hours's 3.4. 1000 Hours's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. 1000 Hours sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Eff Tracking sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Eff Tracking holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 1000 Hours has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
1000 Hours ships an update every 4 weeks, Eff Tracking every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 1000 Hours | Eff Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuhang Chen | Atharva Fulay |
Customer experience
1000 Hours
Eff Tracking
In-app purchases
1000 Hours
- Support author$0.99
Eff Tracking
- Partner Monthly2 Months trial$1.991 Month
- Group Monthly2 Months trial$9.991 Month
- Partner Annual2 Months trial$19.991 Year
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- Group Annual2 Months trial$99.991 Year









