Comparison

Note vs Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Note

This minimalist notes app helps you focus on what matters most. Create up to 8 infinite pages with beautiful typefaces and customizable line formatting. Save notes as plain text files to iCloud Drive or locally, and access them via widgets and shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Minimalist interface
  • Up to 8 infinite pages
  • Customizable line formatting (color, italics)
  • Plain text file export
  • iCloud Drive sync
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Keep notes you really care about in focus with this mini note app & widget. It’s like a pinned note in its own app. The app feels like just 1 note, but you can create up to 8 infinite pages. It features beautiful typefaces. There is extra spacing between lines. You can mark lines with color, italics, or both. Pages can also be given custom names. Each page is saved as a plain text file, either in iCloud Drive or only on your iPhone or iPad. Text and links can be added to a page in the app from within other apps using the Share button. You can add a sticky note widget to your Home Screen and Lock Screen that shows the last line you selected in the app or the line you pinned in the Home Screen widget. A control lets you open the app directly from Control Center or your Lock Screen. You can also assign this control to your iPhone’s Action button. An Apple Watch app and widget show the last line you selected in the app on your paired iPhone or the line you pinned in the app on your watch. App Privacy: There is no sign-in and no data is collected. Your files are encrypted on your device using your passcode when it’s locked or turned off. If iCloud Backup is turned on for the app in the Settings app > [Your Name] > iCloud > Storage > Backups > [Your Device], your app data is uploaded to iCloud. If you want your files in iCloud Drive to be end-to-end encrypted, please turn on Advanced Data Protection in Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > Advanced Data Protection. If you have Share Analytics turned on in Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements, we receive app analytics from Apple. This does not contain your app data or personally identify you. Other Features: To add a new line, pull down when you are at the top of a page. Easily move lines up ↑ or down ↓. Quickly undo or redo changes above the keyboard. Tap the ⋯ button above the keyboard for more actions, such as adding the date or inserting a line break. Link or move lines to another page using the Quick Actions menu. List markers (like ‘•’) and spaces you type at the start of a line automatically get added to a new line below it. A URL scheme allows you to go directly to a page or to a specific line on a page. Support for Apple’s Writing Tools on compatible devices. Supports multiple windows on iPad. Fully accessible with VoiceOver. Gestures: Swipe left or right on a page while editing to move the insertion point from word to word. To move the insertion point, touch and hold the Space bar on the onscreen keyboard with one finger, then slide your finger around the keyboard. Swipe left with three fingers to undo or right to redo. Tap on a page with three fingers to show a menu with undo, cut, copy, paste, and redo. The use of this app is subject to your agreement to: Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Apple’s Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/ If you use iCloud with the app, iCloud’s Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/

About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build and maintain daily routines by tracking habits, offering customizable reminders, and providing detailed statistics. It integrates with Apple Health and offers widgets for easy access on your iPhone and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Track any habit type
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Streak and stats tracking
  • Customizable reminders
  • Apple Health integration
  • Widgets and Apple Watch app
  • Yearly recap
Features
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Build better habits, keep the streak alive, and finally stick to the routine you keep planning. HabitKeep turns what you mean to do into a daily list you can actually finish - on your iPhone, your Home Screen, and your Apple Watch. TRACK ANY KIND OF HABIT Simple check-offs, step-by-step counts, custom values (glasses of water, pages read, minutes practiced), or a built-in timer and stopwatch for time-based habits. A Live Activity keeps a running timer on your Lock Screen. A SCHEDULE THAT FITS REAL LIFE Repeat every day, on chosen weekdays, every few days, or a set number of times per week or month. Schedule goal changes ahead of time and keep the full history. Going away? Vacation mode pauses habits for a date range instead of breaking your streak. STREAKS, STATS AND INSIGHTS Current and longest streaks, completion rate, an adaptive trend chart, a weekday heatmap, category and habit breakdowns, and a full-year contribution grid. Step back through past weeks, months and years, or compare two periods side by side. REMINDERS THAT REACH YOU Reminders per habit or per category, plus a daily check-in nudge. Mirror them into the Calendar app so your habits sit alongside everything else in your day. APPLE HEALTH DOES THE LOGGING Steps, workouts, sleep, water and 58 other metrics can fill your habits in by themselves, so movement goals tick off without you touching the app. WIDGETS, APPLE WATCH AND SIRI 14 Home Screen widget styles, many with tap-to-check-off. A full Apple Watch app with its own habit list, logging, and mini contribution grid. Ask Siri or run a Shortcut to log a habit or start and pause a timer, hands-free. ACHIEVEMENTS AND YOUR YEAR, WRAPPED Unlock 37 achievement badges as momentum builds, then close out the year with a Wrapped-style recap and a share card worth posting. MAKE IT YOURS - 37 languages - custom accent color - light or dark theme - categories with own icons and colors - four habit row styles: grid, bars, line or progress YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS iCloud keeps every device in step, and you can switch it off. Export and import everything as JSON, or start over with Fresh Start whenever you like. HABITKEEP PRO HabitKeep is a fully extended habit tracking app. Pro lifts the habit limit and unlocks Apple Health sync, Calendar sync, advanced statistics, every widget, and your yearly Wrapped - and removes ads. Available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Start with one habit today, and let the streak do the rest. Privacy Policy: https://habitskeep.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://habitskeep.com/terms

Screenshots

Note2 screens
Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habit Tracker at Free against Note's $4.99. Note's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Habit Tracker is free to download; Note costs $4.99 up front. Habit Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Note against 5.0 for Habit Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note ships an update every 8 days, Habit Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Note versus Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteHabit Tracker
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopernonzerosumnessDavid Krejci

Customer experience

Note

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Habit Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Habit Keep Pro (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Habit Keep Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Habit Keep Pro (One-time purchase)$24.99

Questions

Is Note free?
Note costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Note or Habit Tracker?
Note and Habit Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Note or Habit Tracker have ads?
Habit Tracker shows ads; Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Note or Habit Tracker?
Note ships an update every 8 days, and Habit Tracker weekly. Most recently, Note was updated on September 21, 2026 and Habit Tracker on September 24, 2026.

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