Comparison

The Habit Factor® Lite vs BetterHabits

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® Lite

Develop positive habits and achieve your goals with this innovative tracker. It uses a unique method to help you build habits more quickly and offers features like goal charting and streak tracking. Designed for adults, it simplifies behavior change.

Highlights
  • Habit Alignment Technology™
  • Walk-thru Wizard setup
  • Goal and habit charting
  • Streak tracking
  • Custom tracking periods
  • Daily tracking notes
Features
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"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! [LITE Version - Limited to 1 Active Goal & 3 Active Habits.] 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! • FREE APP with 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! - NEW 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

BetterHabits

This app helps you build positive habits by letting you focus on a maximum of three at a time. It sends friendly reminders, tracks your progress, and keeps you motivated to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Focus on up to 3 habits
  • Daily reminders
  • Habit completion tracking
  • Motivation tools
  • Biometric authentication
Features
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Do you feel pressure about trying to develop several habits at once? The truth is, not all habits are equally important. BetterHabits tries to come up with a different solution for developing habits: you can only focus on up to three habits at a time, and BetterHabits will give you friendly daily reminders, track your habit completion, and keep you motivated until you finally complete your goal. Feature overview - Simplify habits management: Focus on at most 3 habits at a time, and put minimal effort into creating or editing habits without spending a lot of time fine-tuning them. - Notifications: Notifications can be set for each habit. You can complete habits directly via the notification without even going into the app. - Touch ID/Face ID: turn on biometric authentication to better protect your data. Upcoming features - Data visualization/Statistics - iCloud support - iOS 14 widgets - ... Your feedback or any bug reports are greatly appreciated! Please contact vitasuperh@gmail.com.

Screenshots

The Habit Factor® Lite4 screens
BetterHabits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BetterHabits at 100% against The Habit Factor® Lite's 37%. BetterHabits also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). The Habit Factor® Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BetterHabits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of The Habit Factor® Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of BetterHabits's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Habit Factor® Lite versus BetterHabits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Habit Factor® LiteBetterHabits
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEquilibrium Enterprises, IncLongyue Han

Customer experience

The Habit Factor® Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive37.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative55.1%

BetterHabits

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Habit Factor® Lite

No in-app purchases

None

BetterHabits

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Habit Factor® Lite free?
The Habit Factor® Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BetterHabits free?
BetterHabits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Habit Factor® Lite or BetterHabits?
BetterHabits is rated higher. The Habit Factor® Lite averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while BetterHabits averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do The Habit Factor® Lite or BetterHabits have ads?
Neither The Habit Factor® Lite nor BetterHabits shows ads.

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