Comparison

iHabit vs Only Listen

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

Head to head
About

iHabit

This app helps you build positive habits and maintain focus through daily check-ins, time management tools, and goal tracking. It offers features like customizable habit creation, statistics, and a Pomodoro timer to enhance productivity and life management.

Highlights
  • Habit creation and check-in
  • Daily/weekly/monthly habit frequency
  • Habit statistics and trend analysis
  • Focus timer (countdown, Pomodoro)
  • Focus time statistics
  • Multi-device data synchronization
  • Desktop widgets
Features
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iHabit is an efficiency-enhancing software that integrates habit + focus, which can help you develop good habits and stay focused at all times. • Create habits to stay focused In work or in life, good habits will make us feel happier. In iHabit, habit checking is very simple, you just need to plan in advance what you need to check in every day or every week, and click on the habit card on that day. And through continuous check-in and continuous change of habits, it helps us to better manage our lives and time. When you want to complete the task at hand in a better state, iHabit will also be an excellent tool that can help you concentrate and prevent you from being addicted to your phone. • What features does iHabit support? - Widgets: Support adding desktop widgets on iOS14 and above systems - Habits: Frequency of daily/weekly/x days per week/x days per month to create habits to develop - Habit statistics: summary of the number of days completed by the habit/completion rate/trend statistics/pie chart statistics, etc. - Habit log: complete the reminder of the clock-in time, support uploading pictures - Concentration: countdown/countdown/pomodoro clock and other forms of concentration - Focus statistics: focus time summary/days/trend statistics/pie chart statistics, etc. - Data synchronization: iPhone/iPad multi-device cloud data synchronization - Dark mode: switch between dark/day mode with one touch - Theme style: different forms of card switching can be completed according to needs - Daily reminder: You can set a daily reminder alarm clock to ensure the completion of the check-in task of the day - Calendar view: Simple summary of calendar view, easier viewing habits or focus on completion • Contact Us Your suggestions and feedback are very important to us, write in the comment area or contact me directly. E-mail: feedback@quji.tech QQ: 714645019 Terms of use: https://gostraight-tech.github.io/ihabit-page/shi-yong-tiao-kuan.html Privacy Policy: https://gostraight-tech.github.io/ihabit-page/yin-si-zheng-ce.html

About

Only Listen

Features
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Only Listen is an ad-free, fast-launching, simple audio player for your own music, podcasts, audiobooks, recordings, and long-form audio. It does not provide content or get in the way. Open the app, find your audio, import what you need, and listen offline with a clean library built around speed and focus. Why Only Listen: - Ad-free interface built for listening - Fast launch with search, playback, and import close at hand - Clean library for personal audio files - Import from Files, Wi-Fi transfer, and iTunes/Finder file sharing - Import from Baidu Netdisk, Dropbox, and NAS/WebDAV server sources - Save cloud and server audio locally before stable playback - Offline-first playback to reduce waiting, interruptions, and repeated loading - Remember playback position for podcasts, audiobooks, and long audio - Playback speed, sleep timer, playback modes, and queue controls - Lock Screen controls, background playback, dark mode, and multilingual UI Only Listen is useful when: - You want a clean local player with no ads - Your audio is spread across your phone, computer, Baidu Netdisk, Dropbox, or NAS - You listen to courses, podcasts, audiobooks, recordings, or downloaded music - You prefer saving files locally before stable offline playback Only Listen does not provide audio content. You should only import files that you own or have permission to use.

Screenshots

iHabit4 screens
Only Listen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Only Listen at none against iHabit's 4. Only Listen also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). iHabit's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.5). On price 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. iHabit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 3 months. Only Listen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHabit ships an update every 6 weeks, Only Listen every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iHabit versus Only Listen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHabitOnly Listen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangzhou Quji Technology Co., Ltd.Shanghai Rinyu Network Technology Co., LTD

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iHabit

Subscriptions2
  • iHabit 季度会员$1.493 Months
  • iHabit 年度会员$2.991 Year
One-time2
  • 升级永久会员$1.99
  • iHabit 永久会员$4.99
None

Only Listen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iHabit free?
iHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Only Listen free?
Only Listen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iHabit or Only Listen have ads?
Neither iHabit nor Only Listen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHabit or Only Listen?
iHabit ships an update every 6 weeks, and Only Listen every 8 days. Most recently, iHabit was updated on October 14, 2026 and Only Listen on October 7, 2026.

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