Comparison

Patchwork Habits vs Stoobs

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

Head to head
About

Patchwork Habits

This app helps you build positive habits by encouraging you to make time for yourself without pressure. Track your activities, leave journal entries, and visualize your progress as your personal quilt evolves over time. It focuses on consistency rather than perfection.

Highlights
  • Create and name custom activity threads
  • Mark activities as completed with a tap
  • Daily and activity-specific journaling
  • Set daily reminder notifications
  • View and filter quilt progress
  • Cloud data backup and sync
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Patchwork habits is a free and forgiving activity tracker focused on helping you remember to make time for yourself. Patchwork's goal is to give you a nudge to help do the things you care about, without relying on streaks or targets. Over time, you'll see how your quilt evolves - whether finding a new hobby you love, starting up a seasonal hobby, or getting better at making time for yourself. It's not about being perfect, it's about making sure you're working on your quilt. Features: - Create, name, and reorder "threads" of activities - Tap threads to mark as completed - Leave daily journals, or journals about a specific activity - Set daily notification timings to remind yourself to fill in your quilt! - View and filter your entire quilt as well as summarized data - Back up your data on the cloud to keep it safe and move it between devices quiltly and quiltly subscriptions are subject to the terms of use in https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stoobs

This app delivers randomly timed reminders to encourage new habits and add variety to your day. It uses surprise to capture attention, unlike traditional scheduled reminders. Customize notifications, intervals, and create custom lists for personalized prompts.

Highlights
  • Randomly timed notifications
  • Customizable reminder lists
  • Personalized notification settings
  • Flexible scheduling intervals
  • No personal data collection
  • Inspiration examples provided
Features
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Break free from routine or start a new one with Stoobs! Receive randomly timed reminders that inspire you to try something new, shake up your habits, and bring more variety into your day. Unlike traditional calendars and reminder apps, where everything is scheduled for an exact time, Stoobs uses the power of surprise to capture your full attention, so it feels more natural, less repetitive and much harder to ignore. Instead of reminding you at exactly the same time every day, Stoobs delivers reminder notifications at random moments within the time ranges you choose. List reminders make Stoobs even more varied: you choose a theme and add several possible messages. Stoobs then picks both a random time and a random item from your list. A mindfulness reminder might send a breathing exercise one time and a short reflection prompt the next. A movement reminder might choose squats, stretching or jumping jacks. Stoobs doesn't limit how many reminders you can schedule. Whether you want a few reminders each week or dozens every day, Stoobs keeps them coming. Make Stoobs yours! Customize: • Notification text, color and notes • Daily, weekly, monthly or yearly intervals • Weekdays and time windows • Repetitions per interval • Minimum time between reminders • Random entries from your own list, such as messages, quotes or exercises around one theme Need inspiration? Explore our collection of examples: • Drink water four times a day • Stand up and stretch five times a day • Take a movement break three times a day on weekdays • Take a mindful breath three times a day • Practice a mindfulness exercise twice a day • Stop scrolling and put your phone away every evening • Read a page of a book once a day • Call some friends twice a week • Water your plants once a week • Review your budget once a month • Declutter one small area once a month • Back up your important files once a month • Change your passwords once a year • Schedule a dental check-up once a year • Review your personal goals once a month • Write down one thing you're grateful for once a day • Send yourself a motivational message twice a day • Get some fresh air twice a day • Practice a random mindfulness exercise three times a day • Receive a random motivational quote four times a day • Pick a random workout exercise once a day • Get a random journaling prompt every evening Your privacy comes first. Stoobs doesn't collect any personal data. When you start your journey, an anonymous account is created automatically—no sign-up, no personal information required. Your reminders are for you, and only you. Note: Push reminders require notification permission and internet connection

Screenshots

Patchwork Habits3 screens
Stoobs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Patchwork Habits at 9 against Stoobs's 1. Patchwork Habits also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Patchwork Habits against 5.0 for Stoobs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patchwork Habits has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patchwork Habits ships an update fortnightly, Stoobs every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Patchwork Habits versus Stoobs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatchwork HabitsStoobs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNonagon LLCMichael Boehm

Customer experience

Patchwork Habits

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stoobs

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

In-app purchases

None

Patchwork Habits

No in-app purchases

None

Stoobs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patchwork Habits free?
Patchwork Habits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stoobs free?
Stoobs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Patchwork Habits or Stoobs?
Patchwork Habits and Stoobs are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Patchwork Habits or Stoobs have ads?
Neither Patchwork Habits nor Stoobs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patchwork Habits or Stoobs?
Patchwork Habits ships an update fortnightly, and Stoobs every 10 days. Most recently, Patchwork Habits was updated on October 8, 2026 and Stoobs on October 28, 2026.

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