Comparison

The Habit Factor® PRO vs Reminder & Countdown Pro

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

Head to head
About

The Habit Factor® PRO

Develop positive habits and achieve your goals with this comprehensive tracker. It utilizes a unique Habit Alignment Technology™ and the PARR method to simplify behavior change. Designed for adults, it offers a professional approach to personal development without subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • Habit Alignment Technology™
  • P.A.R.R. method (Plan, Act, Record, Reassess)
  • Walk-thru Wizard setup
  • Habit Alignment Charting
  • Streaks Charting
  • Customizable tracking periods
  • Wellness category tracking (Mind, Body, Spirit, Social)
Features
Read full description

"With regular use of The Habit Factor®, you can develop any habit necessary to achieve any goal you set for yourself." ~Brian Tracy (Personal Development Living Legend and productivity expert) The Habit Factor® revolutionized both the Productivity & Self-Help marketplaces back in 2009 by introducing a simplified and innovative process to achieve your goals more quickly! Today, The Habit Factor® is the only habit tracker featuring, Habit Alignment Technology™ including a walk-thru Wizard to help you get setup more quickly! As seen In: TEDx, NY Times | C|Net | Mashable.com | Lifehacker.com | Lifehack.org | KUSP.org | US News & World Report | Southwest Airlines, Spirit Magazine | dozens of other top productivity blogs! The Habit Factor® is the professional's choice for positive behavior change and habit development. There’s a reason top coaches, consultants, trainers, Professional athletes, Olympians, PhD’s and the very best learning institutions world-wide have adopted and recommend The Habit Factor®. Thousands around the world follow P.A.R.R.: Plan, Act, Record & Reassess, The Habit Factor's method to build positive habits more quickly. Frustrated by all the copycat Habit Trackers? • No Subscription required! • NO annoying ads! • The ONLY app to feature Habit Alignment Technology™ • The only app to feature the PARR method to build your habits more quickly • Use the Walk-thru Wizard to get setup more quickly! • NO EMAIL Acct or LOGIN required • ADD a PHOTO to your goals! • The Habit Factor® is praised by top coaches, trainers & PhD's internationally! • As one reviewer put it, "The only goals & habits app actually designed for Adults!" "Great work on The Habit Factor®! It's all about habits. Good ones or bad ones, they make a huge impact!" ~Roz Savage Ocean Rower, Eco Activist, Author, Speaker FEATURE SET: - Walk-thru Wizard to implement Habit Alignment Technology™ - Habit Alignment Charting - Streaks Charting! - Updated User Interface (designed for iPhone not web) - Capture your motivational reasons! - *NEW, quickly setup default 4 week tracking period - Custom Tracking Periods; week, month, custom or none. - Select target days for habits - BALANCE! Track key wellness categories; Mind, Body, Spirit and Social - Daily Tracking Notes! - Sort/Prioritize Habits and Goals - Chart habit or goal data - Too many to list!! Get the most out of the app, Subscribe to the top-ranked, "Habits 2 Goals" podcast and visit the blog at http://thehabitfactor.com >>KEEP THE FEEDBACK COMING! THANK YOU!

About

Reminder & Countdown Pro

Organize tasks, projects, and events with a distraction-free interface. Customize alerts, icons, and backgrounds to suit your needs. Sync across devices and secure your data with biometric authentication.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free task management
  • Customizable event alerts
  • Icon, background, and sound customization
  • Date, time, and repetition settings
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Biometric app locking
  • iOS 14 home screen widgets
Features
Read full description

Reminder Pro is designed to manage your tasks, projects, and anything else you want to keep track of in really easy way taking away distraction and various shiny things that often lead us off course of whatever it is we’re trying to do. Reminder Pro highlights: ▸ Specify the event title. ▸ Assign default or custom category. ▸ Adjust icon, background, sound, time of alerts, font and text color. ▸ Set up date and time, duration, repetition, and units of countdown time. ▸ Add an optional description. ▸ Sort events by date, title, category or custom. ▸ Show or hide icons of the events. ▸ Set up events default values. ▸ Manage categories of the events. ▸ Import data from Address book, iCal, Reminders. ▸ Sync events between devices via iCloud. ▸ Show a badge number on the app’s icon. ▸ Switch between the old UI and the new UI. ▸ Locking / Unlocking the app using Touch & Face ID. ▸ IOS 14 home screen widgets. ▸ Run in the background. Information on events comes in a nicely-wrapped card which you can create by yourself, just open an event and swipe left or right to pick a screen and arrange custom boxes to fit your needs. Additionally, the app is complemented with excellent sharing options which give you an opportunity to share your reminders with the world via Email, Facebook, Twitter and even more.

Screenshots

The Habit Factor® PRO4 screens
Reminder & Countdown Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Reminder & Countdown Pro at 4.8 against The Habit Factor® PRO's 4.2. Reminder & Countdown Pro also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (87% vs 62%). The Habit Factor® PRO's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

The Habit Factor® PRO costs $5.99 and Reminder & Countdown Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reminder & Countdown Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reminder & Countdown Pro has 3.3K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of The Habit Factor® PRO's written reviews are positive against 87% of Reminder & Countdown Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Habit Factor® PRO ships an update every 7 months, Reminder & Countdown Pro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Habit Factor® PRO versus Reminder & Countdown Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Habit Factor® PROReminder & Countdown Pro
Price$5.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.2 (11 ratings)4.8 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews87.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEquilibrium Enterprises, IncSergey Astakhov

Customer experience

The Habit Factor® PRO

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral11.8%
Negative26.4%

Reminder & Countdown Pro

All ratings3,217 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews356 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative6.7%

Bugs and requests

The Habit Factor® PRO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when adding new goals or habits
  • Inconsistent data syncing across devices
  • Inability to edit or delete previously entered information

Requested features

4 requests
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Ability to export data
  • More customization options
  • Improved goal and habit tracking

Reminder & Countdown Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

The Habit Factor® PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Reminder & Countdown Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Habit Factor® PRO free?
The Habit Factor® PRO costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reminder & Countdown Pro free?
Reminder & Countdown Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Habit Factor® PRO or Reminder & Countdown Pro?
Reminder & Countdown Pro is rated higher. The Habit Factor® PRO averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Reminder & Countdown Pro averages 4.8 from 3.3K ratings.
Do The Habit Factor® PRO or Reminder & Countdown Pro have ads?
Neither The Habit Factor® PRO nor Reminder & Countdown Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Habit Factor® PRO or Reminder & Countdown Pro?
The Habit Factor® PRO ships an update every 7 months, and Reminder & Countdown Pro every 9 days. Most recently, The Habit Factor® PRO was updated on October 19, 2026 and Reminder & Countdown Pro on October 22, 2026.

Other comparisons