Comparison

Habit Chainer vs Environs

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

Head to head

Smart Home Clock

About

Habit Chainer

Features

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Use the Habit Chainer app to record and visualise your habits, stay motivated, and build the foundation for your ideal lifestyle.

About

Environs

Features

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The smart clock that keeps you informed and puts you and your guests in control. Show the time, date and any collection of HomeKit temperature, humidity and lighting/power information. Give yourself and your guests control over your HomeKit controlled smart lights for a whole room or individual lights & power switches. Like visual indicators? Set up an orb that shows you when something is out of expected norms. License: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Habit Chainer3 screens

Environs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Habit Chainer at none against Environs's 2. Environs's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Environs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Habit Chainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Chainer ships an update every 20 months, Environs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

Habit Chainer versus Environs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Habit Chainer	Environs
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 20 months	Every 2 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	17.0	17.0
Further details — not scored
Size	8 MB	6 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Hayashida Yoshiaki	Corner Software

In-app purchases

None

Habit Chainer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Environs

Subscriptions1

Local weather conditions$1.991 Year

One-time1

Environs Home$1.99

Questions

Is Habit Chainer free?

Habit Chainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Environs free?

Environs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do Habit Chainer or Environs have ads?

Neither Habit Chainer nor Environs shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Habit Chainer or Environs?

Habit Chainer ships an update every 20 months, and Environs every 2 months. Most recently, Habit Chainer was updated on May 16, 2026 and Environs on September 15, 2026.