Comparison

Quick Launch 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

Quick Launch

Launch apps, open websites, and run shortcuts directly from your Lock Screen using customizable widgets. Personalize icons with app logos, symbols, emoji, or custom images. Add unlimited widgets for different Lock Screen setups.

Highlights
  • Launch apps from Lock Screen
  • Open websites from Lock Screen
  • Run shortcuts from Lock Screen
  • Unlimited customizable widgets
  • Customizable widget icons
  • Spacer widget for alignment
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Open websites, launch apps, and run shortcuts directly from your Lock Screen. For example, open google.com, launch TikTok, or run a shortcut to play a random music playlist. You can add unlimited widgets, with different widgets for each Lock Screen configuration. There are many icon options; either a website's icon, an existing app icon, 6000+ symbols, emoji, acronym, or a custom image. The app also includes a spacer widget that gives you more control over widget alignment. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.

About

Habit Tracker

Build healthy routines and achieve your goals with this daily organizer. Track your progress, maintain streaks, and stay motivated to turn small actions into lasting habits. Seamlessly syncs across devices and offers powerful stats and Siri integration.

Highlights
  • Track daily habits and goals
  • Build and maintain streaks
  • Syncs across Apple devices
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Powerful progress statistics
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Private data, no tracking
Features
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Build better habits. Track your streaks. Reach your goals. Habit Tracker is the daily habit and goal tracker that helps you build healthy routines and stick with them. Whether you want to work out more, read every day, drink enough water, meditate, or improve your productivity, you can turn small daily actions into lasting habits. Set your goals, track your streaks, and watch your self-improvement journey unfold. Why Habit Tracker? Every great change starts with a single step. Habit Tracker makes that step effortless. Instead of relying on willpower alone, you get a simple, beautiful habit building system that keeps you accountable and motivated, day after day. Build your routine, stay consistent, and let your streak do the talking. What you can track: - Health and wellness: workouts, steps, water intake, sleep, nutrition - Mindfulness and self-care: meditation, journaling, gratitude, breathing exercises - Productivity and focus: reading, studying, deep work sessions, daily planning - Lifestyle goals: screen time limits, meal prep, budgeting, morning routines - Or create any custom habit that matters to you Your habits, on every device: Habit Tracker syncs seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Create a habit on your phone, log your progress from your watch, and review your stats on your Mac. Your data stays perfectly in sync across all your Apple devices. Widgets that keep you on track: Add your habits to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Mac Desktop with beautiful widgets. Update your progress with a single tap, no need to open the app. Your daily habits are always one glance away. Stay motivated with powerful stats: Track your current and longest streaks, view your progress on a calendar, and see how consistent you have been over weeks and months. Share your milestones with friends to stay accountable and celebrate your wins. Works with Siri and Shortcuts: Log your habits hands-free with Siri or automate your routine with Shortcuts. Just say "Log my workout" and you are done. Build habits without breaking your flow. Your data stays private: Habit Tracker does not collect your personal information or track you in any way. Your habits are your business, and no one else's. No ads, no tracking, just your goals. Start building better habits today, one day at a time. The free version lets you create one habit. Unlock unlimited habits and the full experience with Habit Tracker Pro. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://habittrack.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Quick Launch4 screens
Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habit Tracker at Free against Quick Launch's $3.00. Habit Tracker also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (159 vs 48). Quick Launch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (92% vs 67%). On rating, update cadence 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

Habit Tracker is free to download; Quick Launch costs $3.00 up front. Habit Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Quick Launch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Launch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 159 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Quick Launch's written reviews are positive against 67% of Habit Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Launch ships an update every 4 weeks, Habit Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Quick Launch versus Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick LaunchHabit Tracker
Price$3.00Free — better
Rating4.9 (48 ratings) — better4.7 (159 ratings)
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings48159 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre SorhusSimone Montalto

Customer experience

Quick Launch

All ratings48 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

Habit Tracker

All ratings159 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative23.8%

Bugs and requests

Quick Launch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Habit Tracker

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Widget not working
  • App crashing frequently
  • Logging progress from notifications doesn’t work
  • Completing habits on watch from notifications does absolutely nothing
  • Watch app is non-functional
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  • Doesn't sync well between devices
  • Asks for Apple ID password constantly
  • Unable to restore internal purchases

Requested features

28 requests
  • Ability to track 'bad habits'
  • Option for 'not more than x' goals for bad habits
  • Read all logs using a shortcut
  • Export logs as JSON or CSV
  • Custom timeframe for statistics
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  • Log specific time of task completion
  • Subtasks within habits
  • Add photos to notes (diary feature)
  • Yearly habit goals
  • Complications for Apple Watch
  • Motivational phrases in Portuguese
  • Cheaper subscription
  • Connect with Apple Health
  • Pre-established habits synchronized with Health app (exercise, sleep, water)
  • More icon options
  • Option to simply 'track' or count a habit
  • Notifications
  • Arrange habit order and choose widget display order
  • Negative habits (if not done, automatically checked)
  • Habits that can be done on certain days or multiple days of the week
  • Visual separation of daily, weekly, monthly habits
  • Steps feature for repetitions or manual entry
  • Option to show relative dates for notes (e.g., 'x days ago')
  • Group notes by date with relative dates
  • Selective sync of tags/categories on Apple Watch
  • Filter/group habits by tag/category on Watch app
  • Complication for Infograph Watch face
  • Daily view/timeline of habit progress

In-app purchases

None

Quick Launch

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Habit Tracker Pro$1.491 Month
  • Habit Tracker Pro3 Days trial$10.991 Year
One-time1
  • Habit Tracker Pro (Lifetime)$34.99

Questions

Is Quick Launch free?
Quick Launch costs $3.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Launch or Habit Tracker?
Quick Launch is rated higher. Quick Launch averages 4.9 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Habit Tracker averages 4.7 from 159 ratings.
Do Quick Launch or Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither Quick Launch nor Habit Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Launch or Habit Tracker?
Quick Launch ships an update every 4 weeks, and Habit Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Quick Launch was updated on October 25, 2026 and Habit Tracker on October 30, 2026.

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