Patchwork Habits vs Zen Matrix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
Zen Matrix
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Drag tasks between quadrants as priorities shift. Filter by color group to cut the noise. Your tasks stay on your device. Zen Matrix helps you see what actually matters next — without the clutter of complex task apps. Group tasks by color and filter down to just what you need, so your list never feels overwhelming. Your tasks stay on your device. No account, no sign-up. - Four-quadrant Eisenhower Matrix - Drag and drop between quadrants - Color groups with one-tap filtering - Multiple boards for work, home, and personal life - Works offline — your tasks never leave your device - No account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Patchwork Habits at fortnightly against Zen Matrix's every 3 months. Patchwork Habits also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Patchwork Habits ships an update fortnightly, Zen Matrix every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patchwork Habits | Zen Matrix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nonagon LLC | Ruoyi Shangguan |
In-app purchases
Patchwork Habits
No in-app purchases
Zen Matrix
No in-app purchases









